Tonga Room on the Amazing Race - General Tiki

T tikipedia Member San Diego Joined: Aug 25, 2004 Posts: 491	T tikipedia Posted posted on Sun, May 9, 2010 8:39 PM One of the roadblocks in the current Amazing Race is at the the Tonga Room!
SDT Sweet Daddy Tiki Tiki Socialite Edmonton Joined: Jul 20, 2003 Posts: 1113	SDT Sweet Daddy Tiki Posted posted on Sun, May 9, 2010 9:49 PM I saw that. One of the last stops on the finale. They had the band playing in the "lagoon" and the thunderstorm. They also called it one of the first tiki bars in America. Am I wrong in thinking it didn't become tiki until sometime in the 60's which would actually make it quite late in the game? Also, I don't know if anyone's mentioned it yet - America's Next Top Model is in New Zealand and there's quite a nicely carved Maori tiki visible in some of the interviews and a large tiki is the centerpiece in the judging room (that one may be a prop but the other one looks real enough). (yes, I've outed myself as an ANTM watcher).
L leleliz Tiki Socialite NorCal Joined: Sep 02, 2008 Posts: 1982	L leleliz Posted posted on Sun, May 9, 2010 9:53 PM Sweet Daddy Tiki I have been watching ANTM also...in the 1st episode where they land in NZ they had a tribe of maori men dancing.it was pretty killer!
M MauiRose Member Los Angeles Joined: Feb 28, 2009 Posts: 201	M MauiRose Posted posted on Sun, May 9, 2010 11:00 PM Full episode is online here: http://www.cbs.com/primetime/amazing_race/video/

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tikipedia Posted posted on Sun, May 9, 2010 8:39 PM

One of the roadblocks in the current Amazing Race is at the the Tonga Room!

SDT

Sweet Daddy Tiki Posted posted on Sun, May 9, 2010 9:49 PM

I saw that. One of the last stops on the finale. They had the band playing in the "lagoon" and the thunderstorm. They also called it one of the first tiki bars in America. Am I wrong in thinking it didn't become tiki until sometime in the 60's which would actually make it quite late in the game?

Also, I don't know if anyone's mentioned it yet - America's Next Top Model is in New Zealand and there's quite a nicely carved Maori tiki visible in some of the interviews and a large tiki is the centerpiece in the judging room (that one may be a prop but the other one looks real enough). (yes, I've outed myself as an ANTM watcher).

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leleliz Posted posted on Sun, May 9, 2010 9:53 PM

Sweet Daddy Tiki I have been watching ANTM also...in the 1st episode where they land in NZ they had a tribe of maori men dancing.it was pretty killer!

M

MauiRose Posted posted on Sun, May 9, 2010 11:00 PM

Full episode is online here:

http://www.cbs.com/primetime/amazing_race/video/