DAY 81 - Last Ecstatic

Since our groceries mission had so miserably failed yesterday we were once again not able to cook lunch today and therefore had to seek nourishment in Pahoa again. We returned to our favourite spot, Luquin’s, and had some amazing burritos, true to tradition. Since this was our last Thursday our plan for the evening was to go to Garden Temple again for a last ecstatic dance, and since we got there so late last time we kept a very keen eye on the time today and, after having a small drink in the Kava bar and purchasing some ciders for later, headed down to the Island Naturals Health Food Store (or ‘The Natch’ as the locals call it) where we were sure we would run into someone who could give us a ride there. Uncharacteristically however no-one that we knew was there, so after hanging around for a while we got a bit restless and decided to hitchhike the old-fashioned way, just when we got spotted by white-haired John, who, of course, was going and had already invited a guest to come with him, a young guy wearing a bandana called Anthony as well as two more girls that he was on the way to pick up. So soon we were squeezed into ‘the blue canoe’ as he affectionately calls his car, and on the way to Garden Temple in plenty of time. Because we got there so early we didn’t go in straight away but rather enjoyed some cheeky ciders while lying outside in the field while the sun was setting. 

The dance itself was amazing once again and we ran into a bunch of people, like Devon the seamstress, old James and Sarah’s guy Jon. After it was over we John offered to drive us back which we gladly accepted, not quite feeling up for another crazy night out, and, after thankfully being able to distract him from his plan to go skinny-dipping in the warm ponds, arrived home at a very reasonable hour. At home Stephen and Cedar were busy in the kitchen making popcorn and were behaving rather strangely – one could almost expect the vino (as Stephen for some indiscernible reason calls wine) to have played its part in Stephens insistence of being hand-fed a KitKat by Sarah. The weirdness only increased when Ana arrived in the kitchen wearing a ‘towel-dress’ that she’d just made, essentially a poncho made from a towel, the idea being that she could now change anywhere without flashing anyone (theoretically) which she swiftly demonstrated by taking her bright yellow bra off and flinging it across the kitchen before leaving again. Cedar went to bed shortly after as well and somehow Stephen managed to turn the conversation into a deep therapy session on our inner feelings which was quite weird at first but interesting nevertheless.