Post #94498 by christiki295 on Thu, Jun 3, 2004 8:39 PM

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On 2004-06-01 14:43, lanikai wrote:

Vacationing on the Big Island
I'd love to get some advice
Love the 50's Americanized Tiki stuff alot
go to California for that.
no such thing on Hawaii. that's not what Hawaii is about. . . as well as the real deal. now yer talking;

May be Lanikai is setting us straight and we "are missing the forest for the trees."

Being in Hawaii, there is little need for Polynisean Pop when you can experience the real deal.

TikiBars also references this concept in the Hawaii section of the Tiki Road Trip.

Although I'm not sure I completely agree. Just like I love CityWalk in LA, a place repacking obvious cultural sites and landmarks for tourist consumerism makes for a fun outing.

[ Edited by: christiki295 on 2004-06-07 18:58 ]