"Sundays are laid back here..."

A quote that I heard in the barn as I walked up for breakfast which was quickly followed by "every day is laid back here." At which point I will explain that no one works on Sundays in Pahoa. Nothing is open, and none of us are expected to work either. Really laid back.

With this in mind we caught a ride to the farmers market just north of Pahoa. It was full of different foods- Vietnamese, Thai, Crepes, anything. Fresh vegetables, exotic fruits, and all manner of kitsch filled 3 rows of stalls. We stocked up on produce, chatted with a local wood worker, and then went for a mushroom cheese and onion crepe. It was AWESOME!!!

Then we grabbed a ride to Kehena Beach for the afternoon drum circle. While we were hanging out there, Dj met some jugglers working with pins and beanbags. He made a good effort to learn to juggle the pins. Kehena on Sundays is a really rich experience. There is incense burning everywhere, combined with the amazing blue of the water, the black of the sand, and the background rhythms courtesy of the drums and the waves. At one point it started raining so we all just hid out under the cliff side until it abated. We were just about to wrap ourselves up to find a way back to the hostel when a ton of the people that we knew from the hostel came down the cliff to the beach too. After they stayed about an hour or so we grabbed a ride back with them for dinner. It was a really gorgeous day.