Ma ka lā Mei 3, 1535, ua komo ʻo Hernán Cortés i loko o ka wai o ke kai kūʻono maluhia e pili ana i nā mangrove, a hehi ka wāwae i ka ʻāina.
Ma hea ʻo ia i lawe ai i ka pūnaewele ma ka inoa o ka Paniolo Sepania, e hāʻawi ana i ka inoa ʻo Santa Cruz. Ua hele mai ka naʻi aupuni e hōʻoia i nā hōʻike o kona mau kāpena nāna i mākaʻikaʻi i ka ʻāina i kekahi mau makahiki i hala, a huki ʻia e ka moʻolelo o kahi mokupuni e noho wale ʻia e nā wahine a waiwai i nā momi a me nā gula, i kapa ʻia ʻo Kaleponi.
Ua loaʻa iā ia nā momi, nā mea he nui a nani hoʻi e kali ai nā wahine a me nā gula. Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ka nūhou o nā momi i nā hanana hanana o ka mōʻaukala e kū mau nei i kēia kai kūʻono i kēia lā a mākou e kapa nei ʻo La Paz. Ua kūleʻa ke kanaka nāna i lanakila ʻo Mekiko i kāna hoʻāʻo ʻana e hoʻopaʻa i kēia wahi, a aia wale nō i ka makahiki 1720 i hoʻokumu paʻa ʻia kahi noho paʻa. ʻO ka wela nui loa, ka hemahema o ka wai a me nā pilikia o ka hāʻawi ʻana mai ka countercoast, nā mea i hiki ʻole iā Cortés ke lanakila, noho like, a ʻo ka poʻe o La Paz i ʻauana ma ke ala hele papa, e holoholo ana ma kahi āna i iho mai ai, ua ʻike maopopo i ka mea i eo Hāʻawi ʻo ka mea lanakila iā ia i kahi kūlana kūikawā loa i kēia kūlanakauhale a me nā kamaʻāina. ʻAe, wela i ke kauwela, paʻakikī ka wai a kokoke i nā mea āpau a mākou e lawe ai mai nā wahi ʻē aʻe, akā noho maikaʻi mākou, maikaʻi a ʻoluʻolu ka poʻe, ʻōlelo mākou i ke kakahiaka maikaʻi ma ke alanui a me nā wai mālie o kā mākou Hauʻoli ʻo Bahia iā mākou ma ka hōʻike ʻana i nā lā kukuna e like me nā momi, i hoʻohanohano iā mākou.
Ua hāʻawi mai kahi kaʻawale o Geographic iā mākou i kahi ʻike ikaika. Noho mākou i ka wao nahele i hoʻopuni ʻia e ke kai, a ke hele mākou i waho o kahi moku ʻike mākou iā mākou iho i ke kai e hoʻopuni ʻia e ka wao akua. Pēlā mau kēia, a ua hoʻokaʻawale kēia iā mākou mai nā poʻe Mekiko ʻē aʻe.
Eia hou, he paʻakikī a paʻakikī hoʻi mākou i ka cocktail genetics: Sepania, Pelekania, Kelemania, Palani, Kepani, ʻItalia, Tureke, Lebanona a me nā mea hou aʻe i hele mai i La Paz i ʻume ʻia e ke kālepa momi, a noho. ʻO ka wehe ʻana i ka papa kuhikuhi kelepona e hōʻike pono ai i ka mea i luna, a ʻo nā alo o La Paz kahi palapala maikaʻi o kā mākou kumu.
ʻO ka nani kūlohelohe e hoʻopuni iā mākou ka mea kaulana i ka honua, ʻo mākou ka puka o ke kai o Cortez; kona mau mokupuni, nā kahakai a me nā holoholona i mua o mākou. Mai ka boardwalk he mea maʻamau ka ʻike ʻana i nā dolphins i kekahi mau mika ka mamao; Hele i waho, nā koholā, nā stingrays a me nā iʻa e hauʻoli i nā mea like a me nā kayakers ʻImi ka ʻimi huakaʻi ʻimi kūlohelohe iā ia ma aneʻi i ka nui kupaianaha. Ke hele nei i nā alanui laurel-shaded o India hāʻawi i ka mea kipa i kahi ʻono o kēia kūlanakauhale aloha a noho mālie. Lohe ʻia ke mele; Ma ka square ma ke alo o ka hale pule nui, pāʻani nā kānaka i nā pāʻani lottery ma lalo o nā kumulāʻau, ʻike ʻia nā mea ʻono ʻono e kono iā ʻoe e ʻono i nā iʻa iʻa o ka hou a me ka maikaʻi kaao. ʻAʻole mākou i ka wikiwiki, kahi kahi a mākou e noho ai e hōʻike nei e lawe i ka manawa kūpono e leʻaleʻa iā mākou iho me nā mea āpau a puni a wehewehe iā mākou. Ke kipa mai kekahi iā mākou ua kono mākou iā lākou e hana like.
Ke haʻalele mākou e hoʻomanaʻo mākou i ko mākou kūlanakauhale i nā huaʻōlelo nani o kahi mele kahiko: "La Paz, ke awa hoʻopunipuni, e like me ka momi a ke kai e hoʻopuni ai, ʻo ia ka mea e mālama ai koʻu puʻuwai iā ʻoe."
