Thursday morning Lorraine had invited me to her canoe club for the outrigger paddle visitor day. She picked me up with my new friend Pam and we made our way to sugar beach where the club is located. After a nice welcome and really impressive chant from a local Hawaiian, some of the leader blew the Pū, the Hawaiian conch shell to get us started. We were all assigned to different boat, I ended up on seat 2 behind Pam. We had a great paddle in the ocean on a windy morning. Took a short break which gave us an opportunity to have a chat and get to know each other. I realized that almost the whole boat was Canadian!!

I forgot how much fun paddling is on a big boat with a team. Will have to look for an outrigger boat back home next spring!!

After my morning paddle, chuck and I decided to rent snorkelling equipment and try our luck spotting sea turtles. As soon as we arrived at the beach across from our condo Kamaole Beach III, a lady pointed a giant one swimming leisurely right along the shore followed by a group of enthusiastic children. The turtles are protected here and it is forbidden to touch them or approach to closely.

We put our equipment on and swan over to the nearby rocky area and spotted a few more swimming or simply resting at the bottom. Colourful fishes were hanging around the reef as well which made this little expedition a big success!! Too bad I forgot to bring our waterproof GoPro!!

In the afternoon we Ubered over to Lorraine and John and went for a walk on the long boardwalk built in front of the big hotels along the beaches.

In Hawaii all the beaches are public so anyone can walk and use them regardless of which property is build in front.

We realized that we had to be at the Marriott for our Luau earlier than we thought and had to power walk home!!

Lorraine accompanied us to the Luau and we were there promptly at 4:30. What a treat!! Typical Hawaiian fare and tasty drinks made the meal part of the evening excellent, we realized again that we were sitting with Canadians at our table! We are everywhere!!

They displayed how the roasted wild boar is slowly roasted, wrapped and placed on coals then buried in the sand.

After the sun down, began the show. It was absolutely magical, such amazing performers, a fantastic host who shared with us the history of their Polynesian ancestors. Simply wonderful!!