Our farewell to Hawaii- Snorkeling in Hanauma Bay and the Luau!

Hey Wassup!! Today was our last day in Hawaii. We started our day in Hanauma Bay where we had lots of fun. We got to see different kinds of fishes and enjoyed the view in the Bay. It was a really nice place to go snorkeling, so it was an amazing experience for all of us! Then, we had a special dinner party in the Hawaiian style called a luau. We could try different Hawaiian drinks and foods in a wonderful buffet and it was pretty good. We got to watch different Hawaiian performances that resembled the traditional Hawaiian lifestyle. By the way, Hawaiian women are beautiful! We had a lot of fun there and we enjoyed our last day. It was an amazing week in Hawaii that we will never forget. We made friends from all over the world and enjoyed each moment we spent together, such as Pearl Harbor and surfing. Also Hawaii taught us there are differences between every state in the US.  Aloha Hawaii and Mahalo! We will never forget this trip in our lives, as we will never forget our family, our Ohana.

Sam Atef Yemen

Pablo Baltar Spain

Pearl Harbor

Aloha, today was an awesome historical day!  We went to Pearl Harbor and visited this amazing, gigantic warship called the USS Missouri. We separated ourselves in two groups. While the one group was doing a service project and helped clean the warship, the other group took a tour through the ship.
The ship was way bigger than everyone expected it to be. The rifles were huge. It was interesting to see how the people lived and how crowded it must have been. The inside of the ship was so big that if you wouldn’t have a map you could get lost easily. After our visit to the USS Missouri we went to get lunch. Then we went to the USS Arizona memorial. The first thing we did there was watching an amazing movie which answered many questions. After the movie we took a ferry to the USS Arizona memorial. We showed respect to the fallen soldiers from Pearl Harbor by being quiet and dressing appropriate. After this amazing day at Pearl Harbor we spent the time on our bus ride home by hearing everyone sing their own national anthems and talking about the differences between our home countries and the U.S.

When we arrived to the hotel we had free time until we went to dinner at the restaurant called MAC 24/7. After dinner we had free time for a couple hours again, a lot of us went to the beach to hang out, went shopping or just went back to the hotel. It was a great day!

Written by Diren Dede and Selin Soylu from Germany

 Tschuess & auf wiedersehen!

A fun filled day of surfing and hiking!

Aloha!

Today was an amazing and for most of us one of the best days in our lives.

We got split up into two groups.

First, we went to test our surfing skills on Hawaii’s ocean waves at Waikiki Beach. We were catching great waves in paradise. For most of us, it was the first time on surfboards, but everybody did a good job.

After that, we were hiking about two and a half hours on one of Hawaii’s most famous attractions: Diamond Head. It was challenging, but the view of the island with its beautiful beaches and the clear blue water was worth it.

After that, we could reward ourselves with some shaved ice. Finally, we went to the Hard Rock Café for dinner. In a special atmosphere with a live performance and good music, we could enjoy tasty burgers and more. The rest of the day, we got free time for shopping in Waikiki.

We are so happy to be here and excited to see what fun the last two days will bring.

We don’t ever want to leave!

Aruuke Dadieva (Kyrgyzstan)

Jenny Schuemichen (Germany)

Pali Lookout and Our Own Beautiful Paradise!

Day 4. Let’s sleep in! After a nice “breakfast”, consisting of cereal and muffins, we were heading out to the Pali Lookout. View: fabulous People: yelling Norwegians: singing their national anthem. The rest: celebrating #selfie-Tuesday!

Afterwards, we took a funny group picture with all different kinds of national flags. It was hilarious. Then we quickly run back to the bus, so that you don’t get blown away! Before heading to a remote beach, we went buying some healthy foods at whole food, Subway or CVS. Some groups even bought complete picnic supplies to make up their own buffet at the beach. Waimānalo Bay: golden Hawaiian sand (instead of Australian sand at Waikiki), high waves and the blue sea helped to make our day marvelous and one of the most spectacular places we’ve ever experienced. Additionally, our personal lifeguard made it even a safer adventure in the beautiful ocean. 15 students at a time were allowed to enjoy the churning sea. We had a lot of fun building a human pyramid, followed by a couple other beach games, for example, we lined up in two lines holding each other’s hands. One of the Belo Staff members was thrown onto the line and we worked her way down to the end of the line by tossing her up and down and up again.

After taking a group picture and selfies for social media applications we loaded back on the bus in order to go back to the hotel. An hour later, we left to the largest open-air shopping center in the world.

We then filled up our stomachs at the famous Bubba gum shrimp and went shopping in the many stores. The record: four full bags of clothing. Surprising fact: by a guy, not a girl.

It was a full packed, exhausting day, lots of students got sunburned but everybody had a great time. Some fell asleep on the final way back and hopefully dreamt about a wonderful fourth day on a Hawai’ian island called Oahu.

#now getting some sleep and power for the next day!

Malaho Aloha

Selina GER, Anna GER, Karoline NOR, Sandra DK, Lukas GER

North Shore and the Polynesian Cultural Center!!

ALOHA!!!!!

One more day in paradise. Wow! After yesterday’s beach day, we went to the north shore and Polynesian cultural center. We had a lot of fun experiencing the different cultures.

We started the day with a nice breakfast of fruits and pancakes. The busses were leaving at 8.30am to the Iolani Palace where everyone learned about the royal history of Hawaii. All the girls got a group picture with the statue of the Hawaiian queen. The boys got one with the statue of the Hawaiian king. The bus took everyone to the next stop at the pineapple plantation. All the excited students could try the famous whip cream, get airbrush tattoos or a wrist band with the students’ translated Hawaiian name and other souvenirs.

When everyone got back on the bus we went to the north shore with its famous surfing waves.  Everyone was amazed by the big waves even though the local people had seen them a lot bigger.

Everybody was hungry by then and we had free time for lunch in the authentic surfer town, Haleiwa. Most of us went to a burger place who served burgers with pineapples. It was a different experience from the classic bacon cheeseburger but it was worth it. We took a group picture of all of us at the sunset beach. The wheels on the bus started again and transported us to the Polynesian cultural center.

First we saw a little bit of the canoe show before we all went to another show with music where everybody was involved in the show. The show had some people that were watching it coming up to the stage and preformed traditional dances and music. It was hilarious! Especially the old Japanese man with a funny hat. We learned how to Hula dance and lots of other traditions from pacific islands. At night we watched an amazing movie showing all the Hawaiian islands and an astonishing show about the different Polynesian cultures. Now we are a bunch of tired students who want to go to bed and only dream about a new day in paradise tomorrow.

Hang loose all of our Ohana (family) who read this!

Fiona Nachtigall – Germany

Nicolai Molter - Denmark