Of course in person is the best. My class has chosen Hawaii. We only have 200 students in our school and our group for hawaii will be about 30 students. Aloha gayle ryan. Three main things in your post caught my attention.
Students collect and string flowers.
Commercial straw hats,plastic flower lei,aloha shirts etc. Some videos are done quite well for general purpose. The final choice of course is yours. In the area of food. If you choose to go authentic,check phone book under Oriental or Asian foods.