The area is truly beautiful and the Bali hut provides an amazing breeze. The hand carved wood was really stunning. We were not expecting to sleep in a mosquito net or need bug spray during our stay as that was not mentioned. The area had a lot of drifters that would hang out on the dark streets every night. For being a rural area that was not expected. The place and area were beautiful but the crowd was questionable. We found ourselves driving an nearly hour each way to go to Hilo for dinner & avoid the crowd in Pahoa. In hindsight we would prefer not to stay in the area but would still definitely check out the sites like the warm pond and red road.