He nui nā nani kūlohelohe o Yucatan, i nā manawa he nui, hiki ke noʻonoʻo ʻia he kū hoʻokahi.
I ka hoʻomaka ʻana, mahalo i kona wahi kaiāulu, hiki iā mākou ke ʻike i nā ʻano mea hoihoi e komo pū me kahi kahakai ākea, nā cenote, nā ana, nā mea kanu hauʻoli a me kahi ʻano holoholona ʻokoʻa.
ʻO ka loaʻa ʻole o nā kuahiwi e ʻae i ka ʻike e holoholo manuahi i nā wahi nui o ka ululāʻau haʻahaʻa. Ma kahi kokoke ke kai i kekahi kaona, no ka mea he mau haneli mau kilomika ke kahakai o ka mokuʻāina, kahi o nā awa he nui me nā inoa euphonic ma Mayan (Chicxulub, Chelem, Telchac, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe) a i ʻole ma Paniolo (Río Lagartos, San Crisanto, Hāʻawi ʻo Progreso) i nā one ākea a mehana o ke one a me kahi kai o nā nalu mālie i hiki ai iā mākou ke kaʻana like i nā ākea me nā ʻano manu kai like ʻole.
ʻO ke kai Yucatan kahi kai limpid, me kahi mahana mahana a me nā kahakai e hāʻawi i nā lawelawe āpau. ʻO kekahi o nā wahi kahakai ke ʻano o nā mālama kaiaola a no laila pale ʻia e ke kānāwai pekelala. Aia ma waena o lākou nā poʻe o Celestún a me Río Lagartos, kahi e hiki ai ke hele i kahi huakaʻi pōkole e nānā i nā flamingo i ko lākou wahi kūlohelohe mai kahi mamao palekana. Hiki ke leʻaleʻa ʻia ke kai ʻo Yucatan ma nā ʻano like ʻole: ka ʻauʻau ʻana i kāna wai aloha, e moe ana i ka lā ma ke one a mahalo paha iā ia mai kahi hale hoʻokipa a hale ʻaina paha e ʻoluʻolu ana i ka meaʻai Yucatecan kūikawā. Me he mea lā ʻaʻole lawa kēlā, ninini ʻia kahi hui ʻana o nā kala i nā puka ʻana o ke kai a me nā ahiahi. I ka pō, ka noʻonoʻo ʻana o ka lani lani hōkū ma lalo o kahi makani hōʻoluʻolu hiki ke hoʻāla i ko mākou mau manaʻo hohonu loa.
I Yucatan ka hohonu ma lalo o ka honua i nui ke ʻano o nā cenote a me nā ana. ʻO ka mea mua, loaʻa iā mākou ma kahi o hoʻokahi a kokoke a i ʻole ma waena o nā heluna āpau. Aia i ko lākou hohonu a me ko lākou mau pono ponoʻī ma ke ʻano he ʻauʻauʻau, hiki i kekahi ke hoʻokomo iā lākou iho i loko o kona wai a ʻoliʻoli i nā kala kupaianaha a me nā hiʻohiʻona i hana ʻia e ka lā i nā manawa like ʻole o ka lā. Uhi ʻia kekahi mau cenote, aia kekahi i nā wahi e kānana ai nā kukui. a ʻo kekahi poʻe e hāmama loa; kūpono kekahi o lākou i ka luʻu ana o ke ana.
ʻO nā ana - e like me nā Loltún a me Calcehtok–, me kā lākou mau ala i hoʻopaʻa ʻia me nā stalactite a me nā stalagmite, hāʻawi i kahi ala i piha i nā mea pūʻiwa, a hoʻonui ʻia ka hoihoi i ka wā e hoʻolohe ai mākou i nā wehewehe akamai o nā alakaʻi kūloko.
I nā mea kanu hua ʻai, ʻike mākou i nā lāʻau kū i nā wahi āpau: flamboyants, shower gula, nā lāʻau pāma. ʻO kahi paka liʻiliʻi, ʻo La Ermita, ma Mérida, e hōʻike iā mākou i kahi helu maikaʻi o nā ʻano. ʻO nā pāka kaiāola ʻē aʻe i ke kūlanakauhale hoʻokahi. He mau wahi palekana lākou kahi e holo wale ai me mākou nā ʻano manu ʻole o nā manu, nā holoholona a me nā mea kolo liʻiliʻi me nā kūlohelohe. ʻO nā māla Zoological El Centenario (Mérida) a me La Reina (Tizimín), a me kahi mālama mālama kino Cuxtal.
