Umongameli uDwight Eisenhower wabhengeza ngokusemthethweni iHawaii ilizwe lama-50 ngo-Agasti 21, 1959. Ukubhiyozela iminyaka engama-50 yoburhulumente ngo-2009, lo mbhiyozo uvuyisayo ufanelwe ingqwalasela ekhethekileyo. Ndahamba ndaya e Aloha chaza ukuba ufumane isilayi sam esincinci sovuyo.
Njengoko inqwelomoya yam yayifika e-Honolulu, ndandithandabuza ukuba olu hambo luya kuba lomlingo njengohambo lwam lwangaphambili. Olu yayilutyelelo lwam lwama-30 eziqithini, ngoko ndandisoyika ukuba ndingafumana “ukuba khona, ndenze laa nto” blues. IBlue Hawaii yayinomtsalane kwaye iyonwabisa njengoko yayihlala injalo, kwaye ndayiqonda nje ukuba ndiphume kwinqwelomoya kwaye ndaphefumlela phezulu umoya wolwandle owomelezayo onuka kamnandi yiplumeria.
Bekumnandi ukubhabha. I-Northwest Airlines ibhengeze uphuculo lodidi lokuqala lwe-US$250 ngomzuzu wokugqibela, endingakwaziyo ukuxhathisa. Ukuthathela ingqalelo ukuba bendibhabha ngetikiti lembasa lemayile simahla kunjalo, ndaziva ukuba i-250 greenbacks ukubhabha iklasi yeprimiyamu yayilunge kakhulu ukuba ndingalandula. Into ehlekisayo yayikukuba, babengenakuzamkela iimayile zabo zokuhamba rhoqo njengemali yokuphucula - babefuna imali ebandayo ebandayo kuphela.
Ababulisi bangaphandle kwebango lempahla basikhokelele kubaqeqeshi baseRoberts Hawaii, ababemi emgceni kwaye belungele ukukhwela iindwendwe eziya kwiihotele zaseWaikiki. Ngaphezulu kweminyaka engama-65 kwishishini, iRoberts Hawaii ineyona nkonzo inde kakhulu yeshuttle eneenqwelomoya ezinkulu kwiziqithi. Ukukhwela umqeqeshi waseRoberts eHawaii kwakuphantse kwafana nokubuliswa ngabahlobo bakudala. Kwimizuzu engamashumi amabini, safika kwihotele yethu yeveki yokuqala, i-Ohana Waikiki East.
Ndihlala ndingumlandeli wekhonkco le-Ohana kwaye ndiyincoma kwiintsapho ezincinci ngexabiso layo elibalaseleyo. Isantya esiphezulu sasimahla, uqhagamshelo lwe-Intanethi lwangaphakathi, ukufikelela kwi-Wi-Fi yasimahla, iminxeba yasimahla kwi-USA yonke naseCanada, kunye nokuhamba simahla kwitroli epinki edlula eWaikiki ukuya kwipaki entle yeAla Moana kunye nendawo yokuthenga zizinto nje ezibalaseleyo. kwizinto eziluncedo kusapho ezibonelelwa nguOhana (igama lesiHawaii elithetha usapho).
I-Ohana Waikiki East ikwindawo eyayisakuba yi-Crown Princess Victoria Kaiulani, umtshana wookumkani ababini bokugqibela. I-Ohana East ilele kufuphi ne-Princess Kaiulani Hotel, ebizwa ngokuba yimbeko ye-heiress enhle, encinci kwitrone yaseHawaii.
Kwakulapha, ngoJanuwari 24, 1889, umbhali oqaqambileyo waseSkotlani, uRobert Louis Stevenson, wafika kwi-schooner Casco kwaye ngokukhawuleza waba ngabahlobo kunye nentsapho yasebukhosini. Wachitha iiyure efundisa inkosazana kunye namabali ajikelezayo okuzonwabisa okumnandi. Ibhentshi yokuqala yamatye apho ezi zimbini zagcakamela ilanga letropikhi zihlala zibubutyebi bembali kwaye ziboniswa ngokusisigxina kwihotele yaseKaiulani.
Igumbi lethu lokuchwayita kumgangatho we-Ohana East's penthouse floor, ngo-1914, lijongene neNtloko yeDayimane kwaye lijonge kwiipropati zangaphambili zaseQueens Liliuokalani kunye neKapiolani, kunye nonxantathu wepaki yolondolozo enikezelwe kwinkumbulo kaPrincess Kaiulani. Ukusuka kwi-lanai yethu ibingumbono ogcweleyo woLwandlekazi lwePasifiki kunye nesanti yeWaikiki Beach. Iindonga zeglasi ezisuka kumgangatho ukuya kwisilingi zazinika umbono omhle wamawakawaka ezikhanyiso zesixeko ebusuku kunye nemvula ekhuthazayo yeentaba emini. Ntsasa nganye, iintaka ezincinane ezimibalabala zazifika kwilanai yethu zize kuculela amaqhekezana. Ngaxa lithile, iintaka ezilishumi elinesihlanu ezibomvu, eziorenji, zegolide, nezityheli zadibana phezu kwesiporo zaza zacula ngohlelo lwazo lwe-“harmony” ukutshintshiselana nezimuncumuncu ze-Ritz(R) zebhotolo. Zazintle kakhulu ukuba zingaxhathisi, maxa wambi zazisitya ngokuthe ngqo ezandleni zethu.
Amanyathelo ambalwa ukusuka kwihotele yase-Ohana East yindawo yokumisa i-pink line trolley, esayisebenzisa kakhulu ukuhamba kwindawo yokutyelela. Ezi zithuthi zinoveli ziphinde zaveliswa ezitalatweni zaseSan Francisco, zizaliswe ngobhedu oluyinyani kunye nokucutha iinkuni. Kwisiphelo esikude seWaikiki yindawo yokumisa itroli phambi kwendawo yokutyela esiyithandayo, iWolfgang Puck Express, enenkuku yerosemary enqwenelekayo kunye nepleyiti yeetapile zeherbed iambrosia enongwe ngombono onomtsalane wamanzi aluhlaza arhabaxa isanti eneswekile yonxweme oluphawulwayo.
Kutyelelo olungamashumi amathathu eHawaii, andizange ndazibona izitrato zinabantu abambalwa. Iindlela zokuhamba kunye neendlela e-Waikiki zibonakala zingaphantsi kwama-40 ukuya kuma-50 ekhulwini kunokuba ziqhelekileyo kwixesha eliphezulu. Amaxabiso ehotele ngokucacileyo awona angcono endikhe ndawabona kwiminyaka, kwaye abathengisi babonelela ngezinto ezikhethekileyo ekufanele ubhale ngazo ekhaya.
Ukuhamba ngemizuzu emibini ukusuka e-Ohana East yinqanaba lolwandle emva komfanekiso weDuke Kahanamoku. Amaxesha amaninzi evekini, iqela leemvumi zaseHawaii kunye nabadanisi be-hula balungisa iqonga ukuze benze umboniso wasimahla njengoko ilanga litshona kwiWaikiki. Ngaphezu kobusuku obunye, sabona intaphane yabantwana bezikolo zomdaniso zasekuhlaleni bekhwele eqongeni, bonke benxibe isinxibo sesintu, bebonakalisa iintliziyo zabo.
Ukwenza kwakhona i-hula yenkolo yamandulo kuye kwavela ekuphuculeni inkcubeko, eyenziwa kakhulu njengokuzonwabisa kwehlabathi. Kusekho ezinye i-enclaves zemveli ezijonga ubugcisa be-hula ukuba unyelise izithixo zaseHawaii zase-Awawai, kodwa kuninzi lwabadansi bexesha langoku, kukubonakalisa ubugcisa.
Ihula yamandulo yayisoloko isenziwa ngamadoda kuphela; yayingumfazi obanjwe esenzweni, isohlwayo yayikukufa. Izithethe zamandulo zaseHawaii zazinempembelelo embi kangangokuba uQueen Kaahumanu noKapiolani, abona bantu banamandla ebukumkanini ngexesha lokunyukela kukaKamehameha II esihlalweni, baqinisekisa ukuba ukumkani ongumntwana ukuba aphelise unqulo lwamandulo lwaseHawaii ngo-1819. Intsapho yasebukhosini ngoko wayalela abantu ukuba bayitshise imifanekiso eqingqiweyo eyenziwe ngomthi baze badilize neetempile zamatye. Phawula ukuba oku kwakungaphambi kokufika kwabavangeli basemazweni abangamaKristu ngowe-1820.
Ukuyishiya inkolo yamandulo yaseHawaii kwakungenakuphepheka njengoko abemi babona oomatiloshe besaphula inani lee-kapus kodwa abazange babethwa ngumbane, bengazange babandezeleke nengqumbo yoothixo noothixokazi abaziphindezelelayo ngokwenza into elisikizi njengamadoda asitya isidlo sangokuhlwa etafileni enye. njengabafazi.
Ngelishwa, ukulahla inkolo kwakuneengxaki kwi-alii; ukuza kuthi ga ngoku babegqalwa njengoothixo. Noko ke, bakhawuleza bafikelela kumaKristu aphesheya kweelwandle awayexhasa ingcamango enomtsalane ‘yelungelo elingokobuthixo lookumkani. Ngenxa yoko, izihandiba zaseHawaii zabamkela ngezandla ezishushu abavangeli basemazweni abangamaKristu.
Ukubuk' iindwendwe kwabantu baseHawaii kuye kwaziwa ukususela ngoko.
Enye yeengcali ezigqwesileyo kwindwendwe yaseHawaii yiRoberts Hawaii Tours. Kukho inkitha yabakhenkethi kurhulumente, kodwa ukunyaniseka, emva kwamava amabi, ndiyoyika ukukhenketha nabaphi na okhuphisana noRoberts. Ngomnye unyaka, udade wethu wadibana nomntu okhangeleka engenakhaya egqithisa iiflaya zabakhenkethi kwikona yesitrato waza wabhukisha uhambo lokutshona kwelanga kubo. Uhambo lokutshona kwelanga lugqibele ngokuba sisikhephe sabalobi esasibambisa iintlanzi ezinevumba elibi emini. Ukuzonwabisa, abasebenzi banxibisa usibali wam kunye nomzala wam iziketi zeplastiki ezicolekileyo neebras zekhokhonathi, besenza ukuba basidanise. Isidlo sangokuhlwa sasinencasa okwekhadibhodi esetyenzisiweyo.
Amanye amava amabi yayikuhambo olubizwa ngokuba,, ukhenketho lweziqithi ezijikelezayo olunikezelwa yinkampani eyenza iofisi yayo kwigumbi eliphezulu lokuthengisa izinto ezingafunekiyo zabakhenkethi. Iveni yabakhenkethi eyafika phambi kwehotele yethu yayiyiVolkswagen egsiweyo ukusukela kwiminyaka yoo-70s iqhutywa yimvubu edlakadlaka edla ngokubonakala ehlala kwityotyombe elincinane lengca elingenamvula. Waqwenga iveni yakhe ngezipikha ezibotshelelwe ngeteyiphu kuphahla olungaphakathi. I-upholstery ye-cannabis kunye nenye i-effluvium eyimfihlakalo. Uqhubekile wasijikeleza kuye wonke umntu othengisa izinto ezingafunekiyo zabakhenkethi enikezela ikhomishini "kubakhenkethi." Kwaye ngoku, iindaba ezimbi: wayengamazi ujack, nangona wayehlala eHawaii ubomi bakhe bonke.
URoberts Hawaii kuphela kwenkampani yokhenketho endiyithembayo. Ukhenketho endiluthandayo yi-combo yabo ethi "Moonlight and Magic", ethatha iindwendwe nje amanyathelo ambalwa ukusuka kwiingcango zangaphambili zehotele yase-Ohana East.
I-combo ye-"Moonlight and Magic" iqulathe iihambo ezimbini ezibuyela ngasemva-eyokuqala ibe kukuhamba ngenqanawa kwezothando kwi-Alii Kai Catamaran, ehamba ngeenqanawa ezingqonge i-Honolulu, ilandelwa nguMagic of Polynesia Show Spectacular ebekwe kwindawo yokubonisa ye-Ohana Beachcomber Hotel. (enye ipropathi entle ngokwenene, ngendlela.)
Uhambo lwethu lokutshona kwelanga ngenqanawa kwi-Alii Kai (“uMlawuli woLwandle”) lubandakanya isidlo esikhulu sesidlo esinesidlo esinencasa ekroliweyo yenyama yenkomo enecabernet isosi kunye nesosi ekhrimu yehorseradish, inkukhu eyosiweyo nejinja kunye nesosi yesosi ekhazimle ehonjiswe ngemifuno yasempumalanga, isiqithi esixutyiweyo. i-mahi-mahi ene-macadamia nut butter sauce ehonjiswe ngemifuno yasentwasahlobo, ipasta ngokukhetha kwakho i-marinara sauce okanye i-pesto cream sauce, iitapile ezicujiweyo, irayisi eshushu, iiroli ezimnandi zaseHawaii kunye nebhotolo.
Ukonwabisa ngokuqhubekayo kuquka nomculo okhethwe kwiindawo eziphakamileyo zasePolynesia ukhatshwa ngabafana kunye namanenekazi anesinxibo esihle. Eyona nto ndandiyikhetha yayiyibhola ethandekayo yepoi ejikelezayo, edityaniswa neengoma ezimangalisayo zesiMaori. Ibalcony ephezulu inike iindwendwe ithuba lokuphefumla umoya omtsha wolwandle kwaye zibukele i-spinner dolphin. Njengenqanawa, uRoberts' Alii Kai ukhethekile ukuba akhwele kuba okokuqala, yeyona catamaran inkulu yehlabathi yasePolynesia, kwaye ngokuphawulekayo, ngenxa yeprofayili yayo yangaphandle kunye nemifanekiso eqingqiweyo yothixo wetiki ehombisa isaphetha samawele ayo.
Ekupheleni kohambo lwethu lothando, abaqeqeshi bobunewunewu basigqithisele kwi-Ohana Beachcomber ukuze sonwabele "Umlingo wasePolynesia" edlala noJohn Hirokawa. Akufuneki uphoswe, le ayisiyo nayiphi na i-lair ye-cheesy magician. Igumbi lomboniso yintaba-mlilo enkulu yeDisney-esque kunye nenqanaba lokuqukuqela kwelava eligcwele ukukhanya okuphucukileyo kunye nesandi esijikelezayo esingcangcazela umhlaba.
Ulukiweyo kuthotho lweenkohliso yimixholo yasePolynesia, njengegorha laseHawaii elathi laguqulelwa kwi-anthropomorphic yaba sisithixo esoyikekayo. Emva koko, i-tarp yesilika yayigqume iqonga elingenanto imizuzwana nje embalwa, kwaye xa ithe yawa, inqwelomoya yabakhenkethi egcweleyo yaphuma kwindawo engenanto. Phakathi kweenguqu zeqonga, amanenekazi amathathu amahle axhentsa ecula ingoma yaseHawaii, EO Mai, kaKealii Reichel. Isiphelo esibalaseleyo yayilibali elichukumisayo lokuwa kwekhephu elalithwesa intaba ezukileyo, iMauna Kea. Emva kokukrazula iinapkins zephepha elimhlophe zibe ziingceba ezincinci, i-Hirokawa iphefumlela ubomi kwi-confetti, idala iqhwa lekhephu eliwela kwindawo yemidlalo yeqonga. Yayiyinkohliso yemimangaliso kunye neepathos.
Sichithe iveki yethu yesibini eHawaii sikhwele iNirvana edadayo – iNorwegian Cruise Lines' (NCL) Pride of America. Indawo yethu yebalcony yayihonjiswe kwisityebi seGauguin motif, eyona mpembelelo ifanelekileyo yokuhamba ngesikhephe kumanzi aluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka aseHawaii. I-NCL kuphela kwendlela yokuhamba ngenqanawa enohambo lwaseHawaii ngokupheleleyo, inika ixesha elongezelelekileyo lokunandipha isidlo seziqithi zeemvakalelo.
Savuya kakhulu kukufunda ukuba sakwazi ukubhukisha iRoberts Tours kwizibuko ngalinye endleleni kwaye savuya nangakumbi kukufumanisa ukuba amaxabiso ayephantse abe sisiqingatha sohambo olufanayo oluthengisiweyo enqanaweni. Ikhontrakthi yethu yokuhamba ngenqanawa ithe iihambo zaselunxwemeni ayizizo ezenu okanye aziqhutywa yi-NCL, ngoko ke asizivanga mfuneko ithile okanye siluxanduva lokuluvuma. Sichukumiseke ngokwenene luluhlu olukhulu lweenketho ezibonelelwa ngabakhenkethi baselunxwemeni lwaseRoberts kwaye asikwazi ukuthetha izinto ezilungileyo ngokwaneleyo malunga nabo.
Kwakumnandi ukuva abaqhubi beebhasi zikaRoberts bethetha ngolwimi lwesizwe endaweni yesiyelelane sasekuhlaleni – sasiwaqonda kakuhle amabali abo. Akukho nto iphoxayo njengokuhlawulela ukhenketho kunye nokuba umkhokeli athethe ulwimi ngokuqatha kangangokuba ibe ngumsebenzi wethu ukucacisa i-mumbo jumbo. Lowo unqwenela ukusebenzisa intetho njengeyona nxalenye iphambili yomsebenzi wakhe ngokufanayo ufanele abe nomnqweno wokuthetha njengengcali. Akunzima kangako ukuvula umabonakude umamele uAnderson Cooper okanye uCharles Gibson ukuze afunde ukuba ulwimi lwesizwe lufanele ukuba luvakala njani.
Umqhubi wethu e-Hilo, e-Doug, wayenolwazi oluphezulu malunga neentlobo zebhotani ezikhulayo kule ndawo. Wasehlisa ngendlela yasemaphandleni ukuze abone iiNgxangxasi ezintle zeAkaka, emva koko wabona amaza amakhulu amanzi aluhlaza entlitheka kunxweme olunodaka.
Uhambo olusuka eHilo lusiya eKona yayiyenye yezinto ezazibalasele kolu hambo. Umphathi wethu omde, omnyama nomhle, uJames Lines, wasinika amacebiso axabisekileyo okunandipha ubuhle bendalo obumangalisayo beziqithi. Wayesazi kakuhle ukuba leliphi ixesha losuku inqanawa elidlula kuyo ukuba zeziphi iindawo ezimangalisayo kunye nendawo esimele sizimise kuyo enqanaweni ukuze sijongwe kakuhle.
Eyona ndawo intle yokubukela udaka olushushu oluphuma kwintaba-mlilo iKilauea yayikwibalcony ye-stateroom yethu, eyayigcinwe icocekile ligosa lethu elinomtsalane elivela e-Indianapolis, e-Indiana, omnye uKatherine McKay. U-Katherine ucebise ukuba sidibanise kwindawo yokutyela ye-premium ekhonza i-Italian cuisine, kwaye wayebala iveki yonke kunye novavanyo olugqibeleleyo lweempawu ezininzi ezintle zenqanawa.
Yayiphantse yasoyikisa indlela abasebenzi abaphantse bafunde ngayo iingqondo zethu. Malunga nemizuzu emibini emva kokuba ndithe, “Ndingasebenzisa intambo yolwandiso,” umphathi we-stateroom, uChris Sermons, umfana oyikherubhi osuka eVirginia Beach wankqonkqoza kumnyango wethu ebuza enoba kukho nantoni na esiyifunayo. Kwizishukumo ezibini zomsila wetakane, intambo yokwandisa yanikezelwa ngoncedo lwe-NCL.
Inqanawa intle. Ndothuswe ziinkwenkwezi ezimenyezelayo ezibonisa i-velveteen draperies yokuthanda ilizwe kwigumbi lokutyela elisemthethweni. Yazisa uzuko nezithethe eziphantse zibe yinyani, ikhuthaza ukuzingca ngokunyanisekileyo ngelifa lam laseMelika. Kodwa ndicinga ukuba le yimbono ephela emva kokuhombisa kwinqanawa ebizwa ngokuba “yiNqanaba laseMelika.”
Lilizwe elincinci, elincinci kwi-Pride of America, kwaye andithethi nje ngezindlu zangasese ze-cabin. Senzeke kuCharley Dubinsky, umphathi wesikolo seCruise and Travel University, kunye nabafundi abangamashumi amathandathu ababezimase isemina yakhe elwandle.
Mna noMarco saya kwenye yeesemina zikaCharley ezilandela ngqo iCruise 360 enye intwasahlobo. Sibe nethamsanqa lokuba singaneli nje ngobuchule bukaCharley kodwa nezithethi ezikhethekileyo ezifana noMarc Mancini. Unjingalwazi kwiKholeji yaseWest Los Angeles, uGqr. Mancini uye wafundisa iikhosi zenqanaba lekholeji kunxibelelwano, isiFrentshi, ukuhamba, ukubhala okubalulekileyo, i-cinema kunye noluntu.
Sikwachulumancile ukuba noDave Stockert osebenzayo waseHolland American Line kwisemina yethu. Ungumbhali weencwadi ezihlakaniphileyo ze-Idea Machine zeearhente zokuhamba.
Singene kwenye yeesemina ezintsha zikaCharley ezibanjelwe kwiPride of America. Izixhobo zeklasi zazintle. Ndandinomona kancinane ngezi arhente zokuhamba zifumana isemina yeklabhu yelizwe, ngakumbi emva kokuba ndikhe ndakhenkceza kangangeveki kuguqulelo lwekampu yokuqalisa uCharley awayeyikhokela kwinqanawa yeCarnival. ICarnival yayine air conditioning eyomeleleyo kangangokuba kwafuneka ndinxibe iingubo zekhabhinethi yam xa ndisiya eklasini. Yayikhohlakele.
Iiarhente zokuhamba eziya kwiCruise kunye neYunivesithi yokuHamba kwi-Pride of America kufuneka ziye kuzo zonke iintlobo zohambo olumnandi njengokutshona kwelanga kunye nokujonga iinkwenkwezi eHaleakala National Park, iSmith's Tropical Paradise Garden Luau, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park - nokunye. Ndifumene ithuba lokuzimasa olunye lohambo olumnandi kunye nabo ecaleni koNxweme lweKona, oluxhaswa yi-Big Island CVB. Ngombulelo kucwangciso olucokisekileyo lukaDeanna Isbister, umphathi wentengiso yolonwabo kwi-Big Island Visitors Bureau, ii-arhente zokuhamba zaphathwa ngeetshokholethi ezityebileyo kunye neekofu ezingaqhelekanga kwintsimi yekofu yaseRoyal Kona, batyelela iSt. Benedict Roman Catholic Church (Icawa epeyintiweyo), kwaye uphonononge iHale O Keawe heiau ePuuhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park.
Wow, i-Cruise kunye neYunivesithi yokuHamba iye yahamba ixesha elide ukususela kwiintsuku apho yayivakalelwa njengenkampu yomsebenzi eSiberia.
UGeorgia Brown, iarhente yokuhamba esuka e-Ottawa Travel and Cruises e-Ottawa Illinois, waya kwiCruise and Travel University kwiPride of America. Ubalise wathi, “Ndihambe ngenqanawa ezingama-45 ukuza kuthi ga ngoku. Ndikhe ndahamba ngesikhephe eCrystal, eAzamara, kwiiLwandle eziSiliva, naseHolland America, kodwa ndifumanisa ukuba inkonzo apha ilungile kakhulu. Ndichukumisekile yile nqanawa, kwaye ndiyasithanda isidlo seCadillac.”
Ndiyavuma. Ukuhamba ngomkhumbi i-Pride of America yayiyeyona ndlela ifanelekileyo yokubona zonke iziqithi ezikhulu ngokukhululeka okukhulu. Ukutyelela ezi ziqithi ngenqwelo-moya bekuya kuba yintlungu ebiza kakhulu entanyeni, nazo zonke iingxaki zesikhululo seenqwelo-moya kunye nokudluliselwa okungakhululekanga okufunekayo. Ndithetha ngokusuka kumava – ndizamile ukuyenza ngamapasi omoya ngaphambili. Ayifanelanga. I-Cruising Hawaii ibonelela nge-bang ngakumbi kwi-buck ngaphakathi kwendawo engenaxinzelelo.
Ekupheleni kohambo, sakhwela kwinqwelo-mafutha eqeshisayo ukusuka kwizibuko ukuya kwisikhululo sokurenta. Kwinqanawa ekhwele inqanawa kwakukho iqela labahambi ababephepha abathengisi bohambo olusemthethweni lwenqanawa iveki yonke.
Babecula iingoma zeRoberts Tours nendlela ababevuya ngayo ngohambo lwabo lwasemini. Babeluthanda ngokwenene ukhenketho lwabo oluya eHanalei kunxweme olusemantla eKauai. Ulwandle lwaseHanalei lukhethwe kwindawo yokuqala “kuGqr. Ulwandle” Uluhlu lukaStephen P. Leatherman luka-2009 lweelwandle ezilishumi eziphezulu. IHanalei yayiyindawo yefilimu yomculo ka-1958 kuMzantsi Pasifiki. Imiboniso yafotwa kwidolophu ngokwayo nakwiLumahai Beach ngasentshona yeHanalei, apho uMitzi Gaynor “wahlamba loo ndoda ezinweleni zakhe.”
UTom noSue Fulmele, iiarhente zokuhamba ezivela eBoomerang Travel LLC eStuart, eFlorida, bathathe uhambo ngehelikopta phezu kweKauai. Badanduluka bathi, “Nangona unokubona unxweme lwaseNa Pali ngokukhenketha ngesikhephe, akukho nto kweli hlabathi enokuthelekiswa nombono osuka kwiinyawo ezingama-2,000 XNUMX. Yeyona nto inomtsalane kuzo zonke iziqithi.”
Iveki yethu yokugqibela eWaikiki yaqala ngexesha lomnyhadala wePan Pacific kunye neparade, esasiyibukele sisuka kubutofotofo bebalcony yethu yomgangatho wesithandathu eSheraton Princess Kaiulani Hotel. Iqonga elihlekisayo lakhiwa eWaikiki Beach ukuze kuhlaliswe amaqela angapheliyo aqhuba imidaniso yasePolynesia phambi kwamakhulu ababukeli.
I-NCL idlulisele iingxowa zethu ngokuthe ngqo ukusuka enqanaweni ukuya eSheraton ngoko ke yenze ukuba udluliselo lube yinkqubo egudileyo. Izitishi ze-Intanethi zasimahla kwindawo yokungena ehotele nazo zongeze eyona ndawo imnandi yokuhlala. Indawo yayo intle kakhulu, ngaphaya kwenenekazi elikhulu, i-Moana Surfrider, apho umboniso kanomathotholo obekekileyo "Iifowuni zaseHawaii" zasasazwa ngaphantsi komthi omkhulu we-banyan amashumi eminyaka.
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