Multicultural Tour

Today was a very long day because we took a multicultural
island tour. The tour was both informative and very
insightful. We toured the island and saw different sites,
such as Chinatown, Kahana State Park, the Mormon Temple,
Sunset Beach, Haleiwa town, and the Manoa Chinese Cemetery.
All of these sites were interesting, but the one that stood
out to me the most was Chinatown because it had so much
meaning and history behind it. We stopped at the Shinto
shrines where there was a statue of Kuan Yin. He was seated on
a lotus blossom which represents purity. By Kuan Yin sitting
on the flower it showed "impurity growing out of
purity." This concept interested me because it showed a
sense of cleansing and I like the concept of impure things
becoming pure again.
During this tour I got to try shaved ice with vanilla ice cream at the bottom which was very good
and something different that I never tried before. Even though this was a long day I still had fun and learned a lot about different cultures in Hawaii. While on the bus we got to see a lot of breathtaking sites such as many mountain structures, bodies of water that
were crystal blue and even a beautiful rainbow. This was a great tour and I can not wait to find out what new and interesting things are ahead. Hawaii is a beautiful state and I hope to
visit again. Aloha from Hawaii.
Jaleesa Marshall

Jaleesa Marshall