We really enjoyed our stay with Cab! Cab is an incredibly warm person and a terrific host. We enjoyed many engaging discussions with him about the island, his surfing adventures, his perspective on food, and other fascinating topics.

As many reviewers have noted, his breakfasts were delicious, and presented many opportunities to taste local fruits out of his yard such as soursop, coconut, passionfruit, papaya, and pomelo. The diversity of flavors was amazing!

The place itself was a beautiful setting that met our needs perfectly. It is almost entirely windows, which allow a pleasant cool breeze to fill the house at all times. It feels very much like a surfer's bungalow, decorated to evoke Eastern traditions such as yoga and Buddhist meditation. Cab describes a stay at his place as going "back to nature," and indeed the place is surrounded by lush tropical gardens. A prospective guest should note that this also means that birdsongs are quite audible from the house, especially in the morning. We found this to be charming, but a light sleeper may wish to bring along earplugs. We heard nothing of the noisy neighbor mentioned in one review.

The location is superb for anyone looking to get away from the main tourist circuit on Oahu. Haleiwa has terrific food (e.g., phenomenal food trucks are a 5-minute walk from Cab's place) and is close to world-class beaches like Waimea Bay, but you don't have to deal with endless throngs of tourists and peddlers of kitschy merchandise as in a place like Waikiki. We really enjoy hiking, and Cab helped point us to a number of great hikes in different micro-climates of the North Shore.

It was a great few days for us. We hope to be back soon!