The cottage is delightful -- new, clean, and complete with the kind of real kitchen and bathroom that my wife loves.

It is absolutely peaceful at night, and we love the donkey, horse and sweet old bulldog.

Learn from my pain; don't rely on your smartphone GPS to get there! Print out hard copy directions or maps. That part of the Big Island is notorious for magnetic anomalies so GPS and magnetic compasses are unreliable. It's easy enough to find his house "old school" with maps or directions.