Post #405409 by Tipua on Mon, Sep 1, 2008 9:09 PM

On 2008-09-01 00:48, Tamapoutini wrote:

Tipua: Talofa! Welcome back. *If you don find any Tikis on one Island, it must be time to visit Samoa.. (groan) Hey, joking about it is as close as Ive been; Im jealous, despite the lack of Tiki. Maybe you should post a notice in Tiki-Travel just to warn people?

Now that IS a dad's joke!

Actually there were some tiki at Siufaga Beach Resort (we splashed out a little) on Savai'i, but they were a mix of Marquesas and Hawai'ian tiki and were only there to fit into the theme I guess.
I didn't see any Samoan tiki at all, but then again I wouldn't know one even if I saw one. Certainly no hei-tiki. Probably all eradicated by the missionaries before tourism I'd assume.

There were some masks for sale, but not quite tiki. I did buy a heap of cool weapons though (good hard head-splitting wood too)! I had to part with them for gifts - but I did keep one.

So...
How about that wee marsden hei tiki fella? For sale or not for sale?
Nudge nudge. :wink: :wink: