ʻO Thailand e like me ka mea i ʻike ʻia e nā maka o kahi kaikamahine 9 makahiki

Ua hoʻomaka wau, koʻu mau mākua, a me koʻu kaikuaʻana, ʻo Abhishek, i kā mākou huakaʻi i Thailand mai Indira Gandhi International Airport ma New Delhi. ʻOiai e haʻalele ana kā mākou mokulele ʻo Cathay Pacific i ka lā 19 o Kepakemapa i ka hola 0330, hiki mākou i ke kahua mokulele ma kahi kaʻa kaʻa pilikino ma kahi o 0030 hola. Kū mākou ma ka papa helu helu mokulele a kali i ko mākou manawa. I ka manawa o ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana, ua ʻōlelo maikaʻi ʻia mākou e pili ana i ka lohi o kā mākou lele ʻana ma mua o 3 mau hola. Me ka puʻuwai kaumaha a me ka noʻonoʻo ʻana he hōʻailona maikaʻi ʻole kēia, nānā mākou i kā mākou ʻeke, a loaʻa iaʻu kaʻu palapala holo mokulele honua mua. A laila, hele mākou i ka helu helu malihini, a ua hauʻoli wau i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka sila mua ma kaʻu passport. I ka pau ʻana o ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana, ua haʻi mai koʻu makuakāne iā mākou aia mākou ma waho o ka mana o India. Ua hoʻoulu ʻia ka manaʻo huikau a me ke kaumaha i loko oʻu i ka haʻalele ʻana i koʻu ʻāina aloha, ʻoiai he manawa pōkole wale nō.

Ua hoʻohana au i nā hola aʻe e auwana ana ma nā wahi a pau o ke kahua mokulele, ke kūʻai pukaaniani no nā mea maikaʻi ʻole duty a me nā mea ʻē aʻe. He mea kupaianaha loa ia - ka ʻike ʻana a me ka hui ʻana i nā hoa huakaʻi mai nā wahi a pau o ka honua me nā poʻe no nā ʻāina like ʻole, e ʻōlelo ana i nā ʻōlelo like ʻole, e ʻaʻahu ana i nā lole like ʻole, a me nā moʻomeheu like ʻole, ma lalo o ka hale hoʻokahi. Ma hope o ka luhi ʻana, lomilomi au i koʻu mau wāwae i ka mīkini wāwae wāwae a hiamoe i loko o koʻu noho ma ke kahua mokulele.

Ua hoʻāla koʻu makuahine iaʻu i ke kakahiaka a haʻi mai iaʻu ua hoʻolaha ʻia ke kau ʻana. Kū wau ma ka pila a hauʻoli wau i ke komo ʻana i ka mokulele ʻo Cathay Pacific. I koʻu noho ʻana, hoʻomaka koke wau e hoʻohana i ka ʻōnaehana leʻaleʻa i loko o ka mokulele a hoʻomaka wau e leʻaleʻa like. Eia naʻe, ua ʻoki ʻia koʻu hauʻoli e ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ka mokulele e noi ana iā mākou e haʻalele i ka lele ʻana no ka mea e pono ai ka mokulele e hoʻokuʻu i ka maʻi puaʻa. Hoʻokomo hou mākou i ka mokulele ma hope o ka hapalua hola, a pule wau no ka lele ʻole ʻana ma hope.

Ma hope o ka ʻoliʻoli ʻana i ka ʻaina kakahiaka nui, ua pae kā mākou mokulele ma Bangkok's Swarnabhumi Airport ma 1230 hola. ʻOiai ʻo Bangkok he hoʻokahi hola a me kanakolu mau minuke ma mua o India, ua neʻe au i mua i kaʻu wati ma mua o 90 mau minuke e laina me ka manawa kūloko. ʻO ka ʻike o ka hoʻohana ʻana i kahi escalator papahele no ka manawa mua o koʻu ola i haʻalele iaʻu i ka pupule. He mea hou a hoʻonaʻauao ka ʻike o ka hele ʻana i ka neʻe ʻana, ka hoʻopiha ʻana i kahi palapala ʻōlelo Thai. Aia mākou i kēia manawa ma Bangkok, Thailand.

Ua puka mai mākou i waho o ke kahua mokulele a ua hoʻokipa ʻia mākou e nā kaikamahine Thai i kā lākou mau lole kuʻuna aupuni. Ua hauʻoli au i kekahi mau ʻono hau hau hou ma ka lumi hoʻokipa hōʻea i ke kahua mokulele, a ʻai mākou i ka ʻaina awakea i hoʻomākaukau ʻia a lawe ʻia e ko mākou makuahine.

A laila hoʻomaka mākou i ko mākou huakaʻi i Pattaya me ka nani i loko o kahi kaʻa ea me ko mākou alakaʻi ʻo Mr. Sam a me nā hoa huakaʻi o ka hui. Ma ke ala i Pattaya, kū mākou i nā hale ʻaina McDonald a me KFC no nā ʻai māmā a me ka wai. ʻOkoʻa loa nā mea ma ka papa kuhikuhi mai nā mea a mākou e ʻike maʻamau ai i ko mākou mau hale kūʻai kūloko ma India, a ʻo ka ʻono, ʻoiai ʻokoʻa, he ʻono. ʻO nā alanui i ka wā o ka huakaʻi he maʻemaʻe a me ka ʻoluʻolu a hāʻawi i kahi hiʻohiʻona nani o ke kua'āina me nā mea uliuli nui, nā kaʻa nui, nā lele lele, a me nā mākeke.

He nani loa nā maka mua o Pattaya. ʻO nā kahakai maʻemaʻe me nā wai uliuli, ke one keʻokeʻo, nā kahakai lā, nā mākeke piha, nā kaʻa waihoʻoluʻu, nā hale kiʻekiʻe, nā waʻa, a me nā meaʻai alanui he mea hou loa iaʻu. Ua nānā mākou i loko o ka Pattaya Garden Hotel a hele i ko mākou lumi. He nui nā lumi, he ea, a he kīwī, a me kahi pahu hau piha. Ma hope o ka ʻauʻau hōʻoluʻolu, hele mākou e nānā i ka hōʻike cabaret kaulana ʻo Tiffany.

ʻO ka Tiffany's hōʻike kekahi o nā hōʻike cabaret kaulana loa o ka honua, i nānā ʻia e kahi 500 poʻe i hauʻoli i kāna mau hana kupanaha. ʻAʻole hiki ke hōʻole ʻia ke kālena o nā mea pena kiʻi a Tiffany, a ua hana lākou ma nā papa like ʻole (15 mau ʻāpana like ʻole a me nā backdrops), ma nā ʻōlelo he nui, a ma nā helu lehulehu. Ua hauʻoli loa au i ka hana nani a nā mea pena ma kā mākou mele kiʻi Hindi ponoʻī, ʻo "Dola re" o Devdas. ʻO ka hōʻike, me kāna mau mele a me nā hula hula piha me nā ʻōnaehana māmā a me nā kani, he mea kupanaha, kupaianaha, a hoʻopā i koʻu puʻuwai.

Ua hoʻi mākou mai ka hōʻikeʻike ʻo Tiffany a i ko mākou hōkele me ka leʻaleʻa i ke ahiahi a me ka makani kai anuanu. Ua piha na alanui i ka poe makaikai e lealea ana ia lakou iho. I ka hoʻi ʻana, hauʻoli mākou i ka meaʻai alanui Thai kaulana a loaʻa pū kekahi ice cream ma nā hale kūʻai o 7-Eleven.

I ke kakahiaka aʻe, ua ala mākou i kakahiaka nui a hele aku e ʻauʻau hou i loko o ka loko o ka hōkele a leʻaleʻa i ka ʻaina kakahiaka ʻaina ʻāina. Ma ka hola 9:00 am, ua lawe ko mākou alakaʻi, ʻo Mr. Sam, iā mākou i kahakai ʻo Pattaya ma ke kaʻa. Ua maʻemaʻe a maʻemaʻe ke kahakai me kona mau wai uliuli akaka i ka lā ʻālohilohi. I ke kahakai, ua ʻaʻahu mākou i nā ʻaʻahu ola a kau i ka moku holo kiʻekiʻe, ʻo ia ka mea e lawe iā mākou i Coral Island. ʻO ka waʻa, me kāna mau mea hoʻolele ikaika, ua neʻe aku ma ke kai Kina Hema me ka wikiwiki loa a hiki iā mākou a pau ke hoʻohihia. ʻO ka makani makani kakahiaka e paʻi ana i koʻu lauoho a me koʻu mau papalina i poina ʻole i nā manawa. ʻAʻole i liʻuliʻu, hiki mākou i ko mākou kū mua ʻana, ʻo ia ke kahua o ke kai.

Ua makaʻu wau i ka ʻike ʻana i ka nui o ka poʻe e komo ana i ka parachute gliding akā makemake mau e hana. Ua kūʻai koʻu makuakāne i nā tiketi a kūʻē i koʻu mau manaʻo, ua hoʻoholo wau e lawe i ka plunge. Ua ʻaʻahu au i ka lole ola a me ka parachute me nā kaula nylon a me nā kaulahao. Ua nakinaki ʻia ke kaula ma kekahi ʻaoʻao o ka waʻa holo māmā, a i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka moku holo wikiwiki i ke kai, huki maila ia iaʻu a ʻaʻole liʻuliʻu au i ka lewa. He manawa weliweli loa ia, a manaʻo wau e hāʻule ana au i lalo a make i ke kai. Eia naʻe, ma hope o kekahi mau kekona, ua hoʻomaka maoli wau e leʻaleʻa i ka holo ʻana i ka lewa. Aia wau ma luna o ka honua, e nānā ana i lalo i kahi i ʻike liʻiliʻi ai nā mea a pau. Ua pāʻani ka mea hoʻokele waʻa māmā me aʻu. Ua oki koke ʻo ia i ka holo ʻana, a uē au me ka uē, no ka mea, e hāʻule wikiwiki ana au i kai. I loko o kekahi mau minuke, ua hāʻule au i loko o ke kai a hopohopo wau i koʻu ola a me ka manaʻo e hoʻouka mai nā manō o ke kai iaʻu a ʻai iaʻu. Ua hoʻomaka wau e pule no koʻu palekana. I ka manawa aʻe, ʻike wau ua hoʻomaka hou ka waʻa a ke ʻohi nei i ka wikiwiki. Aia hou wau i ka lewa a hoʻomaka wau e leʻaleʻa i ka nani maoli. Ma hope o kekahi manawa, pae hou au ma luna o ka paepae me ka maluhia a ma kahi ʻāpana. He mea weliweli a hoʻokō!

ʻO ka huakaʻi aʻe ma luna o kahi paepae i waenakonu o ke kai kokoke i ka mokupuni ʻo Coral. Leʻaleʻa ka poʻe ma kēia kahua i ka luʻu scuba me nā luʻu ʻoihana. Ua makemake hoʻi au e ʻimi i ka hohonu o ke kai a i waena o nā iʻa a me nā mea kanu kai. ʻOiai ua hopohopo iki wau, ua hoʻoholo wau e hana i kēia hana weliweli. Hoʻokomo wau i nā mīkina lima a me ka pale aniani me ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka oxygen a hele i ke kai me kahi luʻu ʻoihana e alakaʻi iaʻu. Ma kahi o 5 mau mika ka hohonu o ke kai, a ʻaʻole hiki ke nānā aku. Hiki iaʻu ke ʻike i ka nui o nā iʻa ma nā ʻano nui, nā ʻano, a me nā kala. Hānai au i ka ʻai i ka iʻa a hoʻopā aku i kekahi o lākou. Ua hoʻopā mai ka iʻa iaʻu ma ke kino holoʻokoʻa, a ua ʻike wau i kahi ʻano ʻoniʻoni ʻē. ʻO nā mea ulu waiwai a me nā ola kai i waiho ʻia e pupule. Hele mākou ma ka papakū no kekahi manawa. Ua lawe pū ʻia kekahi kiʻi wikiō o kā mākou huakaʻi i lalo o ka wai e nā mea luʻu, a hāʻawi lākou iā mākou ma ke ʻano he CD. Hele mākou i waho o ke kai ma hope o 25 mau minuke. He mea hou loa ka ʻike.

Ua hōʻea mākou i ka mokupuni ʻo Coral ma hope o ka holo ʻana ma ka waʻa holo wikiwiki. Ma hope o koʻu iho ʻana mai luna mai o ka waʻa, hoʻomaopopo ihola au he keʻokeʻo loa ke one, ʻo ke kai he aniani aniani, a ʻike wau i ka iʻa i loko o ka wai. Hoʻomaha mākou i loko o nā hale lole a hauʻoli mākou i ke kulina paila me ka wai niu, ʻono loa. Ke hoʻololi nei mākou i kā mākou ʻaʻahu ʻauʻau, hele mākou e ʻauʻau i loko o nā wai hoʻomaha maʻemaʻe. Pīhoihoi au i koʻu ʻike ʻana ua hiki i koʻu kino ke lana maoli i loko o ka wai o ke kai me ka pilikia ʻole, a ua ʻike au he kiʻekiʻe ka paʻakai o ka wai kai a ua like paha me ka paʻakai o ke Kai Make, i hiki ai iaʻu ke lana manuahi. Ua hana au i ka holo ʻana o ka wai ma ke kai a hauʻoli loa.

ʻO ka huakaʻi hoʻi i uka he 30 mau minuke a ʻaʻohe pilikia. I ka pae ʻana, ua ʻai mākou i ka ʻaina awakea ma kahi hale ʻaina India, he mea ʻono loa.
Ma hope o ka ʻaina awakea, ua kūʻai mākou ma ka mākeke lana a kūʻai aku i nā mea hana lima a me nā mea hoʻomanaʻo. Aia ka mākeke holoʻokoʻa a puni ka wai a hiki ke hele ma ke ala o nā alahaka lāʻau. Hiki nō ke kaʻapuni i ka mākeke ma nā waʻa. Hānai au i ka maiʻa a me nā huaʻai ʻē aʻe i kahi pēpē ʻelepani ma ka mākeke, a i ke ahiahi, hele mākou i nā mākeke a makaʻala i nā mea maikaʻi like ʻole, i hāʻawi ʻia e like me nā pōhaku a me nā mea nani, nā lole, a me nā mea ʻili. He mea hou loa ia iaʻu ka hele ʻana a kūʻai i kahi mākeke lana.

I ke kakahiaka aʻe, nānā mākou i waho o ka hōkele a hoʻomaka i kā mākou huakaʻi i ke kūlanakauhale nui o Thailand, Bangkok, ma kahi kaʻa kaʻa ea. Ma hope o ʻelua hola, hiki mākou i Bangkok. He kūlanakauhale maikaʻi loa, ʻokoʻa o kēia wā a me ke komohana, me nā hale kiʻekiʻe, nā alanui maikaʻi, nā kaʻaahi lewa, nā lele lele, a me nā poʻe i hoʻopono a hoʻopaʻi. ʻO nā wahi mākaʻikaʻi nui e pili ana i nā luakini Buddhist ʻālohilohi, nā hale aliʻi, nā kahawai a me nā hiʻohiʻona kahawai, nā meaʻai momona, nā hulahula kahiko, a me nā hale kūʻai he nui. Ma mua o ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i ko mākou hōkele, ua kipa mākou i ka luakini Buddhist kaulana i ka honua, ʻo Wat Trimit. ʻO ke kiʻi gula nui o ka Haku Buddha i hoʻoikaika i nā manaʻo hoʻomana i loko oʻu. Ua haʻi ʻia mai iā mākou ua hana ʻia ke kiʻi i ke gula paʻa a he 5.5 tons ke kaumaha. Nui loa ka luakini a nui ka poʻe Thai e hoʻomana nei no ke olakino maikaʻi a me ka hoʻōla wikiwiki ʻana o ko lākou mōʻī i mālama ʻole ʻia.

Ma Bangkok, ua nānā mākou i ka Hotel White Orchid, aia ma ka mākeke paʻahana o Chinatown. He hōkele maikaʻi a ʻoluʻolu akā ʻaʻohe wai ʻauʻau. Ma hope o ka hoʻomaha ʻana, hele mākou a kūʻai i ka MVK Mall a hoʻi i ka hōkele i ke ahiahi. Ma ka hale kūʻai, ua ʻai hou mākou i ka ʻai ma McDonald, a me KFC. He nui nā hale kūʻai gula, nā lole, nā mea ʻili, a me nā mea uila ma ka hale kūʻai. He heluna nui o na Inikini e kuai ana ma ka hale kuai. I ka pō, hele mākou i waho a ʻono i nā meaʻai lāhui Pākē e kūʻai ʻia ana ma kapa alanui. ʻOiai he ʻono, ʻaʻole like ia me ka meaʻai Kina i loaʻa ma India.

I ke kakahiaka aʻe, hoʻomaka mākou i kā mākou huakaʻi i Safari World ma kahi kaʻa kūʻokoʻa ea, ma hope o ka leʻaleʻa mua i ka ʻaina kakahiaka ma ka hōkele. ʻO ke komo ʻana i ka Safari World he mea hoʻohauʻoli loa ia, a he nui nā ʻano kope ʻekolu o nā holoholona hihiu like ʻole e like me nā giraffes, nā ʻelepani, a me nā zebra e hoʻokipa iā mākou.

Hoʻolaha ʻia ka paka ma kahi ākea me nā holoholona i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i loko o nā pā like ʻole. Ma waena a a puni ka lā, hoʻonohonoho ʻia nā hōʻike holoholona like ʻole. Ma ka Safari World, ua ʻike mākou i nā ʻano manu like ʻole, nā tigers, nā polar bear, nā crocodiles, nā ʻelepani, a me nā liona kai, ʻo ia kekahi. Ua ʻike pū mākou i nā hana nani a nā holoholona like ʻole i ka hōʻike ʻana i nā minuke 20-30 e nā liona kai, chimpanzees, elephant, a me nā iʻa. Ua makemake nui au i ka hōʻike dolphin, a me ka hōʻike ʻelepani. Ua hoʻāla ʻia nā hōʻikeʻike i ka paʻipaʻi ʻana mai ka lehulehu, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā keiki kula ʻaʻahu akamai mai Bangkok. Ua hoʻomanaʻo au i koʻu ʻāina aloha ʻo India, i koʻu ʻike ʻana e hoʻokani ana nā mele kiʻiʻoniʻoni Hindi i mele ʻia e Mr. Himmesh Reshamiya ma hope o ke kahua.

ʻO ka manawa hauʻoli loa o ka huakaʻi holoʻokoʻa ʻo ia ka manawa i paʻa ai koʻu mau mākua, kaikunāne, a me aʻu i kahi keiki tiger 5 kapuaʻi ma ko mākou mau ʻūhā a hānai iā ia i ka waiū. He palupalu kona kino, ʻoiai ʻo ia ke nānā aku i ka ʻino me kona mau niho ʻoi a me nā maiuu. He weliweli loa kona nana. ʻOiai i ka makaʻu mua, hiki iaʻu ke mālama iā ia me ka pilikia ʻole. Ua paʻa nō hoʻi au i kekahi keiki tiger ʻōpio, he ʻoluʻolu loa a ʻaʻole 1.5 kapuaʻi ka lōʻihi. He mea hoihoi loa ia, a he mea poina ole ia'u.

Ua hānai au me nā keiki kula he nui i ka maiʻa i nā giraffe kiʻekiʻe ma ka piʻi ʻana ma luna o kahi paepae. ʻOiai ua hānai au i nā bipi, nā bufalo, nā ʻīlio, a me nā ʻelepani, ʻo ka hānai ʻana i nā giraffe lōʻihi he mea hou loa iaʻu.

I ke ahiahi, ua hele mākou i kahi safari hihiu ma kahi paka aupuni i pale ʻia ma nā kaʻa kaʻa ea. Ma ka paka, ʻike mākou i nā liona, nā tigers, nā rhinoceros, nā ʻano dia like ʻole, ka giraffe, ka zebra, ka bea, nā manu, a me nā holoholona ʻē aʻe he nui. Hiki iā mākou ke ʻike i nā holoholona i ko lākou wahi kūlohelohe ma kahi mamao o ka noho pio ʻana. He mea hoihoi loa ka ike ana i keia mau holoholona ino e holoholo wale ana ma ka nahelehele me ka makau ole.

Hoʻi mākou i ka hōkele ma hope o ka lā poina ʻole i waena o nā holoholona hihiu, paʻi kiʻi, hānai ʻana i nā keiki tiger a me nā giraffe, a me ka ʻike ʻana i nā hana acrobatic a nā iʻa.

I ke kakahiaka aʻe, hele mākou e ʻike i ke kiʻi nui loa o kahi Buddha e moe ana ma ka luakini ʻo Wat Po. He mea kupanaha ke kii, a he malu loa ka noho ana o ka luakini. Nui ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi a me ka poʻe haipule mai ka honua holoʻokoʻa e kipa ana i ka luakini. Ua hookomo aku ka poe makaikai i na moni liilii he nui iloko o na moku he nui i malamaia ma ka luakini.

Ma hope o ka hoʻi ʻana i ka hōkele, ʻai mākou i ka ʻaina awakea a hoʻomaka i kā mākou huakaʻi hoʻi i ka mokulele ʻo Bangkok. Ma ke kahua mokulele, ua kūʻai mākou ma nā hale kūʻai Duty-Free a hoʻopau i ka manawa e leʻaleʻa i ka mokulele nui, maʻemaʻe, a nani hoʻi. Ua lawe mākou i ka mokulele ʻo Cathay Pacific mai Bangkok a i New Delhi, a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka lele ʻana i ka manawa. Ua hōʻea ka mokulele i New Delhi e like me ka mea i hoʻonohonoho ʻia, a hiki mākou i ko mākou home momona ma hope o ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻana i ka neʻe ʻana a me nā kuʻuna.

ʻOiai hauʻoli wau i ka hoʻi ʻana i ka home, e hoʻomanaʻo mau ana au i kaʻu huakaʻi kamaʻāina ʻē i waena o nā poʻe hoʻokipa maikaʻi loa, aloha, a maikaʻi. Ua aʻo au e pili ana i ka moʻomeheu o ka poʻe Thai a me kā lākou meaʻai, kālā, kaiapuni, ka maʻemaʻe, nā hana, ka nani maoli, nā holoholona hihiu, nā haʻuki wai, a me nā ola kai. ʻAʻole au e poina i kaʻu huakaʻi hauʻoli loa i Thailand.