Last Saturday on the 4th i was suppose to attend the last class field trip but i was working and i couldnt make it. I work at Kamaaina Care and we took our school age kids to the Dole Plantation for the whole day to occupy their time and have them get an experience on the Dole plantation and where pineapples originated from in Oahu. Dole Pineapple Plantation is a very popular attraction that introduces over thousands of visitors a year to Oahu. Its a tourist complex consists of a gift shop, ornate gardens and a dole maze (which we tried so hard to figure out whether we should take the school age to go have fun going through the maze or not). Dole Pineapple Plantation's educationl tour emphasizes on agriculture, the history of pineapples in Hawaii and how it has changed fromt eh old day to the modern day. It offers tour at reasonables prize but since its on Kama'aina Care, we took the tour for free because the kids parents pay for everything. I've never been to a Dole Plantation that is why i went with the school age because i want to check it out and im so glad i did. If i hadn't go with them i would miss out on all the fun we had that day. We took the school age and most of them couldnt wait to get there. Its perfect for all ages so me and my othe co-workers think its best if we take the school age over there it'll be a great experience for them since most of them never been there. We usually take them to the zoo, water-park, diamond head to have fun but this time we took them to the plantation and i couldnt keep my eyes of them having so much fun. They offered us chopped pineapples for the school aged to taste and eat. The plantation was really neat and well organized. The workers there did a tremedous job in creating that place. Everything looks clean and it made me think that its a way of making their money producing pineapple to be sold to get money. It was a great visit though. We took a walk through its mini-gardens to get a close look at a variety of crops and plants being grown on the North Shore of Oahu. It was really awesome and im thinking of visiting the place again.
Aside from tour, the pineapple garden maze caught my attention. Honestly, i love playing maze games that comes on newspapers or maze books but never in my life have i've seen in person. Now that i went with the school age last saturday i couldnt believe my eyes. It was my first time seeing a maze in real life and how it looks like. I've heard stories about people getting lost in the maze which frightens me to take a shot at it but i was still shocked at the size of the maze. Its like once you enter it you'll be lost forever or something. Well those are just my personal thoughts but im sure if anyone take a shot at it he/she will find their way out. Once we got to the maze two of our school age boys begged us because they wanted to go through the maze and we were suprise that they find their way out. The amount of school age kids we took that day was 20 altogether but only six had the courage to try out the maze with one of our co-worker. The tour guide explained the maze to us. He said that the pineapple garden maze was built from 11,400 Hawaiian plants. Visitors can practice their navigational skills while having fun seeking the six hidden stations located within the maze. Also, he mention people getting lost in the maze as it covers 2 acres and contains 1.7 miles of pathways. It usually takes 30 minutes to walk through the maze but i was never interested. Its better to wait for the kids then get lost in the maze and have them wait for me. I just though its not a good idea for now because we brought the kids along. It was good seeing them have a good time and it was a great experience for me to visit such an interesting and amazing place. I wanted to go back to try the maze myself but i'll see if i can fit it in my schedule or maybe when school is done. As the kids are running off and into the maze it was really tempting and as much as i wanted to followed them i didnt. I still got the expression of "please dont get lost in there" keeps kicking me in the head so i stayed and waited for them. We left the plantation 15 minutes after it was closed. One of the workers informed us that we can have 15 more minutes because they can see the kids are having so much fun. After our visit we went back to Makaha Resort (where we worked) and waited for their parents to come pick them up. It was great listening to them laughing, smiling and telling their parents that they had so much fun at the dole plantation and that they want to go back just for the maze. I, too, want to go try it out and hopefully one day i get to visit there and walk through the maze. Im glad i took the chance to visit the dole plantation on a work basis and i had so much fun too.
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