Post #472330 by Tipsy McStagger on Tue, Jul 28, 2009 5:41 AM

....if those pics from 2007 are recent the place probably didn't get gutted....they still do a big rental business with banquets and such.....the sign you see above was not the sign i was speaking of....i think this one was one that replaced it in the 70's but the one i remember was just the letters "kona kai" spelled out in that cool font that is their signature and backlit with red neon on a faux lava rock background....

and the big tikis....the giant ku on the left i think is missing and lost forever... .if my memory is correct, it was cut down by marriott due to rotting......i don't remember it being there for exotica in 2003. the other three where salvaged by bamboolodge and the carters....

the bowls you see on the tables in the picture above were simply round baskets that your food was served in...like a woven rattan type of thing....

and the bar pictured above was usually surrounded by bamboo stools but were moved out for the exotica event....

[ Edited by: Tipsy McStagger 2009-07-28 05:44 ]

[ Edited by: Tipsy McStagger 2009-07-28 05:46 ]