He wahi lani ʻo Yelapa. I ka hui ʻana me ia, ua hiki iaʻu ke hoʻomaopopo i ke kumu o ka hele ʻana o kekahi mau malihini kipa no hoʻokahi lā, a hoʻoholo e noho no kekahi mau makahiki.
Ua hōʻea mākou i Puerto Vallarta i kekahi kakahiaka lā. Aia ma ka mokuʻāina ʻo Jalisco, ma kahakai Pākīpika, ʻo Puerto Vallarta kahi wahi mākaʻikaʻi e ʻike pono ʻia. Ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe o ke kaona, ma ka Playa de los Muertos kaulana - i kapa ʻia ʻo Playa del Sol-, aia kahi pūpū kahi e kū ai nā moku a me nā pangas i kēlā, i ka lā holoʻokoʻa, a hele ma waena o ke awa a me Yelapa. Hiki iā ʻoe ke haʻalele i ka uahi Rosita, ka mea kahiko ma ia wahi, i ka hoʻomaka o ka boardwalk; aiʻole mai Boca de Tomatlán, he ʻumikūmālima mau minuke e ke kaʻa ma ke alaloa ʻo Barra de Navidad. Aia ma laila, ke poʻo ke ala i ke kuahiwi, no laila ʻo ke ala wale nō e hiki ai i Yelapa ma ka moku.
ʻO ka dinghy a mākou i kau ai i kau ʻia i luna; hoʻokahi wale nō o nā mea kaʻa e hāpai ana i nā pahu lako, kahi ʻīlio ʻoʻopa, a me kahi alapiʻi pū kekahi. Ua hana mākou i ka hapalua hola holo hema; Ua kū mākou ma Los Arcos, nā pali pōhaku maoli ma mua o 20 mau mika ke kiʻekiʻe, a lilo ia i hōʻailona o Puerto Vallarta. Ma waena o nā tunnels a i ʻole nā "arches", kahi hale moana e noho ai kahi poʻe e luʻu a snorkel. Ma laila, ua hāpai mākou i nā leka uila i hele mai i loko o kahi moku ʻē aʻe a hoʻomau mākou i ka holo ʻana ma mua o nā ʻano capricious o ka pae mauna i hoʻolauna ʻia i ke kai. Ua kū hou mākou i ka manawa hou, ma ka cove Quimixto; a laila ma Playa de las Ánimas, me ke one keʻokeʻo, kahi wale nō e ʻike ʻia ai nā hale ʻelua. Hoʻomau mākou i ka huakaʻi, hōʻoluʻolu me nā pia anuanu, a komo hope i ke kai kūʻono ma ka hema hema o ke kai kūʻono o Banderas.
Hoʻonani ka hōʻike. Ke kū nei i ka nānā o ka aquamarine o ka moana, a kau ʻia i waenakonu o nā kuahiwi, e kū ana i kahi kauhale, ʻo ka hapa nui o nā palapa i hoʻopuni ʻia e nā lāʻau pāma a me nā ulu lāʻau ulu. I luna, kahi wailele nani e hōʻike ana i kona polū e kūʻē i ka hope ʻōmaʻomaʻo. Me he mea lā ua puka mai kēia wahi mai ka pae ʻāina ʻo Polinesia. He ʻuhane bohemian ʻo Yelapa. Hōʻike kona poʻe kamaʻāina aloha, me ka hoihoi a me ke aloha, i nā mea kupanaha e hoʻopuni ana i ka lehulehu. Me Jeff Elíes i hele pū ai, mākaʻikaʻi mākou iā Yelapa mai ka hopena a ka hope. Eia hou, ua kono ʻo ia iā mākou i kona hale, aia ma ka piko o ke kuahiwi.
Ma ke ʻano laulā, hoʻohana ʻia nā kaupaku kiʻekiʻe, he mau huinahā nā ʻano mea kanu hoʻolālā, a ʻaʻohe paia e pale aku iā ʻoe mai ka leʻaleʻa i ka panorama. ʻAʻohe kī, no ka mea ʻaʻohe puka o ka hale. A hiki i kēia manawa, ʻo ka hapanui o nā hale i pili ka hale. I kēia manawa, i mea e pale aku ai i nā moʻo huelo ʻino, ua hoʻohui nā poʻe kūloko i nā tile a me ka sima. ʻO ka mea hemahema wale nō i ke kauwela e lilo ko lākou mau hale i mau umu maoli, ʻoiai ʻaʻole kahe like ka makani. Mālama nā haole i nā palapa kumu. ʻAʻohe o ka lehulehu ka uila, ʻoiai hoʻohana kekahi mau hale i ka mālamalama o ka lā; hoʻomālamalama nā hale ʻaina ʻehā i ka ʻaina awakea me nā ihoiho; a, i ka pō, hoʻomālamalama ka poʻe i ke ala me nā ipukukui - kahi mea pono nui ia-, no ka mea ua huki ʻia nā mea āpau i ka pouli.
ʻO Yelapa ka inoa "Kahi e hui ai nā wai a kahawai paha." ʻO Purépecha kahi kumu o ka huaʻōlelo, kahi ʻōlelo ʻōiwi i ʻōlelo nui ʻia ma Michoacán. Makemake i ke kumu o ia wahi, ua wehewehe ʻo Tomás del Solar ua aʻo iki ʻia ka moʻolelo o Yelapa. ʻO kāna mau noho mua ma mua o ka manawa Hispanic. ʻO ka hōʻoia o kēia nā mea i loaʻa, ma kahi puʻu i ke kaona, nā mea pālolo, ke ʻano o nā moʻomeheu i ulu ma ke Komohana: nā poʻo pua, nā pahi obsidian a me nā petroglyph e hōʻike ana i nā kiʻi kanaka. Eia nō naʻe, i ka ʻeli ʻana i kahi luawai, loaʻa kahi koʻi lipi i kālai ʻia i ka pōhaku, he ʻelemakule a maikaʻi loa ke kūlana.
I nā manawa kolone, ua ʻike ka ʻike pono mua e pili ana i ke ola o ka Bay a hiki i ka makahiki 1523, iā Francisco Cortés de San Buenaventura - ke keiki a ke keiki a Hernán Cortés-, i hoʻopā aku i kēia mau kahakai ke hele nei i Colima, kahi i koho ʻia ai i lutanela kiaʻāina. Ma hope, i ka makahiki 1652, ua haʻi aku ka mea haʻi pule Franciscan Fray Antonio Tello, he mōʻaukala Dominican, i ka wahi ma kāna miscellany Chronicle ... ʻo Santa Providencia de Xalisco ... i kāna haʻi ʻana i ka naʻi aupuni o ke Komohana ma lalo o ke kauoha a Nuño de Guzmán.
ʻO ka heluna kānaka o Yelapa ma kahi o hoʻokahi tausani poʻe; a he kanahā o lākou he haole. I ka wā hoʻoilo, lele kēia kiʻi, ma muli o ka mākaʻikaʻi i hele mai ma Kanada a me ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. Hoʻohui ʻia, i kēlā me kēia makahiki, ma kahi o 200 mau poʻe e hōʻea ana e ʻimi i ka wā maikaʻi a noho no nā kau e mau ai a hiki i ke kauwela wela. ʻO ka nui o nā keiki e hauʻoli i ke kauhale. Hana pinepine lākou ma ke ʻano he "alakaʻi alakaʻi huakaʻi". Nui ka hapa nui o nā ʻohana, me nā keiki ʻehā a ʻewalu paha, no laila he 65 pākēneka o ka heluna kānaka i piha i nā keiki o ke kula a me ka ʻōpio. He kula ko ke kaona e hāʻawi nei i ke kula kamaliʻi ma o ke kula kiʻekiʻe.
Ma Yelapa he nui nā mea pena kiʻi, nā mea pena kiʻi, nā mea kālai kiʻi, nā mea kākau a me nā mea hana kiʻi ʻoniʻoni e mahalo nui i ka launa pololei ʻana me ke kūlohelohe a me ka maluhia o kahi ola maʻalahi a maʻalahi hoʻi. Maʻaneʻi lākou e leʻaleʻa ai i nā pō hōkū, ʻaʻohe uila, ʻaʻohe kelepona kani, ʻaʻohe leo kalepa, ʻaʻohe ea i hoʻohaumia ʻia e ka ʻoihana. Noho kaʻawale lākou mai ka honua, ma waho o ke kaiāulu mea kūʻai, me kahi mea hana kūlohelohe kūpono e hoʻoulu hou i nā ikehu o ke ola.
I ka wā e hiki mai ana, ʻo ka wā ʻoi loa ma waena o Sepatemaba a me Pepeluali, ke emi ka haʻahaʻa. Eia hou, mai Kēkēmapa hiki iā ʻoe ke leʻaleʻa i ka hōʻike i hāʻawi ʻia e nā koholā humpback, e mele ana a e lele ana i ke kai kūʻono. Kūpono ʻo Yelapa no ka hoʻomoana, ka hele wāwae, ka ʻimi ʻana i uka, ke komo ʻana i ka ululāʻau, ke kipa ʻana i nā wailele, a i ʻole ka holo ʻana i kahi waʻa e "ʻike" i nā kahakai hūnā. He kanakolu mau keʻena kūikawā ʻo ka Lagunita Hotel; ʻoiai hiki ke hoʻolimalima i kahi hale, a i kahi lumi wale nō.
Ma ke kahakai aia he ʻumikumamālua palapa kahi, i waena o nā kīʻaha ʻē aʻe, hāʻawi ʻia kahi iʻa ʻono loa a i ʻole kahi ipu momona a kupaianaha hoʻi me nā iʻa hou. Mai Nowemapa a Mei, nui a nui nā lawaiʻa: nā lawaiʻa, marlin, dorado a me nā tuna; ʻo ke koena o ka makahiki i ʻike ʻia i ka iʻa iʻa a me ka snapper ʻulaʻula. Nui ka wai ma kēia wahi. Ma waho aʻe o ke kai, ʻelua mau kahawai ʻo Yelapa, ʻo ka Tuito a me ka Yelapa, nā pali kūpikipiki i hiki ai ke hoʻohana i nā kahawai no ka ikaika o ka umekaumaha. ʻO ka Wailele ʻo Yelapa, ʻoi aku ma mua o 30 mika ke kiʻekiʻe, aia ma kahi o 15 mau minuke mai ke kahakai.
Ma hope o kahi hele lōʻihi a kaumaha hoʻi ma kahi o hoʻokahi hola, ma ke ala ʻololī i waenakonu o ka ululāʻau, e hōʻea ʻoe i kahi wailele ʻē aʻe he 4 mau mika ke kiʻekiʻe, e ʻae ai iā ʻoe e ʻauʻau a ʻoluʻolu i kona hou. Ma hope o ka hele wāwae ʻana i 45 mau minuke, ma hope o ka hele ʻana i ka muliwai ʻo Tuito i mau manawa, hiki ʻoe i El Salto, kahi wailele he 10 mika kiʻekiʻe. ʻO kahi hola hou o ka hele wāwae ʻana, ma waena o nā mea ulu mānoanoa, alakaʻi i ka wailele ʻo El Berenjenal, i ʻike ʻia ʻo La Catedral, nona ka kahawai nani e piʻi i 35 mau mika. ʻO ka wailele hou o ka muliwai Calderas, ʻoi aku ma mua o 30 mika i ke kiʻekiʻe. I laila, ma kahi o ʻekolu a me ka hapalua hola mai ke kahakai. ʻO kekahi wahi keu, a ʻoi loa hoʻi ka nani no ka hoʻomoana, ʻo Playa Larga, kahi hele ʻelua a me ka hapa hola ka mamao.
I ka wā ma mua, ua noho ke kaiāulu ma ke kanu ʻana o ka maiʻa a me ka kopena mai ka coquillo, e hana i ka aila a me nā kopa. Ua mahi ʻia hoʻi ka kope a me ka nau maoli, ka lāʻau e ulu ʻoi loa, ʻoiai ua hoʻololi ʻia ka huahana e ka ʻoihana. ʻO nā hua ʻano o ia wahi ka maiʻa, niu, papaya, ʻalani a me ka huaʻōlani. ʻO ka mea hope loa, ma ke ʻano he hoʻomanaʻo hoʻomanaʻo o Yelapa, kūʻai aku nā mea hana lima i kā lākou mau hana ʻāpana ʻohana: nā pā, nā kīʻaha saladi, nā vases, nā wili a me nā mea i huli ʻia ʻē aʻe.
Inā ʻoe e hele i YELAPA
E kiʻi iā Yelapa mai Mexico City, e hele i ke ala nui helu 120 e hele ana i Guadalajara. Ma hope, e hele i ke ala nui helu 15 i Tepic, e hoʻomau ma ke alaloa 68 a hiki i Las Varas e hoʻopili ana me ka helu. 200 i Puerto Vallarta. Ma Puerto Vallarta pono ʻoe e lawe i kahi pana a moku paha e lawe iā ʻoe i Yelapa, ʻo ke ala wale nō e hiki ai i laila ma ke kai.
Nui aʻe nā koho. ʻO kekahi ma Playa de los Muertos, kahi e haʻalele ai nā moku i ka lā holoʻokoʻa, e holo nei i kahi hapalua hola. Hiki iā ʻoe ke haʻalele iā Embarcadero Rosita, aia ma ka papa hele wāwae ma Puerto Vallarta. ʻO ke koho ʻekolu ʻo Boca de Tomatlán, aia ma ke alaloa a hiki i Barra de Navidad, ʻumikūmālima mau minuke ma mua o Puerto Vallarta. Ke hoʻomaka nei mai Boca de Tomatlán, hele ke alanui i ke kuahiwi, no laila hiki wale ʻoe i Yelapa ma ke kai.
