Inā ua hoʻolālā ʻoe kipa Cuba, ʻaʻole ʻoe e mihi i kāu hoʻoholo. Mai ka ulu ʻana o kona pilina me ʻAmelika, ua piʻi nui ka nui o nā mākaʻikaʻi e kipa ana i kēia wahi. He nui nā mea hoihoi a ua ʻike ʻia ʻo ia kekahi o nā mokupuni nui loa ma ka Caribbean. Nui nā kumu e kipa aku ai iā Cuba e hōʻemi ana i ka papa inoa i ʻelima mau leo kūpono ʻole. E hoʻomau i ka heluhelu e aʻo e pili ana iā lākou:
- Aia nō i loko o kona ʻano maʻemaʻe
ʻOiai ʻo ka hoʻokaʻawale politika ua hoʻopilikia nui i kona kiʻi honua akā ua kōkua maoli i ka mālama ʻana i kāna hale hana mua. Manaʻo ka poʻe loea, ʻaʻole ʻike ʻia ʻo Cuba a he nui nā mea e ʻike ai ka honua. He mau haneli kahakai one keʻokeʻo ʻaʻole i hoʻopiha ʻia e ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi. ʻO ka mea pōmaikaʻi, ʻaʻole i hoʻopā ʻia kona mau mokupuni e nā hale kūʻai kūloko e like me Starbucks a me MacDonald's. No laila inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā hoʻolālā no ka huakaʻi i kahi huakaʻi maoli, ʻo Cuba ke koho maikaʻi loa ma kahi mua.
- He Hale Hōʻikeʻike Ola
Inā hoihoi ʻoe i ka mōʻaukala a me ka hana noʻeau, ʻo Cuba ke kumu hoʻohālike maikaʻi loa. Inā makemake ʻoe e hoʻi i ka wā kahiko, hiki iā ʻoe ke hele ma nā alanui hōʻailona o Havana. ʻO ka mea e mahalo ai, ua pāpā ʻo Fidel Castro, he alakaʻi kālaiʻāina, i nā waiwai i lawe ʻia mai ʻAmelika mai i ka makahiki 1960. ʻO kēia ka mea i hoʻoikaika ai kēia ʻāina liʻiliʻi i ka maikaʻi o kāna mau waiwai i nā pae kiʻekiʻe. No laila ʻo kāu kūʻai ʻana mai Cuba e lilo ia i mea hoʻomanaʻo no ke ola a pau. ʻO kekahi o nā hiʻohiʻona maʻalahi o nā kaʻa ʻAmelika 50s kiʻi ma nā alanui Cuban. ʻO Cuba kahi wahi moeʻuhane o nā haumāna mōʻaukala fanatic.
- Nani Kahakai
ʻEhia mau lā āu i manaʻo ai e noho ma kēia mokuʻāina? Ke huli 'oe no Visa Cuba Online, mai poina e kakau inoa no kekahi mau pule. ʻAʻole e poina, ʻo Cuba kahi mokuʻāina maikaʻi e hoʻohihi. ʻAʻole lawa nā lā ma laila iā ʻoe. ʻOi loa inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kekahi mau pule mai ka hana, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hoʻomaha ʻana i hoʻokahi mahina hoʻomaha. E like me nā wahi ʻē aʻe o ka honua, ʻo Cuba hoʻi, ua hoʻomalu ʻia me nā haneli o nā kahakai nani. Hāʻawi ka wai ʻulaʻula ʻulaʻula iā ʻoe i kumu no ka noho hauʻoli. No laila e ʻoluʻolu e hauʻoli i kahi hoʻomaha lōʻihi ma Cuba.
- Nani ka moʻomeheu o Cuba
Inā makemake ʻoe i ke mele a me ka hula, e hana pololei ʻo Cuba i kāu kipa ʻana. ʻO ka salsa Cuban a me ke mele he mea koʻikoʻi loa ia no ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi. ʻO ka mea hoihoi, makemake ka poʻe Cuba e hoʻomaka i ko lākou lā me ka beat o ke mele. ʻOiai inā ʻoe e noho ana ma kahi pā awelika o Havana, e hoʻokipa ʻia ʻoe me nā beats o nā mele Cuban kupaianaha. E like me kā lākou e ʻōlelo nei, me nā mele nani e hiki mai ana ka hula nui. ʻO ka salsa Cuban kekahi kumu e kipa aku ai nā kānaka i ka mokuʻāina. Inā makemake ʻoe e aʻo i ka salsa Cuban, e kākau inoa i nā papa kūloko. Mālama ʻia nā papa hula i kēlā me kēia lā no nā kamaʻāina a me nā mākaʻikaʻi e mālama i ka moʻomeheu.
- Ka Makani Aloha
ʻO ka mea hoihoi e ʻike e pili ana i ka wā Cuban, ʻo ia ka mahana a me ka wela no ka hapa nui o ka makahiki. ʻO kēia ka mea i lilo ai ʻo Cuba i wahi hoʻomaha maikaʻi loa no kēlā me kēia ma ka honua. Me ka aneane 8 mau hola i kēlā me kēia lā, aia ma kahi o 300 mau lā nani i ka makahiki. E ʻike ʻia ʻoe i ka nui o ka lā ma kēia mokuʻāina. ʻO ka mea kupanaha, ʻelua wale nō kau o kēia mokuʻāina: ʻo ke kau maloʻo e mau ana mai Nowemapa a ʻApelila a me ke kau wai nui e hāʻule ana ma waena o Mei a me ʻOkakopa. Eia kekahi, ua hoʻopili ʻia ka mokuʻāina e nā makani anuanu a me nā ua kupaianaha.
