Pu'uhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park

In November, we worked here for a week on a map of the plant communities. It is about a half hour south of Kona, where we stayed.  This place served as a refuge for Hawaiians.  If they broke any laws or got in trouble, they would come here to be renewed.  The ki'i (wooden totems) were pretty amazing, along with the sheer size of the village and rock work it entailed. 

Hawaiian Thanksgiving: The Employees' Association at HAVO has a pretty successful fundraiser every year around the holiday by building an imu - traditional underground oven. For a small fee, you can bring your roasting pan of goodies and have it cooked for you overnight! 

Here the guys are taking out the last few pans in the morning.

As you can see, quite a few people took advantage of having someone else cook for them for Thanksgiving.

Rainbow Falls