I kekahi mau makahiki i hala aku, ua kipa aku ka mea kākau huakaʻi ʻo Gregory Dicum (o Dicum.com) i Bangkok me kāna wahine. Hele aku lāua i ke ala kaulana ʻo Khao San Road a pīhoihoi lākou i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo o kahi e ʻike ʻia ai kahi e pono ai: ʻo ke kaiāulu kahi o nā backpackers, ʻaʻohe mea maoli i ka maka. Ma mua o ke kala kūloko hoihoi, ua hoʻopili ʻia ke alanui me nā ʻano maʻamau o nā hale kūʻai hoʻomanaʻo, nā kūleʻa lauoho a me nā cafe.
"Ua noho ke alanui ʻo Khao San no nā mea huakaʻi wale nō. Maikaʻi loa ke hele maoli nā kamaʻāina e kāhea iā lākou, ”wahi a Dicum.
Ua hele wāwae ʻo ia a me kāna wahine, a he mau minuke ʻelua wale nō ka lōʻihi ua ʻike lāua i kahi luakini Buddhist me he mea lā e hoʻokipa ana i kahi pāʻina ola. Ua kono ʻia lāua ʻelua, hāʻawi i nā pā i piha me ka niu a me ka maiʻa a mālama ʻia i kahi pāʻina maikaʻi me nā malihini ʻē. ʻAʻole ʻike ʻia kahi hoa mākaʻikaʻi.
"ʻIke paha kēlā mau backpackers e ʻimi nei i ka ʻike ʻoiaʻiʻo Thailand, akā ʻaʻohe mea makemake e hele wāwae 200 mau mika," wahi a Dicum. “ʻO ia ka mea e pili ana i nā pahele mākaʻikaʻi. Ma kahi o kou ʻike ʻana iā ia iho wahi, ʻike aku ʻoe i nā mākaʻikaʻi ʻē aʻe. "
Aia hoʻi, ʻo kāu alakaʻi e hōʻalo i nā lawehala ʻoi loa. ʻAʻole ia he kīʻaha $ 11 o ka hale ʻāpana o Kapalakiko ma Fisherman's Wharf i kū pono ma laila. A hāʻawi ʻia, ʻaʻohe mea pani no kahi kope pono o ka Pyramid Nui ma Giza. Akā ʻaʻole ʻo nā wahi huakaʻi nui a pau, nā mea kūʻai aku i pehu, hana like ʻia, a pono ke kī ʻia kekahi e like me nā hei o nā mākaʻikaʻi holoʻokoʻa.
Ke kaupaona nei nā lehulehu i ka lumi hanu, nā ʻūlū pepa nui e kūʻē i nā vistas vicas maoli, a ʻo ka hapanui o nā mea āpau e kūʻē i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ua hōʻuluʻulu mākou i kahi papa inoa o nā wahi i aloha nui ʻia e noʻonoʻo paha ʻoe i ka paʻi ʻana mai kāu papa inoa ʻike honua. luscious kēlā mau pepelu e hoʻohālikelike iā lākou.
I kekahi manawa, hoʻokaʻawale kahi laina lahilahi i ka hei a ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi mai ka huina paʻa akā maikaʻi. Wahi a ka mea kākau huakaʻi ʻo Bruce Northam o AmericanDetour.com ua ʻike ʻoe i kahi pahele mākaʻikaʻi maoli e ka pae leo a me nā hōʻailona kumukūʻai i hoʻonui ʻia. E hōʻalo i nā wahi kani "ʻoi aku a like paha me he mea lā e kani ana ke kani kaʻa" kahi "e uku nei ʻoe i nā kumukūʻai he nui loa no nā waiwai a me nā lawelawe e ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka ʻelima mile ka mamao, no ka hapalima o ke kumukūʻai."
ʻO ka hihia ma ke kihi kaulana ʻo Nu Ioka. Mahalo i kahi hapa liʻiliʻi i kahi pāʻina Eve New Year, huki ʻo Times Square i kahi 35 miliona mau malihini kipa i kēlā me kēia makahiki. Inā makemake kēia mau mākaʻikaʻi pīhoihoi e ʻono i kahi hua o Gotham ma lalo o ka lā - i wehewehe mua ʻia i kēia kaiāulu - e hoʻohoka ʻia lākou. ʻO ka Times Square kahi hana ʻoluʻolu ʻohana o nā hale ʻaina nui a me nā hale ʻaina TRL i kēlā me kēia lā ma nā keʻena ʻo MTV. Eia nō naʻe, he mau poloka wale nō i kēlā me kēia ʻaoʻao, hiki ke ʻike ʻia ka "ʻoiaʻiʻo" ʻo New York i nā hale ʻaina liʻiliʻi a me nā hale kūʻai liʻiliʻi o ke kūlanakauhale.
No Josh Schonwald, ka mea hoʻoponopono o TheContrarianTraveller.com, ʻo nā pahele mākaʻikaʻi ʻoiaʻiʻo nā mea e "hoʻokahe iā ʻoe i ka naʻau a me ke kālā, a waiho iā ʻoe me ka manaʻo kūwaho:" No ke aha wau i hana ai i kēia? '"
No kāna mau leʻaleʻa āpau - ma muli o kāna mau leʻaleʻa āpau - he kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe ʻo ʻEulopa o nā pahele mākaʻikaʻi. Hoʻomaopopo ʻo Schonwald i nā wahi i ʻoi aku ka nui me nā mea hoʻohana kiʻi paʻi kiʻi ma ʻEulopa ma nā ala kaʻa kaʻa.
ʻO ka loaʻa ʻana o nā wahi ʻē aʻe ka mea nui e pale aku ai i nā pahele mākaʻikaʻi maikaʻi ʻole. Ma muli wale nō o ka piha ʻana o nā Pyramids ma Giza me nā ʻohana fank-pack-Wear o ka gawkers, ʻaʻole pono e hoʻoneʻe ʻia ʻo ʻAigupita i kāu papa inoa pono. Ma kahi o, e hoʻonui i ka manawa ma ke awāwa o nā mōʻī, kahi e ʻike ʻia ai nā hale kupapaʻu hou. ʻOiai ʻaʻole manuahi ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi, ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o kēia wahi me nā triper lā. Pēlā nō, ʻoiai he mea hiki ʻole ke pale kūpaʻa iki i kahi hoʻomanaʻo ʻana o “Roman Holiday” ma ka Trevi Fountain, ʻoi aku ka pīhoihoi o ka naʻau ma kēia hei mākaʻikaʻi ma mua o ke aloha. Mālama i kāu mau euro no kekahi o ka espresso ʻoi loa o ka honua ma kekahi o nā piazzas lehulehu ʻē aʻe o ke kūlanakauhale.
Lawe kekahi o nā huakaʻi kūpuna i ke kūlana i hiki ʻole ke ʻae ʻia nā pahele mākaʻikaʻi. Ua haʻi ʻo Bill Bryson i ke Kahu o Lādana ʻo "kēia ka honua a mākou e noho nei. Nui ka helu o nā mea hoihoi a me ka hoʻonui ʻana o ka poʻe."
ʻOiaʻiʻo, akā loaʻa kahi manawa kūpono i kahi manawa kūikawā like ma kahi koho ʻokoʻa i kū kū hoʻokahi mile ma ke ala mai nā laina, nā pūnaewele pūnaewele, nā kūtchchchchchchchchchchchchchchchchchchchchchchchchchchchchchchchchchchchchchchchchchchchchchchchchchchchchchchchchchchchchchchchchchchchchchchchchchchchchchchchchchchchchchchchchchchchchin ʻO ka pilikia maoli me nā pahele mākaʻikaʻi ʻo lākou ka pōpilikia iā ʻoe me ka mea i maʻa mua loa — nā meaʻai āu e ʻike ai, nā huahana āu e manaʻo ai.
"ʻAʻohe mea hewa o kēlā, akā ke huakaʻi au," wahi a Baker. "Hele wau i ka nani o ka ʻike ʻana i kahi mea hou loa. ʻAʻole wau makemake e lawe i koʻu home me aʻu. ”
ʻLelo ka poʻe loea, ʻaʻole pale ka maʻa mau i nā pahele mākaʻikaʻi, e like me ka zigging ke zag kekahi. "ʻO ka hele ʻana i India me ka hele ʻole ʻana i Taj Mahal ua like ia me ka hele ʻana i Grand Canyon me ka nānā ʻole ʻana ma o ka lihi," wahi a Northam. “ʻO kekahi mau wahi, pono ʻoe e hele. Akā hiki iā ʻoe ke hana inā ʻaʻole pupule nā lehulehu. ”
ʻAʻohe kūkākūkā o nā pahele mākaʻikaʻi e pau me ka ʻole o ka hōʻoia ʻana he waiwai wale kekahi i ka lehulehu.
"Hele nā poʻe āpau i ka Acropolis ke hele lākou ma Atenai - ʻaʻole paha e hele? ʻAʻole nō. ʻO ia kekahi o nā mea e lei aliʻi o ka nohona kanaka! ” Wahi a ka mea kākau moʻolelo huakaʻi ʻo Don George (Donsplace.adventurecollection.com). “ʻAʻole pono e nalo kekahi mau wahi, no laila ʻoi aku ke ʻano o ke ʻano āu e hoʻokokoke aku ai iā lākou. ʻ telllelo wau iaʻu iho e nānā i ka mea i hoʻākoakoa, a me ka moolelo o ia wahi. He ʻāpana āpau ia o ka mosaic kanaka. ”
Ua ʻōlelo ʻia, ua hoʻohui ʻo George he maikaʻi loa kēia mau ʻike e ka huakaʻi hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻekolu mau palaka i ka hema a me ka ʻākau paha. E komo i loko o kahi hale bakery kūloko, a i ʻole e mākaʻikaʻi i kahi kaiāulu kahi e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke kāwili maoli me nā kamaʻāina. "Aia kahi yin a me yang i kēlā mau wahi kaulana, a hoʻāʻo wau e kaulike iā lākou me kahi mea pili loa."
No kāna ʻāpana, aʻoaʻo ʻo Dicum i ke kūkākūkā ʻana i kahi palapala ʻāina — a laila ʻānai ʻia ia.
“E huki i kahi laina ma waena o ka mea hoʻohihi A a me ka hoʻohihi B a e hele wāwae iā ia. ʻO ka ʻike ʻana i nā mea i waena o nā wahi i makemake nui ʻia e hāʻawi iā ʻoe i kahi ʻano ʻoi aku o ka lole o ia wahi, a ʻike mau ʻoe i nā mea hoihoi loa i ka hele wale ʻana, "i ʻōlelo ʻo ia.
"A ke nalo hewa ʻole ʻoe," hoʻohui ʻo Dicum, "e hoʻāʻo e hoʻi i nā ʻōkuhi, i ka ʻōlelo kūloko. Ano leʻaleʻa ia. ”
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- True, but there’s a good chance you’ll have an equally special time at a randomly selected alternate stop just a mile down the road from the lines, internet cafes, tchotchke stands and row after row of idling buses.
- The two made their way to the legendary Khao San Road and were shocked at the truth of the supposedly must-see destination.
- He and his wife walked on, and just a couple minutes away they discovered a seemingly secluded Buddhist temple hosting a lively festival.
