TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras – I ka hiki ana mai o ka poe Sepania i Amerika, aole lakou i manao he wahi ia e hiki ai ia lakou ke holo ma ka aina mai ka Moana Akelanika a i ka moana Pakipika no ka manawa pokole. I ko lākou ʻike ʻana i ka nani o kēia manawa kūpono, hoʻomaka lākou e ʻimi, a ʻike i kahi e kapa ai lākou i ka inoa ʻo Gulf of Fonseca, kahi awāwa nui loa i lawa ka hohonu no nā moku nui, kahi i kēia lā i kaʻana like ʻia e Honduras, El Salvador a me Nicaragua, me Honduras. ke kapakai loa ma kona mau kapakai.
He mea kupanaha ka loaa ana o ka poe imi i wahi me na aina kupanaha e hoopauia ai ke kai e na lua pele nui i ikeia mai kahi mamao aku, he awawa waiwai o ke ola, i kipa ia e na kohola nunui, na i'a a me na manu lehulehu e hana i ko lakou mau punana. ʻO nā ululāʻau mangrove e nui ana ma nā kahakai, kahi ʻāina i loli ʻole ma mua o 500 mau makahiki a ʻo kona hoa pili maikaʻi ʻo Honduras.
Nui nā mea e ʻike a hauʻoli ai ka malihini. ʻO ka mea mua i ʻike ʻia i ka hōʻea ʻana i kahakai o ke awāwa, ʻo ia ka wahi kauoha o kekahi mokupuni ma luna o ke kai me ka hiʻohiʻona maikaʻi o ka lua pele, ʻo Isla del Tigre, kahi mokupuni i kapa ʻia ma muli o ka poʻe pōā Pelekane ʻo Francis Drake nāna i hoʻohana i ia wahi i wahi huna. mai laila mai e hoʻouka ai i kāna mau hoʻouka kaua ʻino "me he tiger" kūʻē i nā moku Sepania i lawe i kēia mau alahele. Aia ma lalo o ka mokupuni ʻo Amapala, ke kūlanakauhale i koho ʻia i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ke kenekulia iwakālua i ka home o ka poʻe malihini mai Italia a me Kelemania, he kūlanakauhale ikaika a hoihoi i kipa ʻia e Albert Einstein, a ʻo ka wahi mua ma Honduras kahi US. Ua kipa mua aku ka pelekikena, ʻo Herbert Hoover, a me kona mau hoa hele, e wehewehe ana i kahi palapala alanui hou o ka pilina ma waena o nā ʻāina ʻelua.
Hana ʻia nā hanana nani i kēlā me kēia lā a me nā mea ʻē aʻe ma ke kau. I kēlā me kēia lā i ka wanaʻao a me ke ahiahi, lele nā tausani o nā manu i ka lewa ma luna o ka "Isla de los Pajaros," e hoʻopuka ana i kahi leo kuli i ko lākou kāhea ʻana i kekahi i kekahi, e hōʻoiaʻiʻo ana aia nō ka puka ʻana o nā keʻena kapu kahi e noho aliʻi ai nā manu wale nō. He wahi hiki ʻole ia ma ka ʻāina, ʻo ia wale nō ke ala e hiki aku ai i laila ma ke kai, he kai piha i ke ola kahi, i kēlā me kēia makahiki, hoʻi mai nā tausani o nā honu e hoʻomoe i kā lākou mau hua ma ke kahakai hoʻokahi i hānau ʻia ai lākou, kahi manawa ʻO nā keiki a me nā poʻe mākua e lilo i poʻe kahu hānai a i kahu no nā honu liʻiliʻi ma ke ala i kahi kai ʻike ʻole ʻia e kāhea ana iā lākou me kā lākou mau nalu. Aia nā kahakai i hoʻololi ʻia ka waihoʻoluʻu i waena o ka makahiki i ka puka ʻana mai o nā kaukani pāpaʻi nani i ka ʻimi ʻana i hoa ma kahi huakaʻi hoʻohiwahiwa pau ʻole o nā pincers e kuhikuhi ana i ka lewa.
Nui nā kahakai e hele ai a hauʻoli, ʻo Los Amates, Raton, Cedeno, Playa Negra, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe he nui e hiki aku ai ma ka waʻa i kekahi mau mokupuni o kēlā me kēia nui, mai ka mokupuni liʻiliʻi ʻo Conejo, hiki ke hele wāwae ʻia i ka wā haʻahaʻa. ʻO ke kai, a me nā mea kupanaha e like me Providencia, kahi e hoʻolālā ai e hoʻomaha i ka pō, e piʻi a hoʻomoana ma lalo o ka lani mālamalama i ʻauʻau ʻia i nā hōkū.
ʻO ke kahawai ʻo Fonseca ke kuleana no ka hoʻopiha ʻana i kā mākou mau papa me nā koho he nui, ʻo ka ʻōpae, ka ula, ka heʻe, a me nā ʻano iʻa he nui a me nā mollusks, a ma waena o ia ka mea i kapa ʻia ʻo "curil," i ʻike ʻia he aphrodisiac a me ka energizer, energy the visitor. i mea e lawa ai ka ikaika e ʻike i kēlā me kēia kihi o kēia paradaiso ola kupanaha ma ka hema o Honduras.
