Wednesday - Luau

That night we went to a luau at this place called Smith's Island Paradise. Didn't sound likr a very island-ish name to me, but hey, they were supposed to be the best luau on the island.

This is the Imu ceremony where they unearth the slow-cooked pig that was cooked in the ground over night or something...



The music and the food was pretty good!!!



I only took one picture of the actual show with the dancers and everything. We were in the stands, and they were on a stage over water. It was night, there was funky lighting and even a volcano. They put on a really good show, though I thought they were starting to run out of material when they decided to showcase dances from the ancestors of the Hawaiians such as Japan, China, Haiti, and of course, the Philippines. They actually did the tinikling!!! But overall, it was a really good show.

Below is a (not so good) picture of them doing a Hawaiian dance bathed in some fluorescent lighting.