Post #4708 by aquarj on Tue, Jul 30, 2002 6:56 PM

About the German guy's tikis near Poipu. I was there this March, and a few things have changed, including the route to Poipu - now there's a major bypass that turns to go directly to Poipu without going through the old Koloa district. Anyway Wailaau is just before the turn for the big bypass, and the house is still there but 2 or 3 of the 5 tikis are gone, I think because of termites and rot (they are wood painted black or tarred or something). Last time I saw them a few years ago, they were all there, but not doing so good.

Not much super tiki-ness, but I highly recommend the Tin Can Mailman bookstore in Kapaa for tapas and good old Hawaiian books that you can't find like nowhere man. Also recommend the Hyatt in Poipu - sit on their veranda and have a drink during the free torch lighting ceremony, or walk around their pools and coves. Keoki's Paradise in Poipu is pretty good food, with a nice hawaiian atmosphere - sorta like an open air trader vics with no tikis. About a mile from the end of the road on the north, you can look east to see the "3 sisters" on the ridgeline of a mountain - they look kinda like 3 moai. Not much else tiki stuff, but make sure you visit a Whalers General Store to get some Chiefly tikis.

-Randy