ʻO ka holo ʻana he 12 mau hola he hoʻāʻo kūpono no ka hele ʻana i kahi ʻāina kahi i loko o ke koko o ka poʻe kamaʻāina paʻakikī ke talena no ka noʻonoʻo mālie. ʻAʻole ʻo Dominican Republic wale nō nā lā wela, nā kahakai keʻokeʻo, nā lāʻau pāma a me nā lewa uliuli. ʻO ka maluhia ka mea e hoʻopilikia ai, kahi i manaʻo ʻia ai ʻoe a hoʻokipa mau ʻia ʻoe.
Ua huikau paha ka poe Helene kahiko. Ua manaʻo ʻia e hānau ʻia ʻo Aphrodite i hānau ʻia ma ʻaneʻi, e hele ana i waho o ka wai turquoise i ke one koʻa o ka mokupuni liʻiliʻi ʻo Cayo Arena: he kanalima ka lōʻihi a ua like ia me ka pūpū makuahine o ka momi i waenakonu o ke kai. Akā ʻo ka hele ʻana o Columbus i uka ma ke kaiāulu he mea ʻoiaʻiʻo. ʻO ia ka mea nāna i wehe i nā ʻāina i ka poʻe ʻEulopa, me ka nani o nā wahi kakaʻikahi o ka honua e hoʻokūkū ai.
ʻO nā canyons kiʻi a me nā wailele, nā hiʻohiʻona nani o ka pāka Isabel de Torres (ua kiʻi ʻia nā hiʻohiʻona o Jurassic Park ma laila), nā hale "gingerbread" nani o Puerto Plata - ma nā wahi a pau āu e ʻimi ai, e ʻike ʻoe: ma ka Dominican Republic, ka Piʻi koke ka puʻupuʻu a hoʻihoʻi ʻia ka pae koʻikoʻi. ʻO ka mea mua i ʻike i ka hopena ʻo ka Dominicans ponoʻī.
Kiʻi mai ke ʻano
He mea hilahila ke ʻae, akā makemake ʻoe e nānā i nā kamaʻāina me ka pau ʻole: nā wahine curvy me ka manaʻo ponoʻī o ke aliʻi wahine, nā kaikamahine ʻakaʻaka me nā puaʻa ʻakaʻaka. Eia kekahi kanaka kalepa ʻeleʻele, hula, ʻai i ka iʻa kai ma kahakai o Santo Domingo. Eia kekahi keiki mulatto ʻehiku makahiki e kōkua ana i kona makuahine i ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana i ka frio-frio - me ka uʻi ʻana i ka hau, hoʻopiha i ke aniani me kēia ʻōpala a hoʻohui pū me ka wai.
Akā, ma ke kauhale mauna, kālua kekahi wahine ʻelemakule Creole i nā keke casabe crispy mai ka yucca, kahi mea kanu aʻa e pani ai i ka berena. A mālie, ana i kāna mau neʻe. Inā pili ka wehewehe ʻana o ka "maluhia" a "me ka hanohano" i ka hana hale hana, a laila ʻo ia nō. Hoʻoluliluli ʻo ia i ka palaoa, kāpīpī i nā tortillas me ka pata kālika, a ua pau.
Ke ʻono nei i kēia meaʻai mua, makemake wau e poina i nā mea āpau o ka honua. Akā ma ka laulā, ʻo ka poʻe e noho ana i ka paradaiso huaʻai a me ka mea kanu ka mea liʻiliʻi loa e pili ana i ka meaʻai meaʻai. I loko o kahi cafe a hale ʻaina paha, ʻo ka mea mua e hāʻawi ʻia iā ʻoe he mau meaʻai palai. Tostones (ka maiʻa ʻōmaʻomaʻo ʻōmaʻomaʻo hohonu), nā ʻāpana yucca, patties a i ʻole kaʻi palai. A laila e lawe lākou i kahi perch palai holoʻokoʻa a i ʻole ke kai. Makemake nō hoʻi lākou i ka mofongo, he kumulāʻau mashed plane me ke ʻano pyramid i hui pū ʻia me ka ʻiʻo puaʻa crispy a me ka ʻaila ʻoliva.
Ka makana o ka hāmau
ʻAʻole ʻōlelo ka poʻe noho o ka Dominican Republic i nā ʻano lāhui. Hoʻohui lākou i ke koko o nā kānaka mai nā ʻāina like ʻole - nā mamo a nā conquistador ʻEulopa, ʻApelika, India. Ma nā hale kūʻai o Santo Domingo hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa kahi pēpē i kāhiko ʻia i nā kala aupuni a ... me ka maka ʻole - ʻo ia ke ʻano o ka Dominicans iā lākou iho.
ʻAʻohe hiʻohiʻona o kekahi ma ʻaneʻi hiki ke lawelawe ma ke ʻano he maʻamau. Akā aia kekahi mau hiʻohiʻona maʻamau - aloha, equanimity, openness. ʻOi aku ka ʻilihune o ka poʻe noho ma mua o ka waiwai, akā, i ka nānā ʻana iā lākou, ua maʻalahi ka manaʻoʻiʻo: ua māʻona lākou i ka ʻāina a me ke ola. Maikaʻi maoli lākou. A e like me ka mea i ʻike ʻia, he manaʻo infectious.
Peheaʻoe eʻike ai?
ʻOi aku ka maʻalahi o ka hele ʻana i ka Paradise Island o Cayo Arena mai Punta Rucia. Aia ka huakaʻi i kahi hoʻomaha i loko o kahi loko wai maoli no ka ʻono ʻana i ka champagne a me ka ʻauʻau ʻana a puni ka mokupuni me kahi mask a me nā fins. Bonus - he hele wāwae ma waena o nā mangroves relic.
Ma kahi o 120 mau ʻano mango i ulu ʻia ma ka ʻāina ʻo Peravia. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi e hoʻāʻo a kūʻai aku i nā huaʻai ma ka Bani Mango Festival, e mālama ʻia ana ma ka hopena o Iune.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke hahai i ke ala holoʻokoʻa o ke kokoleka - mai ka ʻoki ʻana i nā ʻoki kumulāʻau koko a hiki i ka ʻohi ʻana i nā pi, ka fermentation, ka maloʻo ʻana a me ka hana ʻana i kāu hare kokoleka ponoʻī ma El Sendero del Cacao ranch koko.