These are two excerpts taken from the Kona Kai Resort website (with permission)

Kona Kai's beachfront has always been noted for it's incredible views and beautiful palms. But, if you've stayed at Kona Kai, you know we're always improving - so we've now added a new beachside palm garden with a mix of different palms and a beautiful Pandanus as the centrepiece. Here's a photo of the new Pandanas, or Screw Pine, as we're unloading it from the truck. We planted a total of some 14 new palms and the area has already been adopted by folks who want a semi-private area for an outdoor massage. One very beautiful rare palm, a coccothrinax borhidiana, has been planted especially in memory of a guest, Sheila Dinner (Lisa's Mum), at the request of her son, Les. His Mum so loved Kona Kai he asked if we would do this. She couldn't be remembered in a more beautiful place.

 See the tree here! 

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One of Kona Kai's long time guests passed away (Lisa's Mum Sheila). Her son, and travelling companion, Les (Lisa's Brother), shared some very touching e-mailed thoughts and we would like to share them with you: "We lost mum (Sheila) on Sept 10th. As I told you, she was diagnosed with lung cancer back in May and although she put up a brave fight for four months, it got her in the end. We shared many memories of Kona Kai when she was feeling down and it really picked her up and helped her through some tough times. Mum had travelled to many parts of the world, including the Caribbean islands and the Bahamas, and her absolute most favourite place ever, was at Kona Kai amongst the trees, the wildlife and the sunsets." Below is Sheila, not too long ago, on one of her first visits to Kona Kai, enjoying an ice tea on our beach and then a few years later pictured at a "Kona Kai friends" reunion. Sheila was a very special woman and Kona Kai will miss her.