ʻO 1970 ka makahiki, a ua kokoke au e piha i ka 21. Ke hoʻomaka nei ka Chicago Seven Trial, ua huhū nui ke Kaua Vietnam, ua hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻo Nixon i ka makahiki koho i 18, a ua hoʻokuʻu ka Beatles i kā lākou album hope loa, "Let It. E." ʻO ka ʻōlelo i koʻu hanauna ʻo "Keep on Truckin'." No laila, manaʻo wau he manawa maikaʻi ia e hele i kahi huakaʻi alanui Mexico.
Ua kāhea au i kahi hoaaloha kahiko o ka wā kamaliʻi, e ʻōlelo hou ana iā ia e pili ana i kahi wahi o ka ululāʻau i kapa ʻia ʻo Puerto Vallarta. Ua hoʻopau ʻia ke alanui paʻa mua ma laila mai Tepic. Me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka helu helu kiʻekiʻe, me ke kinoea he 15 keneta no ke galani a me ka hiamoe ʻana ma kahakai me ke kumu kūʻai ʻole, manaʻo wau hiki iā mākou ke hana i kahi huakaʻi ʻelua pule mai San Diego no kahi $100 paʻa. No laila, hele mākou i kaʻu kaʻa VW 1966 me ka ʻole jack, kahi pahu pia, a me ʻehā mau ʻōhule. ʻAʻohe oʻu manaʻo e hiki mai ana kēia huakaʻi e wehewehe i koʻu ola.
He lōʻihi kēia ma mua o nā alanui kaʻa like ʻole ma Mekiko, no laila ua holo mākou ma kēlā me kēia kūlanakauhale a me nā kauhale ma ke alaloa 15 e hele ana i ka hema. ʻAʻole i haku ʻia ka huaʻōlelo i kēia manawa, akā ʻo ia ka "mākaʻikaʻi kua'āina."
Ma waho aʻe o Puerto Vallarta: Cabo Corrientes
ʻO kēlā huakaʻi mua aʻu i hele ai i Puerto Vallarta ua hoʻoikaika i ka hoihoi o ke ola me Mexico e mau nei i kēia lā. Ua hoʻi hou au i Puerto Vallarta no ka haneli haneli, e ʻimi ana i kahi wahi mamao ma ka hema o ke kūlanakauhale i kapa ʻia ʻo Cabo Corrientes. Hiki paha iā ʻoe ke ʻike ma ke ʻano he home no ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Yelapa, kahi i hiki mua ai ma ka moku wale nō. I kēia lā, hiki ke kiʻi ʻia ka ʻāina holoʻokoʻa ma ke kaʻa, ʻoiai ʻo ka hapa nui o nā alanui he lepo.
Hoʻopili wau iā Brad Wollman, e noho ana ma Yelapa a he ʻoihana huakaʻi koʻikoʻi i ka ʻimi ʻana i kēia kuaʻāina. Aia ʻo Cabo Corrientes ma mua o 50 mau kauhale, mai ka ululāʻau mauna e hoʻopuni ana iā Chacala a i nā kahakai kūlohelohe o Tehuamixtle a me Pisota. He mea paʻakikī ke hoʻomaopopo he hoʻokahi wale nō hola a ʻelua paha ʻoe mai Vallarta, ʻoiai he kakaikahi ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi e hele i waho o ke kūlanakauhale. ʻO Mekikoka kēia e like me ia a aia, kahi mamao loa mai nā kūlanakauhale nui, ka politika, nā kaʻa. ʻIke ʻoe ʻoi aku ka burros ma mua o nā kaʻa, ʻoi aku ka ʻakaʻaka ma mua o nā scowls. Manaʻo ʻo Indiana Jones lāua ʻo Jane Goodall i ka home, ʻoiai ʻaʻole paha i hui pū.
ʻO El Tuito ke kūlanakauhale ʻīpuka i Cabo Corrientes. He mau hōkele kona, a ʻo kekahi o nā kauhale o loko he mau hale noho rustic loa (he moe i loko o kahi lumi) ke nīnau ʻoe a puni. A i ʻole, kokoke loa ia i Puerto Vallarta e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke hoʻi i kou hōkele ma laila ma ka napoʻo ʻana o ka lā inā loaʻa ʻoe i ka hoʻomaka kakahiaka. ʻO nā kauhale liʻiliʻi ʻē aʻe o Corrientes he ʻano ʻano, maʻemaʻe a me ka hoʻomākaʻikaʻi ʻana iā lākou iho. Hāpai lākou i nā holoholona mahiʻai a hoʻoulu i nā hua a me nā hua ʻāina, a me ka maguey cactus, i ʻohi ʻia e hana i ka waiʻona kaulana e like me tequila, raicilla. Hiki ke ʻike ʻia nā manu lele he nui, a me nā macaws a me nā ʻaka. Hiki i nā kama'āina ke kuhikuhi iā ʻoe i nā pūnāwai wela a me nā petroglyphs kahiko. He kaʻawale nā kahakai, koe wale nō ka poʻe lawaiʻa liʻiliʻi e hana ana i nā wai aniani a hiki iā ʻoe ke snorkel a i ʻole scuba, a i ʻole e hele wāwae wale no nā mile, me ka hoʻopilikia ʻole ʻia e kekahi. ʻO Paradise kahi huaʻōlelo i hoʻohana nui ʻia, akā kokoke loa kēia.
I loko o ka ululāʻau
Ua hoʻohana mākou i kekahi lā e holo hohonu i loko o nā mauna i uhi ʻia ma hope o Puerto Vallarta. Mai ke kūlanakauhale mai ʻike ʻole ʻia nā puʻu, akā ʻo kahi pūnaewele nui o nā alanui lepo e alakaʻi i ke ala a pau i Guadalajara (e pili ana i ʻeono mau hola, koe wale nō i ka wā ua, ke piʻi aʻe ka nui o nā muliwai e hele ana i ke alanui), a i nā kūlanakauhale mauna colonial. o Mascota, San Sebastián a me Talpa de Allende.
ʻO ke ala i loko o nā puʻu, e hele ana i ka hikina, e hoʻomaka ana e hele i ka Rio Cuale ma kahi kokoke i ke alahele, e pili ana i ka Romantic Zone o PV (e nīnau i kekahi no nā kuhikuhi). I loko o kekahi mau minuke o ka haʻalele ʻana i ke kūlanakauhale e piʻi ana ʻoe i ka ʻāina ululāʻau, me he mea lā 1,000 mau mile mai kahi mea. ʻO ka ululāʻau he Amazon-dense, jade-green, a ʻoi aku ka maʻalili i kou loaʻa ʻana i ke kiʻekiʻe. ʻIke ʻoe i kahi rancho i kekahi manawa a me kekahi mau kauhale liʻiliʻi. He mālie a kahaha.
E kelepona iā Wollman, i ʻōlelo ʻia ma luna, no kēia huakaʻi pū kekahi. A i ʻole inā ʻoluʻolu ʻoe, e hoʻolimalima i kahi Jeep ma ke kūlanakauhale ma kahi o $40.00 - $60.00 i ka lā. Ua holo au i ʻumi kaukani mile ma Mekiko me ka nalowale ʻole o nā lālā a i ʻole koʻu noʻonoʻo (ʻoiai he mea hiki ke hoʻopaʻapaʻa). Hiki iā ʻoe.
ʻO ke ao ākea o ka mākaʻikaʻi kuaʻāina
ʻElua wale nō kēia o nā laʻana o ka mākaʻikaʻi kuaʻāina a puni Vallarta. Hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa nā koho like ma nā wahi āpau ma Mexico. I loko o hoʻokahi hola kaʻa o Cancún, Acapulco, Cabo San Lucas, Ixtapa a i ʻole Oaxaca City, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻimi i ke ʻano o ke ola i kamaʻāina ʻole i ka hapa nui o nā gringos. He ʻāina nui ʻo Mekiko, ʻelua hapakolu ka nui o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa; ʻO kāna mau mokuʻāina he 31 e kaena nei i nā ʻāina a me nā moʻomeheu o kēlā me kēia ʻano. ʻO ka mokuʻāina ʻo Oaxaca wale nō he 16 mau hui ʻōiwi, kēlā me kēia me kā lākou ʻōlelo ponoʻī. Hoʻopuka ia i kekahi o nā lole lole maikaʻi loa o ka honua a me nā kiʻi kanaka, ʻoi aku ka nui ma nā kauhale liʻiliʻi. Loaʻa i kēlā me kēia wahi o Mekiko kāna mau kiʻi ponoʻī, mele a me kāna meaʻai i hōʻike ʻia i ke ola o kēlā me kēia lā o ke kuaʻāina ʻo Mexico. E kiʻi i kahi palapala ʻāina a ʻike ʻoe i nā alanui polū e uwē ana ma ka ʻāina, i kāhi ʻia me nā inoa e like me Zempoala, Jacalito a me Tejocote. He mau kaukani o lākou - nā wahi hoihoi i hoʻoneʻe ʻia ka honua mai nā metropolises o Mexico City, Monterrey a me Puebla.
Pūʻolo hoʻoulu waiwai
I kēia lā, ʻo ka mākaʻikaʻi ka helu helu 1 kālā ma nā ʻāina ʻekolu o ka honua, e loaʻa kālā i ka poʻe e pono nui ana i nā wahi i hiki ʻole i nā hana mahiʻai kahiko ke mālama i kahi kauhale. I kēia mau wā hoʻokele waiwai, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka mākaʻikaʻi ma mua o Mexico. A ʻaʻohe mea i hiki ke hoʻoulu i ka ʻoihana ma mua o ka ulu ʻana o ka mākaʻikaʻi kuaʻāina, no ka mea, ʻaʻole pau nā wahi i ʻike ʻia.
ʻO kahi laʻana, aia ma kahi o 6,000 mau mile o ke kahakai ʻo Mexico, akā liʻiliʻi nā kūlanakauhale i lilo i mau kikowaena mākaʻikaʻi. Ua noʻonoʻo paha ʻoe i ke ʻano o nā mile 5,800 ʻē aʻe? ʻAe, ua ʻike au i ka hapa nui o lākou, a hiki nō iā ʻoe. He palekana, hoihoi a maʻalahi - ʻaʻole kahi hui maikaʻi ʻole. Inā ʻaʻole ʻoe ʻoliʻoli i ka manaʻo o ka hoʻokele, holo nā kaʻa kaʻa o Mexico ma nā wahi āpau. Mai ke kolu o ka papa kuikui a hiki i ka papa mua loa e hoohilahila ia Greyhound, holo ka aina ma na kaa. He mea maʻalahi ka loaʻa ʻana o ka ʻike hoʻonohonoho mai kekahi kūlanakauhale āu e lele ai.
No ka ʻike maikaʻi loa ma ka pūnaewele e pili ana i ka mākaʻikaʻi kuaʻāina ma Mexico, e hele i ka paena Planeta lanakila ʻo Ron Mader. He alakaʻi lōʻihi ʻo Ron, e noho ana ma ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Oaxaca no ka huakaʻi kuleana a me ka hoʻokele kaiaola ma Latin America. E mālama ʻo Oaxaca lāua ʻo Ron i ka 10th makahiki Rural Tourism Fair ma Oaxaca Ianuali 17-30, 2010.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- From town the hills look uninhabited, but a large network of dirt roads eventually leads all the way to Guadalajara (about six hours, except in rainy season, when the many rivers that cross the road tend to rise), or to the colonial mountain towns of Mascota, San Sebastián and Talpa de Allende.
- The Chicago Seven Trial was winding down, the Vietnam War was in full rage, Nixon had lowered the voting age to 18, and the Beatles had released their final album, “Let It Be.
- Using advanced calculus, with gas costing 15 cents a gallon and sleeping on the beach costing nothing, I estimated we could do a two-week trip from San Diego for about $100 each.
