Nā holoholo Caribbean: he aha ka mea wela, he aha ka mea ʻole

ʻO ka Caribbean kahi kahua hoʻokele hoʻokele i hoʻokumu ʻia i ʻoi aku ka nui o nā huakaʻi holoholo ma mua o nā wahi ʻē aʻe o ka honua. Kaulana ia a he koho maikaʻi loa ia no ka poʻe ʻimi i ka lā hoʻoilo no ka mea — ma ka liʻiliʻi loa no nā ʻAmelika ʻAkau — kokoke loa ia. Hiki iā ia ke hāʻawi i nā kumukūʻai kūʻai.

ʻO kekahi o nā pilikia e ulu ana i ka Caribbean i kū i nā makahiki i hala iho nei, he ʻano luhi. I ka manawa i holo aku ai ʻoe i ka Caribbean Caribbean mai, e ʻōlelo, Galveston, New Orleans, a i ʻole Tampa, maikaʻi loa ʻoe ma laila a hana i kēlā. Pēlā nō ia no ka poʻe i holoholo i nā ala ʻo Caribbean hikina mai nā awa o Florida (ʻaʻole e hōʻike i nā mea ma ka East Coast, e like me Charleston, Norfolk, Baltimore, a me New York). Ma kēia mau holoholo, kipa pinepine aku ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi i nā awa like - nā wahi e like me San Juan, St. Thomas, a me St. Maarten. ʻO ka huakaʻi moku a me nā hemahema o ka ʻāina i ʻike ʻole i ke kahakaha ʻana i nā huakaʻi i ka ʻāina.

E hakakā i kēia malaise, ke ʻimi mau nei nā ʻohana execs e hoʻohui i nā wahi kaila a hou e hoʻowalewale i nā mea kaʻa e hoʻi i nā holoholo Caribbean. Ua hana lākou i mau awa hou - e like me ka pūʻali koa o Carnival ma Grand Turk, nā mokupuni pilikino Bahamian e noho nei a me ke kālai ʻia ʻana mai ka ululāʻau ʻo Costa Maya - me he mea lā ʻaʻole i ka ea lahilahi. Ua plumbed lākou i ka hohonu o ka Caribbean Hema e ʻike i nā wahi hou, ke kakali nei no ka hōʻea ʻana o nā moku.

Ma mua o ka hāpai ʻia ʻana o ka hoʻopaʻi a wehe ʻo Cuba i nā puka i nā moku holoholo ʻAmelika, mai manaʻo he nui nā mea pūʻiwa ma nā huakaʻi ʻo Caribbean. Akā, inā ʻoe e ʻimi nei i nā wahi e hiki mai ana, ʻaʻole hoʻi-ma-ka-radar, a i ʻole e lana wale ana ka manaʻo e pale aku i nā beens, heluhelu i kā mākou loiloi i nā mea wela a me nā mea ʻole ma ka Caribbean no ka ka wā holo kai e hiki mai ana.

Nā Hōkū Hot

St. Cross

No ke aha: Ua haʻalele ʻo St. Croix, kekahi o nā mokupuni nui ʻekolu o US, i ka palapala ʻāina o ka mea holo moana ma hope o ke kau 2001/2002, i ka manawa i hoʻonāukiuki ʻia ai nā pilikia he nui me nā hewa liʻiliʻi i nā laina holoholo e hele i kahi ʻē. No laila, ma kahi o ʻelima mau makahiki ma hope mai, ua hoʻolaha ʻo Disney e hōʻike ia i nā ala Caribbean hou i ka makahiki 2009 - me St. Croix - i hāpai i kekahi mau kuʻemaka. I kēia manawa, nui nā moku i loaʻa iā St. Croix ma nā huakaʻi 2009/2010 — Royal Caribbean's Adventure of the Seas, Holland America's Maasdam, Celebrity's Millennium, a me Azamara Journey. ʻAʻole ʻehaʻeha ʻoiai ua hoʻopuka ke aupuni kūloko i $ 18 miliona e hoʻonani ai i ke kūlanakauhale kū moku o Frederiksted, i hoʻololi ʻia mai seedy a hiki i ka nani. Hoʻohui ʻia, ʻo ka mokupuni, e like me kona mau hoahānau USVI, hui pū ʻia ma waena o nā mokupuni kaulana a no laila, he awa kūpono kūpono loa ia e kāhea ai.

He aha ma laila: Hāʻawi ʻo St. Croix i kahi ʻike i ʻokoʻa loa mai ka mkah kūʻai kūʻai lehulehu o St. Thomas. Me kahi lumi hou aku e neʻe ai (puni ʻo St. Croix i 84 mile kuea a ʻoi aku i ka ʻelua o ka nui o St. Thomas), hāʻawi ʻo St. Croix i nā ʻano hana kupaianaha a me nā hiʻohiʻona ʻelua mau kikowaena kūlanakauhale - Frederiksted ma ke komohana komohana a me ka mōʻaukala Christiansted i ka ʻākau. Hoʻonui ʻia e like me ka mākaʻikaʻi o ka ʻāina ʻo US ma muli o ka hoʻolālā Denemaka e noho nei, home ʻo St. Croix i nā koena o nā māla he nui, nā hale nui, a me nā makani. ʻO ka Monument National Buck Island kahi mea kūlohelohe mua loa ma kahi mokupuni e piha me ka snorkeling mua a me nā wahi luʻu.

ʻO Tortola

No ke aha: E like me St. Croix, ke kapikala o ko ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa mau mokupuni i loaʻa ka hoʻonui nui ke kuikahi ia me Disney Cruise Line, e hoʻohui ana iā ia iho i nā huakaʻi Caribbean a ka ʻohana punahele i ka makahiki 2009. ʻAʻole like me St. kahi moʻolelo o ka ʻaihue a me ka lawehala e kāohi ai i kona ulu ʻana ma ke ʻano he awa kaulana. Me kahi kokoke iā San Juan — kahi awa maʻamau o ke kumu no nā holoholo Caribbean kahiko — a ʻo St. Thomas kahi kaulana loa, aia ʻo Tortola ma waena konu He wahi lele ia no ka huakaʻi lā i nā wahi BVI kokoke e like me Jost Van Dyke a me Virgin Gorda. ʻO ke ʻāpana o kahi moku Pelekane he kōkua pū kekahi, ma ka liʻiliʻi ke hiki mai i ka lanakila ʻana me nā laina holo kai ʻEulopa. ʻO P&O lāua ʻo Fred. Hoʻohana pinepine ʻo Olsen iā Tortola ma kā lākou ala Caribbean, a kāhea aku ʻo Hapag-Lloyd lāua ʻo Costa iā Tortola. I ka 2009, nani kēlā me kēia laina āu e noʻonoʻo ai iā Tortola ma kahi ala hele. I nā lā pōkole loa o ke awa (Pōʻakolu a me Pōʻahā), ʻike ʻoe i ʻelima mau moku ma ka mokupuni i ka manawa like, ʻo ia hoʻi ka helu hōʻoluʻolu no Tortola ma ka papa inoa wela a ʻole o ka makahiki e hiki mai ana. E hele i kēia manawa.

He aha ma laila: i kekahi manawa, ʻo ke kīkēkē ma Tortola no ka lawa ʻole o nā mea hoihoi ma ka mokupuni hiamoe e hōʻoluʻolu ai i nā poʻe holo moku holo moana. Akā, he kuhi hewa kēlā. He wahi maikaʻi loa ia no nā kahua wai, e waiho nei i ke kūlana kūʻai mkah i St. Thomas; ʻo ka snorkeling a me nā wahi luʻu kai ka helu mua, a he nui nā wahi i lalo o ka wai-e like me ka RMS Rhone - he mau pūnaewele i makemake nui ʻia. Hoʻolilo nā tradewinds mehana i kēia paradaiso o ka luina, a ʻo nā mokupuni ʻē aʻe i ke kaulahao BVI kahi holo moku pōkole wale nō. ʻO nā huakaʻi hele a ka lā - ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo Jost Van Dyke (home o ka lani White Bay a me kāna Soggy Dollar Bar) a me Virgin Gorda (kahi e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke mākaʻikaʻi i nā ana a me nā loko wai o nā ʻauʻau wai kaulana) - he nui a maʻalahi hoʻi.

St. Kitts

No ke aha: hoʻonohonoho pono ka wahi nui o St. Kitts ma waena o ka Caribbean hikina (Puerto Rico a me nā mokupuni ʻo Virgin) a me ka Caribbean Caribbean (Dominica, Martinique, St. Lucia), e hoʻolilo nei i kēia mokupuni kahaha nui ʻole i koho nui loa no nā ʻano Caribbean āpau. nā huakaʻi hele. Ua hana ʻia kēia awa kūwaho i ka manaʻo ma Celebrity, nāna i koho iā ia ma ke ʻano he ʻekolu o nā awa e komo pū i nā huakaʻi hele ʻehiku o kāna pōkā hou, nā mea hou, nā mea nui loa o nā solstice Celebrity Solstice. (ʻOi aku ka wānana, ʻo San Juan a me St. Maarten e hoʻopuni i nā kū ma ke holo kaʻapuni ʻo Ft. Lauderdale holo.) Inā loaʻa nā manaʻo o Solstice e like me ka nui o ka nānā e like me ka moku ponoʻī, hoʻomaka paha ʻo St. Kitts e kahakaha i nā lehulehu hou aku ma hope o nā mea āpau.

He aha ma laila: ʻO ka nani maoli o St. Kitts hele ma ʻō aku o kona mau kapakai nani e hoʻopili i nā ʻōmaʻomaʻo ʻoi loa o ka ʻāina - kahi hopena o ka ʻoihana kō mua o ka mokupuni. (Ke ulu mau nei ke kō i nā nani, lau, ʻōmaʻomaʻo.) ʻO nā kahakai one keʻokeʻo a me kā lākou nalu e hoʻopuni ana i nā sunbathers, nā ʻauʻau kai, nā skier wai, nā Windurfers, nā snorkelers, a me nā mea like ʻole. ʻO ka ululāʻau o ka mokupuni a me ka lua pele e hiamoe nei nā home o nā mōʻī a me nā manu ʻē, a ʻo nā waihona pele pele ʻano ʻē ka mea nui i Black Rocks. No ka paʻi o ka mōʻaukala kanaka a me kekahi mau manaʻo maikaʻi loa, hiki i nā mea kipa ke kipa i ka hale kaua o Pelekane ma Brimstone Hill Fortress a hele i Bloody Point e hoʻohanohano ai i ka hoʻomanaʻo ʻana o nā kaukani he nui, ʻo ia ka poʻe i luku ʻia e ka poʻe ʻEulopa. No kahi huakaʻi i kēia lā, holo kaʻaahi i ka mokupuni ʻo Nevis e lawe i nā mea huakaʻi i kahi puʻu ʻoi loa o nā ākala a me nā kahakai.

Tobago

No ke aha: Hoʻohui pinepine ʻia me kona mokupuni kaikuahine, Trinidad, Tobago e hoʻomaka nei e kū i waho ma ke ʻano he awa kū moku ʻo South Caribbean. Ua hoʻopau ʻia ke kūkulu ʻana ma kahi uapo hou ma kona awa ʻo Scarborough, no laila ke kū pono nei nā moku ʻoi aku ka nui o nā moku ʻo Voyager ma ka mokupuni, ma mua o ka koi ʻia ʻana e palupalu. ʻO nā papahana hoʻomaikaʻi hou aʻe e pili ana i ka hoʻopili ʻana i ka ʻāpana awa me ke alanui kūʻai Esplanade, hoʻomaʻamaʻa lawelawe lawelawe no nā kalaiwa kaʻa ʻōhua a me nā mea kūʻai aku ʻē aʻe, a me kahi hoʻomaikaʻi hou paha i ka moku Charlotteville i hiki i nā moku nui ke kāhea ma laila. A, ke holo nei nā hoʻoikaika; Ua ʻae ʻo Celebrity e hoʻohui iā Tobago i nā huakaʻi ʻo Celebrity Summit 2009/2010, a ʻo ka manawa o Tobago's 2008/2009 e ʻike ʻelua mau manawa ma mua o ka nui o nā kāhea moku peʻa a he 100,000 mau malihini kipa holo kai (kahi moʻolelo no ka mokupuni).

He aha ma laila: kokoke ʻo Tobago i nā awa Caribbean kahiko ke kula ke hele mai lākou. ʻO ia kahi home o ka wao nahele pale mua loa ma ka Hemisphere Komohana a he wahi kūpono ia no nā poʻe hele wāwae a me nā poʻe manu. Ma nā kahawai ʻo Argyle, hiki i nā mea kipa ke ʻauʻau i nā loko maoli a ʻoliʻoli wale paha i ka nani o ia wahi. Hoʻowalewale nā ​​pākā kōhue i nā snorkelers, ʻoiai ka mea liʻiliʻi e hiki ai ke leʻaleʻa i nā ʻike ma lalo o ka wai i nā huakaʻi waʻa kīʻaha. Nui nā kahakai no ka lā ʻana i ka lā, a ʻo nā buffs moʻolelo i kā lākou mea i ka wā e mākaʻikaʻi ana i nā pā kaua a me nā kahawai wai o ka mokupuni.

ʻO Costa Maya

No ke aha: ʻO Costa Maya - kahi huakaʻi ma ke kūkulu hema o Yucatan, ʻo ia hoʻi, i kalai ʻia i waho o ka ululāʻau - ua lilo ke kūlana "wela" i ka wā i hoʻohaʻahaʻa ai ʻo Hurricane Dean i ka paʻakikī awa, a me ke kauhale lawaiʻa kokoke iā Majahual ma 2007. Akā , ʻoi aku ma mua o hoʻokahi makahiki ma hope mai, ua hoʻomaka ka awa i kūkulu hou ʻia e hoʻokipa i nā moku holoholo i kāna mau kai a ke hoʻonui nei i nā pakuhi kaulana hou. No ke aha mai? Ua hana ʻia nā papahana kūkulu i ke awa, e like me kahi mokupuni pilikino, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o ka wā he pier ʻoi aku ka nui, i kēia manawa hiki ke hoʻokau i ʻekolu mau moku ma kahi o ʻelua (me nā moku i like ka nui o Royal Caribbean's Oasis of the Seas, ka mea paio hou no ka moku nui loa. -e like me ka debuts i ka hāʻule 2009); nā hale kūʻai i hoʻonui ʻia, nā hale ʻaina, a me nā ʻauwai; a me nā huakaʻi e like me kahi huakaʻi zip-line. Ua hoʻonani ʻia ʻo Majahual a ke nānā nei i kahi papa hele wāwae ma ke kahakai. Ma waena o ka poʻe mua e kipa aku i ke awa i kūkulu hou ʻia ʻo Carnival Legend, P&O Cruises 'Oceana, Royal Caribbean's Independence of the Seas, Disney Magic, Norwegian Spirit, a me Holland America's Veendam a me Westerdam.

He aha ma laila: hāʻawi ke kauhale i hana ʻia no nā poʻe mākaʻikaʻi i nā hale ʻaina ākea a me nā kaola, nā ʻauwai, kahi kahakai kūʻokoʻa, a me nā hale kūʻai ʻole kuleana. Mai ke awa, hiki i nā malihini ke hele i ke kauhale o Majahual e holoholo ma kahakai, ʻai i nā hale ʻāina, pāʻani wai wai, a hoʻomaha paha ma nā kahakai kahakai ma Uvero Beach Club. ʻO nā koho huakaʻi ʻē aʻe e komo pū me kahi huakaʻi kayak ma waena o nā mangroves, ka luʻu kai snuba, ke kipa ʻana i nā wahi ʻōpala o Maya, a me ka BioMaya Bacalar - he lā huakaʻi nui, piha me ka holo laina zip, ʻauʻau, a me ka huakaʻi jungle.

Hoʻomaha ʻAilana

Grand Cayman

No ke aha: ʻO Longst mainstay o ka holoholo ʻo Caribbean, ua ʻike ʻo Cayman Islands i ka emi pinepine ʻana i nā makahiki i hala iho nei. I ka makahiki 2008, ua iho mai ka helu o ka poʻe ohua a me nā moku e kāhea ana iā Grand Cayman mai ka makahiki 2007. ʻOiai ʻo ka mana o kahi awa kai moku, ʻo Grand Cayman paha, i ʻāpono i nā mea maikaʻi he nui. I ke kau kiʻekiʻe, hiki i ʻeono mau moku nui i kēlā lā i kēia lā ke loaʻa i waho, e hāʻawi ana i nā mea holo i George Town liʻiliʻi. (ʻO ka nele o ka moku hoʻokele a i ʻole ke kahua hoʻokele kahi mea nui i keakea.) A, ʻoiai ʻo ka ʻoiaʻiʻo o nā mea nona nā ʻoihana kūloko no ka mālama ʻana i kahi kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe o ka holoholo holoholo ʻana, hana paʻa ka mokupuni i kāna ʻōiwi ʻōiwi lahilahi e hoʻopilikia i nā ʻenekini.

He aha ko laila: ʻoi aku ka kaulana ma mua o George Town, ke kaona liʻiliʻi o ka mokupuni, ʻo Seven Mile Beach (ʻo 5.5 mile wale nō ka lōʻihi.) Hoʻopili ʻia ia me nā hōkele, nā hoʻomaʻamaʻa wai-haʻuki, a me nā hale ʻaina. ʻO nā mea ʻē aʻe e pili pū ana me ka 65-ʻeka Queen Elizabeth II Botanical Garden, ka hale mōʻaukala ʻo Pedro St. James "hale aliʻi" (i manaʻo ʻia kahi hānau o ke aupuni a ka lehulehu ma Caymans), a me ka luʻu scuba.

San Juan

No ke aha: ʻO San Juan, ka mea i kūleʻa nui ma ke ʻano he awa komo no nā huakaʻi ʻo Caribbean Hema, ua hoʻopiʻi ʻia. I ke kauwela 2008, ʻo ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa — kahi mea hāʻawi nui i ka mokulele i San Juan - hōʻoki i nā lele i ka mokupuni e 45 pakeneka. ʻOiai ʻo ka poʻe lawe e like me AirTran a me JetBlue i komo i loko e hoʻopihapiha i ka hakahaka, aia kekahi mau mokulele he ʻoi aku ka nui - ʻo ia ka mea nui i ka lawe ʻana i nā mea holo i kā lākou mau moku - i kēia awa haʻalele, kahi lele lele no nā huakaʻi ʻo Caribbean Hema. E like me, ke alo aku nei ka poʻe huakaʻi me nā koho liʻiliʻi a ʻoi aku paha ka uku o nā uku. Ma ke ʻano he awa kahea no hoʻokahi lā, e ʻaʻa pū ana ʻo San Juan. ʻO nā manaʻo maikaʻi ʻole mai ka poʻe holoholo moku e pili ana i ka ʻike awa ke kumu e hoʻoliʻiliʻi i nā laina holo kai i ka mokupuni mai nā ala hele. (Ma muli o nā pilikia manawa, haʻalele nā ​​moku mai nā awa kū kahakai o ʻAmelika i ke awa a ahiahi, ke pani ʻia ka hapa nui o nā hale kūʻai a me nā wahi hoihoi o ka mōʻaukala.). Ua lawe koke ʻo Royal Caribbean iā San Juan mai kāna huakaʻi holo he 12 i ka Caribbean ma Explorer of the Seas i ka makahiki 2010, e koho ana e hoʻomaka i ka holoholo me ʻekolu mau lā o ke kai, ma mua o ka hoʻolilo ʻana i kahi hapa o hoʻokahi lā (a i ʻole kahi pō) ma Pokoliko.

He aha ko laila: ʻike nui ʻia ʻo San Juan no ke kūlanakauhale kūpuna i mālama nani ʻia, ʻo ia hoʻi, kahi kūpono, kahi e ku ai nā moku holo moana. Hiki i nā mea kipa ke lawe i nā paia o ke kūlanakauhale kahiko, nā alanui pōhaku, ka pā kaua, a me ka hale pule nui. Nui a hewahewa nā hale kūʻai aku a me nā hale kūʻai ʻole. Ma waho o ke kūlanakauhale, hāʻawi nā kahakai he nui i ke one, pala no ka sunbat, a ʻo ka wao nahele ʻo El Yunque kahi mea e ʻike ai no ka poʻe holoholo a me nā mea puni honua.

Ma ka Radar

ʻAruba

No ke aha: Aia ma ke kūkulu hema o ka Caribbean Hema, ʻo Aruba kahi o nā awa mamao loa o ke kāhea i ka ʻāina - mamao, ʻo ia, mai nā awa kū moku, e like me San Juan, Miami, a me Ft. Lauderdale. ʻO kona mamao, a me nā kumukūʻai wahie kiʻekiʻe, ua kumu i kekahi mau laina holo kai - Carnival, no hoʻokahi - e huki iā Aruba mai nā papa kuhikuhi i 2007, e ʻōlelo ana i ka pono e mālama i ke kālā. Akā, i ka 2008, ua hoʻomaka ka piʻi o ka nui o nā mea holo moku e holo ana i Aruba, ke wānana nei i kahi rebound. E hoʻihoʻi paha i nā kumukūʻai aila i Aruba i kahi ʻoluʻolu, a i ʻole nā ​​huakaʻi, e pili ana i ka holoholo homeport i nā manawa hoʻokele waiwai ʻole, e hoʻokau i nā laina holoholo e hāʻawi i ka moku i ka poʻohiwi anu. E nānā mau.

He aha ko laila: kahakai, kahakai, a me nā kahakai hou aku. ʻO Aruba kahi paradaiso kahakai kahakai. He wahi maikaʻi loa ia no nā poʻe kolepa, mea piliwaiwai (pili ka mokupuni i nā casino), a me nā mea kūʻai manuahi ʻole.