Excellent location within 10 minutes of airport. Super quiet and very peaceful.
We spent most of our time traveling the island. Volcano National Park is must see. Travel around Hilo was easy, lots of roads with little traffic. When we went to Kona , ooh the traffic was a mess. Eating in Hilo was good. Some examples:Ken's house of pancakes. $$ 10 to 20 range, but huge portions.
Cafe Pesto downtown Hilo was very good. $$ 12 and up. High quality with good service.
Cafe 100 was close by. Cheap hamburgers for $4.00. Was tasty, moco loco was good for my first time. They had a large selection.
My favorite part of the island was between Honokaa and Waimea. Different from other parts of the island. Getting to Green sand beach and South Point was a disappointment, the state need to secure these locals and protect them.
Locals trashing areas. 7 days on island. Shopping around Hilo, Walmart was the best. Gas at walmart was reasonable. Well thats all.