Their dollar theatre is actually A DOLLAR. In Wichita our "dollar" theatre is $2.50!While we were wandering around, we stumbled upon the Iolani Palace. We're going to visit that today since we did not have time when we ran into it. Hawaii was a monarchy until 1893. We'll be able to tell you more about that after today.
Here's Cathy in front of the palace.
This is just the main part of the palace. The grounds are huge!
Nobody seems to be currently living there...maybe we can?
There was also a huge pretty church that we plan to investigate further today. We're not exactly sure what it is, but we're going to figure it out today. The picture above is just a side chapel.
There were also pretty fountains on the grounds of the church.
There were also pretty fountains on the grounds of the church.
The Bishop Museum is HUGE! We had only planned to spend the morning there but ended up staying nearly the whole day. The admission price seemed a little high when we got there, but when we left we both agreed that it had been well worth it.
Cathy really liked the displays of tools the indigenous people used to make fabric. Women used to make fabric out of tree bark. It was an extremely involved process that included rolling and stretching out the bark, making designs on it, dying it, soaking it, drying it, rolling it...it went on and on. Our tour guide told us that they would sing and chat to pass the time while they made it, and eventually developed a language that was used to communicate between groups of women without the men knowing. The practice of making this fabric died the second that bolts of fabric started being imported. It was a lost art until recently, when a group of women started making it again so the method would not be completely lost to history. The tools they used were really neat. Unfortunately, this was one of the areas in the museum were we were not allowed to take pictures, so we can't show you them. Our tour guide for this part was also very interesting and told us alot about Hawaiian creation mythology. Very interesting stuff!
Kirk really enjoyed the planetarium show. It was about the spacecraft and satellites that are currently in the sky. The presenter even mentioned the thing that Kirk worked on when he was working with Boeing Electron Dynamics in California- the spacecraft Dawn. The person who was giving the talk was really impressed with the ion propulsion aspect of it, and when Kirk went to talk to him after the show to say he'd worked on the ion propulsion part, he was excited to talk shop.
We ate a really good lunch there too! Cathy had chicken terriyaki and Kirk had steak, but it was one of the best things we'd ever eaten. We were very impressed with both the price (under 6 bucks each including a drink) and just how so very good it was. Mmmm...
They also had a presentation about the history of hula dancing. It was originally something that men did as they prepared for war! They had two dancers and a person to play the traditional drum and chant.
Only the male wore a grass skirt.
This part was for the kids, but it was really fun. They had a huge exhibit on volcanos. There was a big interactive volcano. You could go into all the parts of it and see what happens in a real volcano. Here's the eruption:
They also had a wind wall that was exactly like the one at Exploration Place in Wichita. It almost made us homesick for Kansas. Almost.
Cathy really liked the displays of tools the indigenous people used to make fabric. Women used to make fabric out of tree bark. It was an extremely involved process that included rolling and stretching out the bark, making designs on it, dying it, soaking it, drying it, rolling it...it went on and on. Our tour guide told us that they would sing and chat to pass the time while they made it, and eventually developed a language that was used to communicate between groups of women without the men knowing. The practice of making this fabric died the second that bolts of fabric started being imported. It was a lost art until recently, when a group of women started making it again so the method would not be completely lost to history. The tools they used were really neat. Unfortunately, this was one of the areas in the museum were we were not allowed to take pictures, so we can't show you them. Our tour guide for this part was also very interesting and told us alot about Hawaiian creation mythology. Very interesting stuff!
Kirk really enjoyed the planetarium show. It was about the spacecraft and satellites that are currently in the sky. The presenter even mentioned the thing that Kirk worked on when he was working with Boeing Electron Dynamics in California- the spacecraft Dawn. The person who was giving the talk was really impressed with the ion propulsion aspect of it, and when Kirk went to talk to him after the show to say he'd worked on the ion propulsion part, he was excited to talk shop.
We ate a really good lunch there too! Cathy had chicken terriyaki and Kirk had steak, but it was one of the best things we'd ever eaten. We were very impressed with both the price (under 6 bucks each including a drink) and just how so very good it was. Mmmm...
They also had a presentation about the history of hula dancing. It was originally something that men did as they prepared for war! They had two dancers and a person to play the traditional drum and chant.
Only the male wore a grass skirt.
This part was for the kids, but it was really fun. They had a huge exhibit on volcanos. There was a big interactive volcano. You could go into all the parts of it and see what happens in a real volcano. Here's the eruption:
They also had a wind wall that was exactly like the one at Exploration Place in Wichita. It almost made us homesick for Kansas. Almost.
No volcano display would be complete without a trippy cave!
Even if the collection was not awesome (and it was awesome!) the grounds alone would have been worth the admission price.
...features GoGurt. And toast. And not much else. Oh well. We'll take it!
Even if the collection was not awesome (and it was awesome!) the grounds alone would have been worth the admission price.
After we left Bishop, we went to laze around on the beach. The water was pretty and clear, even in the deeper areas. We managed not to get *too* sunburned. We also found the place that Kirk's family stayed when they came here before. They are currently gutting the building for some reason, so be sure to get your bids in for a shiny new apartment right on the beach before the rush starts.
We were ready to go to bed. We'd forgotton how tired being in the sun all day makes us. We did manage to get in a few night shots from our hotel room balcony:
So pretty!
Our hotel's views are amazing, but our continental breakfast...We were ready to go to bed. We'd forgotton how tired being in the sun all day makes us. We did manage to get in a few night shots from our hotel room balcony:
So pretty!
...features GoGurt. And toast. And not much else. Oh well. We'll take it!
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