The home has views of the sunset over the mountains in the west, all the way south to Long Beach and Catalina Island as well as of the city lights of downtown Los Angeles and easterly views of the sunrise over the San Gabriel Mountains.
At Poovar Beach, which is located a mile or two from Hawa, lights from hundreds of boats blink on the horizon at dawn, while men hike up their lunghis (garments similar to sarongs) to sit and wait for the work to come in.