Post #574398 by tiki mick on Wed, Feb 2, 2011 4:05 PM

It would not take much to convert the place...it is, after all, a relic from the brady bunch era!

I have been there about a year ago, and ate at the restaurant. At night, with all the "jungle" pathways lit up with torches, it really f-ing great! The observation tower is still there, by the way!

Some things have obviously changed: the former coffee shop is now the front desk. The former front desk is now the gift shop....but the bar is still there, and if it was not tiki back in the day, it certainly was something....!

if I had the money to do a large scale tiki event, this place would be my first choice, just for the tropical foliage, excellent pools and beach bungalows alone!

of course, it would have to be somewhat tiki "re-volved!"...

http://www.flickriver.com/photos/88017382@N00/3798180493/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/88017382@N00/3798970834/sizes/l/in/photostream/

And this vintage cocktail from the barefoot bar shows some more ideas...

Cool website, too...

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.arkivatropika.com/images/pictures/1078_large.JPG&imgrefurl=http://www.arkivatropika.com/cgi-bin/tags.cgi%3Ftags%3D%2522cocktail%2522&usg=__6YOUitruNXQ-5jkXC-L0rHWW5B4=&h=500&w=500&sz=75&hl=en&start=0&zoom=1&tbnid=2nOEytMYnWERwM:&tbnh=135&tbnw=149&ei=afJJTb7JAoO6sAPi_ICNCg&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dbarefoot%2Bbar%2Bvacation%2Bvillage%2Bsan%2Bdiego%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG%26biw%3D1024%26bih%3D677%26gbv%3D2%26tbs%3Disch:1&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=691&vpy=63&dur=1126&hovh=225&hovw=225&tx=108&ty=111&oei=afJJTb7JAoO6sAPi_ICNCg&esq=1&page=1&ndsp=20&ved=1t:429,r:3,s:0

[ Edited by: lucas vigor 2011-02-02 16:19 ]