\'it>w from Marine Co1·ps Ai•· Station, 1\:aneohe Day.
thing I miss most here. It took me awhile to get u ed to the strange names of places a.nd things, not to mention people's names. 'Dhe towns and streets have Hawaiian name , and I had quite a time learning to pronounce them. There are still lots of them that stump me. In most cases evety vowel is pronounced. For instance, lu au .is pronounced !o6-ou. This word means an old Hawaiian custom . lightl y similar to a picnic, but instead of broiling hamburger on a grill, the Hawaiian bury a pig in hot coals. Usually they wrap sweet potatoe in the tea leaves and bury them with the pig and let it team cook for about six hours. I attended a luau where they erved along with the deliciou s pork barbecued tuna, which i very rich· coconut pudding, which is like jell ed coconut; chicken with long noodle rice; octopus, very small in ize served in a spinach similar to tra.ined spinach for babie · and, of course, poi and fresh pineappl . Included in this luau were roll and cak , and silverware was available if you so desired. It wa r ally an experience a.nd a treat to attend a real Hawaiian luau. The Hawaiian chain consi ts of even principal i land : O ahu Lanai, Maui, Kauai Molokai , Niiha.u , and Hawaii. The latter i t'he larae t and i aHed the orchid isle or the big island. Moana loa and Moana kea, the volcanoes, are lo atecl there. I have not visited any of the neighboring i land , but the military ha maneuvet on evera l of them. When Bill, my hu band, wa on the big i land, he ent me a box of as orted tropical flo, er . They were gorgeou ! Some of them looked artificial-a if they were made of wax. H ere
orchid are quite plentiful. Ther shape , iz , and olor. On of th mor popula• leis i made of vanda or hid . Th miniature orchid . L i a.r · u ed ' hen people who arrive in the i land the i land in plac of co ag or parand at Ea t r. M y tropi I ortment ' a. ti quit colorful. Th r wcr pink d ep red Ia nder, white, and oranae blo oms. om of th flm er had terns th ize of a child's arm. tree have flow r and ve• few leave . have very f w flow 1 . Th re are trc and bu he that bloom the year round and tho e that have Oov r caso n . t a ny rate, th r ar adorning the p oplc, yard , hou and countryside. Sight eers arc in paradi c here a th r 1 a of intere t. v aikiki variou assortm nt of pia attra t people fir t as it i. publi ized mor and the night spot ar lo ated there. There ar J apanc e Chine c, Korean, and Hawaiian night lub re taUI·ants, and hop at Waikiki. From the famou · beach hotel there, the well known Diamond H ad is often photographed. I enjoy waJkin among the many departme nt tore and hop and watching all th different typ of peopl that congr gate. Honolulu is near and i like mo t a ny city ' ith tall building , traffic and people ru hin her and there. I visited the Bishop Mu cum wh r the tory of Hawaii's Kings and Queen their dre and royal cu tom was told with pictur manikins, and some authentic furniture, clothing, and uch . I a' urf canoe , old fishing equipment, how poi wa made from taro root , and many other inter-
View from the Pali Lookout.
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