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My Big Tiki Bar Road Trip

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Hello Tiki-folks, my planets have aligned and I am in the middle of a tiki road trip!

I will start this post two weeks ago at Don the Beachcomber, Kailua-Kona, on the Big Island of Hawaii! A very cool resturant and bar right on the Pacific Ocean.

Don's flight of mini Mai-tais. From left to right: Don's Green Flash, Topless, Don's Original, and Pele's Volcanic.

Don's Original mai-tai. Yes, it was a little windy while I was there.

This past weekend I went to Trader Dick's last day.

Dick's mai-tai was quite good! Too bad there were no mugs left.

That's all for right now. Tune in for the next installment in a few days!

My husband and I went to Don the Beachcomber on the Big Island in August. Definitely one of the highlights of our trip! I look forward to your journey. Where is Trader Dick's?

On 2014-02-12 19:19, LoriLovesTiki wrote:
My husband and I went to Don the Beachcomber on the Big Island in August. Definitely one of the highlights of our trip! I look forward to your journey. Where is Trader Dick's?

Sorry! Trader Dick's in Sparks, Nevada (next to Reno, NV).

Live posting from the Mai Kai in Fort Lauderdale, Fl.

Someone is on a heck of a road trip...

Have fun...
:)

More pix from the Mai Kai.

The view from my table.

The garden.

The restaurant from the garden.

Another dining room.

The gift shop!

Dancers.

Fire dancers.

More fire dancing.

Ironically, I'm in the airport and I can't get one if these, a jet pilot!

Live posting from the Tiki Ti in Los Angeles.

More from the Tiki Ti, Los Angeles, Ca.

The Mai Kai looks AMAZING! I so need to get there. Great pics! Tiki Ti looks awesome as well. What a fantastic road trip - both coasts!!!!

Thanks for sharing!

Don The Beachcomber, Huntington Beach, Ca.

The dagger bar at Don The Beachcomber.

8T

On 2014-02-12 19:02, dom_orter wrote:
Hello Tiki-folks, my planets have aligned and I am in the middle of a tiki road trip!

I'd say you must have hit the lottery. Glad you were able to do all of that and thanks for sharing. I may have never been to any of those awesome destinations...yet but I am heading to the Mai Kai finally. Yee haw.

Thanks for the kind words everybody.
It's too bad that I didn't win the lottery, it's just that a number of things fell into place. Besides, if my credit card doesn't catch fire, I'm ok, right?!

That is a trip of a lifetime. Great pictures...keep it Tiki!!!

More from Don The Beachcomber, Huntington Beach.

And I can't visit Southern California without stopping at Disneyland.

Trader Sam's Enchanted Tiki Bar, Disneyland Hotel, Anaheim, Ca.

"Lost Safari" cocktail and pupu platter (clockwise from top: green papaya slaw, pork riblets, panko crusted green beans, chicken wings. Center: Sriracha aioli)

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