James and Keiko are wonderful hosts
- warm hearted and extra support: I traveled alone and actually lost my passport, and everything (cash,cards) in honolulu before my arrival. I was really in an awful situation - no cash, can not drive. James was the only person I could go to for help. Keiko and he started to care my situation before my stay and help work out a plan to still allow me enjoy my trip in the big island. 1) he offered me with a pick-up from the airport because I can not drive ; 2)he lent me some cash when I was still waiting for my bank's help; 3)he kindly drove me to the mauna kea hardly with his antique car (which is not suitable for mountain climbing drive) just because he didn't want that I would have miss the star-gazing in a tight schedule.
- interesting people to talk to : I enjoy to have dinner and visit around with James. Actually, Although James is busy doing his "full time" job as a coffee bean farmer , he still try his best to show me around. His life story is really impressive and inspiring, trigger me to further my own life as well. Talking to James in his jakuzi in the moon light was amazing. He is a good at listening to understand person as a person , humour , sincere and encouraging .
- The tree house exceeds my expectation: I'm looking for some unique staying experience with local features , instead of boring Five-Star Hotel (Marriott, Hilton, etc ) which I stayed for my business trip all the time. The tree house is in the center of "jungle" , really "natural flavored" . The decorations are special, and cats are cute . Really like it .