He kāleka kipa ʻo Saona Island o ka Dominican Republic, ua ʻike ʻia no ka hoʻolaha ʻana i kahi ʻaukā kokoleka "Bounty" me ka huaʻōlelo hoʻohenehene "hauʻoli lani". ʻAʻole hoʻopunipuni nā kiʻi a me nā pepelu hoʻolaha: ka lā ʻōlinolino, ka makani kai akahai, ka wai polū aniani, ka malu o nā lāʻau pāhola e pālahalaha ana ma ke kahakai keʻokeʻo keʻokeʻo ... ʻO ia ʻano ʻike kū hoʻokahi o ke kūlohelohe i mālama ʻia no ke kūlana o ka mālama Ma muli o kēia, ʻaʻole hiki ke loaʻa nā hōkele a me nā hōkele ma ka mokupuni, ʻo nā mea āpau āu e hilinaʻi ai he huakaʻi hoʻokahi lā. Eia nō naʻe, e hoʻomanaʻo ʻia no hoʻokahi lā i hala ma aneʻi.
Aia ma hea ka mokupuni ʻo Saona?
ʻO Saona ka moku nui loa o nā moku Caribbean, aia ma ka moku ʻo La Romana. ʻOhana ka wai ma kahakai, e like me ka waiū hou, ʻokoʻa i ka ʻaoʻao ʻākau o ka Dominican Republic, holoi ʻia e nā kai anuanu o ka Moana ʻAkelanika. Ua uhi nui ʻia ke kapakai me nā pōhaku o nā ʻano ʻē; he nui nā ana ma ka mokupuni, i hoʻohana mua ʻia ma ke ʻano he puʻuhonua a me nā loina, a ma hope he puʻuhonua e nā Indians.
Aia kekahi mau kaʻao e mālama ʻia nā waiwai powa i kekahi mau ana. ʻOiai ke kūlana o kahi mālama kūlohelohe, aia kekahi mau kauhale lawaiʻa kahi e noho ai ka poʻe. ʻO ka loaʻa kālā nui na lākou no ka lawaiʻa ʻana ia, a ʻo ka mea hou aʻe ke kūʻai aku i nā mea hoʻomanaʻo i nā poʻe mākaʻikaʻi, nona kēia, e like me ka helu helu, ma kahi o ka hapalua miliona e kipa aku i ka mokupuni i kēlā me kēia makahiki.
Flora a me nā holoholona
Uhi ʻia ka mokupuni holoʻokoʻa ʻo Saona me nā mangrove, nā māla ʻohe, nā niu a me nā kumu kope. Ua kapu loa ka ʻoki ʻana iā lākou i lalo. I ka hōʻuluʻulu, aia he 539 mau mea kanu, ulu nā orchids nani i nā helu he nui, ke pā aku nei i nā ʻano like ʻole a me nā aka.
Hoʻohālikelike like ʻia ka holoholona: nā iguanas, nā kuhukukū nui, nā ʻōpala, nā ʻoka o ka ʻulaʻula a me nā kala ʻōmaʻomaʻo. Ma kahi kokoke kahi kahakai one kokoke ʻewalu mau kilomika ka lōʻihi, ʻo ka hohonu o ia mea ʻaʻole i ʻoi aku i ka mika. ʻO ke aniau kupaianaha i hana i kahi ʻāina hānau maikaʻi no nā hōkū kai ma aneʻi. Nui loa! ʻO nā kala a me nā nui āpau, he ʻulaʻula ka mea maʻamau, akā hiki ke loaʻa i ka ʻalani a me ka poni. ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e hoʻopā iā lākou me kou mau lima, ʻoiai ʻike pinepine ʻia nā hiʻohiʻona ʻona i waena o lākou. A inā ʻaʻa lākou e lawe iā lākou mai ka wai, a laila ʻaʻole i ʻoi aku ma mua o kekahi mau kekona, make koke ka starfish i ka lewa.
Kālā huakaʻi a me ka wehewehe ʻana
ʻO ka mamao mai ke kahua ʻo Punta Cana a hōʻea i ka mokupuni ʻo Saona he 20 mau mile wale nō a he hapalua hola ka lōʻihi. I ka wā o ka huakaʻi, aia kahi manawa kūpono e ʻike ai i nā dolphins e lele ana i nā nalu turquoise a, inā laki ʻoe, nā manatees, e mahalo ai i nā manaʻo o nā ululāʻau, e hoʻoliʻiliʻi hou ana i kahi ākea mai ke kai.
Ua iho lākou mai ka moku i kahi loko papau i hoʻokahi haneli mau mika mai ke kahakai, ʻaʻole e paʻakikī e kiʻi iā ʻoe iho. ʻO ka manawa e moe ai i ke one mehana, hele wāwae ma kahakai, ʻauʻau i ka wai mehana maʻemaʻe a inu i kekahi mau cocktails ma mua o ka lawa.
I ka 2017, ke kumukūʻai o ka huakaʻi i ka mokupuni paradaiso ʻo Saona, kaukaʻi ʻia i ka mea hoʻohana a me ka helu o nā lawelawe i hoʻopili ʻia, e hoʻomaka ana mai $ 99 no kēlā me kēia mākua a me $ 55 no kēlā me kēia keiki. ʻAʻole e emi ma lalo o ka $ 150 no kēlā me kēia kanaka. Pākuʻi ʻia ka ʻaina awakea.
ʻO ka maʻamau, ma mua o ke kipa ʻana i ka mokupuni, hāʻawi lākou i kahi kū snorkeling hapalua hola; ʻo ka poʻe makemake e hāʻawi ʻia nā makaki kūikawā me nā snorkel. ʻOiai inā ua mai nei a ua ʻānuanu ka wai, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i nā iʻa momona a me nā ʻākoʻakoʻa kala.
Paipai mākou e nānā i nā moku ʻo Galapagos.
Ma ke ʻano he hoʻomanaʻo hoʻomanaʻo mai ka mokupuni ʻo Saona, hiki iā ʻoe ke lawe mai i nā pūpū ʻalani a me nā ʻeleʻele, nā kiʻi pena na nā mea pena kiʻi kūloko, nā mea hoʻonani. A, ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻole pono ʻoe e poina i ke kiʻi ʻana ma ka lāʻau pāma ʻole - e like me ka hoʻolaha no "Bounty".
