We made it to Hilo and in case you've never been here before.
Let me give you a quick tour.
What is up members of the Barrio
I hope you enjoyed that little sneak peek
Before we dive into this month long series
On the Big Island
I want to show you around the apartment that Adri and I rented
Be sure to stay tuned for this whole thing because at the end
I'm going to go through exactly how I found this place.
And how much money we're paying for it.
Here we are.
Guys i've rented over 20 apartments in the last couple of years
In different cities around the world.
And this one might be my favorite.
I'm going to show you why.
The first thing that strikes me about this place is the insane amount of local artwork.
And this is downtown Hilo.
First bathroom.
Which is my bathroom.
Bed room number 1
Kingsize bed
It's got this whole oceanic theme to it
Which I love
And yeah the view out the window could be worse.
It could definitley be worse
No?
Yesterday was our first night here and
I actually had to get used to the sound of waves coming in
Throughout the night
And in the morning
But I think it's something i'm going to get used to pretty quickly.
And the people that rented us this apartment really thought about just about
Everything here.
I mean they have
Bookshelf.
TV
And here she is.
Aloha Adriana, how are you?
Aloha i'm good.
And how are you enjoying this little slice of paradise here?
It's perfect and the view..
It's everything.
I haven't even showed them the view yet.
You have to see it guys.
Should I show them the view? Definitley.
And we don't even have air conditioning here because we are so close to the water.
I've made it a habit to spend as much time as possible sitting on this lanai right here
And this is our view from the lanai
Hilo airport is about 4 miles from here
And sometimes we can see planes coming pretty close over Hilo Bay
The airport is in that direction right there.
Oh and if you're curious that's the pool all the way below.
I almost forgot to show them the second bed room
I think this is one of the only times ever I had a tough decision in whether I wanted to stay in the master bedroom
Or the second bed room
This is a queen size bed.
We didn't really need a 2 bed room
But when you're doing apartment hunting for a month long rental
A lot of times you find that a 2 bedroom place costs just about the same as a 1 bedroom place.
And the view is actually better than in the master bedroom in here.
Heck even the bathroom has a sick view from this place.
Do you think this is the best kitchen we've ever had together ?
Yes I think so.
They have just about every single item you would ever need in a kitchen.
Throughout these drawers here without opening the refrigerator.
But they had all these spices and different types of utensils in all the drawers.
I could think of far worse places to cook from.
If you want a nice view while you're scrambling eggs.
So let's go outside and talk more about how I found this place
What i'm paying.
And what our plans are for the next month.
I hope you can here me over the sounds of the birds and the waves but
When I was looking for an apartment in Hilo
It was actually quite difficult on airbnb to find
Anything that I was interested in.
I admit I wanted something pretty close to the water.
And that made a lot of the properties very very expensive.
But I went to another website called VRBO.com
And I found this listing there.
Then I contacted the really cool owners off the website.
And we negoiated a deal for the month
Where we are spending a little over 2,000 dollars
For both of us
To be here for 31 nights
I'm going to put a link to this rental in the description below
If you're interested
But I think the point i'm trying to make is that
If you can't find an apartment you're looking for on airbnb
You can always go to VRBO
And it never hurts to try to negoiate with the owners of the place.
So now let's talk about plans for the next month.
The reason that I picked Hilo was because it's old school classical Hawaii
And I really wanted to get away from the hustle and bustle of New York, Honolulu
I just wanted to go a bit more off the grid.
And Hilo provides the perfect opportunity because it is
close to a lot of amazing natural sites
We're going to be doing some adventerous stuff
We're going to be walking around the city
Whatever I think is interesting hopefully you guys are going to find interesting.
And I think the next month on Here Be Barr
Is going to be some of the best content that i've ever created.
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Guys hope you enjoyed the tour of this apartment.
From here on out we're going to be exploring the Big Island as much as possible.
Thank you so much for watching.
Until next time.