ʻO 1970 ka makahiki, a ua kokoke au e piha i ka 21. Ke hoʻomaka nei ka Chicago Seven Trial, ua huhū nui ke Kaua Vietnam, ua hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻo Nixon i ka makahiki koho i 18, a ua hoʻokuʻu ka Beatles i kā lākou album hope loa, "Let It. E." ʻO ka ʻōlelo i koʻu hanauna ʻo "Keep on Truckin'." No laila, manaʻo wau he manawa maikaʻi ia e hele i kahi huakaʻi alanui Mexico.
Ua kāhea au i kahi hoaaloha kahiko o ka wā kamaliʻi, e ʻōlelo hou ana iā ia e pili ana i kahi wahi o ka ululāʻau i kapa ʻia ʻo Puerto Vallarta. Ua hoʻopau ʻia ke alanui paʻa mua ma laila mai Tepic. Me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka helu helu kiʻekiʻe, me ke kinoea he 15 keneta no ke galani a me ka hiamoe ʻana ma kahakai me ke kumu kūʻai ʻole, manaʻo wau hiki iā mākou ke hana i kahi huakaʻi ʻelua pule mai San Diego no kahi $100 paʻa. No laila, hele mākou i kaʻu kaʻa VW 1966 me ka ʻole jack, kahi pahu pia, a me ʻehā mau ʻōhule. ʻAʻohe oʻu manaʻo e hiki mai ana kēia huakaʻi e wehewehe i koʻu ola.
He lōʻihi kēia ma mua o nā alanui kaʻa like ʻole ma Mekiko, no laila ua holo mākou ma kēlā me kēia kūlanakauhale a me nā kauhale ma ke alaloa 15 e hele ana i ka hema. ʻAʻole i haku ʻia ka huaʻōlelo i kēia manawa, akā ʻo ia ka "mākaʻikaʻi kua'āina."
Ma waho aʻe o Puerto Vallarta: Cabo Corrientes
ʻO kēlā huakaʻi mua aʻu i hele ai i Puerto Vallarta ua hoʻoikaika i ka hoihoi o ke ola me Mexico e mau nei i kēia lā. Ua hoʻi hou au i Puerto Vallarta no ka haneli haneli, e ʻimi ana i kahi wahi mamao ma ka hema o ke kūlanakauhale i kapa ʻia ʻo Cabo Corrientes. Hiki paha iā ʻoe ke ʻike ma ke ʻano he home no ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Yelapa, kahi i hiki mua ai ma ka moku wale nō. I kēia lā, hiki ke kiʻi ʻia ka ʻāina holoʻokoʻa ma ke kaʻa, ʻoiai ʻo ka hapa nui o nā alanui he lepo.
Hoʻopili wau iā Brad Wollman, e noho ana ma Yelapa a he ʻoihana huakaʻi koʻikoʻi i ka ʻimi ʻana i kēia kuaʻāina. Aia ʻo Cabo Corrientes ma mua o 50 mau kauhale, mai ka ululāʻau mauna e hoʻopuni ana iā Chacala a i nā kahakai kūlohelohe o Tehuamixtle a me Pisota. He mea paʻakikī ke hoʻomaopopo he hoʻokahi wale nō hola a ʻelua paha ʻoe mai Vallarta, ʻoiai he kakaikahi ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi e hele i waho o ke kūlanakauhale. ʻO Mekikoka kēia e like me ia a aia, kahi mamao loa mai nā kūlanakauhale nui, ka politika, nā kaʻa. ʻIke ʻoe ʻoi aku ka burros ma mua o nā kaʻa, ʻoi aku ka ʻakaʻaka ma mua o nā scowls. Manaʻo ʻo Indiana Jones lāua ʻo Jane Goodall i ka home, ʻoiai ʻaʻole paha i hui pū.
ʻO El Tuito ke kūlanakauhale ʻīpuka i Cabo Corrientes. He mau hōkele kona, a ʻo kekahi o nā kauhale o loko he mau hale noho rustic loa (he moe i loko o kahi lumi) ke nīnau ʻoe a puni. A i ʻole, kokoke loa ia i Puerto Vallarta e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke hoʻi i kou hōkele ma laila ma ka napoʻo ʻana o ka lā inā loaʻa ʻoe i ka hoʻomaka kakahiaka. ʻO nā kauhale liʻiliʻi ʻē aʻe o Corrientes he ʻano ʻano, maʻemaʻe a me ka hoʻomākaʻikaʻi ʻana iā lākou iho. Hāpai lākou i nā holoholona mahiʻai a hoʻoulu i nā hua a me nā hua ʻāina, a me ka maguey cactus, i ʻohi ʻia e hana i ka waiʻona kaulana e like me tequila, raicilla. Hiki ke ʻike ʻia nā manu lele he nui, a me nā macaws a me nā ʻaka. Hiki i nā kama'āina ke kuhikuhi iā ʻoe i nā pūnāwai wela a me nā petroglyphs kahiko. He kaʻawale nā kahakai, koe wale nō ka poʻe lawaiʻa liʻiliʻi e hana ana i nā wai aniani a hiki iā ʻoe ke snorkel a i ʻole scuba, a i ʻole e hele wāwae wale no nā mile, me ka hoʻopilikia ʻole ʻia e kekahi. ʻO Paradise kahi huaʻōlelo i hoʻohana nui ʻia, akā kokoke loa kēia.
I loko o ka ululāʻau
Ua hoʻohana mākou i kekahi lā e holo hohonu i loko o nā mauna i uhi ʻia ma hope o Puerto Vallarta. Mai ke kūlanakauhale mai ʻike ʻole ʻia nā puʻu, akā ʻo kahi pūnaewele nui o nā alanui lepo e alakaʻi i ke ala a pau i Guadalajara (e pili ana i ʻeono mau hola, koe wale nō i ka wā ua, ke piʻi aʻe ka nui o nā muliwai e hele ana i ke alanui), a i nā kūlanakauhale mauna colonial. o Mascota, San Sebastián a me Talpa de Allende.
ʻO ke ala i loko o nā puʻu, e hele ana i ka hikina, e hoʻomaka ana e hele i ka Rio Cuale ma kahi kokoke i ke alahele, e pili ana i ka Romantic Zone o PV (e nīnau i kekahi no nā kuhikuhi). I loko o kekahi mau minuke o ka haʻalele ʻana i ke kūlanakauhale e piʻi ana ʻoe i ka ʻāina ululāʻau, me he mea lā 1,000 mau mile mai kahi mea. ʻO ka ululāʻau he Amazon-dense, jade-green, a ʻoi aku ka maʻalili i kou loaʻa ʻana i ke kiʻekiʻe. ʻIke ʻoe i kahi rancho i kekahi manawa a me kekahi mau kauhale liʻiliʻi. He mālie a kahaha.
E kelepona iā Wollman, i ʻōlelo ʻia ma luna, no kēia huakaʻi pū kekahi. A i ʻole inā ʻoluʻolu ʻoe, e hoʻolimalima i kahi Jeep ma ke kūlanakauhale ma kahi o $40.00 - $60.00 i ka lā. Ua holo au i ʻumi kaukani mile ma Mekiko me ka nalowale ʻole o nā lālā a i ʻole koʻu noʻonoʻo (ʻoiai he mea hiki ke hoʻopaʻapaʻa). Hiki iā ʻoe.
ʻO ke ao ākea o ka mākaʻikaʻi kuaʻāina
ʻElua wale nō kēia o nā laʻana o ka mākaʻikaʻi kuaʻāina a puni Vallarta. Hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa nā koho like ma nā wahi āpau ma Mexico. I loko o hoʻokahi hola kaʻa o Cancún, Acapulco, Cabo San Lucas, Ixtapa a i ʻole Oaxaca City, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻimi i ke ʻano o ke ola i kamaʻāina ʻole i ka hapa nui o nā gringos. He ʻāina nui ʻo Mekiko, ʻelua hapakolu ka nui o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa; ʻO kāna mau mokuʻāina he 31 e kaena nei i nā ʻāina a me nā moʻomeheu o kēlā me kēia ʻano. ʻO ka mokuʻāina ʻo Oaxaca wale nō he 16 mau hui ʻōiwi, kēlā me kēia me kā lākou ʻōlelo ponoʻī. Hoʻopuka ia i kekahi o nā lole lole maikaʻi loa o ka honua a me nā kiʻi kanaka, ʻoi aku ka nui ma nā kauhale liʻiliʻi. Loaʻa i kēlā me kēia wahi o Mekiko kāna mau kiʻi ponoʻī, mele a me kāna meaʻai i hōʻike ʻia i ke ola o kēlā me kēia lā o ke kuaʻāina ʻo Mexico. E kiʻi i kahi palapala ʻāina a ʻike ʻoe i nā alanui polū e uwē ana ma ka ʻāina, i kāhi ʻia me nā inoa e like me Zempoala, Jacalito a me Tejocote. He mau kaukani o lākou - nā wahi hoihoi i hoʻoneʻe ʻia ka honua mai nā metropolises o Mexico City, Monterrey a me Puebla.
Pūʻolo hoʻoulu waiwai
I kēia lā, ʻo ka mākaʻikaʻi ka helu helu 1 kālā ma nā ʻāina ʻekolu o ka honua, e loaʻa kālā i ka poʻe e pono nui ana i nā wahi i hiki ʻole i nā hana mahiʻai kahiko ke mālama i kahi kauhale. I kēia mau wā hoʻokele waiwai, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka mākaʻikaʻi ma mua o Mexico. A ʻaʻohe mea i hiki ke hoʻoulu i ka ʻoihana ma mua o ka ulu ʻana o ka mākaʻikaʻi kuaʻāina, no ka mea, ʻaʻole pau nā wahi i ʻike ʻia.
ʻO kahi laʻana, aia ma kahi o 6,000 mau mile o ke kahakai ʻo Mexico, akā liʻiliʻi nā kūlanakauhale i lilo i mau kikowaena mākaʻikaʻi. Ua noʻonoʻo paha ʻoe i ke ʻano o nā mile 5,800 ʻē aʻe? ʻAe, ua ʻike au i ka hapa nui o lākou, a hiki nō iā ʻoe. He palekana, hoihoi a maʻalahi - ʻaʻole kahi hui maikaʻi ʻole. Inā ʻaʻole ʻoe ʻoliʻoli i ka manaʻo o ka hoʻokele, holo nā kaʻa kaʻa o Mexico ma nā wahi āpau. Mai ke kolu o ka papa kuikui a hiki i ka papa mua loa e hoohilahila ia Greyhound, holo ka aina ma na kaa. He mea maʻalahi ka loaʻa ʻana o ka ʻike hoʻonohonoho mai kekahi kūlanakauhale āu e lele ai.
No ka ʻike maikaʻi loa ma ka pūnaewele e pili ana i ka mākaʻikaʻi kuaʻāina ma Mexico, e hele i ka paena Planeta lanakila ʻo Ron Mader. He alakaʻi lōʻihi ʻo Ron, e noho ana ma ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Oaxaca no ka huakaʻi kuleana a me ka hoʻokele kaiaola ma Latin America. E mālama ʻo Oaxaca lāua ʻo Ron i ka 10th makahiki Rural Tourism Fair ma Oaxaca Ianuali 17-30, 2010.
