He mea haʻalulu paha kēia, akā ʻaʻole kēlā me kēia holo kai e pili ana i nā mea inu umbrella-sarat, 24/7 bingo, ke kumumanaʻo "The Love Boat" e pili ana i ka pahu kila a me kahi lewa maʻamau i nele i ka moʻomeheu, a, ʻoi aku ka noʻonoʻo ma mua o ka “E loaʻa iaʻu ka ʻula a me ka steak.”
A ʻoiai kēlā mau huakaʻi e kū nei (mai kīkē iā ia a hiki i kou hoʻāʻo ʻana), pili nō hoʻi ka huaʻōlelo "holoholo" i nā huakaʻi i hiki ke like me ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, e like me ka adventurous, e like me ka nani a i ʻole ka pili loa e like me nā mea ma terra firma. ʻO nā moku he nui a heʻuʻuku hoʻi nā holoholo holoʻokoʻa "ʻē aʻe", ma ʻō aku o nā mea inu, nā puka puka puka, kahi kāpena a me kahi pae holoʻokoʻa o ka lana ʻana o ka moku, e hoʻohālikelike iki i nā waʻa pāʻina o ka lā a me ka leʻaleʻa e hoʻopili ana i nā kahamahana mahana o ka Honua.
ʻO ka ʻike? ʻElua haneli mau ohua ma kahi o 3,000, kahi mea nui i ka ʻike a me ka ʻike moʻomeheu, a me kahi limahana multitasking liʻiliʻi e huki ana i nā laina i hoʻokahi minute a e lawelawe ana i nā ʻeke kai i pan-seared i ka lā aʻe. (ʻAʻole maikaʻi nā ʻokoʻa āpau: nā alapiʻi e koi ai i ka dexterity gymnastic; nā keʻena e makemake wale ai ʻo Houdini; a hoʻonui i ka likelika o ke kai ma luna o nā waʻa e holo pono ana.)
Akā inā e hoʻokokoke a e aʻo hou ana kāu mea nui - a aia kekahi ʻano maʻalahi i kāu wehewehe ʻana o kahi pilikino - hiki i nā holoholo ʻē aʻe ke pane. A, ʻae, ʻoi aku ka pipiʻi o ka hapa nui o nā huakaʻi moku liʻiliʻi ma mua o kā lākou mau hoa behemoth, akā ʻo ka ʻike like ka mea e like me nā huakaʻi āpau i kēia manawa: Me nā ʻoihana e noho lana ana i nā nalu o nā uku hōʻemi, ʻaʻole ia e ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o aia i kēia manawa.
(Kahakaha: He nānā nui kēia; e aʻo hou aʻe ma nā pūnaewele pūnaewele holo kai a i ʻole, ʻoi aku, me kahi mākaʻikaʻi huakaʻi āu e hilinaʻi nei.)
Nā mokuahi hoe
Nā mea kumu: ʻAʻole hiki ke hōʻole ʻia ke aloha - ke hele nei i luna ma luna o Misisipi ma mua o Memphis a me St. Louis, ma o ka muliwai ʻo Columbia River, i loko o ka wao nahele hema o Australia. Hele huakaʻi kēia e like me ma mua o ka hānau ʻia ʻana o nā kaikuaʻana Wright a na Jack Kerouac i hana i ka huakaʻi huakaʻi. Loaʻa i nā ikaika ka nui o ka nui o ka hale (ʻo kēia, ʻo nā hōkele e noho ana ma luna o ka moku), kahi ʻano ikaika o ka mōʻaukala a me ka hanohano, aneane ʻole ka loaʻa ʻole o ka maʻi kai a ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ka hōʻoki ʻia e nā mākaʻi kaiāulu no ka wikiwiki. ʻO ka nūhou maikaʻi ʻole: lawe ʻo Majestic America Line i ka hapa nui o nā moku i ʻike nui ʻia i ka makahiki 2007, e ʻoki pono ana i ka mākeke - a laila hoʻōki i nā hana a kau i nā moku no ke kūʻai aku, e like me ka Delta, Misisipi a me ʻAmelika ʻAmelika. Me ke koe o ke Kamāliʻiwahine Murray ma ka muliwai Murray ma South Australia, a me ka Oberoi Philae Nile Cruiser ma ka Nile (a me kekahi mau holoholo ʻaina awakea ma ka Misisipi a ma ʻō aku), nā limbo nā hoe. Aia kekahi kumu e manaʻoʻiʻo ai e holo hou kekahi o nā moku US, ʻoiai e hoʻoholo paha ka hoʻokele waiwai i ka manawa hea.
E aloha iā ia: nā mea mōʻaukala, nā pā pā ʻo Mark Twain a me nā mea makemake e ʻike i ka hiʻona i ka wikiwiki i hoʻoholo ʻia.
E inaina iā ia: ʻO ka mea makemake i nā pono o ka park-at-sea, nā hoʻokūkū ʻōpū a, a, ke kai.
Nā ʻĀina: ka Nile, ka muliwai Murray ma Australia Hema.
Nā mea hana: Kāpena Cook Cruises (kapenacook.com.au) a me nā Hōkele ʻo Oberoi (oberoiphilae.com).
Ka inu o ke koho: Mint Julep (Misisipi); kahi ʻōmole o Coopers Original (South Australia); Kofī ʻAigupita.
Nā moku holoholo
Nā kumu: ʻoiai ʻoluʻolu a nani ʻole ka nani, hiki i kēia mau moku liʻiliʻi ke ʻimi i kēlā me kēia wahi a me nā kaʻe o nā kahakai uʻi maikaʻi loa mai Norewai a i Alaska i Patagonia. Ma waena o ko lākou ikaika e hoʻokokoke aku nei - i ka holoholona lōhiu, i nā aniani, i nā Galapagos - me ka ʻole o ke kahakaha ʻana i nā wahi me ka nui a me ka lehulehu.
E aloha iā ia: ʻO nā mea aloha holoholona, ka noe, nā fjords, ka noe, nā aniani, nā noe, nā kauhale kahakai ʻoi loa a, pū, ka noe (koe wale nō ma Baja).
E inaina iā ia: nā sunbathers ʻoihana (koe wale nō ma Baja), nā mea pā o nā lau 600-thread-count, a me kēlā me kēia mea e ola nei e hoʻomāhuahua ʻia.
Nā ʻĀina: Galapagos, Alaska, Sea of Cortez, Greenland, Antarctica, Norewai, Torres del Paine ma Chile, a me nā kahawai waena o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a me Kanada.
Nā mea hana: Lindblad Expeditions (lindblad.com), CruiseWest (cruisewest.com), Quark Expeditions (quarkexpeditions.com), Pearl Seas Cruises (pearlseascruises.com), American Cruise Line (americancruiselines.com), a ma ka ʻaoʻao nui ʻo Hurtigruten (hurtigruten.com).
Ka inu o ke koho: kope ʻIlani, toddy wela a me Johnny Walker ma luna o nā pahu hau hau.
Manaʻo kōkua: Mai hoʻopili ʻAʻole paha i loaʻa i kekahi keʻena kahi ʻoluʻolu no ʻoe a me kēlā pahu mokuahi huila āu e koi ai he ukana lawe.
Nā moku kahawai
Nā mea kumu: ʻO ka hapa nui o nā waʻa wīwī, lōʻihi e like me ka lālani o nā pahu waiwai pāʻani (a neʻe iki wale nō), akā hāʻawi lākou i ka manawa e ala ai i kēlā me kēia lā i kahi ʻāina ʻEulopa hou me ka ʻole e kūʻai i kahi Eurail pass a hiamoe. i ke kaʻa ʻaina. Loaʻa i nā ikaika nā hoʻonohonoho nani, ka ʻaina maikaʻi a me nā hale aliʻi i lawa e hoʻōla i nā moemoeā medieval. ʻAʻole like me nā awa kai, aia nā awa muliwai i waenakonu o nā mea i nā kūlanakauhale ʻEulopa. I Kina, holo ʻo Victoria Cruises i nāʻauwaʻa oʻewalu mau moku waiwai nui i luna o Yangtze, me kahi pūnaewele ʻo Three Gorges Dam.
E aloha iā ia: ʻO nā huakaʻi e nānā ana e laʻana i nā kūlanakauhale muliwai nui o ʻEulopa a me Kina paha ma kahi leʻaleʻa maoli, a ʻo ka poʻe makemake e hana ia mea i kaila hoʻomaʻemaʻe.
E inaina iā ia: ʻO ka mea e ʻimi nei i nā hana he nui a me ka lehulehu ʻo "MTV Spring Break". ʻOiai nā laina e hoʻāʻo nei e ʻumeʻume i nā kāne ʻōpio a me nā ʻohana, e hoʻomanaʻo paha ka lehulehu o kēia manawa i nā makahiki ʻo Eisenhower.
Nā ʻĀina: ʻEulopa Komohana a me ʻAkau ʻĀkau (ka Rhine, Seine, Danube a me Elbe), nā kahawai Lūkini mai St. Petersburg a i Moscow, a ma Yangtze hoʻi.
Nā mea hana: Viking River Cruises (vikingrivercruises.com), AMA Waterways (amawaterways.com), Uniworld (uniworld.com), Tauck (tauck.com), Victoria Cruises (victoriacruises.com). Inu koho: Kahi Riesling maikaʻi a i ʻole kahi pia Kölsch a i ʻole kīʻaha kīʻaha ʻōmaʻomaʻo jasmine.
Nā mea like: Nā pākeke canal ma ʻEnelani a me Palani, i kāu iho a i ʻole me ke kōkua. E hāhai i nā ʻōnaehana kanal ākea ma waena o nā kuaʻāina kuaʻāina a aʻo i ka pono (a ʻo ka hewa paha,) ke ala e wehe a pani ai i kahi laka canal.
Huakaʻi holo mokuahi
Nā mea kumu: ʻAʻohe mea i aloha nui ʻia e like me ka holo ʻana i ka moana polū - me nā pahu kaʻaahi he 5,000 i piha i nā mea pāʻani MP3 a me nā kīwī pale plasma. Aia kekahi vibe ʻokoʻa ma ka moku "hana", kahi ʻaʻole ʻo ka mea nui ka mea nui, ma ka holo wale nō - no kahi manawa lōʻihi. Hiki i nā holoholo mokuahi ke hele i hoʻokahi pule, akā aia ka maʻamau ma waena o ʻelua mau pule a me ʻekolu mau mahina. Aia ma waena o ka moku kaulana loa ka Aranui 3, kahi e holo ai ka Polenekia Polani mai Tahiti a i nā mokupuni ʻo Marquesas a me Tuamotu. Hiki ke ʻoluʻolu i nā hale noho, ʻoiai ke kumu, a me nā frills, um, kakaikahi.
E aloha iā ia: ʻO ka poʻe hoihoi i ke ola ma kai ma ʻō aku o ka holo moana maʻamau - a he nui ka manawa ma ko lākou mau lima.
E inaina iā ia: ʻO ka mea makemake i nā awa i nā lā ma ke kai, a i ʻole hoʻomanawanui ʻole ke hele ʻole ka mea lawelawe me kēlā piana colada.
Nā ʻāpana: Ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa.
Nā mea hana: ʻo Maris Freighter Cruises (freightercruises.com) ka mea i ʻike nui ʻia; no nā koho hou aku, e huli iā Google no nā "holoholo ukana."
Ka inu o ke koho: ʻO ka vodka Lūkini a ka kāpena a me ka pia ʻo Singha pia.
Nā lūlūlū
Nā mea kumu: inā ʻaʻole kou manaʻo o ka huakaʻi he nui loa ʻo "Love Boat" ʻoiai ʻo "Master and Commander," a ʻaʻole ʻoe e noʻonoʻo i ke aloha ʻia o ʻelua mau mea ʻehā paha, a laila piʻi i luna. Aia kekahi mea e ʻōlelo ʻia no ka mana o ke kai, lohe i ka lele ʻana o nā peʻa a me ka nānā ʻana i ka pae i ka hana a nā mea ʻimi. ʻO ka mea pōmaikaʻi, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka meaʻai (ʻaʻole ka nui o ka puaʻa paʻakai a me ka paʻakikī) a me nā peʻa a me ka huki ʻana i ka heleuma i koho ʻia - ʻoiai e paipai ʻia, ma ke ʻano he ʻike.
E aloha iā ia: ʻO ka poʻe e leʻaleʻa ana i nā mea pūʻiwa a maʻalahi hoʻi me ko lākou manaʻo no ka nui o ke kāpena, ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe (nā ua liʻiliʻi), ka hōʻoluʻolu, ka papa kuhikuhi a me nā mea e komo ai i ka "pō kūlana."
E inaina iā ia: ʻO kēlā me kēia mea e manaʻo i kahi papa kuhikuhi koʻikoʻi a me nā ala hele, nāna i hoʻopaʻa i kahi lole a me nā ʻāʻī a i ʻole e makaʻu i ka mal de mer.
Nā ʻĀina: New England (Penobscot Bay), ka ʻĀkau hikina a me ʻĀkau i ke kauwela; ka Caribbean a me nā Bahamas, Helene a me Polinesia makahiki holoʻokoʻa.
Nā mea hana: Maine Windjammer (mainewind jammercruises.com), Star Clippers (starclippers.com), Kanada Sailing Expeditions (canadiansailingexpeditions.com). (Kahakaha: Ua hoʻopau ʻia ʻo Windjammer Barefoot i ka wā lōʻihi ma 2007 e kahi nalu o ka ʻaiʻē a me ka hoʻopiʻi ʻana. Ke hoʻāʻo nei kekahi mau ʻoihana e kiʻi i ka palaualelo, akā ʻaʻole mākaukau paha no ka manawa nui.)
Inu koho: Mai Tais a i ʻole Pacifico pia (hāʻawi ʻia ʻaʻole loaʻa nā grog).
Nā mea like: ʻO nā moku kiʻekiʻe ʻo Windstar nā moku holoholo liʻiliʻi a i ʻole nā yachts nui maoli, i hoʻopili ʻia (ʻaʻole hiki ke wehewehe ʻia) me nā kia a me nā pea. Aia nā ʻāpana i ʻEulopa, nā mokupuni Helene a me ka Caribbean. www.kikiwaiwai.com
