Nkiru and I after snorkeling on Kona today
Our last day in Hawaii! After snorkeling from a catamaran at a remote bay along the Kohala Coast of Kona on the Big Island, we were treated to a wonderful luau at the home of a couple who love entertaining guests.
The grandchildren were put to work lining the imu, or underground oven, with banana leaves, then placing the food to be cooked, all wrapped in aluminum foil, on top and covering it with more leaves and dirt. While our dinner cooked, we were entertained with stories, lei-making, and a lesson in hula.
Our host Earl removing the cooked food from the imu
After dinner Nkiru was treated to ‘Happy Birthday’ sung by us all in English, and then by our hostess in Hawaiian. She received two gifts – a traditional necklace and a hair decoration.
No one answered my question about fleurons. They’re the little marks that separate parts of a chapter. They have other uses too.
Two more coincidences, both involving the same couple. The McCaffreys, here with two grandsons, live near us in Connecticut. and know several people I know. They also are close friends with Ed and Joyce Lannert who were in my Peace Corps training group, Nigeria IV. The McCaffreys emailed Ed and Joyce who said they don’t remember me, but I remember them – they stayed in or returned to Nigeria soon after our Peace Corps service ended, with UNICEF.
And I wanted to give you a picture of some of the amazing fish we’ve seen, from a six-foot long reef barracuda we saw from the submarine, to a two-inch fish with glowing orange teeth, to seahorses less than two inches tall that don’t even look real.
From very large barracuda to very small seahorses.
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