Pele's Eye was indeed a beautiful space and location. Like others, we struggled with the road, but Ruebon was very communicative about that and gave helpful hints for managing the road.
We did want to share some concerns we had about the way Ruebon interacted with us around Covid. Given AirBNB's requirement that hosts abide by the local guidance for Covid safety, we were surprised that he didn't wear a mask and give 6 feet of distance indoors, as the County of Hawaii mandates. In addition, he made comments doubting the legitimacy of masks and said "Covid doesn't exist here". Although the space was very clean and well kept, the way Ruebon approached us around Covid did not make us feel safe. When welcoming us, he stayed in our room unmasked asking us questions for a while and standing right in front of the door. To be clear, this behavior did not make us feel overtly unsafe, it did make us feel vulnerable especially because we arrived at night at his home (which is far from any neighbors and isolated). For these reasons we felt uncomfortable staying at his place, and wanted to share that experience here.