The island tour was an awsome thing to do. We saw the state capital which was held up with pillars that look like palm trees. The seal of Hawaii was hung in the center of the building. It had the saying that one king said to foreigners. He basically told them that the Hawaiian culture and royalty will prevail. Guess what? It did! the palace was the next stop. the Queen was living there and it was also the place where she surrendered the throne to the American Government. The Queen was held prisoner in a building for an odd number of months a few blocks away from the palace. The next place we went to was the Pali lookout, where the chief of Oahu jumped to his death because he did not want to get killed by the king. It is said to be haunted. The area is absolutely beautiful and breathtaking.
The North Shore was incredible. the waves were big but because we came at a calm time there were not huge ones.
the waves hit the rocks with such force, I couldn''t believe they didn't crack. it is only been a week here and i am excited to experience everything else. however, that was not all the places that were visited. We went to a Buddha Temple. It was huge! The Buddha was huge! It reached to the ceiling of the temple. it was cool to be able to light incense for good luck. I was wondering how it would be to live at a temple like that. To live the way of the Buddha and learn all of his teachings.
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