I grew up in Honolulu but I now live in Los Angeles. Chester and Mike welcomed me back to my childhood here. Visiting Makapu'u Hale was the old Hawaii I remember, when my father and I fished and romped in the pristine oceans and gentle surf. The photos do not do this place justice. The hale (house) is beautiful with the wide glass windows that face the sunrise over Manana Island (Rabbit Island) from both the living room and the master bedroom. The kitchen is well stocked. Both bathrooms have cleansing showers. The laundry facilities can handle all the towels you use after spending a day on the sandy beach, snorkeling in the waters, fishing off the pier, strolling past the Magnum P.I. property (rumored to be Obama's new home in Hawaii), and barbequeing on the porch at day's end. Mike (the property owner) spent an hour telling the history of this property, canoeing between the coastal islands, and the turtle pond built by the last king of Waimanalo, which were reserved from consumption by the ali'i (royalty). We're coming back for sure. Thanks Chester (and Mike!)