{"id":131,"date":"2006-07-18T12:21:46","date_gmt":"2006-07-18T16:21:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/2006\/07\/18\/hukilau-2006-fort-lauderdale-mai-kai\/"},"modified":"2013-04-08T10:24:53","modified_gmt":"2013-04-08T17:24:53","slug":"hukilau-2006-fort-lauderdale-mai-kai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/2006\/07\/18\/hukilau-2006-fort-lauderdale-mai-kai\/","title":{"rendered":"Hukilau 2006 – Fort Lauderdale – Mai Kai"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nIn 2003, 2004 and 2005,\u00c2\u00a0we rented about 35 rooms at the Bahia Cabana to Hukilau\u00c2\u00a0guests. This year it’s filled<\/em> with Hukilau<\/a> guests for the first time. That should make for a very great weekend.<\/p>\n

The Bahia Caban sits on the spot of the hanging of a pirate in Fort Lauderdale.<\/a><\/p>\n

The Mai Kai<\/a> is celebrating it’s 50th anniversary this year, and is\u00c2\u00a0still run and owned by the same family. It remains the number one “must see in my lifetime” destination for many. This is the best time to see it too. Filled with several hundred people who all walk in the place and never want to leave. People who relish the mood that takes them so very far away from normal life, to an oasis.<\/p>\n

Knowing that nearly every person you pass at the Bahia Cabana is a Hukilau attendee should insure meeting lots of new and old friends and a great time. Someone once said you could hold Tiki Oasis <\/a>at a Motel 6 and it would still be an incredible time because of the people. This will be one of the best times, with some of the best people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In 2003, 2004 and 2005,\u00c2\u00a0we rented about 35 rooms at the Bahia Cabana to Hukilau\u00c2\u00a0guests. This year it’s filled with Hukilau guests for the first time. 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