Hoʻohui i kekahi ʻāpana o nā hanana a me nā kālaihonua, kahi lawelawe keu o ka moʻolelo Hawaiʻi, e hoʻohui i kahi hoʻomākeʻaka a loaʻa iā ʻoe ka ʻono o ka huakaʻi ʻo Grand Circle Island ma Oʻahu me ke alakaʻi ʻo Kawika Bell.
Hana ʻo Bell, 35, no Roberts Hawaii, ka huakaʻi mākaʻikaʻi ponoʻī nui loa a ka mokuʻāina me nā ʻauwa he ʻoi aku ma mua o nā kaʻa he 1,000 a me nā limahana 1,400.
Hoʻolauna ʻo ia iā ia iho ma ka inoa - Kawika (David ma ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi) - akā hōʻoia koke ka poʻe i luna o kāna kaʻa e kapa iā ia ʻo "Cousin Good Look."
Mālama nui ʻia nā huakaʻi kaʻa huakaʻi huakaʻi i wahi nui o ka wā hoʻomaha o Hawaiʻi no nā malihini kipa he nui, ʻo ka poʻe mua, nā mahina aloha a me nā malihini kipa mai Iapana e huakaʻi pū ana.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Pelekikena Roberts ʻo Neil Takekawa, ʻo ka huakaʻi huakaʻi ke kumu nui o ka ulu ʻana o ka ʻoihana hoʻokele, e hoʻonui ana i ka 50 pākēneka o ka ʻoihana a e hāʻawi ana i kēlā manaʻo koʻikoʻi mua he nui nā malihini kipa o ko Hawaiʻi Pae ʻĀina.
Akā ma ke ʻano he kaulana ʻo Hawaiʻi no nā wā hoʻomaha hou - ʻoi aku ma mua o 60 pākēneka i hele mai ma aneʻi - ua heleleʻi ka heluna o ka poʻe e hoʻokipa nei i kahi huakaʻi ma kahi o ka hapakolu, i ʻōlelo ʻo ia.
Ke ʻimi nei nā mea kipa i kēia mau lā ma mua o kahi moʻolelo maikaʻi. He nui ka poʻe i kau i nā pahi nui i hana i kahi noiʻi ma mua o ko lākou kau ʻana i ka mokulele a makemake i kahi ʻono o ka moʻomeheu a me ka manaʻo no ke ʻano o ka noho ʻana ma aneʻi. "Makemake lākou e hele i waho o ke kaʻa e aʻo i kekahi mea a kokoke iki i ka moʻomeheu," i ʻōlelo ʻo Takekawa.
He kekelē ʻo Bell ma ka moʻolelo Hawaiʻi - ʻano ʻē ma kāna laina o ka hana - i hāʻawi iā ia i ke kāʻei e hōʻike pono i ka mōʻaukala. Iā ia, ma ke ʻano he alakaʻi mākaʻikaʻi no ʻehiku mau makahiki ua hāʻawi iā ia i kahi lehulehu e hoʻololi a hoihoi i ka poʻe mai ka honua holoʻokoʻa.
"Hōʻike iki mākou iā lākou i ka aloha ʻuhane, nā mokupuni nani, ka moʻomeheu, ka mōʻaukala a me ka ʻōlelo, ”i ʻōlelo ʻo ia.
Ma lalo o hoʻokahi hola i loko o ka huakaʻi, ua aʻo ʻo ia iā lākou e lilo ka hui i ʻohana no hoʻokahi lā. A no laila ʻo ia ko lākou kuleana e hoʻi i ke kaʻa ʻōhua i ka manawa kūpono.
Nīnau ʻo ia iā lākou e kamaʻilio ʻole me ia ʻoiai ʻo ia e hoʻokele i ka kaʻa i loko a ma waho o nā wahi paʻa. "No ka mea he kāne wau, hiki iaʻu ke hana i hoʻokahi mea maikaʻi wale nō i kēlā me kēia manawa," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia.
A ua aʻo ʻo ia i kahi poʻe leʻaleʻa lehulehu. Kāhea hou ʻo ia i ka hui i ke kaʻa ʻōhua me "kaʻu kelepona pūpū," ʻo ia hoʻi, pupuhi ʻo ia i loko o ka pūpū ʻoka
Ua lele ʻo Mary Ann lāua ʻo Russ Brady i Hawaiʻi i kēia mahina no ka manawa mua - mai Annapolis, Md. - e hoʻolauleʻa ai i ko lāua 25 makahiki hoʻomanaʻo.
Ua hala kekahi mau lā iā lākou e mākaʻikaʻi ai iā Maui ma mua o ka hōʻea ʻana i Honolulu. No ka Bradys, ua hāʻawi ka huakaʻi a Bell iā lāua ʻelua i kahi manawa e hoʻomaha ai.
"Ua hiki iā mākou ke ʻike pū i nā maka kahi āna e kalaiwa ʻole ai," wahi a Mary Ann, me ke kunou i kāna kāne. "Ke aʻo nui nei mākou mai ka mea hoʻokele kaʻa."
ʻO Lūkia, kahi kalaiwa ʻoihana ponoʻī, ua leʻaleʻa ʻo ia i ka holo a me ka haʻi pinepine ʻana a Bell i kāna moʻolelo. "Kupanaha ʻo ia, ʻaʻole kū ke ʻano," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia.
He kanaka maoli ʻo Bell, ke kū nei e launa me ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi ʻole akā ʻo ka wahine e kūʻai aku ana i nā hua hou ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka maze pineapple Dole, ka wahine ʻaina awakea ma Helemano Plantation a me nā alakaʻi alakaʻi hoʻokūkū āna e hui ai ma nā wahi like ʻole.
Ma waena o ke kuhikuhi ʻana i nā pua, nā kumulāʻau, nā kahakai one keʻokeʻo a me ka Halona Blowhole, ua wehewehe ʻo ia i ka mana o nā mikionali ma luna o nā kānaka maoli a pehea lākou e hoʻonāwaliwali ai i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi a me ka pāpā kapu ʻia o ka hula.
"Hiki i nā kānaka ke kahakiʻi i kā lākou kuanaʻike ponoʻī i ka mea a lākou e manaʻo ai e pono e hana a me nā mea kūpono a me nā mea ʻole."
Ua ʻōlelo ka poʻe ma luna o kāna kaʻa e mahalo ana i kāna ʻoiaʻiʻo a manaʻo lākou ua loaʻa kahi ʻiʻini ʻoi aʻe no ka mea e like ai ʻo Hawaiʻi ma mua o ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻana i nā mea āpau loa-ma-paradaiso.
I ka wehewehe ʻana i ke kumu kūʻai o ke ola, ua hōʻoia ʻo Bell ua poina ʻo ia i ke kūʻai ʻana i hoʻokahi galona waiū a hiki i kona hoʻi ʻana i ka home a ʻo ka hale kūʻai wale nō i wehe ʻia he 7-ʻumikūmākahi, ma laila ʻo ia i uku ai iā $ 8.59 no kēlā ʻeke.
Hoʻopili ʻo ia i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, a hoʻomaʻamaʻa i nā mea hoʻokele ʻē aʻe i mea e pale aku ai i nā stereotypes kahiko o ke alakaʻi alakaʻi wā kahiko nāna i hana i kahi moʻolelo hou e hele pū me nā hui āna i loaʻa no ka lā.
"ʻAʻole loa e BS kekahi," i ʻōlelo ʻo Bell, "no ka mea ʻaʻole ʻoe i ʻike ʻo wai ʻoe e ee ai i luna o ke kaʻa ʻōhua. Ua loaʻa iaʻu kekahi poʻe aʻu i kiʻi ai he ʻepekema pōhaku mai NASA. ”
Mālama ʻo Bell i kahi mea hoʻowahāwahā hoʻomāʻewaʻewa. I ka manawa i neʻe aku ai ka mea holo moku ʻo Russ Brady e kamaʻilio pū me Bell i kekahi mau minuke i loko o ka huakaʻi, ua paʻa ke kaʻa ʻōhua nui ma Lemon Road ma hope o nā kalaka ʻōpala e kāohi ana iā ia mai ka ʻohi ʻana i ke koena o kāna mau ohua Ke kamaʻilio nei, ua nīnau ʻo Brady: "Pehea ka lōʻihi o kou hoʻokele?" Pane a Bell: "ma kahi o ʻehā a ʻelima mau minuke" i loaʻa i kahi pālua, a laila ʻakaʻaka a hoʻomaka ka hui e hoʻopaʻa me kā lākou "hoahānau" no ka lā.
Ua huakaʻi nā kaikuahine ʻo Monica lāua ʻo Resa Rosander i kēlā me kēia lā ma nā mokupuni lākou, no Roberts lākou a pau. ʻO kā Monica huakaʻi mua loa - noho ʻo ia ma Muncie, Ind., - a me Resa - e noho ana ma Kikako - i hele mai ma mua a hauʻoli me nā huakaʻi ʻo Roberts. "Kūpono loa kā lākou kumukūʻai," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia.
Ua noho lākou he ʻeiwa mau lā ma Hawaiʻi, a kipa aku iā Pearl Harbor, hele aku i kahi luʻau, mākaʻikaʻi iā Maui a me ka Big Island a me kā lākou huakaʻi ʻana iā Oʻahu. Ua ʻōlelo lākou he leʻaleʻa nui lākou, e waiho ana i ka hoʻokele i nā pros, i ka ʻike ʻana ke ʻike nei lākou i nā mea nui a lākou i ʻike ai i ka hoʻolālā ʻana i kā lākou wā hoʻomaha ma ka Pūnaewele.
ʻAʻole lākou e nalowale, palekana lākou a hiki iā lākou ke waiho i nā kikoʻī i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe ʻoiai lākou e leʻaleʻa wale nei i nā wahi, ko lākou wā hoʻomaha a kekahi me kekahi.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Resa ʻo kahi hapa o kā lākou kumu hoʻonāukiuki kahi hopena hou loa o kāna pili me kāna mea nui ʻē aʻe: "ʻO ia ka huakaʻi-ʻoe-e hele ana wau i-Hawaiʻi-me-ʻole ʻoe," i hoʻomākeʻaka ai.
Hoʻolilo ʻo Bell i ka hapa nui o ka lā e pane ana i nā nīnau: Loaʻa iā mākou nā nahesa? ʻO Costco? Wal-Mart? Ke holo nei i nā luaipele ma Oʻahu? Pehea ka lōʻihi o ka piʻi ʻana i ka piko o Diamond Head?
Ua male ʻo Bell a noho ma Haleʻiwa me kona ʻohana a kuhikuhi pū i kona home ponoʻī ʻoiai ʻo ia e kalaiwa ana ma kahi kokoke.
ʻOiai makemake ʻo ia i kāna hana, i kekahi manawa lōʻihi nā hola, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia. Hoʻomaka ka hoʻololi i hoʻokahi hola ma mua o ka lawe ʻana o nā ohua a hoʻopau i hoʻokahi hola ma hope, no laila ʻo kahi lā e hoʻomaka ai i ka wanaʻao hiki i kekahi manawa a hala ka pōʻeleʻele, i ʻōlelo ʻo Bell. Akā ʻokoʻa kāna papa kuhikuhi - lawe ʻo ia iā ia a puni ka mokupuni, kahi ʻē aʻe i ka Big Island a hiki i kahi lā aʻe kahi hui kūloko e mālama ana i kāna mau limahana i kahi huakaʻi huakaʻi / ʻahaʻaina kūikawā.
Hoʻomaʻamaʻa ka ʻoihana i nā alakaʻi e hoʻokūkala i ka mōʻaukala Hawaiʻi. "Hoʻāʻo mākou e aʻo i ka poʻe aia he mea hou aku no Hawaiʻi ma mua o ka lani polū, ke one a me ka heʻenalu ʻana," wahi a Takekawa.
No ka pane ʻana i nā koi a ka poʻe kipa e hoʻololi nei, kuhikuhi ʻo Takekawa i nā ʻano huakaʻi like ʻole: mai nā mea koa o ka pūʻali koa, nā pali a me nā kahakai a hiki i nā kua o Oʻahu.
"ʻAʻole makemake ka poʻe e noho wale ma ke kaʻa ʻōhua a kaʻaahi paha," wahi a Takekawa. "Makemake lākou e hele i waho a hana i kekahi mea, hoʻopā i kekahi mea." ʻO ka huakaʻi hope e pili ana i ka kū ʻana ma kahi mahiʻai papaya. "Hiki iā ʻoe ke hele wāwae i ka mahiʻai, ʻohi i ka pepaya a ʻai pono ma laila, hou i ka lāʻau."
Akā ua ʻae ʻo ia ʻaʻole makemake ka hapa nui o nā malihini kipa e hele i kahi mamao loa mai ke ala kuʻi ʻia kahi e haumia ai lākou. "Hiki iā ʻoe ke komo i kou mau kāmaʻa leʻaleʻa maikaʻi a ʻaʻole pono ʻoe e hoʻolei iā lākou ke hoʻi ʻoe i ka hōkele."
ʻO ka maʻamau, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Takekawa e hoʻomaka ke alakaʻi ma ke ʻano he kalaiwa, pani i nā malihini kipa a hoʻi mai ke kahua mokulele, nā holoholo ʻaina a me nā wahi ʻē aʻe ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o nā huakaʻi i haʻi ʻia.
Hele ka hapa nui o lākou ma o kā Kapiʻolani Community College polokalamu Hawaiiana e loaʻa hou ai ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa - he kālā e uku ai ka ʻoihana.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Bell e pili mau ana ʻo ia i kekahi mau staples alakaʻi-huakaʻi. ʻAʻole paha ʻo ia e strumming i kāna ʻukulele ma ke kū ʻana, akā ua ʻike ʻia ʻo ia e alakaʻi i ke kaʻa ʻōhua ma kekahi mau mele a Don Ho i hala i aʻo aku ai i nā hanauna mākaʻikaʻi, mai "Tiny Bubble" a i "Just Hang Loose."
("Sipping i ka inu, e moe ana i ka lā. Mai hoʻāʻo e hakakā me ia. ʻAʻole ia he mea hoʻohana," no ka mea aia ʻoe i Hawaiʻi, pono ʻoe e leʻaleʻa. ") Takekawa i ʻōlelo ʻia e ka mea kaulana. pololei a maʻalahi hoʻi i nā alakaʻi e kū paʻa me ka hana i kēia manawa, ʻaʻole hoʻokipa wale. "ʻO kā lākou kālena ke hiki maoli ke hoʻohui me nā poʻe," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia.
No Bell, ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi o ia mea, “e mālama i kāu mea kūʻai aku i kēlā me kēia lā e like me kou ʻohana ponoʻī a e noho mākou āpau i kahi maikaʻi."
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He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- He kanaka maoli ʻo Bell, ke kū nei e launa me ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi ʻole akā ʻo ka wahine e kūʻai aku ana i nā hua hou ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka maze pineapple Dole, ka wahine ʻaina awakea ma Helemano Plantation a me nā alakaʻi alakaʻi hoʻokūkū āna e hui ai ma nā wahi like ʻole.
- In explaining the cost of living, Bell confessed that he’d forgot to buy a gallon of milk until he was on his way home and the only store open was a 7-Eleven, where he found himself paying $8.
- He sticks to the truth, and trains other drivers to avoid the old stereotypes of the old-time tour guide who makes up a new story to go with whatever group….
