Three out of the past five years we have not been on U.S.A. soil for independence day. Although this year we were in the U.S.A. it almost felt like we were on foreign territory. First because we are sooooo far from the mainland (including the time zone). As we watched on TV the east coast enjoying their fireworks it was only 3:00 P.M. for us. Second we decided that we would go to watch the fireworks in a little town called Kekaha, about 30 min. from where we are staying in Poipu Beach. We were pleasantly surprized at how local the celebrations were. A few hundred people speaking Hawaiian and eating typical foods of Hawaii with a little mix of American. Kind of neat to see the cultures merge into one big melting pot of foods and language, and music. There was a band playing Hawaiian, American and an ocassional spanish song translated into English! It was such an intimate small town festivity tha even the mayor of the town (Bernard Carvalho) was present at the celebration. The highlight of the evening of course were the fireworks, which were pretty impressive considering it was a small town production. We did learn a small phrase, that sums up what we celebrate today: Hana' ho (spelled phonetic) Happy Birthday America!
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