Around the World with Atomic Tony Tiki - Tiki Travel

A atomictonytiki Tiki Socialite Spain Joined: May 14, 2002 Posts: 1322	A atomictonytiki Posted posted on Tue, May 13, 2008 3:17 AM Then we went to Nha Trang a popular seaside destination, and we were reclining under palm beach umbrellas drinking micro-brewed German style pilsner, eating huge club sandwiches (yes midnite the sailing club Nha Trang, great big sandwiches with real mayonnaise, the first i had seen in a month and a half), we spotted this cable car crossing over to an island with a huge Hollywood style sign saying VINPEARL. So the next day we walked the 6 kilometers to the cable-car station, totally misjudging the scale of the cable cars, so it turns out Vinpearl is a amusement park, i was having second thoughts about the quarter of a million dong admission ticket ($16 but it just appears to be so much money), but then Jill pointed to the park map and said that exotica bar might be tiki, so off we departed. the view out the cable car window. My wife Jill realizing she don't like heights much. the entrance to the Exotica bar, which was shut for maintenance, considering the amount of building work still happening at the park, i don't think it was finished inside. The rear entrance to the exotica bar. My wife much happier on the return after having a state-of-the-art water park almost to ourselves for the whole day, no need to join lines with 30 people in a park. DALAT and The CRAZY HOUSE The final thing of Tiki Interest we found in Vietnam is the Crazy House in Dalat, a half finished rambling structure, a bit like the Thai Sculpture park but on uppers. Its a half tourist attraction and half hotel. Its amazing what you can do with concrete, re-bar and no building codes. The rooms are all themed around a fireplace, this is the Bamboo Room. These are some of the fantastic coral or stalagmite style concrete treatments, they use glitter on top of the paint to give it that opalescence. Jill touching the walls, working out how to do it back home. More of the madness of the crazy house, and yes that is a giraffe sticking out the roof. This is a separate little tiki hut, which reminded me of the "Ohana hut', it actually got two interior levels with the whole top floor is a bed. By the way that's all concrete, no real bamboo was used. I wished i had a copy of the book of the tiki to show the builder, i think her building skills going at tiki design, I'd love to see it. well that's it for vietnam, i'll post pictures from cambodia soon. [ Edited by: atomictonytiki 2008-09-14 05:55 ]

Then we went to Nha Trang

a popular seaside destination, and we were reclining under palm beach umbrellas drinking micro-brewed German style pilsner, eating huge club sandwiches (yes midnite the sailing club Nha Trang, great big sandwiches with real mayonnaise, the first i had seen in a month and a half), we spotted this cable car crossing over to an island with a huge Hollywood style sign saying VINPEARL.
So the next day we walked the 6 kilometers to the cable-car station, totally misjudging the scale of the cable cars, so it turns out Vinpearl is a amusement park, i was having second thoughts about the quarter of a million dong admission ticket ($16 but it just appears to be so much money), but then Jill pointed to the park map and said that exotica bar might be tiki, so off we departed.

the view out the cable car window.

My wife Jill realizing she don't like heights much.

the entrance to the Exotica bar, which was shut for maintenance, considering the amount of building work still happening at the park, i don't think it was finished inside.

The rear entrance to the exotica bar.

My wife much happier on the return after having a state-of-the-art water park almost to ourselves for the whole day, no need to join lines with 30 people in a park.

DALAT and The CRAZY HOUSE

The final thing of Tiki Interest we found in Vietnam is the Crazy House in Dalat, a half finished rambling structure, a bit like the Thai Sculpture park but on uppers.
Its a half tourist attraction and half hotel.

Its amazing what you can do with concrete, re-bar and no building codes.

The rooms are all themed around a fireplace, this is the Bamboo Room.

These are some of the fantastic coral or stalagmite style concrete treatments, they use glitter on top of the paint to give it that opalescence.

Jill touching the walls, working out how to do it back home.

More of the madness of the crazy house, and yes that is a giraffe sticking out the roof.

This is a separate little tiki hut, which reminded me of the "Ohana hut', it actually got two interior levels with the whole top floor is a bed. By the way that's all concrete, no real bamboo was used.
I wished i had a copy of the book of the tiki to show the builder, i think her building skills going at tiki design, I'd love to see it.

well that's it for vietnam, i'll post pictures from cambodia soon.

[ Edited by: atomictonytiki 2008-09-14 05:55 ]

Post #379936 by atomictonytiki on Tue, May 13, 2008 3:17 AM