KRALENDIJK, Bonaire – Ma ka piʻi mālie ʻana i ka ʻili o ka wai mai 60 kapuaʻi ma lalo, ʻike ka haku luʻu i kahi mea hoʻohauʻoli ma ka ʻāʻī a hohola i kona lima me nā manamana lima ʻelima e wiliwili me ka hauʻoli. He hōʻailona hoʻokahi wale nō mea: heʻe!
ʻO ka ʻāwīwī ʻana a puni ka ʻākoʻakoʻa, ʻāwīwī koke ka heʻe i loko o kahi torpedo ʻewalu mau lima a squirt. ʻAʻole i liʻuliʻu, kū ʻo ia e wehe iā ia iho ma luna o kahi ʻāpana one o ka ʻaʻa - kokoke me he mea lā e kū ana i ka ʻaoʻao maikaʻi loa o kona poʻo puʻupuʻu. A laila, hoʻokomo ʻo ia i ke kai i mua pono o ko mākou mau maka.
Pīhoihoi ka ʻike ʻana i ka wikiwiki o ka nalo ʻana o ka mea hoʻololi hoʻohālikelike i ke kua o ka papa. Akā ʻo ka pīhoihoi ka mea maʻamau i kēia paka moana ʻokoʻa me ka nui o nā koʻa, nā iʻa a me nā mea kai. ʻAʻole nui nā luʻu e ʻike i ka hōʻoia ʻana i nā huaʻōlelo ma nā palapala laikini kaʻa ma ka ʻāina, e kapa ana iā Bonaire he "Diver's Paradise."
Me nā ʻano iʻa ʻoi aku ma mua o 350 ma luna o ka ʻaʻa e hoʻopuni ana i ka mokupuni he 111-square-mile, makemake ka poʻe luʻu i ka nānā ʻana i ka nui o ka ʻike wai e hiki ke hoʻonui i kahi 100 kapuaʻi ma nā wai mālie.
ʻO ka hana leʻaleʻa nui ma ʻaneʻi e koi pinepine i ka kamaʻilio leo ʻole o nā hōʻailona lima, a he mālie hoʻi e ʻike pinepine ʻia ma ka ʻāina. Loaʻa ʻole ʻo Bonaire i nā disco leo nui, a ʻaʻole liʻiliʻi ke koi no 2 am mau kelepona hope.
Hāʻawi ka mokupuni i kahi pō me nā hale ʻaina wai, kahi casino liʻiliʻi me $5 ka liʻiliʻi blackjack a me nā kaola me nā mea pāʻani acoustic-guitar. Akā ʻo nā kukui ʻālohilohi āu e ʻike ai ma ʻaneʻi i ka pō e hele mai ana mai lalo o ka wai, ʻoiai ʻimi nā poʻe luʻu i nā mea kai liʻiliʻi i ka pō kokoke i kahakai.
Eia nō naʻe, ma waho aʻe o ka luʻu ʻana a me ka snorkeling, ʻo kēia mokupuni liʻiliʻi a hiamoe 50 mau mile ma ka ʻākau o Venezuela he nui nā hana ʻē aʻe e leʻaleʻa ai i ka wā e hoʻohaʻahaʻa ai no ka luʻu aʻe, a inā ʻaʻole ʻoe e luʻu.
ʻO Bonaire, kahi ʻāpana o ka Netherlands Antilles me Aruba a me Curacao, hāʻawi pū kekahi i nā manawa nui no ka lawaiʻa haʻuki.
ʻO ka tuna, ka marlin a me ka tarpon kekahi o nā pahuhopu maʻamau, a hoʻolaha pinepine ʻia nā wahoo hou ma nā papa ma waho o nā hale ʻaina. Kaulana nō hoʻi ka mokupuni no kāna iʻa iwi, kahi iʻa pāʻani punahele i ʻike ʻia no ka hoʻāʻo ʻana i ka lawaiʻa me kāna hakakā. Mālama ka mokupuni i nā hoʻokūkū lawaiʻa a puni ka makahiki.
Hoʻomaʻalili ka makani paʻa i nā ahiahi wela a me ka lā a hana i nā kūlana heʻenalu maikaʻi loa. ʻIke ʻia ke ʻano o ka mokupuni no ka hoʻololi ʻana i ka makani i nā ikaika like ʻole, e hana ana i nā kūlana kūpono no ka mea novice a me ka ʻike heʻenalu makani.
He koho no ka holo kayak. Hāʻawi kekahi mau hale luʻu i nā papa, me kahi papa hōʻoia piha no ka kayak moana. Hiki i nā poʻe kayak ke hele i kahi huakaʻi hoʻomaha ma waena o nā ululāʻau mangrove o ka mokupuni. Aia i loko o ka mokupuni ʻo Lac Bay kahi ʻehā mau ʻano kumulāʻau mangrove, a hāʻawi kekahi mau alakaʻi i ka manawa no ka snorkeling i ka wai maʻemaʻe.
ʻO ka nānā ʻana i nā manu kekahi mea koʻikoʻi, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā flamingo e hānai nei ma aneʻi. ʻOiai ke kuhikuhi nei nā ʻano o ka wā a me ka neʻe ʻana i kā lākou helu, hiki i nā manu ʻulaʻula wāwae wāwae ʻulaʻula ke ʻoi aku ma mua o ka heluna kanaka ma kahi o 14,000. ʻO Lake Gotomeer ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻākau o ka mokupuni he wahi hoʻāno flamingo, a ʻo ke ala a puni kekahi ʻaoʻao o ka loko e hiki ai ke nānā pono. Akā ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka mālama ʻana i kou mamao, i ʻole e lele nā manu.
Aia ka loko ma Wakinekona Slagbaai National Park, kahi e loaʻa ai nā ʻaka a me nā parakeets. Hōʻike pū ka paka i ke kaiapuni o ka wao nahele i ka mokupuni me nā cacti kiʻekiʻe, lahilahi a me nā iguanas, a i kekahi manawa e hoʻopau ʻia i ka sopa i ke kapikala.
ʻOiai nā koho leʻaleʻa like ʻole, ʻaʻohe hewa: Hāʻawi kēia wahi i ka luʻu ʻana ma nā ala liʻiliʻi loa.
ʻIke ʻia ʻo Bonaire no kona luʻu ʻana i kahakai no ka mea e hoʻomaka ana ka ʻaʻa ma kahi mamao loa mai ka ʻāina, e iho ana ma kahi o 45-degere a hiki i kahi 130 kapuaʻi. Aia ma mua o 50 mau wahi luʻu kai maʻalahi i ka mokupuni, i kaha ʻia ma nā alanui me nā pōhaku pena melemele.
Hiki ke hoʻolimalima ʻia nā pickups e hoʻokele i nā pūnaewele. Hiki i nā poʻe luʻu ke loaʻa i ka lawelawe pahu pahu pahu no ka hoʻopiha hou ʻana i ka ea.
Lawe nā waʻa i nā mea luʻu i kahi mokupuni liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi i kūkulu ʻole ʻia ma kahi kokoke i kapa ʻia ʻo Klein Bonaire no nā wahi luʻu hou aku. Hiki i nā alakaʻi ke hoʻoikaika nui i ka luʻu ʻana no ka mea ʻike pinepine lākou i kahi e ʻike ʻia ai nā manu liʻiliʻi a paʻakikī e like me nā lio kai. He mau maka maikaʻi nō hoʻi ko lākou no nā ʻano hoihoi, e like me ka ʻauʻau ʻana o ka iʻa i luna o ke kai i hiki ke ʻai ʻia nā ʻōpae liʻiliʻi a lākou e lawe ai.
E ʻike ʻoe i kahi mea ʻokoʻa ma kahi o kēlā me kēia luʻu.
I loko o nā lā ʻehā o ka luʻu ʻana i ke kauwela i hala, ʻike pinepine au i ka iʻa ʻōniʻoniʻo, ka iʻa kauka, ka iʻa nui, ka iʻa pū, ka iʻa ʻehā maka, ka iʻa a me nā kumu kula. Ua ʻike nō hoʻi au i nā lettuce slugs, kahi iʻa moʻokalaleo, liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi, iʻa burrfish, kahi pahu kiko, pahu kiko a me kahi stingray hema.
ʻIke pinepine ʻia nā ʻaʻa lolo a me nā koʻa hōkū mauna. Piʻi aʻe nā ʻākoʻa e like me nā ipukukui a puni ka papa. He mea maʻamau ka puʻupuʻu puʻupuʻu o nā hulu kai a me nā mea pā kai nui a me nā ʻōhuʻu waihoʻoluʻu, me nā ʻōhuʻu ʻōniʻoniʻo poni lōʻihi, nā ʻōhuʻu ʻālohilohi a me nā pepeiao ʻelepani nui. Hiki ke ʻike ʻia nā ʻeleʻele moray ʻōmaʻomaʻo a me ke kikoʻī e lele mai ana i waho o nā ʻāʻu. ʻO nā ilo lāʻau Kalikimaka kala ʻulaʻula e hoʻonani i nā ʻākoʻa he nui.
Ma waho aʻe o ka iʻa a me ke koʻa, hiki ke ʻike ʻia nā mea nui, e like me nā manu kuhukukū, nā stingrays a me nā kukuna ʻaeto.
Nui nā hōkele ma ka wai e mālama i nā mea luʻu. ʻO Kāpena Don's Habitat, i hoʻokumu ʻia ma 1976 e Don Stewart, he Xanadu diver, e hāʻawi ana i nā huakaʻi luʻu 24 mau hola i ka lā, 365 mau lā o ka makahiki. Hāʻawi ka noho ʻana i nā mea āpau e pono ai ka luʻu ʻana, pōkole o nā gills. ʻIke ʻia ka hale hoʻokipa no ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā ʻano hana hana haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa a me kahi ʻōnaehana hoʻoponopono wai ʻino.
ʻO Stewart, 84, ka mea nui i ka paipai ʻana i ke aupuni Dutch e hana i kahi paka moana a puni ka mokupuni i ka makahiki 1979, ke hāʻawi mau nei i kahi leo hoʻāla e koi aku i nā hōkele a me nā hōkele e mālama nui i ka mālama ʻana i ka wai. Ua ʻōlelo lōʻihi ʻo ia e pili ana i ke kaulike ʻana i ka mākaʻikaʻi me ka mālama ʻana i ke kaiapuni, kahi kaulike a ka mokupuni i hana ai e mālama.
"He nui koʻu manaʻolana e hoʻomau mākou e like me kā mākou i hala," wahi āna.
ʻO Stewart, ka mea i kōkua i ka hoʻomaka ʻana i ka ʻoihana luʻu ma ka mokupuni, ke hele mau nei ʻo ia no ka hola hauʻoli ma ka hale hoʻokipa e hui pū me nā mea luʻu i hele mai no nā makahiki a e hula pū me nā wahine.
"He kanaiwa pākēneka o kēlā poʻe koʻu ʻohana," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo ia, "a makemake wau i ka posing me nā kaikamahine."
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He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- ʻO Lake Gotomeer ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻākau o ka mokupuni he wahi hoʻāno flamingo, a ʻo ke ala a puni kekahi ʻaoʻao o ka loko e hiki ai ke nānā pono.
- Me nā ʻano iʻa ʻoi aku ma mua o 350 ma luna o ka ʻaʻa e hoʻopuni ana i ka mokupuni he 111-square-mile, makemake ka poʻe luʻu i ka nānā ʻana i ka nui o ka ʻike wai e hiki ke hoʻonui i kahi 100 kapuaʻi ma nā wai mālie.
- Hōʻike pū ka paka i ke kaiapuni o ka wao nahele i ka mokupuni me nā cacti kiʻekiʻe, lahilahi a me nā iguanas, a i kekahi manawa e hoʻopau ʻia i ka sopa i ke kapikala.
