Ma lalo o ka wai o ke kai Caribbean, ma Cancun, i hōʻike ʻia ai ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike Pōhaku Lalo, me ʻekolu mau hana na ka mea pena kiʻi ʻo Jason de Caires Taylor.
Hoʻohui kahi mea hoihoi hou i ka papa inoa lōʻihi o nā nani kūlohelohe a moʻomeheu i hāʻawi ʻia e ka Cancun a me Riviera Maya wahi: ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike Underwater Sculpture.
E like me ka manaʻo o kona inoa, ʻo kēia wahi hou, ka mea mua o kona ʻano ma Mekiko, i wehe ʻia "kona mau puka" me ʻekolu mau hana e ka mea kālai Pelekane ʻo Jason de Caires Taylor, ua komo i loko o ke kai o Cancun.
Ua haʻi aku ka pelekikena o ka hale hōʻikeʻike, ʻo Roberto Díaz, i kahi keʻena nūhou i hoʻopaʻa pono ʻia nā kiʻi kiʻi i hiki i nā poʻe kipa e kipa aku i ia wahi ke mahalo iā lākou ma o ke ʻano o ka luʻu ʻana a i ʻole "snorkeling" i kona nui āpau.
Ua lawe ka luna i ka manawa kūpono e ʻōlelo ai e loaʻa i nā hale hōʻikeʻike ʻehā mau "lumi", aia ma Punta Nizuc, Manchones, ka wahi o "La Carbonera" ma Isla Mujeres, a me ka wahi i kapa ʻia ʻo "Aristos" ma Punta Cancun, ʻo kēlā me kēia me lākou hoʻokahi mile kilomika o ka hoʻolōʻihi ma ka papakū.
"ʻO ka manaʻo e hoʻokomo i nā kiʻi kiʻi 400 āpau ma ke ʻano he hoʻopukapuka kālā ma kahi o US $ 350,000, i paipai ʻia e ka Ministry of the Environment of Mexico a me ka Cancun Nautical Association, ka mea e ʻimi nei e loaʻa i ka ʻāina ka hale hōʻikeʻike kai nui loa ma ka honua. "Kuhi ʻo Diaz.
ʻO ka mea nāna i hana i nā ʻāpana mua ʻekolu, ʻo De Caires, ka mea e noho ana ma Cancun, ʻo ia ka luna hoʻokele noʻeau o ka hale hōʻikeʻike.
