The Polynesian Cultural Center In Hawaii Is AMAZING - Canoe Ride & Island Tour / Drinking Coconuts
Polynesian Cultural Center in Hawaii
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welcome everyone Adam the woo here as
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the recording of this it is Thursday
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September 28th
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2023 as you can see in the reflection of
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the hotel room window behind me the
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ocean is right there and if I put these
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glasses on you can see in the reflection
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of these that I am looking down upon a
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fake
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volcano and water slide and lazy river
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here at my mom and I's accommodations at
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olani
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Resort and
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Spa in aahu Hawaii we are going to do
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some touristy things today we are going
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to do about an hour commute give or take
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about 25 miles but traffic
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here there's traffic
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here not the backside of water the
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backside of of myself right there so
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we're going to take a commute over to
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the Polynesian Cultural Center which I
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am hearing is pretty amazing looking
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forward to it I'm inviting you to join
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me shall you it's about 10:30 now well
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it just shifted evidently the fastest
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route is going to be an hour and 13
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minutes which is a little bit of a hike
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but got the rental car and should be
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good they open it's 10:28 right now they
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open at 12:30 we're supposed to be
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checking in at
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12:15 I believe they open at
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12:30 pre- purchased tickets ahead of
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on our way
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to Polynesian Center pulled over here at
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the beach check out this little area how
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beautiful is the mountain ranges off in
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the distance the
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shoreline it's
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amazing waves crashing in it's really
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incredible you got this little Pond here
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on the other side of the Rocks where the
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waves are crashing over there get a
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boat off in the distance and you got a
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little Beach right here amongst the
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rocks and running water behind me that's
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poting on the
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concrete a good snorkeling spot amazing
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definitely does not look like a Florida
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beach
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no that is so cool down there with
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everyone snorkeling yeah I'm sure it's
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where you see the
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fish that's what you would think of
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coral there's probably Coral yeah yeah
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maybe CU Coral down in there yeah
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all that's
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Coral oh all these rocks here yeah cuz
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you can see the way they they're
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made this is
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crashing had to remember this spot if we
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ever want to go snorkeling I know
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we have arrived now at the Polynesian
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Cultural Center all right already
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impressed here with the main building
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entrance
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area there some shuttle buses here as
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well we drove the rent car but evidently
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there shovel buses
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also and it looks as if they are
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celebrating 60 years here 60 years the
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Polynesian Cultural Center and this is
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the guy that originated the hand motion
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known as the shotgun all right looks
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like they're doing an opening ceremony I
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believe or
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maybe rope drop if you will even though
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it's like 12:30 does this is not open
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till 12:30 in the afternoon so half hour
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afternoon all right we have entered in
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through bag check they've scanned the
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tickets and we're good to go heading in
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to the area known as the island okay all
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the islands we were just told start at
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1:00 so gates open at 12:30 and then all
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the
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festivities kick off at
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cool that's pretty neat everything is
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waterf bit waterfall over
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here
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waterfall the side of water ah someone
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just said the fast side of water
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got it thank
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you hope you guys enjoy have a show
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at almost tripped on a something look at
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these look these coconuts I know you
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want to bring a coconut on your canoe
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Voyage all right anybody want to guess
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any of the reasons
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yes that's a good one covers all the
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different
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Islands so we're kind of right over here
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SOA now it goes all the way up with
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little Bridges going across the
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water the Lord protect you as you visit
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these islands and when the time comes
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for you to return home to your loved
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ones that you may do so safely py two py
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three py no
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Noise you
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not my friends
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tal
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tal you take the tea out becomes alofa
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which is a
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lot so we say tofa
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say aloh a for love is al they say
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aloh for house
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is they say h the oven we cook with the
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hot rocks we call it umu they call it U
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take a picture of
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that cut juice best thing have young
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lady come come I'm talking to you come
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sir can you come here sir are you
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not
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okay come here yeah you both come
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threee now he's going to jump hey to
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that tree come to my tree we do anything
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to make you happy everybody say
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also good luck
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man okay family are you ready yes oh
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come on are you
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ready everybody say jump
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crazy I know chicken sorry guys not
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today these are the only two left last
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week was windy we lost all five of them
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and they all Rest In Pieces now get your
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cameras ready he's going to post for you
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just like how he PO for calendar it's
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Maru that's enough hey how about a big
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hand for tree climbers guys come on give
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it
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up now call home and don't try it all
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right let me show you how to make a
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simple plate that we use in the islands
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to serve the food so if you want to make
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a video please go ahead just in case you
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end up in my Island one day or you're
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Cast Away or you want to go on a
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survival show or the Naked and
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Afraid and you can weave yourself some
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clothes so you won't be so afraid I'm
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going to weave it like this I'm using
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two sets of six are you ready on one set
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of six speak of every other Leaf how
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many excuse
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me how
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many three say wow
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wow don't just sit
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there you have no idea made my first
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plate when I was
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eight months
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old depending on the size of your
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appetite will be the size of this plate
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I usually put 20 on each side because I
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love food for those of you who are on a
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diet use one leaf but if you're a
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vegetarian just eat a
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plate look at that it's
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gluten-free that's the last
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one
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wow and nobody worries about the dishes
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who like to do dishes no one no
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one you guys need to go
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green right here check it out pass it
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around as the plates comes around feel
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free to put a nice big donation
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inside all right after all the coconut
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talk I'm going to buy a coconut here you
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can get a $12 coconut cut the top off
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and they put a straw on it all right I
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do not really care for or like coconut
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flakes but I have had coconut water
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before before but this is kind of a a
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moment when you're in the area you might
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as well it was $16 for the large one
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over there mom's already got hers how's
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it taste your first first thought it's
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good refreshing very refreshing po good
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for
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you
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cheers my son is drinking coconut water
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when he don't even like coconut I don't
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like coconut but I don't like the flaky
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up the water doesn't seem as bad it's
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really
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good it's kind of creamy it's like
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milky very good very good for you too I
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feel better already feel
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healthy it's almost like the closer to
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the bottom you get it's almost like a
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milkshake is it yeah if you get down to
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the bottom it's kind of milk shaky like
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very creamy
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it it's pretty good you get down to the
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bottom it's like uh definitely gets
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creamy and
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good Yes actually to be honest the
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coconut water is pretty dang tasty
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creamy and milk shaky in a way and I
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don't even like coconut flakes on
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desserts I don't like them at all but
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the the milk and the juice doesn't
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really doesn't have the same kind of
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vibe I don't know maybe I'm just
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crazy and this shows a
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history of the different
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anybody crossing over Bridge number four
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which gives a little guide guide signs
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here stepping into
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Fiji really like this this whole
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area whole Polynesian Vibe different
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Islands
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have a new culture a new language that
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evolved out of Southeast Asian spoken
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today in the Eastern Pacific
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Islands they were polistic Society
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people they practiced antism and build
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sacred temples of worship like this
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one the high priest pray to the gods of
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be of the chief and his people notice
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that our Temple is highly elevated the
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belief was that the taller the structure
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the closer the communications with our
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ancal
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Gods the gods have granted blessings to
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the Chief and his people these newcomers
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introduce a new social hierarchy system
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where the chiefly titles were inherited
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by bloodline a Chiefs will believe to be
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descendants of ancestral
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Gods standing before you is a chief from
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the islands of Fiji skirt is made from
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the bo voy to settle the coastal areas
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of Fiji they continue to practice
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Traditions that can put along with them
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once that's practice Mak of the to of
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cloth called masi m is made from the
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back of the paper malberry plant the
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other one is the weaving of Mets and
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baskets from the dried panas leaves we
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call
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Fiji artisians of Fiji are well known
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for their skills in canoe building this
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is an example of their workmanship here
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see there's a bunch of fish
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down look at all looking at us have big
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eyes yeah's
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keep I think it'd be easier if I just
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reach down and grab one then it would be
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them trying to fish over all right this
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over here is a little training
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ooh almost got
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it thank you everybody I hear some
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carving over here I'm wood
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alaa but I'm not the most important
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person in the but the most important
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person in this canoe is the man at the
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back he's our main engine I'll let him
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introduce
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himself my name is Kanani I come from
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the beautiful island next door called
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California you have any questions ask
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Jay all right let's see if any
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repercussions guys I want to remind guys
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there are two emergency exits on this P
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the first one is located onto your left
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hand side next one is located in your
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left you guys take a look underneath
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your benches that there is no life
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jackets you guys ever fall into the
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water please remember this two simple
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words they will save your life stand up
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that's one you get part of the
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engine pretty
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realistic all right guys next if you
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guys notice as well like I said there
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was one canoe there are many other
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canoes as well so this canoe is actually
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not original canoe it is a combined
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canoe of two you guys know there two
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cages and this is not a traditional one
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all traditional one over here is on your
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let me guess it's a right hand side
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there we go s confusing this is called a
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poow and it's just beyond the reefs if
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you guys are free later you guys can
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take like the one those guys over there
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right in front of us those are actually
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the guests so if you guys manage to come
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to this Village you guys can ride on it
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and pedal it just salt but this this
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canoe is actually used for fishing it
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just used to be on the roofs Al a better
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bigger version of it is onto
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your left left hand
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side 50 that's a good guess anyone else
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70 I reckon three
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actually about 100 of my people cuz
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we're small but Mar war is 40 cuz
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they're big people you guys ever see
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this in the Pacific Ocean remember to
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run away they will attack you guys all
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right moving on ahead guys we have the
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island of Rapa
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more commonly known as the Easter
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Islands yeah see those five statues over
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there I call it the five statues of
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PC actually just kidding it's actually
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the morai statues the morab statues are
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built after the death of a chief and so
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build it and place it right in front of
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the village and pain their eyes last if
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you guys will notice later when walk
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across is that because they believe that
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even though the chief is away the chief
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is still going to protect the village if
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you also notice over there on the top of
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their head those are not hats those are
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actually presenting their hair so they
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believe that the more hair you have the
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more M which means power put it above
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the Chief's head and so the reason why
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they put it under the Chief's head is
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because they believe the the S the soul
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of a person is looking over the head and
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so the hair is actually the out
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expression of their soul the longer
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their ha the more power you guys no this
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as well uh Jason Mamoa aqu he has a long
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hair he he's a really good Alpha what
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Alpha is good um but yeah that's uh
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pretty much for the Easter Islands
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moving on guys we have the early mission
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home is located here on your right hand
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side this is where you guys can learn
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how to play ukulele place where you guys
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to learn ukulele for free usually
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there's two people playing right now but
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I think they on lunch so you guys can
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see them right now but feel free to go
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over there and lastly guys we have the
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last island of Polynesia it is the
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island of Samoa the greting over here is
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talofa can everyone say talofa t all
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right it means hi or hello and of course
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s if you guys notice there's a lot of
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coconuts over there it's because
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coconuts play important part in their
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culture it's used for the for their
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because the king bridge is named after a
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king king is the king of rock and road
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that he actually came over here back in
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19
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60 something I'm not quite sure what the
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dates but he made a movie called
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Paradise Hawaiian St you guys ever watch
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that movie before the post credit scene
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is actually a picture of him and the
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workers over there so that's why we're
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call the king
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myself my name is Captain J I'm from the
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beautiful islands of Malaysia but I'm
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not the most important person in this
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canoe the most important person in this
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Cano is the man the woman right beside
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me I'll let her introduce herself hello
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family my name is Bandy I have some
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pil right we are practically neighbors
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but if you have any problem with the
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canoe we know who to blame guys oh yeah
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the fishous here yeah guys the fishous
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in the lagon but yeah like I said poia
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means many islands po meaning many poia
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meaning Islands guys so Polynesians are
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home to the many islands here in
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poesia so guys Polynesia is about 17
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million square miles across the Pacific
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Ocean
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guys awesome guys AA is more commonly
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known as the New Zealand New Zealand
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Island it is home to the Maes this is
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what the people are call over snows it's
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located in Hawaii
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but it's not in this island it is the
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island of Big Island if you guys ever
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been there you guys will notice on top
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of the mountain there are sprinkles of
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snow over there and guys the reason why
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they call Alora is because it is an
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indigenous name that which means long
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white side you guys will notice there's
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a lot of clouds over there it's because
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there's mountains if you guys turn on
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the right hand side you guys will see
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there's a lot of bless in the sky it's
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because the clouds are getting blocked
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by the mountains over there when the
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wind comes so this method back then the
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PO nation use it which is what is called
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way finding they use the skies the stars
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and as well as the ocean to navigate
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there back then there is no GPS guys and
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so the ancestors when they on a long
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white cloud indicate to them that there
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is mountains which means there is it's
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called the panderas tree this is
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important in poan culture it's because
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they use the leaves for their mats if
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you guys notice at the bottom of your
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seat there is a mat or if you're holding
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it as well there's a m
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from and if you guys notice as well on
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the left hand side there are some over
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here in PCC one of them is located on
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the left hand site there's a Hut over
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there a big Hut there will be
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presentations going on throughout the
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day it is what is called the tamaka
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spelled with a c we pronounce with a du
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Daka it is the fastest canoe over here
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in PCC it is used back then for island
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hopping can everyone say
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Bula awwesome guys bu means hello in uh
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Fiji what it actually represent is have
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a good life so essentially when you say
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buah it means you're wishing them a good
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life and those Hut over there is
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actually where you guys can get tattoos
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so fun fact about Fiji it is one of the
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first island to discover the art of
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tattooing if you guys want to get free
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tattoos please go ahead and go there but
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they're only
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temporarily you want to get tattoo a
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shower think play with you a little game
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guys when I say a tree please point that
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to me all right where is the banana tree
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guys point it point it point it the
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banana banana
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tree that's right how do you guys know
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that's a banana tree cuz I'm from
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Florida that's bananas that's right you
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guys show me where
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tapa tooca guys this is a tricky one it
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looks very very
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illegal legal that's right guys this
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marijana that's right that's right
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Harvest once every two years
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is this it y
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yeah this is what it looks like back in
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those days it's actually what it looks
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like very hot base very green and over
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there you guys you guys can learn the
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hola dance for free however on the left
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hand side guys is the island of
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Tahiti it is the only it is the capital
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of French very soft paced dance very
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slow and gentle however in Tahiti you
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have tamur and tamur is a faster paced
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dance of hula although they may be
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different in Pace the same ther drums
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they use in Hai is the same drums they
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use inah Legend says that the person
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from Tahiti back in Tahiti actually
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discovered the
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island next time
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don't all right we're now heading back
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over to this area where they are about
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to do a celebration and a drum show in
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here as well still being spoken all
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throughout the different Islands now
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before our cousin sit down family
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everybody's going to get a head okay
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ladies
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and do you guys want to see the
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gentlemen
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Dance all the gentlemen on the feet
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let's
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go onet let's go
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oh your move you're safe this time your
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move you're going to knock your knees in
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and out like our cousins right here this
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move is not the Funky Chicken okay so
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wherever they tell you it's the Funky
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Chicken it's not we call it the P can
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everybody say
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p say like a real Warrior
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P follow our cousins on stage DJ drop
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the beat ladies clap your hands
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the other
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way
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side I can't do two hands I'm holding
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camera back back oh w
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down going
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down I'm going to get a leg CR get a leg
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Camp other kiss St spinning
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around good work gent good work good
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work I got a shin splint
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everybody say y
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e
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hey hey hey hey hey
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at
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Tonga yeah really love this place I
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guess a good way of describing it is a
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Polynesian version of World Showcase
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that's kind of a good even my mom was
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kind of saying that that's a good way to
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kind of put it
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just awesome look at the Easter Island
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sculptures over there this is a chapel
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right
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question you know when you go visit my
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Island one day and you end up at
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somebody's home they're not going to ask
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you if you're hungry that question that
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you're hungry is never asked is an
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automatic thinking when the guest arrive
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they travel far and they must be very
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hungry this is the sample line that
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they're giving out little samples
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something called bread fruit earlier
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that they were cooking a few hours ago
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now treading
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let's more came back hey you made it
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good that was what is his name again yes
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you okay yeah that's the
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one thank you that's
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right bread fruit coconut milk salate
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onion ah bread fruit coconut milk salt
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and
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onion good
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what's it taste like tastes like
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potatoes very
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good it does taste like potatoes what it
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say
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did you show them what what what we're
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eating where we're eating what we what
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yeah I did at the beginning yeah the
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ball hang out
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tree all right but here in SoMo they'll
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teach you about the tree of life which
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is the coconut tree all right anybody
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been to Samo yet
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today I'm going to wash it down with
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some Hawaiian Sun Passa
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nectar right here had some of this the
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other day at Alani back over to the
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Easter Island
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wow this whole property is amazing
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really really is
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one never
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finished
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moving
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yeah I wouldn't eat it I know that what
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if they're eatable oh yeah yeah the fles
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is edible oh yeah so there is one of my
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friends ate the this one oh you do eat
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them yeah it's called tropical almond
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and so most of the time we can just use
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just when it's dry like that we open
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with The Rock and then we have a small
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seeds inside which is the almond
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and then we this is our favorite snacks
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oh very cool
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Hawaiian Journey movie
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showtimes one's about to start let's do
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it yeah one's about to start so we're
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going to step in and check it out a
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little seat built in the side of the
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wall it's a
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movie no photography of any kind what
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kind of camera is this so I'm not going
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to be allowed to film this that's a see
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after
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let's check it out once I'm in the once
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I'm in the SE I'll film the queue but
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can't film the
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movie ooh the Cave of
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Wonders this is a cool
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queue all right turn the camera off take
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a look at this entire thing look at this
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all right see you after all right we
36:52
just finished up watching that that was
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really really good it kind of reminded
36:56
me of soaring a little bit doesn't have
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the seat Movement Like soaring does they
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had a lot of really good views
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of all the different Islands from Hawaii
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I mean just some breathtaking views that
37:09
was really really good was a lot better
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than I was expecting it to
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be we're checking out if you I'm I'm
37:17
glad we didn't just leave we were
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heading out I was like let's just check
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out the one last thing so that worked
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out pretty good the Hawaiian Journey
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theater is what it's
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called yeah really good beginning or
37:28
ending to the to the day we ended ours
37:30
with it but yeah we're checking out it's
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like a it's like a 10-minute movie with
37:35
amazing scenic view and on the way out
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is another sculpture Joseph
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Kuku kikuko he it was shortened from his
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name a Hawaiian name born in
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1874 and invented the Hawaiian steel
37:51
guitar you don't really exit through the
37:54
gift shop but you exit by the gift shop
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and we walking in cuz Mom wants to get a
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magnet a little a little
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souvenir in here poian cultural of
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magnets
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there there's one that's a 60e
38:13
anniversary on
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it all right I decided to get one also
38:26
got a little room in my fridge my fridge
38:28
is pretty full on all the sides but I
38:30
think I can get another little small one
38:32
here they have an incredible amount of
38:34
ukuleles for sale in here too against
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that wall there's like a whole ukulele
38:43
wall all right heading out got some
38:43
clouds over there by the
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mountains Fountain and the palm trees
38:49
heading out of the parking lot a little
38:51
bit of traffic heading back towards the
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resort and the
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hotel be kind of scenic
38:58
there this is the valley that we were at
39:00
yesterday if you go down that
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way about four or 5 miles of that
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waterfall