The house was just perfect. The bed was very comfortable. Elizabeth and Mike were kind enough to set up a rollaway bed for my 8 year old son in the living room. He slept comfortably every night. The kitchen had everything you need to cook a gourmet meal. Just wished we had time to do more cooking. Having bagels and muffins for breakfast was much appreciated.
We brought our own snorkel gear and fin but it was so nice to be able to borrow any beach gear. Beach chairs, umbrellas, numerous beach towels, coolers, you name it.
The house is in a higher elevation but it did get quite warm because the hurricane was near by. However, we were still able to sleep comfortably. Definitely go to Matsuyama Foodmart up the street. They've got great spam musubi and you can get pretty much everything you need.
If you need to do major grocery shopping, KTA Superstore is about 15 min drive into town. Watch out for Sunday night. EVERYTHING closes by 8pm so we had a hard time finding places to eat when we arrived late Sunday afternoon. The house is pretty much 15-20 min drive to everything in Kailua-Kona.
Make sure to look up at the stars at night. Star gazing just outside of the cottage was absolutely amazing! My son was so happy that he got to see shooting stars.
We also took a morning snorkel tour with Fair Wind Cruise, where Mike works. The tour was very well organized and so much fun. We tried snuba and that was one of my son's biggest highlight of this trip. Snuba is additional cost to the tour, so getting a discount through Mike was greatly appreciated.
Next we we visit the Big Island, we will stay in Kona side longer and come back to Mike and Elizabeth's comfortable cottage!