The Bali Hai's carved sign with the rainbow logo.
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The San Diegan Ohana! Mahalo!
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After dinner, we went outside, exploring the gardens for Tikis.
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Tucked behind this back gate, our 'local guides' showed us Tikis we never would have found without them!
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It takes two expert Urban Archeologists to pull back all the bushes around this fellow.
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But the results are worth it! Wow!
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Here was another huge pole hiding around back.
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Another view.
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This poor pole was on the ground- in need of some love, and painted white! So wrong!
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Afterwards we went down to the Bali Hai's boat dock. This is view back up at the restaurant.
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Nice font above the gate.
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The 'upside down' Tiki.
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To the left of the dock gate.
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And to the right.
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More views looking back at the restaurant.
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Upstairs is the main dinning room, downstairs, an events room with dance floor and bar.
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Looking in at the South Pacific Room (downstairs) from outside.
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A garden gate with figural Moais in profile up top.
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A better view of the Moai.
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The gardens are enticing at night.
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Indoors now, on the first floor- the South Pacific room.
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Doorhandle on the entry.
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Two views of the darkened South Pacific Room.
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Another exposure, a slightly better view.
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It's hard to see, but the area between the beam and post is filled with Lava rock.
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More details of the massive construction.
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Another easily overlooked detail, the porthole, painted white.
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Yet another entry in my ongoing catalog of, you guessed it, Tiki carpet! You can often tell a classic Tiki establishment by it's tropical rug!
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Detail of the carving on the railing outside the South Pacific Room.
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More carvings on the rail. Kim Taylor Reese (http://www.kimtaylorreece.com/) photographs above.
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Upstairs, the Top of the Isle dinning room.
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Another picture of the carved sign- less glare.
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An artifact outside the top of the Isle Room.
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Closer in on the fabulous Marquesan Ceremonial Canoe!
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Tiki doorhandles!
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