After a very tiring 6 hour flight from Seattle to Hawaii and waiting for about an hour to get our car, we managed to check into a very nice Villa at the Wiakoloa Colony....
Love the emenities, 2 pools, hot tubs, BBQs in the common area, large upkept villas with full kitchen, dishwasher and washer/dryer pair...
Nice TV setup with Free DVD rentals (at least modern titles), and fast WIFI...
The city of Kona is awesome... picked up some food for the week at the KTA and quite honestly, outside of the conversation not working in our advantage, the prices aren't nearly as atrocious as everyone had said.
Stick to the food that's available here, and you're good... don't expect an abundance of wheat flour baking and beef (though beef prices aren't at all bad... much closer to calgary prices, than US prices)
So far what I'm most impressed with are the prices for Tuna, Crab and other seafood
Prices for food and veg is decent, and what I do like the most, is the diverse mix of Asian options... (spices, snacks, pre-package foods)
also the Deli is top notch with fresh Poke, Adobo and many other asian inspired island food... (well priced)
Now for the next things to do here... unfortunately as its raining, its limited us to shopping and pool/hot tub time for now
We have friends who happen to live in Maui, so we'll have to find our way up there and also know of some other friends who are staying in Hilo
So what do ya'll recommend a young family to do other than the beach?