D.D. You are quite right. Of all of the beaches in all of the world, MKB is probably the most beautiful. Perfect sand, perfect water. Unfortunately, the hotel is a mere shadow of its former self (when Rockfeller first built it). As one who has been to nearly every great beach in the world, I say, with great humility, that the beach in front of the Mauna Kea Beach Hotel is as perfect as beach as one will ever find.