Even though Olivier has a few apartments in the building, he made it feel like we were were staying in his very own apartment, and as such, he was always on hand to help out, advise, inform and we often chatted with him in the spa. Olivier's apartment was clean, spacious and had everything that one would need so it was good to be able to stay in and cook your own meals if you didn't want to go out to eat.

The facilities of Island Colony are excellent from the BBQ's to the spa, swimming pool and sauna. We used all of these especially the spa and swimming pool which is a great way to meet other travellers.

The location is about a 10 min walk from the beach (I love sitting on the surfboard staring at Diamond Head and I miss this already) but this was not a bother for us as we do like to walk a lot. We would sometimes walk to Ala Moana Shopping Mall which is about a 25-30 mins walk away.

Would I stay there again? In a heart beat...just watch out for all the beginning surfers...I was knocked off my board three times by them but it was all in good fun.