ʻO kā mākou ʻelele ponoʻī ma ka Hikina Waena, ʻo Motaz Othman, e hoʻolauna i kā mākou poʻe heluhelu i nā mea leʻaleʻa kupanaha i ke kūlanakauhale o ka Aqaba ma Ioredane. ʻO Aqaba kahi kūlanakauhale ākea a me kēia manawa me nā hōkele hōkū ʻelima i hiki i nā malihini ke hauʻoli i ko lākou noho me ka leʻaleʻa a me ka leʻaleʻa no nā ʻōpio a me nā ʻelemakule a no nā kāne a me nā wahine. Aia kekahi ʻōlelo kahiko e pili ana i ke kūlanakauhale, "E leʻaleʻa ma lalo o ka lā ʻo Aqaba."
ʻO Aqaba kahi hale hoʻokipa a puni ka makahiki i loaʻa kahi mea e hāʻawi ai i kēlā me kēia kanaka a he wahi kaulana ia no nā hui makahiki āpau. Ua hoʻopōmaikaʻi ʻia kēia kūlanakauhale kahakai me ka maikaʻi o ka wā a puni ka makahiki; wela a me ka makani i ke kauwela, mahana a ʻoluʻolu i ka hoʻoilo.
No ka poʻe makemake i ka hoʻokalakupua, ʻo ka luʻu ʻana ma lalo o ka wai aniani polū pumehana he hana maikaʻi loa ia kahi e ʻike ai ʻoe i nā hiʻohiʻona nani loa o ka honua i lalo o ke kai, me kahi kaiaola kai e komo ana ma mua o 140 mau ʻano koʻa a me nā ʻano ʻano like ʻole o nā iʻa ʻālohilohi, kekahi. kū hoʻokahi wale nō i ka ʻāina.
He kanahā mau minuke kaʻa mai Aqaba e lawe iā ʻoe i ka wao nahele kupanaha a me nā mauna hanohano ma Wadi Rum, kahi e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke ʻike i ka hele ʻana i ka wao nahele ma kahi kaʻa 4-wheel a hauʻoli i ka hiamoe ma lalo o kahi hale lole a nānā i nā hōkū i ka lani pō. I ke kakahiaka, hiki iā ʻoe ke hauʻoli i ka ʻaina kakahiaka Bedouin a i ʻole e lawe i kahi safari kāmelo e hele ai i kahi male Bedouin.
Inā ʻoe e ʻimi nei i kahi ʻono o ka moʻomeheu Arab waiwai a me ka hoʻoilina, e ʻike maoli ʻoe iā ʻoe ma ʻaneʻi i ka leo mele o nā hale pule a puni, nā ʻala hoʻowalewale e hoʻoheheʻe ʻia mai nā hale ʻaina kūloko, a me nā mele ʻArabia hoʻokalakupua i lohe ʻia a puni nā kihi alanui.
No ka poʻe hoihoi moʻolelo, loaʻa iā Aqaba nā paena e hōʻike ana i ke ola kanaka ma ka wahi i hoʻomaka i ka liʻiliʻi o 5,500 mau makahiki, ma muli o ke kūlana koʻikoʻi o Aqaba ma ka hui ʻana o nā ala ʻāina a me ke kai e pili ana iā Asia, ʻApelika, a me ʻEulopa. ʻO ka hoihoi nui ma waena o nā kahua archaeological kahiko a me ka medieval, ʻo ia nā wahi hou i ʻike ʻia o ka halepule kahiko loa o ka honua, ke kūlanakauhale Islamic mua i kapa ʻia ʻo Ayla, kahi Papu Mamluk, a me kahi hale hōʻikeʻike liʻiliʻi i ʻike ʻia. ʻo ia ka home o Sharif Hussein bin Ali, ke kupuna kāne nui o King Abdullah II.
He ʻelua hola kaʻa ma ke kūkulu ʻākau o Aqaba e lawe iā ʻoe i ke kūlanakauhale kaulana o ka honua, ʻo ke kūlanakauhale ʻulaʻula o Petra kahi e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke ʻike i ka mōʻaukala o kekahi o nā mea kupanaha 7 hou o ka honua. ʻO ka nani maoli o Aqaba, kahi e hui ai nā mauna i ke kai a me ka wao nahele, he mea hoʻohiwahiwa kūʻokoʻa iā ia iho, e hōʻike ana i nā malu o ka ʻulaʻula me kēlā me kēia napoʻo ʻana o ka lā, ʻoiai ke kai uliuli e ʻālohilohi mau ana, e peʻe ana ma lalo iho o kekahi o nā ola kai ʻoi loa o ka ʻulaʻula. Kai.
Hāʻawi nā hale ʻaina kūloko i nā ʻano meaʻai like ʻole o ka meaʻai ʻAlapia a me ka honua. ʻO kahi ʻāpana souk o ke kaona, ma waho aʻe o nā hale kūʻai kūʻai hou a me nā hale kūʻai kūʻai, hāʻawi i nā koho kūʻai he nui, a ʻo ka hapa maikaʻi loa ʻo ia ka ʻauhau ʻole ma kekahi mau mea.
He wahi kūpono hoʻi ʻo Aqaba no nā ʻaha kūkā honua a me nā hoʻomaha hoʻomaha ʻoihana. No laila, inā ma ʻaneʻi no ka ʻoihana a i ʻole ka leʻaleʻa, nui nā mea e hana ai a nui nā mea e ʻike ai, ʻoiaʻiʻo e mālama ʻia ka luhi ma ke kai, a me nā kumu kūʻai kūpono loa!
ʻO Aqaba kekahi o kēlā mau wahi nani e waiho nei i nā hoʻomanaʻo mau loa a hoʻowalewale iā ʻoe i kēlā me kēia manawa. ʻOiaʻiʻo he puʻuhonua no ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi, he oasis i ka wao nahele, a he nui aku. E hoʻomaka e hoʻolālā i kāu huakaʻi no ka lā, leʻaleʻa, a me ka hoʻomaha ʻana i kēia oasis kūʻokoʻa a hele mai e hana i kāu mau hoʻomanaʻo ma ʻaneʻi ma ka ʻāina kahiko o Aqaba.
