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Post #658983 by bigbrotiki on Sat, Nov 17, 2012 2:00 AM

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On 2012-11-16 05:36, TikiTomD wrote:
This online commentary on Big Island kayaking suggests that the estate adjacent to the King Kam Hotel is or was owned by Paul Allen, Bill Gate's Microsoft co-founding partner. Sven, was the guard you encountered a Filipino named Greg?

Don't think that was Greg.

Goes to show that local lore is often hearsay, too. Similarly, this beautiful beachfront home further up the Kona coast...

...it most often attributed to hair guru Paul Mitchell, while it was actually built by his business partner John Paul DeJoria, who bought it in Bali and had it reassembled by Indonesian craftsmen on the site.