Captain Cook got about a bit considering he was doing his exploring in the mid 1700s Canada, Newfoundland (which was a separate country in those days) New Zealand, Australia, and the Hawaiian islands. He must have liked Hawaii because after his first visit in 1778, he returned there in 1779.....ahh I know that feeling.
They liked Cook at first, he arrived at Harvest festival time, sailed round the island in the same direction as the ceremonial procession by coincidence, the islanders thought he was an incarnation of one of their gods. I will have to read up more about him, but the short version is .... His crew and the natives were getting into arguments and Cook , for some reason thought that kidnapping the king would show the natives who was boss and stop the unrest. The plan seemed to have backfired somewhat when, escorting the king back to Cook's ship, he was clubbed on the head and stabbed to death.
Despite having nobbled Cook, he was still held in high enough regard to be given the "full Hawaiian" he was disembowelled, baked to make retrieving his bones easier to be preserved like religious icons.
The white obelisk memorial was placed in Kealakekua bay 100 odd years later on a piece of land designated as British.
They liked Cook at first, he arrived at Harvest festival time, sailed round the island in the same direction as the ceremonial procession by coincidence, the islanders thought he was an incarnation of one of their gods. I will have to read up more about him, but the short version is .... His crew and the natives were getting into arguments and Cook , for some reason thought that kidnapping the king would show the natives who was boss and stop the unrest. The plan seemed to have backfired somewhat when, escorting the king back to Cook's ship, he was clubbed on the head and stabbed to death.
Despite having nobbled Cook, he was still held in high enough regard to be given the "full Hawaiian" he was disembowelled, baked to make retrieving his bones easier to be preserved like religious icons.
The white obelisk memorial was placed in Kealakekua bay 100 odd years later on a piece of land designated as British.
So the historical cruise to see the monument, not accessible from land, buffet dinner and see the sun set seemed like a good idea. It was expensive but for what was offered.....
The trip out started well, a lovely Hawaiian lady blowing a conch shell and telling stories about the things we were passing.
The food on the other hand wasn't very good, only a couple of local dishes amongst the spread, Al had some pork wrapped in a leaf and I had lomi salmon, most of the finely diced pink stuff was tomato but I think there was some raw salmon in there. The smallest piece of pineapple upsidown cake and a view of the sunset, and we were off in the dark at such a pace that there was an outbreak of seasickness on board, it didn't have any effect on either of us so I might be tempted to suggest the food was to blame as well! A nice trip, but way overpriced .... don't worry TripAdvisor will hear all about it from me!
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