Luau!

On our final night in Kauai, we attended a luau at Smith's Tropical Paradise near the banks of the Wailua River. Fabulous meal, with kalua pork, teriyaki chicken, salad with choice of papaya seed dressing or lava guava dressing, fried rice, sweet potatoes, macaroni salad, vegetables, cucumber salad, and more wonderful dishes too numerous to remember.

I'm typically not a fan of rice pudding, but their rice pudding for dessert was outstanding.

And no...I still don't do poi.


Family photo in matching outfits just prior to the luau, taken outside our condo.


The entrance to the "tropical paradise."


The schedule of events. A fantastic show followed the meal.


The grounds of Smith's Tropical Paradise.


Peacocks walked around the grounds amidst the guests.


Guests begin to congregate around the imu.


Page and the kids on a pedestrian bridge in "paradise".


The imu. The pig is buried in there.


The imu ceremony. The pig is being lifted from the pit.


Hang loose...


Hanging loose with some of the cast members.


Page and Margaret with some of the ladies from the cast.

The show that followed the meal was a fantastic homage to Polynesian, Hawaiian, Filipino, Chinese, and Japanese cultures, full of wonderful dances. We highly recommend this luau if you go to Kauai.