Paliuli Farm is a magical place to stay on The Big Island. Coralie and Chris are amazing hosts - they were there to show us around when we arrived, and even before we arrived, gave us advice on sites and travel distances (we had an early morning scuba dive reservation back up in Kailua-Kona).

The room is adorable and amazing - I loved how the big screen window overlooks the forest. The bathroom and kitchen are - this sounds odd - so much fun! I've never had big screens for windows in my bedroom, bathroom, and kitchen overlooking such a beautiful, lush environment.

We had some decent rainstorms while we were there that were above and beyond a tropical a rain. This led to a bit of a humid chill in the air, so if you're the type to get chilled easily, I would bring a comfortable long sleeve shirt for the evenings.

The lanai was such a peaceful place to have our breakfast and dinner. I kept looking in one direction - the trees on the farm, and then the other direction - the view of the ocean, and never sure which view I wanted to face as I ate. These are the kinds of problems you want, when you're on vacation. :-)

The birds in the morning were ridiculously chatty - I personally loved every minute of it. It was such a peaceful experience waking up to their song. I walked around in the morning capturing 30 second little videos of the view and their songs so I could remember my experience here.

We only had 5 nights on The Big Island, and two of those were with Chris and Coralie. It was not nearly enough. We will definitely be back.

Mahalo, Coralie and Chris!