Post #787487 by swizzle on Tue, Jun 5, 2018 7:14 AM

On 2018-06-04 23:05, EnchantedTikiGoth wrote:

On 2018-06-04 11:25, AceExplorer wrote:
If we love tiki so much, and tropical paradises, why not go to one of the sources more often?

I'm not going to crap on people enjoying what they enjoy... more power to 'em... but I admit that I don't GET travelling for conventions. I attend (and even present at) the big anime convention in my city BECAUSE it's in my city and I'm already here. Maybe it's because my travel budget isn't huge to begin with so trips need planning and I have to make choices about where I go and why. I like to see things and do stuff. Again, more power to someone who loves conventions, but yeah, I'd honestly rather do Hawaii itself, for exactly the stated reason. That's the actual tropical paradise!

I took out a personal loan (which i'm still paying off) in order to go to Tiki Oasis in 2012 and then squeezed in as much as i possibly could, including going home via Hawaii, in that same trip. Since then i re-borrowed that money and visited the US twice. Those three trips were the best times i've ever had in my life.I'm still paying off that initial loan and you know what? I don't give a fuck. I'm happy to pay for that until i die, and if i don't pay it back before i die, then the bank can sell my Tiki mugs and recoup their costs. I'd rather pay that loan off until i die and have done something i REALLY wanted to do, as opposed to 'trying' to save for it and never having done anything.
The point is, i'm into TIKI. I went to Tiki Oasis, The Hukilau and Luau At The Lake, because that is what i WANTED to see. Everything else was just a bonus. You go to Hawaii because you want a vacation in a tropical paradise. Tiki has nothing to do with that. If going on that holiday incorporates an interest of yours, then good for you.