We stayed at Shirley's place to recuperate after a long transpacific flight. The location was perfect--very quiet, at the boundary between suburbia and nature. There's a walk down to an inlet through lush vegetation, just a block or two away, and a shopping center only a few minutes away by car. The house had pros and cons....the bedrooms were comfortable, everywhere was spotlessly clean. But the kitchen had the strangest rule I've ever read at an Airbnb: no cooking smelly foods. They gave the example in the house rules of curry or durian. But what about fish? Bacon? Onions? It left us unable to feel at home here. We did smile, though, that the coffee table book on display in the house was "The Curry Kitchen: 150 great recipes".