12-06-2010, 07:31 AM
My apologies ... I was too tired to see my error last night. I would never advise going up the hill to old Matsuyama's. I thought the bus was stopping at the newer Matsuyamas, which is by Pine Trees Cafe just south of the airport. As the stops along one route are K-Mart, then Matsuyama's, then the Hilton, I thought it was in a line. I guess that would be too convenient.
Scratch that.
If I were you I would
a) fly into Hilo. It shouldn't be much more expensive.
b) rent a car at KOA. Is there some reason you can't rent an economy car?
You haven't been here, and you don't know how large the Big Island is, how big the climbs, how much the drivers could care less about being attentive to bikes. It's not like California, whole other mind-set here.
Scratch that.
If I were you I would
a) fly into Hilo. It shouldn't be much more expensive.
b) rent a car at KOA. Is there some reason you can't rent an economy car?
You haven't been here, and you don't know how large the Big Island is, how big the climbs, how much the drivers could care less about being attentive to bikes. It's not like California, whole other mind-set here.