Arkiva Tropika is the online archive of the collection of Mimi Payne. This large collection includes a wide array of mostly pre-1970 menus, postcards, matchbooks, and paper ephemera souvenir items, mainly from Polynesian and other Exotic themed restaurants, hotels, nightclubs, bars, and the like.

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luggage label from Hotel Aimeo - Moorea, French Polynesia

Item added on December 15, 2009, 10:18 AM
Latest picture added on December 15, 2009, 10:22 AM

The Hotel Aimeo became the 4th of the Bali Hai Hotels in 1982, when it was taken over by the "Bali Hai Boys", Hugh Kelley, Jay Carlisle, and Don "Muk" McCallum. The Aimeo (located on Cook's Bay) was renamed Club Bali Hai, and converted into a timeshare resort with several units kept as hotel rooms for non-owners. Its still has the the least expensive overwater bungalow prices on Moorea.

Jay & Muk still run the Club Bali Hai, and Muk hosts a b.y.o.b. happy hour almost nightly, sharing stories of the early 1960's adventures of the trio.

1960's luggage label

Tags: French Polynesia, illustration, luggage label

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