The day started out very early for our fellow travelers. We made our way to Pearl Harbor with our fun bus driver, Rhonda, who taught us a little bit about the history of this memorable place.
First to the battleship USS Missouri where we divided into two groups to go on a tour of the ship, and also to do some volunteer work. The tour was very interesting..we saw how a little city was held inside a battleship! There was a post office, sleeping quarters, places to eat, everything!
The volunteer social project was very gratifying, we got to kill the germs by disinfecting the hand railings!
It was fun talking to people that were interested in what our group was doing, and to inform people about our story as exchange students.
Next we went to the USS Arizona Memorial. We saw a touching and informative movie about the attack on Pearl Harbor, then took a boat out to the Memorial. It was a powerful experience to see the names of the victims who lost their lives on the Arizona...and also to see the oil still leaking from the ship. Made us think a lot about the world.
We returned to the hotel for some free time on the beach, pool, and to hang out in Waikiki.
Dinner was on the 21st floor of our hotel and we had an amazing view of the ocean. Dinner was so awesome!
Afterwards we did some shopping for the luau, you'll see pictures tomorrow! ;)
-Carol from Brazil
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