My visit to the Makai Hideaway was my first time in Hawai’I and my first time on Airbnb. We couldn’t have made a better choice. Cheryl has a beautiful house in a great location. We were 7 adults celebrating my daughter’s college graduation and our 32nd anniversary in May 2018. After we planned the trip, Kilaueua erupted and that made us even more excited to visit. Unfortunately, it also meant vog on our side of the island, eliminating the Fantastic Sunsets part of the equation. But it also meant less direct sun, so much cooler. Cheryl’s house is ideal if you want to get away from the madding crowd, but have access to all the Big Island has to offer. We were out of the house every day by 7am and back in time to make dinner and enjoy each other’s company. Our itinerary included Honomalino Beach, South Point, Discovery Harbor, Green Sand Beach, Punalu'u Black Sand Beach, Hilo, Rainbow Falls, Mauna Kea, Makalawena Beach, Kahalu’u Beach Park, Kealakekua Bay (visit Ehu & Kai Adventures for rentals – family-owned!), Captain Cook monument, and the City of Refuge - Pu'uhonua O Hōnaunau National Historical Park. All with Miloli’I as our home base. It IS 10 minutes off the hwy down a winding road with a 1500-foot drop in elevation, but that’s a good thing to me! There was nothing we needed that wasn’t already in the house, except food, but including spices. The property description is excellent; the house is exactly as described. One thing that I didn’t pick up on is that the water cistern isn’t for drinking water – Cheryl provides that in a couple of water cooler/dispensers with plenty of extra jugs of water. But water became our only problem – more below. Thought we would use the ping pong & pool tables, but no time – we were never in the house. Never turned the TVs on either. The house did get hot after being locked up all day, but it cooled off fast with so many windows and screen doors and fans. Costco IS a sensible first stop before coming to the house. We planned out our meals and got most all the ingredients there. We ended up with too much food though, and took most of the excess over to Pahoa to donate to the Leilani Estates evacuation center. Funny though; we didn’t seem to have an excess of alcohol. 😉 But as with most marvelous properties, everything’s great as long as everything’s great. But what happens when something happens? I think that’s when you find out what kind of host you have. For us, it came on the 7th day- no water came out of the faucets. We let Cheryl & Daniel know, and they immediately went to work trying to find the problem. It turned out we were out of water, which was a little odd since we were fairly conservative on water use and the house has a big tank. But Daniel...