Ma hope o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka kaulana no nā kumu hewa ʻole, ʻo Colombia kahi ʻāina e kali nei e ʻike hou ʻia e ke koena o ka honua.
Mai ka ʻoluʻolu o ke kapikala ʻo Bogota a hiki i ke kahakai makani ʻo Barranquilla a hiki i Cartagena a me nā wahi ʻē aʻe a pau ma waena, ua piha ʻo Kolombia i ka nani a me nā mea kupanaha, me ka haʻalele koke ʻana i kahi au ʻino e hoʻokau i ka ʻāina i ka luna o nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo huakaʻi.
I kēia manawa, alakaʻi ʻia e ka ʻoihana o nā ʻōpio ʻōpio ma ke poʻo o Proexport Colombia, ke keʻena kālepa aupuni nona ke kuleana no ka lawe ʻana aku, ka mākaʻikaʻi a me ka hoʻopukapuka kālā, ʻo Kolombia ke hoʻohiwahiwa nei i nā malihini e hele mai e ʻike no lākou iho, me ka quintet Karipiano-ʻo ia kou wiwo ʻole. Ua kono ʻia ʻo Express reporter ma kahi huakaʻi paʻi i ka mahina i hala aku nei e nānā i kekahi o nā papa kolepa he 50 i hoʻopuehu ʻia ma ka ʻehā o ka ʻāina nui loa ma ʻAmelika Hema.
Akā ʻoiai ua hoʻopōmaikaʻi ʻia me nā papa maikaʻi loa a me nā mea hoihoi like ʻole, e komo pū ana me nā emeralds a me ke gula, ʻo ka mea kūʻai maikaʻi loa o Kolombia ʻo kāna poʻe aloha aloha e hele nei e hoʻokipa iā ʻoe.
Ma mua o koʻu hiki ʻana i laila, ʻo ka Colombian mua loa aʻu i hālāwai ai ma ka mokulele Copa Airlines mai Panama a me ka ʻole o ka hoʻomaka ʻana ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia e kūʻai aku i kona wahi hānau, kahi āna i haʻaheo ai a hiki ʻole ke kali e hoʻi i laila.
He mākaʻi ʻo William he 26 makahiki mai Ibague ma Tolima e hoʻomaha ana ma hope o kekahi mau mahina e lawelawe pū ana me ka pūʻali mālama maluhia o United Nations ma Haiti, e kakali nui ana e ʻike i kāna kaikamahine, e hoʻolauleʻa ana i kāna lā hānau lua i ka lā aʻe. Iulai 29.
I ka nana ana i ka puka makani o ka mokulele, kuhikuhi mai la oia i ka nui o na greenhouses kahi e ulu ai lakou i na pua, oia kekahi o Kolombia i loaa nui i na haole, a koi aku au e hoao i ke kofe, a o Kolombia ka lua o na mea hana nui ma Amerika Hema mahope o Brazil. , ʻO Juan Valdez kekahi o nā inoa inoa kaulana loa.
Akā, no kāna mau ʻōlelo ʻakaʻaka maikaʻi a me kāna ʻike, ua hoʻomanaʻo mau ʻo William i nā lā pōʻeleʻele o kona ʻāina, i ka manawa kokoke i ka make e hele i laila.
Aia ma kona lima ʻākau he ʻeono iniha i waiho ʻia e ka pōkā i ke kaua ahi me ka FARC guerrillas e hakakā nei me ke aupuni Kolombia no nā makahiki he 45, ʻo ia hoʻi, ʻo ia ke kuleana o ka pepehi kanaka a me ka hakakā a me nā ʻaihue lehulehu. , me kekahi mau mea pio e noho pio ana.
ʻEhiku makahiki ʻo William i ka ʻoihana mākaʻi e kūlike me ka manawa o ka 39th pelekikena o Kolombia, ʻo Alvaro Uribe, ka mea i hoʻomaka i ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka pūʻali koa kūʻē i ka FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) ma hope o nā kuʻikahi hāʻule ʻole a hoʻopau ʻia nā kūkākūkā. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ʻo ka poʻe guerrillas, i kekahi manawa i hele i ka palena i ʻEkuador kokoke e pakele i nā pūʻali aupuni, ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia i kēia manawa ma kahi wahi liʻiliʻi ma ka ʻaoʻao hema o ka ʻāina.
Ua hōʻoia ʻia i ka lā aʻe e kahi hōʻike CNN i ʻōlelo ʻia ʻo FARC, ka mea i hoʻomaka ma ke ʻano he pūʻali koa o ka Communist Party a ua manaʻo ʻia he pūʻulu hoʻoweliweli, i kēia manawa he 10,000 mau lālā, he hapa liʻiliʻi ma waena o ka heluna kanaka o Kolombia ma mua o 40 miliona. A i ʻelua pule i hala aku nei, ua hōʻike ka Associated Press (AP) i ka hāʻawi ʻia ʻana o kekahi mau guerrillas, ʻo ka hapa nui o nā ʻōiwi India.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo William, ua paipai ka hoʻokele ʻana o Uribe i ka poʻe mahiʻai kuaʻāina e hōʻemi i kā lākou māla coca-ʻo ke kumu o ka cocaine, kahi kumu ʻē aʻe no ka maikaʻi ʻole o Kolombia. Hāʻawi ʻia nā mea hana Coca i nā mea kanu ʻē aʻe e kanu, akā ʻaʻole i like ka uku o ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana mai ia mau mea e like me ka mea e loaʻa mai iā lākou mai ka coca maikaʻi, no laila pono nā luna e hana i kēlā me ka hana ʻana i kekahi ʻano o ka ʻae.
ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke haʻi i ka cocaine a me Kolombia me ka ʻole o ka hoʻolaʻa ʻana i ka ʻuhane o Pablo Escobar, ka haku lāʻau lapaʻau kaulana loa o ka honua i pepehi ʻia e kahi pūʻulu hana Colombian i hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻia e US ma luna o ka hale o Medellin i 1993.
Wahi a Wikipedia, i ke kiʻekiʻe o kona mana aupuni i ka makahiki 1989, ua manaʻo ʻo Forbes magazine ʻo Escobar ka ʻehiku o ke kanaka waiwai loa ma ka honua me kahi waiwai pilikino o US $ 4 biliona, ʻoiai ʻo kāna cartel Medellin i hoʻomalu i ka 80 pakeneka o ka mākeke cocaine honua.
He ʻumikūmāono mau makahiki ma hope o kona make ʻana, hoʻomanaʻo mau ʻia ka poʻe Kolombia e hele ana i nā ʻāina ʻē i ka hana pepehi kanaka a Escobar a pono lākou e hana i kāna hoʻoilina hoʻohui i nā wahi a lākou e hele ai, me ka hahau o FARC, ka mea i manaʻo ʻia ua hana pū me kāna pūnaewele lāʻau lapaʻau.
Akā ʻo Kolombia i kēia manawa he mau pilikia ʻē aʻe i loko o kona noʻonoʻo a ʻo nā mea e like me ka mākaʻi mālama maluhia ʻo William a me nā ʻelele Proexport e hana nei i kā lākou mea maikaʻi loa e hoʻomaikaʻi i ke kiʻi o ko lākou ʻāina hānau ʻino, ʻo ia wale nō ka ʻāina ma ʻAmelika Hema e kū pono ana i ka Caribbean. ʻO ke Kai a me ka Moana Pākīpika a ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi ma mua o ʻehā hola mai Trinidad, ma o ka lele hoʻohui ʻana i Panama, ʻo ia hoʻi kahi ʻāpana o Kolombia a hiki i 1903.
"Makemake mākou e hoʻololi i ka manaʻo o ka poʻe o Kolombia," wahi a Juan Sebastian Bargans Ballesteros, 25 makahiki, i hana pū me Proexport Colombia no hoʻokahi makahiki a ʻo ia ke kuleana o ka hoʻolaha ma ʻAmelika Hema.
ʻO Juan a me kāna mau hoa hana, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo Andres, Cesar, Ana Maria, Darwin a me Jorge, nā mea hoʻokipa maikaʻi loa a me nā mea hoʻokipa i kā mākou huakaʻi ʻeono lā, kahi i hōʻike ʻia i kahi huakaʻi paʻa i hiki ke lōʻihi i ʻelua pule.
Ua hoʻomaka ʻia ma Bogota, ke kapikala nui o Kolombia i hoʻokumu ʻia i ka makahiki 1538 a i kēia manawa he ʻehiku miliona mau kānaka, he kūlanakauhale me nā skyscrapers kiʻekiʻe ma waena o nā hale moʻomeheu kahiko a me ka hoʻolālā colonial, kahi āu e ʻike ai i nā kaʻa huki lio ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka hola wikiwiki.
Noho ʻo Bogota ma luna o kahi pāpū 8,500 kapuaʻi ma luna o nā mauna ʻo Andes a piʻi ka thermometer ma kahi o ʻewalu degere Celsius, no laila e hele pū me kou ʻaʻahu. Hoʻohui ka mahana i kona manaʻo ʻEulopa.
ʻO kā mākou huakaʻi mua, ʻo ia ka Country Club de Bogota, kahi e pāʻani ai ka hui kiʻekiʻe i ke kolepa a me ka tennis a pāʻani i loko o kahi wai ʻauʻau wela ma ke kumukūʻai o US $250,000 no ke ola lālā. Akā, like me nā wahi a pau a mākou i hele ai ma Kolombia, inā he waiwai a ʻilihune paha, ʻakaʻaka lākou a pau a aloha mai iā mākou e like me nā hoaaloha lōʻihi.
I kēlā pō Pōʻakolu, ua ʻai mākou ma kekahi o nā hale ʻaina kaulana loa o Bogota, ʻo Harry's, kahi aʻu i hauʻoli ai i ka hoʻāʻo ʻana i ka keke kokoleka "el mejor" no ka mea ʻono a ua kūpono loa ia i ka hoʻolimalima. Ma hope o ka ʻaina ahiahi, ua hele mākou a puni ka plaza olaola, e hele ana ma mua o nā kaola a me nā hui i piha i ka poʻe e hula ana i ka pō, ʻoiai he peloton o nā kaʻa kaʻa kaʻa i hala a hoʻāʻo nā hucksters hoʻomau i kā lākou maikaʻi loa e kūʻai aku iā mākou i nā mea nani, nā wati, nā pua a me nā mea ʻono.
I ke kakahiaka Poaha, ua kaa makou no kahi o 40 mau minuke ma waho o Bogota, me na hiona nani a puni na kihi a pau, e ike i elua papa, a o ka lua o ia, o Club El Rincon de Cajica, i hookipa i ka 1980 World Cup of Golf a ua loaa ka hae Trinidad a me Tobago i waena o na mea he nui. kekahi e kau ana ma ka hale kalapu.
Ua kuhikuhi ʻo Juan ʻo nā puʻu e kū pono ana i ka Club El Rincon, nona nā lālā i koho ʻia ma kahi o 350 e uku ana iā US $35,000 e hui pū ai a me US $600 i kēlā me kēia mahina, ʻo ia ke kahua o nā hale pipiʻi loa ma Colombia.
I ko mākou hoʻi ʻana i Bogota i kēlā ahiahi ua hele pololei mākou i ke kahua mokulele ʻo El Dorado e hopu i kahi mokulele he 30 mau minuke i Bucaramanga, ma muli o ka lohi ʻaʻole mākou i hiki i ko mākou hōkele a hiki i ke aumoe. Akā ʻaʻole hiki ke kūʻē iā Felix ka mea inu manuahi, nona kāna papahana kolepa televise i kēlā me kēia pule ma Dominican Republic, ʻo Catherine, he mea kākau moʻolelo me Hole In One Golf News ma Puerto Rico, a ʻo wau a inu mākou i ʻelua mau aniani o Cuba. Hoʻokuʻu ʻia ma ka hale hōkele ʻoiai e nānā ana i kahi ʻaha mele nani e hōʻike ana i nā mea pena kiʻi Latin ʻo Juan Luis Guerra, Ruben Blades a me Roby Draco Rosa.
Me kā lākou mau mele noʻonoʻo - mahalo i nā huaʻōlelo Pelekane ʻoiaʻiʻo - ua noʻonoʻo wau e hiki i kā mākou David Rudder ke kūpono me lākou, nā mea hoʻokipa lanakila i hoʻopili ʻia e ke Kai Caribbean.
I loko o ʻehā hola ua ala mākou i ke kakahiaka Pōʻalima, e hele ana i ka Ruitoque Golf Country Club, kahi papa i hoʻolālā ʻia e Jack Nicklaus i ʻoi aku ma mua o 5,000 kapuaʻi ma luna o ka Andes a e hōʻike ana i nā hiʻohiʻona kupaianaha ma nā lua āpau.
I kona lohe ʻana i koʻu wahi i hele mai ai, ua nīnau ka luna nui o ka hui ʻo Mauricio Ulloa Diaz e pili ana i ka pilina o Trinidad a me Tobago me Venezuela, ua hoʻomanaʻo ʻo Pelekikena Hugo Chavez i kāna ʻelele mai Bogota i ka lā ma mua, ma hope o nā hoʻopiʻi a Kolombia e pili ana i ka hoʻolako ʻana o Venezuela i nā mea kaua i ka FARC.
“ʻAʻohe o mākou pilikia me ia. Haʻalele mākou iā Chavez e hāʻawi iā ʻoe i kahi manawa paʻakikī, "wahi a Mauricio i pane aku ai: "A me nā mea ʻē aʻe."
ʻO ke alakaʻi koʻikoʻi o Venezuelan, ʻo ia hoʻi ka huhū no ka manaʻo o Uribe e ʻae iā ʻAmelika e hoʻokau i nā pūʻali koa US ma nā kahua kaua ma Kolombia, ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo ia he ʻano haʻahaʻa e ka hapa nui o nā Kolombia. Aia nā mele ma ka lekiō e hoʻomāʻewaʻewa ana iā ia, e haʻi mai ana ʻo Juan iā mākou ʻo ka ʻelima kēia o ka manawa i haki ai ʻo Chavez i nā pilina pili aupuni.
ʻO Kolombia-ua ʻike pū ʻia no kāna ʻoihana mahiʻai, ʻo ia hoʻi ka maiʻa, kulina, ʻuala, raiki a me ke kō-hoʻolako iā Venezuela me ka nui o kāna meaʻai a ʻoi aku ka pilikia o ka mea hope i nā hoʻopaʻapaʻa, no laila ke kumu e hana pinepine ai ʻo Chavez i ka maluhia me kona hoalauna. i ke komohana a ʻaʻole mālama koʻikoʻi ka poʻe Kolombia iā ia.
No laila, ua loaʻa iā mākou nā mea maikaʻi aʻe e noʻonoʻo ai ma mua o Chavez, e like me nā kula kolepa maikaʻi loa no nā keiki ma nā papa āpau a mākou i kipa aku ai, ua hoʻomaka koke ʻo Kolombia e hana hou iā Camilo Villegas, kekahi o nā kolepa ʻōpio ʻōpio ma ka US PGA. ʻO ka huakaʻi a ma waena o nā keiki kāne a me nā kaikamahine kaulana loa o ka ʻāina, me ka mea mele mele ʻo Shakira, ka mea kākau lanakila Nobel ʻo Gabriel Garcia Marquez, a me ka mea hoʻokele heihei ʻo Juan Pablo Montoya.
