Post #129365 by thejab on Mon, Dec 6, 2004 5:58 PM

Now, for the pictures!

Sunset in Benidorm from our hotel room:

In Barcelona now, one of my favorite restaurants we visited - Tortilleria Flash Flash, designed in 1970 and unchanged:

Of the 3 tiki bars, the first one we stopped at was the Kahiki, which ended up being my second favorite. The drinks were usually fair to good, but some were awful. The only bar that sold mugs, but they were pricey.

Lights above the bar:

Suckin' em down

Great drink presentation, complete with sparkler and dry ice, that came out better with a flash:

Nice mug selection

Under bar detail:

And along the staircase:

Jeff losing control:

The next night we hit the Kahala, hands down the best tiki bar in Barcelona, but my I left my camera behind. The third night we stopped at the Aloha. The drinks were terrible - they tasted like cheap rum with a lot of Rose's lime syrup. The mugs were similar to those at the other bars in Barcelona, and the decor was somewhat bland and run down. It was incredibly dark in there, with many rooms in the back. I remembered that Otto said people often use this bar for intimate rendevous. Since it was just me and Jeff we only stayed for one drink.

Just inside the front door:

A clipping of a newspaper article near the front door:

The cream of the crop is the Kahala, which we went to three nights in a row:

Front door detail:

Just inside the front door. The tile floor in a fish pattern was beautiful:

On the left is a turtle pond surrounded by this great stone (plaster?) work:

Down the hall is this fishtank:

Just past that is the bar, only half of it showing in this picture:

Above the bar is another tank:

Along the bar front are tiki masks, all different. I only took pics of 2:

I think we tried at least half of the drinks they served in mugs. Most were very good to excellent. The menu tells you in Spanish which ones are dry (seco) and which are sweet (dulce) with variations between (semi-dulce).

There are many seating areas, this one has a big screen TV which was luckily turned off on one of our visits.

More details:

After Barcelona, we went to Lloret de Mar, about a 2-hour train ride up the coast, to visit Hula Hula. While waiting for Hula Hula to open we explored the town, which had some great animated neon signs, like this steakhouse:

and champagne bottle with a popping cork in neon:

There was a nice small iglesia in town:

Well, we never saw Hula Hula because it didn't open that night and we had other plans the next day (Tarragona and Port Aventura).

More pictures tomorrow.

[ Edited by: thejab on 2004-12-06 18:53 ]