Post #4707 by bigbrotiki on Tue, Jul 30, 2002 6:37 PM

When I was on Kauai a couple of years ago, I was actually dissappointed by the lack of Tiki...it's the "Garden Isle", great for hikers and other nature lovers. If you like your tropical garden in a glass, Oahu and the Big Island are better.

This said, I found one obscure and impressive Tiki site on my way to Poipu Beach: I turned a corner and beautiful black Hawaiian and Moai Tikis stopped me in my tracks. What seemed to be the front lawn of a private residence (which was all done in lava rocks and tropical woods) was sporting 5 impressive black stone giants. I walked up the driveway and found the big Samoan house keeper, who gave me a little brochure for "The Rock House of Koloa"! He explained that the owner was at his first home in....GERMANY!

Apparently it was/is owned by a Peter Schachtschneider (say that quickly three times please) who made his money with a chain of health clubs. I even saw a picture of him with ARNOLD!

This was about five years ago, I am curious if the place is still there:

5465 Wailaau Road, Koloa