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Tiki remnants in Zihuatanejo, Mexico |
Eddy Brazil
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Aug 08, 2006
Posts: 161
From: Victoria, BC
|  Posted: 2008-09-19 1:31 pm Permalink
Owen's bungalows (operated by Owen Lee, ex-member of Jacques Cousteau's diving team) has thatched bungalows - and a decent restaurant for tuna steak (al mojo de ajo) on the point at the end of Playa Las Gatas. As you approach the resort, you encounter some sun-worshipped tiki figures, like these examples:
On the stretch of road from Playa La Ropa into town, all that remains of the Kon Tiki restaurant (someone on Tiki Central has ashtrays from this place) is the signage.
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Zeta
Grand Member (2 years) 
Joined: Feb 13, 2007
Posts: 2032
From: Atlantis/Basque Country/Spain/Mexico
| Posted: 2008-11-07 11:21 am Permalink
Nice pictures Eddy !!!
sporkboyofjustice has the ash tray...
From this topic: Kon Tiki Zihuatamejo, Mexico ash tray
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On 2004-04-30 13:40, sporkboyofjustice wrote:
I picked up a small terra cotta ash tray not too long ago. It's about 3.5 inches in diameter and about 1.75 inches tall. It is marked on one side "Res. Bar Kon-Tiki" and "Zihuatamejo-4-24-71" on the other side.
It's really quite plain with no tikis on it at all. Has anyone seen anything else from this establishment or know of it?
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On 2004-06-29 16:00, Humuhumu wrote:
The ashtray is from a place that's been around a while and is still open in Zihuatanejo. Those numbers are the old phone number. It's still called Kon-Tiki, but it appears to specialize in pizzas these days. Don't know what the decor is like.
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I will go there personally and find out more... I been there before but never saw any tikis... I know "playa la ropa" (ropa= clothes) has that name because one day a ship sinked and the cargo was clothes and they ended up in the beach. 
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Zeta
Grand Member (2 years)
Joined: Feb 13, 2007
Posts: 2032
From: Atlantis/Basque Country/Spain/Mexico
| Posted: 2010-01-22 8:31 pm Permalink
Restaurant Bar
Kon Tiki
PIZZERIA
Zihuatanejo, Gro. Mexico
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  ¡Viva Tiki! Ambassador of Tiki in Mexico. Zeta is specialized in the research, study and preservation of Tiki culture in Latin countries.
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