I kēia lā, ke kono aku nei mākou iāʻoe e kipa aku i ka Repubalika Dominican maikaʻi, aʻo ia hoʻi, ke kūlanakauhaleʻo Puerto Plata. Ke kūkuluʻia nei kēia paradaiso kokoke i ka'ākau'ākau o ke Dominican Republic. Ināʻoe e unuhi maoli i ka inoa o kēia kūlanakauhale i Lūkini, hiki iāʻoe ke "Amber Coast". ʻO ka Puerto Plata kahi inoa o kēia inoa i nā waihona momona o ka amber e kū nei. Loaʻa iā ia kekahi o nāʻanoʻano amber - amber (ʻeleʻeleʻeleʻele). Ma kahi mamao loa aku o kēia kūlanakauhale aia kahi mau hōkele kahakai mua loa, no laila e hoʻomaha ma kēia mau wahi i nā'ōlelo hoʻohiki e mahalo aʻano likeʻole.
| | | |
Nāʻike nui
Uaʻike aneiʻoe ua hoʻokumuʻia kēia kūlanakauhale e Christopher Columbus pono'ī? Ma hope o ka paeʻana maʻaneʻi,ʻo ka mea mua āna i kāhāhā ai,ʻo ia ke kele mai ke kai o ka wai. ʻO kēia hiʻohiʻona a hoʻololi i ka inoa o ke kūlanakauhale, a hoʻomakaʻia ka kapaʻiaʻo ke Port Silver. Ma kēia kūlanakauhale i hoʻomanaʻoʻia ka Mass mua ma ka halepule mua ma ka'āina i hoʻolahaʻia. Akā mai ia manawa, ua holo ka wai ma lalo o ke alahaka, ua ulu aʻeʻo Puerto Plata i ke kūlanakauhale nui me nā hokele a me nāʻoihana hoʻokipa maikaʻi. Aia ma Puerto Plata he kahua mokulele honua, kahi e hiki ai iāʻoe ke lele mai kahi o nā wahi likeʻole o ka honua nei. ʻO ka wānanaʻo Puerto Plata i nā malama hoʻomaha (Dekemaba-Fepeluali)ʻo ia ka mea kūpono no kaʻahaʻaina kahakai. Mai hoʻohilahila i kaʻaʻoheʻaina kūpono ma ke kūlanakauhale pono'ī, akā aiaʻelua mau mea nui ma kona wahi - Bahia de Maimon a me Playa Dorada. ʻO ko lākou kahakai he nani loa ia,ʻo nā kahakai maʻemaʻe a aia nā lālā a pau o nā kono kai kai, a nele i Puerto Plata. ʻO ka kahakai kokoke loa i Long Beach aia ma kahi oʻelua mau mika mai nā kahakai o ke kūlanakauhale. Ma kahi kokoke he wahi naniʻo Luperon, kahi e like me nā mea makemake i ka lawaiʻa moana me nāʻano nui. Pāʻina mākou i ka hoʻolālā hana wai ikaika e kipa aku i kekahi o nā punae kūpono no ka hoʻouluʻana i ka makani a me ke kaona - Cabarete. E like me kāu eʻike ai, aia nō i kēia manawa kahi nani hoʻolālā o ka lā hoʻomaha e hiki mai ana, akā,ʻaʻoleʻoe iʻike i kekahi mea e pili ana i nā meaʻoluʻolu loa o ke kūlanakauhaleʻo Puerto Plata!
| | | |
Holomua nā holo ma Puerto Plata me ka mākaʻikaʻiʻana i kahi papa wai. He mea paʻakikī kēiaʻano hale a me ka papa wai wai,ʻo kahi paʻa o nā lagoons, kahi uapo no nā yachts a me nā wahi hoʻokipa. Ma kona kaona, me ka nānā aku i ka mālamaʻana i ke kai, hiki iāʻoe keʻike i kahi lawaiʻa nui no nā manu, a me nā puaʻa me ka lehulehu o nā mea hoʻolaha, nā albinoa o nāʻohana. ʻO ka moana kai ka'āina nui loa, kahiʻike nui i hanaʻia ma ka heleʻana ma kahi mālamalama mālamalama e holo i lalo.
Eʻike pono e hele aku i Fort San Flipe, i hoʻokumuʻia e ka palapala kauoha a ke aliʻi mō'ī Sepaniaʻo Philip II i ka makahiki 17. ʻO ka mea nui, ua kōkua ka hoʻoikaikaʻana i ka hakakāʻana i ke kūlanakauhale e pili ana i nā mea pili i nā pirate. No kēlā poʻe, he wahi maikaʻiʻo kēia "pie", no ka mea, eia ka manawa e holo mau ana nā moku e kauʻia me ke gula a me ke kālā. Ma hope mai,ʻaʻole hoʻohana hou ia kēia wahi e like me kahi kūlana palekana, akā he hale paʻahao. I kēia lā, aia kahi hale hōʻikeʻike i loko, kahi i hōʻiliʻiliʻia ai ka hōʻiliʻili maikaʻi o nā mea kahiko,ʻo nā malihini a pau o kēia kūlanakauhale eʻike iā lākou. Akā,ʻo ka meaʻoi aku ka maikaʻi loa he heleʻana i ka Hale Hōʻikeʻikeʻo Amber. Maʻaneʻi hiki iāʻoe ke aʻo i ka moʻaukala o ka hanaʻana i kēia pōhaku, eʻike i nā kiʻi he nui - nāʻewa, no ka maloo i loko o ka pōhaku i nā miliona miliona makahiki i hala. Maanei hiki iāʻoe keʻike i nā hōʻailona o kaʻeleʻele, kaʻulaʻula, ka poni a me ka'ōmaʻomaʻo a me ka'ōuli.
| | | |
Makemake mākou e makemakeʻoe i ka huakaʻi i ka Dominican Republic, a makemakeʻoe e kipa hou i kēia mau'āina. ʻOiaiʻo Puerto Plata ka mea e kali ana iāʻoe e hoʻomanamana i ka hiʻona kūloko o kēia kauhale.