He mea pono ke hele i kēia huakaʻi lōʻihi i Guam. Aia kekahi mau kumu kūpono no ke aha e hele pinepine ʻole ai ʻo Guam, kahi i hoʻomaka ai ʻo ʻAmelika i kona lā, a me kahi kolone Sepania ma mua, a me ka mokupuni nui loa ma Maikonesia.

Mai ʻAmelika ʻĀkau a i ʻole ʻEulopa, he mau mokulele wale nō e lawe iā ʻoe i kēia panalāʻau US ma ka Moana Pākīpika a aneane kū nā ala āpau ma Honolulu, Tokyo a i Seoul paha. A me nā tikika huakaʻi hele a hoʻomaka i $ 1,500, ʻaʻole ia ke kikoʻī loa o kahi e kiʻi ai i kekahi.

I ka wā e hele ai ʻoe i ka mokupuni, ʻo ia ka hapakolu o ka nui o Lākana a loaʻa ka mahana a puni ka makahiki ma waena o 75 a me 85 degere Fahrenheit. Hoʻokahi miliona poʻe mākaʻikaʻi Kepani e holo nei ma ʻaneʻi i kēlā me kēia makahiki no ka ʻike ʻia o ke aniau, nā kahakai keʻokeʻo a me ka moana Pākīpika akaka. Hoʻopili lākou i nā loko hōkele o ka hōkele, nā hale pule mare ma kahakai a me nā hale kūʻai kūʻai maikaʻi e like me ke ea, ʻaʻole lehulehu ka lehulehu o Fifth Avenue.

Hana kēia mau mea hoʻoliʻiliʻi no kekahi mau lā hauʻoli mai ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, a i ʻole kahi melemona, akā e nalo paha ke kiko. ʻAʻole wale ʻo Guam e pili ana i ka mōhai huakaʻi. ʻO nā kaha kiʻi maoli nā meaʻai a me nā moʻomeheu kūloko.

ʻO ka lāhui o ko Guam heluna he 40 pākēneka ʻōiwi Chamorro, 25 pākēneka Pilipino a ʻo ke koena kahi hoʻohui o nā Paki Paki, ʻAsia a me nā keʻokeʻo. Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike, a ʻono, i kēia ʻano ʻokoʻa i ka meaʻai o ka mokupuni. Ma mua o 200 mau makahiki o ka noho kolone Sepania, ua hoʻouluulu ʻia kahi hoʻoilina o ka Pākīpika-Pākīpika a me ka mana o ʻAmelika i kēia manawa no nā kīʻaha kūloko kū hoʻokahi, e like me ka Chorizo Breakfast Bowl. ʻO ka ʻono momona o ka sausage spor Chorizo, nā aniani i hoʻomoʻa ʻia, nā ʻuala paʻi a me ka laiki, i kāpī ʻia me kahi hua manu lā.

ʻO kahi maikaʻi loa e kauoha ai i ka pāʻina kakahiaka, a me nā mea ʻai moku ʻē aʻe, ʻo ia ka King's Restaurant, me he mea lā e like me ka ʻaina ʻaina ʻAmelika maʻamau a hiki i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka pāʻina me ka “Hafa Adai” aloha mai ka mea lawelawe (“hello” ma Chamorro).

Inā ʻae ka pākū a me kou ʻōpū, pono ka Jamaican Grill e kū no ka ʻaina awakea. ʻO ka Jerk Burger he ʻelua mau hapahā paona pīpī pipi i hoʻāo ʻia me nā mea like i loaʻa i loko o ke kīʻaha, i hoʻopiha ʻia me nā ʻakaʻakai, nā ʻōmato, ka waiū a lawelawe ʻia ma ka bun onion. E hana ka curry mayo i kēia i kahi mea ʻono, ʻono, a me nā mea maikaʻi ʻole akā e hoʻopiha ʻia ʻoe no nā hola.
ʻO Niji kahi ʻokoʻa ʻē aʻe, kahi hale ʻaina Kepani i loko o ka Hotel Hyatt e hāʻawi nei i kahi ʻaina awakea opulent a me kahi ʻike o nā nalu kai. Inā ʻaʻole lawa nā papa a puni e hoʻopiha nei i nā mākaʻikaʻi Kepanī e hoʻokau iā ʻoe ma ka ʻoluʻolu no ka ʻoiaʻiʻo o ka meaʻai, e hōʻike ana a me nā kīʻaha.

I kēlā me kēia pō Pōʻakolu, ma hope o ka honi ʻana o ka lā i ka Moana Pākīpika i ka pō maikaʻi, ola ke kauhale Chamorro ma Hagatna. Ma luna o ʻehā mau ʻeka, kūʻai aku nā mea kūʻai aku i nā mea hoʻomanaʻo maoli a me nā mea hoʻomanaʻo i nā mea mākaʻikaʻi, akā ʻo ka mea e hoʻokipa ai kēia wahi ʻo ia ka mea i makemake nui ʻia e nā kamaʻāina. Hele mai lākou e hui, pāʻani mele, ʻai a leʻaleʻa me nā hulahula kuʻuna. Ua ʻike ʻia lākou e ala aʻe mai kā lākou papa ʻaina kaiāulu e komo i kahi paheʻe uila pono ʻole.

ʻO kēia kahi kahi no ka wai niu hou a me nā pā o ka barbecue i kapa ʻia ʻo Guam. Mālama ʻia ka ʻiʻo i ka huikau o ka soy soga, ka vīnega a me nā ʻakaʻakai a ʻo ka hopena he paʻakai akā nahu kawa ʻaʻole ʻoe e poina koke.

ʻO kahi kīʻaha ʻaoʻao kūloko ʻo "laiki ʻulaʻula", i loaʻa i kona kala a me nā ʻono uahi kū hoʻokahi mai ka kuke ʻana i ka wai i pulu ʻia me nā hua ʻulaʻula mai ka lāʻau achiote. No ka mea ʻono, ʻo ka Pilipino i hoʻoulu ʻia, brown-sugar fried Banana Lumpia kahi nahu maikaʻi loa i loko o kahi uhi paʻa paʻa e hoʻokuʻu ai i ka mushy a me ka ʻono loa o loko.

Culture

Nui wale ka mokupuni i hiki ʻole i ka pūʻali koa US ma ka ʻĀkau i kahi ʻē aʻe, akā liʻiliʻi ia e hiki ai ke hoʻokele a puni ka piko hema i 40 mau minuke me ka ʻole o ka hoʻomaha. Akā kū ʻoe pono, no ka mea, ma kēia kahi e nānā aku ai nā hiʻohiʻona nani o Guam, nā alahaka Paniolo kahiko a me nā wailele e hoʻopili ʻia.

Aia nā kauhale liʻiliʻi e like me Umatac, aia ma waena o nā puʻu pali a wahī ʻia a puni ke kai kūʻono. ʻO kēia kahi i manaʻo nui ai ka mea ʻimi Pukiki ʻo Ferdinand Magellan i pae i 1521 i kāna wā kaapuni kaulana. ʻO kekahi mea ʻimi ʻimi, ʻo Spaniard Miguel Lopez de Legazpi, kahi i hele ai i Umatac ʻehā mau makahiki ma hope mai a koi kūhelu ʻia ka mokupuni no Sepania.

ʻO ka hale pule ʻo San Dionisio ma ke ala kauhale ma Umatac i kūkulu mua ʻia e nā mikionali Sepania i ka hopena o ke kenekulia 17, a laila puhi ʻia e Chamorro i ka makahiki 1684 i ke kūʻē ʻana i ke aupuni Sepania. Ma muli o ka makani ʻino a me nā ōlaʻi ʻelua, kūkulu hou ʻia ia ʻekolu manawa hou, ka manawa hope loa ma 1939 i kona wahi e kū nei ma waena o 50 iwilei o kahi kiko.

Kūkulu hou ʻia ʻo Port Soledad, ma luna o ka puʻu hema o ke kai kūʻono, i nā ʻāpana a hāʻawi i kahi ʻike maikaʻi loa ma luna o Umatac a me ke kahakai komohana ʻino. Hoʻokomo pū ʻia ʻo Betsy, kahi buffalo wai kūloko nona wale ke kaula a me kahi lāʻau ma waena ona a me ke kūʻokoʻa.

Inā ʻoi aku kou hoihoi i ka mōʻaukala ma ʻō aku o ke kolone, e hele i Fouha Bay kahi e kuʻi ai kahi pōhaku nui loa ma ka piko ʻākau i 150 kapuaʻi i ka lewa. Manaʻo ʻo Chamorros ʻo ia ka wahi moe o ka lāhui, kahi hoʻomaha loa no ke akua wahine ʻo Fuʻuna nāna i hana ka honua me kona kaikaina ʻo Puntan.

ʻOi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ka cosmological akā ʻaʻole hoihoi iki, ʻo ia nā "pōhaku latte" i hoʻolaha ʻia a puni ka mokupuni. Hoʻohana ʻia e ka poʻe ʻōiwi kahiko e hoʻokiʻekiʻe aʻe i ko lākou mau hale, hiki ke ʻike ʻia ma nā mokupuni ʻo Mariana a hoʻohana ʻia a hiki i ka wā i hoʻohana ai ka noho Sepania i nā mea kūkulu hale ʻē aʻe.

Hiki ke ʻike ʻia nā wahi o ka mokupuni e ke kaʻa, scooter, paikikala a wāwae paha. Aia nā huakaʻi huakaʻi alakaʻi alakaʻi ʻia mai ka hapalua mile a ʻoi aku ma mua o ʻeono mile, a no $ 100 hiki iā ʻoe ke piʻi i luna o kahi moku liʻiliʻi me ʻelua mau ʻohana ʻē aʻe, ʻo Iapana paha ka nui, a holo a puni ke kai i nā dolphins, snorkeling a me ka lawaiʻa. Hoʻokomo ʻia ʻo Sashimi a me kahi pia ʻAmelika anu i ke kumukūʻai.

Hoʻokūkū ʻo Guam me ka nani maoli o Hawaii a me ka waiwai o nā kahakai ma Bahamas, akā ʻoi aku ma mua o kēlā, hāʻawi ka mokupuni i kahi huakaʻi ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻono a waiwai hoʻi i ka moʻomeheu āu e ʻike ʻole ai ke kali nei iā ʻoe.

He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:

The island is just big enough that the US military presence in the north is not felt elsewhere, but small enough that a drive around the southern tip can be done in 40 minutes without stopping.
The meat is marinated in a mix of soy sauce, vinegar and onions and the result is a salty but sour bite you will not soon forget.
An extreme alternative is Niji, a Japanese Restaurant inside the Hyatt Hotel which offers an opulent lunch buffet and a view of the ocean waves.