HIKING DIAMOND HEAD AND OUR LUAU!!

Sakari from Finland at the top of Diamond Head.

Alooooha from the top of the mountain.

We had a beautiful view of Waikiki from the top!

Honolulu from the top of Diamond Head.

View of the crater from the top.

At Paradise Cover for our authentic Hawaiian luau!

Aloha from Paradise Cove!

Watching a beautiful sunset.

We got to make headbands with Plumeria flowers.

Hawaiian "Tattoos"

Putting our Hula skills to work!

A beautiful show of Polynesian dancers after our Hawaiian BB-Q!!

PEARL HARBOR AND WAIMANALO BEACH!!!

Going to the USS Missouri

Proud to be American!

Student got the chance to volunteer on the battleship!

Tour of the ship.

Our tour guide answering some of the students questions.

The USS Arizona memorial from the bow of the battleship.

The USS Arizona from the memorial.

From the memorial.

Leis given in honor to those who died.

"The tears of the Arizona"

Students at the memorial.

Aloha from Pearl Harbor!

Hearing the stories from a woman who was 5 years old during the attack, whose father survived the attack.

The drive to Waimanalo Beach.

"Hang Loose!"

Enjoying the surf and each other!!! Aloha!!

HIKING, SNORKELING & SHOPPING!

Walking down the steep hill to Hanauma Bay!

People snorkeling by the reef!

Hanauma Bay Beach

It was a beautiful sunny day!

Some of us trying out our snorkel gear! 

At Bubba Gump Shrimp!

Celebrating Evan (from Norway) and Daniella's (From Colombia)  birthdays at Bubba Gump Shrimp!

We woke up this morning and enjoyed our breakfast, especially the oatmeal and sweet pineapple. Some of us even have belgian waffles with whipped cream, syrup and strawberries everyday. After breakfast we split into two groups, one went snorkeling at Hanuma Bay and the other hiked Diamond Head. 

The snorkling group split up into pairs when we entered the State Park and watched a short but cheesy video about keeping the coral reef safe.  Then we started to walk down the hill to the beach and noticed the beautiful, blue water and amazing view.  Once we put our towels down we put on all of our funny snorkling gear, took plenty of silly pictures and jumped into the sea. Initially we were nervous about hitting the coral because it was quite sharp and the water was so shallow.  However, we were able to tropical fish of many shapes, sizes and colors.  Some people even got to swim with huge sea turtles! After snorkeling we enjoyed sunbathing on the beach and tried not together burnt.....for some of us that didn't go very well.  Snorkeling was a true Hawaiian experience and we thought it was awesome.  

Meanwhile, the hikers left the hotel heading towards Diamond Head, which is an extinct volcano.  On the way we stopped to do some stretching and counted in many different languages like Portuguese, Italian, German and Finnish.  When we arrived at the park entrance, some of the students decided to try to beat the record time for making it up the mountain which was set on the last Belo USA trip.  The time to beat was 13 minutes.  They ran up the crater at record speed and made it up in 10 minutes and 45 seconds! The rest of us joined them after climbing 265 steps. The view from the top was incredible and before climbing back down we took a group photo over looking Waikiki beach.  When we got to the bottom we had time to buy delicious shaved ice and luckily there was a bus waiting for us to take us back to the hotel. 

During the afternoon we had time to go to Waikiki beach, get lunch or relax at the pool.  Then we all boarded the buses and went to Ala Moana mall for some shopping! The mall was gigantic and there were way too many stores to visit before dinner at Bubba Gump Shrimp restaurant. A lot of people had seafood for dinner, but the really fun part was answering questions to the Forrest Gump quiz. We also got to sing happy birthday to Even and Daniella. It was a fun way to end the evening. 

Sunniva from Norway

Joao Marcos from Brazi

BEACH AND HARD ROCK CAFE!!

After a delicious breakfast with amazing pancakes, we Got in the bus and after a 20minutes ride, with beautiful nature, we arrived at Pali Lookout and we were surrounded by beautiful mountains and a gorgeous view.

After taking multiple pictures, with the wind in our hair, we went back to the bus and spent another 20minutes to get to the beautiful blue Kailiua.

It was one of the most beautiful beaches we had seen, the sand was white and the ocean was clear blue... Too bad: it was to windy! And all our stuff got covered by sand. But on the other hand, when we get back and we will clean all our bags, we will find all the sand and remind of that amazing day! Despite the kayak trip was canceled, all the sand and the wind, we got a lot of pictures and good memories! We decided to go back to the hotel earlier than planned, and to enjoy the rest of the day in Waikiki beach and downtown. We swam, we tanned, we played volleyball and just enjoyed the sun. At 5 o' clock we packed up our stuff and came back to the hotel. We got until 7 o'clock to get ready for our dinner at the Hard Rock Cafe! We all set at the tables, ordered our food and one after one, got on the stage to take cool pictures like real singers. Two other students had their birthday and all the restaurant sang "happy birthday!" afterward we went on the stage and had a dance party. After that song was over, we won't down to our tables and ate our delicious American dinner: burgers with fries! For the rest of the time before the curfue, we spent our time shopping in downtown and going to Sturbucks. After a long day we all went back to our rooms to have a goodnight sleep before starting a new day with new adventures. 

Silje from Norway

Agata from Italy

Marta from Italy

Sunniva from Norway