ʻOi aku ka nui o Matamoros ma mua o ke kūlanakauhale me kahi hoʻokele waiwai maikaʻi e pili ana i nā hoʻolālā kalepa, mahiʻai a me nā ʻoihana.
He wahi ia e loaʻa ana kahi moʻo o kāna mau leʻaleʻa ponoʻī a me nā wahi kupaianaha i hiki ke hoʻohiwahiwa iā ʻoe. ʻOi aku ka nui o Matamoros ma mua o ke kūlanakauhale me kahi hoʻokele waiwai maikaʻi e pili ana i nā hoʻolālā pāʻoihana, nā mahiʻai a me nā ʻoihana. ʻOi aku ia ma mua o ke kūlanakauhale palena, nona nā alahaka kaulana e hele i nā kaukani o ka poʻe i hele mai a haʻalele i ko mākou ʻāina i kekahi. Loaʻa iā ia kahi moʻo o kāna mau mea hoʻonani ponoʻī, nā wahi kupaianaha a me nā hana he nui i hiki ke hoʻohiwahiwa a, kahi hoʻomaha o ka hopena pule i hoʻonohonoho pono ʻia, e ʻae iā mākou e ʻike.
Pōʻaono
7:30 pm. ʻO ka lele wale nō i Matamoros ma 7:30 o ke kakahiaka, no laila he mea maikaʻi e loaʻa ka hapa nui o ka lā. Mai ke kahua mokulele hele mākou i ka hōkele ʻo Ritz a mai laila pololei e ʻono i ka ʻaina kakahiaka nui o ka ʻiʻo, kekahi o kēlā mau ʻono ʻono i hoʻohanohano i ka ʻāina, me nā pīni hou, nā tortilla palaoa, salsa a me kahi kope ʻaʻala. Ua piha mākou i ka ʻaina kakahiaka i ka ikehu no ka lā mua.
11:00 hola. Hoʻomaka mākou i kā mākou huakaʻi o ka ʻaoʻao kahiko o ke kūlanakauhale. Kākau ʻia ʻo Matamoros me H! a me ke kahaha mākou e nīnau nei no ke aha. ʻO ka H kahi pōkole o ka huaʻōlelo heroic, haʻi lākou iā mākou, a ua kapa inoa ʻia ke kūlanakauhale, ma hope o ka pale wiwo ʻole a nā kamaʻāina i hana kūʻē ai i ka hoʻouka hoʻokaʻawale a General Carvajal, ka mea i hui pū me Texan Ford a me nā poʻe kipi ʻē aʻe. hoʻokumu i ka Repubalika Kūʻokoʻa o Rio Grande.
ʻO ka wahi mua a mākou i kipa aku ai ka hale pule o Nuestra Señora del Refugio, ka hale pule o ke kūlanakauhale, kahi i ʻoi aku i ka waiwai nui o ka mōʻaukala. Ua hoʻolālā ʻia a kūkulu ʻia e Pāpā José Nicolás Balli, kahi mikionali Katolika i kōkua nui i ka ʻeuanelio o ia wahi a nona ka inoa ʻo Padre Island. I ka makahiki 1844, ua wāwahi ka makani pāhū i ka hapa nui o ka hale nui a i ka makahiki 1889, ua lilo kekahi hale iā ia e nalowale kāna hale kiaʻi lāʻau a me nā tile o kaupaku. Ua kūkulu hou ʻia nā mea āpau me ka pōhaku e pili ana i ke kaila kumu a hoʻolilo iā ia i mea pale.
12:00 nō. A laila hele mākou i ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike o Contemporary Art of Tamaulipas (MACT), i haki me kēlā mau laina kūloko o nā hale kahiko me kāna hoʻolālā subversive, e hoʻonui ana i kona nani. I 1969 ua hoʻokumu ʻia ia ma ke ʻano he kikowaena hana. Ma hope, ʻo ia ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike Kālā, ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike ʻO Mario Pani a, i ka makahiki 2002, ua wehe hou ʻia ʻo ia ka hale hōʻikeʻike i kēia lā. Aia ia ma Av. Álvaro Obregón a wehe ʻia mai ka Pōʻalua a hiki i ka Pōʻaono, mai 10:00 a 18:00. Ma loko kahi hale kūʻai FONART, nona ka nuʻukia e paipai i nā hana Mekiko, hoʻomaikaʻi i nā kūlana nohona, a mālama i ka moʻomeheu moʻomeheu.
14:00 hola. ʻO Mercado Juárez kahi wahi e ʻike ʻole ʻia. Ma laila ʻoe e ʻike ai i nā mea āpau, keu hoʻi i nā hana lima kūloko a me nā mea āpau āu e makemake ai i ka ʻili: nā kāmaʻa, nā pāpale, nā pāpale a me nā kāʻei. He moʻolelo ko kēia mākeke, e hoʻomaka nei me kekahi mau mea kūʻai aku e hui ana e hāʻawi i kā lākou waiwai. Ma loko o nā makahiki i kūkulu ʻia kahi hale i koe i ke kūlana maikaʻi a hiki i ka hopena o ke kenekulia 19. ʻO nā ʻeha i hoʻokumu ʻia e nā kaua a me nā makani ʻino ʻo ia ka mea, i ka 1933, pono e wāwahi ʻia a kūkulu hou ʻia. Ma ka Kalikimaka 1969 ua puhi ʻo ia i ka honua. I ka makahiki 1970 ua kūkulu hou ʻia a hoʻonui ʻia, a ke kūʻai ʻia aku nei ke ʻano o nā "curios" a me nā hana lima ma laila. ʻO ka hale kūʻai ʻo "La Canasta" kahi loea i ka lole ʻili a hāʻawi iā Cuadra a me nā kāmaʻa Montana, nā kāʻei, nā lākeke, nā ʻeke lole, nā pāpale a me nā lole huluhulu. I "Curiosidades México", me ka hoʻohui ʻana i nā hana lima kuʻuna o Mekiko, kūʻai aku lākou i nā mea hoʻonaninani, nā pono hale, nā papa a me nā kiʻi pena.
15:00 hola. Ma muli o ka lokomaikaʻi o kā mākou ʻaina kakahiaka, ʻaʻole mākou pololi i kēia manawa a makemake mākou e hoʻomau i ka ʻike, no laila ua hōʻea mākou i ka hale Keʻa, nona ʻo Mr. Filemón Garza Gutiérrez mai ka makahiki 1991, nāna i hoʻonani hou iā ia i kona ʻano nani Victorian. Hale Hōʻikeʻike. ʻO John Cross, kahi mea waiwai ʻo South Carolina ʻāina, hōʻole, kokoke i hoʻokahi kenekulia a me ka hapa i hala, e ʻae i kāna keiki ʻo John e mare i kahi kauā ʻeleʻele āna i aloha nui ai. Ua lawe ʻia a lawe pio ʻia, ua hōʻea ʻo ia i ka Matamoros hānau hou, kahi e lilo koke ai ʻo ia i mea kālepa kūleʻa. Me kāna kauā he ʻeono āna keiki, ʻo kekahi o lākou, ʻo Melitón, i kūkulu a noho i kēia noho hanohano mai ka makahiki 1885.
16:00 hola. I ke awakea ua hele mākou "i kēlā ʻaoʻao", ʻoiai mākou e makemake nui e kipa aku i ka Zoo Gladys Porter a ua hana mākou, akā ʻaʻole ma mua o ka hoʻoulu ʻana iā mākou iho me nā tamale poʻo puaʻa maikaʻi, ʻano maʻamau o ka Huasteca. ʻO Brownsville ke kaikuahine o Matamoros, kahi e kaʻana like ai i kona wahi, kona poʻe a me kona mōʻaukala a me ia e hoʻopiha ai iā ia iho. Ma ka zoo, mahalo mākou i nā ʻano he nui e hōʻike ʻia ana, me kahi ʻelepani nui i kapa ʻia he kāne, kekahi o nā mea i hānai ʻia i ka pio.
18:00 hola. Ua hoʻohana mākou i ka manawa kūpono e kūʻai aku ai, kahi leʻaleʻa i hiki ʻole iā mākou ke nalo, ʻoiai i ko mākou ʻāina nā mea āpau a mākou e hele mai ai e ʻimi ai me ka hoihoi e hoʻokō ʻia me he mea hou a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi.
20:00 hola. Ke hoʻi nei mākou i Matamoros, loaʻa ka manawa a me ka ikaika e mākaʻikaʻi ai, a hele wāwae mākou a puni ke Alanui Abasolo, kahi e hele wāwae ai a ma kahi e loaʻa ai iā ʻoe nā mea hana mai waena o Mexico. ʻO kēia alanui kahi hiʻohiʻona o nā pōkā pōhaku a me nā pōhaku lepo e lawe i kekahi i ka wā i hala, kahi i pale ai nā hale kahiko i nā ʻohana waiwai loa. Ua kipa mākou iā Casa Mata, Casa Anturria; ka Hale Keaka ʻo Reforma, i hoʻokumu ʻia e Porfirio Díaz. Ma laila, ma waena o ka nani o kou wā i hala, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i nā mea āpau āu e noʻonoʻo ai a makemake ai mai ka honua hou, mai ke mele a i ka lole sophisticated loa.
21:00 hola. Ke ʻimi nei mākou i kahi hale ʻaina maikaʻi a ua paipai lākou i kēia mau mea: El Lousiana (international), Santa Fe (Chinese), Los Portales (Mekiko), Garcia's (Mekiko), Bigoʻs (Mekiko), a me Las Escolleras (iʻa iʻa). Ua hoʻoholo mākou ma Los Portales a ua hoʻāʻo i nā kīʻaha like ʻole a maikaʻi loa hoʻi, e like me ka ʻiʻo maloʻo, nopales i pipián, tī almond a me ka ʻono o ke tuna.
Lāpule
10:00 hola. E hoʻohana pono ai i ka lā, ʻaʻohe mea maikaʻi aʻe ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana ma Bagdad Beach, kahi ma kahi o 35 mau kilomita mai ke kūlanakauhale, kahi o nā wahi leʻaleʻa kaulana a kipa ʻia hoʻi, no hoʻokahi kenekulia. ʻO nā kahakai haʻahaʻa a one me nā puʻu liʻiliʻi i kapa ʻia nā puʻu a i ʻole nā puʻu holo holo ma ka holoʻokoʻa 420 km o ke kahakai o ka mokuʻāina, mai ka Rio Grande a i ka Pánuco, kahi o nā kahawai e kahe ana i mau lagoon a i ʻole nā ʻino wai, kahi hui o ka wai hou a paʻakai hoʻi.
Ma waena o nā makahiki 1860 a me 1910, ua makemake ka ipuka i hana ʻia e ka Rio Grande i ke kūkulu ʻana i awa i kapa ʻia ʻo Bagdad, kahi o nā huahana i hōʻea i ke kai e hoʻoili ʻia e ka muliwai i Camargo a i kekahi manawa i Nuevo Laredo. Ua kapa ʻia ke kahakai ʻo Wakinekona no ka mea ua kau ʻia kahi moku liʻiliʻi me kēlā inoa a noho ma kahakai no nā makahiki he nui i ʻōlelo ka poʻe "E ʻike kāua iā Wakinekona!" Ma 1991 ua ʻae ʻia e kapa iā ia ʻo Playa Bagdad i ka hoʻomanaʻo ʻana i ke awa i kū ma laila a luku ʻia e ka makani ʻino.
Ua ʻae ʻia kahi ala maikaʻi e hiki koke aku i kēia kahakai, kahi e kūʻē ai nā ikaika o ke kūlohelohe a me ka hana ʻana o ke kanaka i kekahi i nā kaua kūlike ʻole i kēlā me kēia helu o nā makahiki. Kauo ʻo Hurricanes i nā pono mākaʻikaʻi, akā me ka ʻoi loa o ke kūpaʻa, piʻi aʻe ka ʻuhane o ka Matamorense e like me ke ala hou ʻana o nā hale ʻaina, nā pāheʻe, nā hale kūʻai a me nā palapa, e hoʻolako i ka mea kipa me ka ʻoluʻolu, leʻaleʻa a me ka maluhia a kēia kai kupaianaha e hāʻawi iā mākou .
Eia ka hopena pule o ka hoʻonanea. Hele mai nā poʻe he nui mai kahi mamao aku e like me Nuevo Laredo, Reynosa, a me Monterrey. Ma Playa Bagdad hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻauʻau, holo i kahi jet ski a hele i nā kaʻa, holo i kahi lio, pāʻani i ka soccer a me ka volleyball ma ke one keʻokeʻo a palupalu hoʻi. I ka Easter a i ke kauwela aia nā ʻahaʻaina, nā ʻahamele, nā pā kaua lana a me nā hoʻokūkū kiʻi one. Hiki iā ʻoe ke hana i ka lawaiʻa haʻuki a nānā i ka nui o nā holoholona kai.
14:00 hola. ʻOiai, ua lawe mākou i ka manawa kūpono e "binge" i nā iʻa a me nā iʻa, ʻoiai mākou e hoʻāʻo i nā mea āpau i loaʻa iā mākou: ka pāpaʻi maoli i kuke ʻia me ka paʻakai a me ka wai, ceviche paheʻe, ʻōpae ... he papa inoa pau ʻole.
16:00 hola. Ma hope o ke kahakai, ua hoʻoholo mākou e hele i Plaza Hidalgo e hauʻoli ai i kona lewa. Maikaʻi a hāmama ka poʻe o Matamoros a ma nā hopena pule ua lawe lākou i ka manawa kūpono e leʻaleʻa ai i kāna zócalo, kahi e mālama ʻia ai nā hanana moʻomeheu. Piha ka pākaona i nā pāluna, nā kūpale, nā meaʻai, a me nā mele. ʻO Matamorenses, e like me nā mea āpau o ka panalāʻau, ʻaʻole i lilo ka leʻaleʻa o nā kūpuna o ka nānā ʻana mai ka pāka papa a, me ka mālie, e hauʻoli i nā napoʻo ʻana o ka lā a me nā hui kaiaulu. ʻO ke kiosk lāʻau i kūkulu ʻia i ka makahiki 1889 ma ke ʻano Moroccan, ʻo ia kekahi o nā waiwai kuhikuhipuʻuone o ke kūlanakauhale.
21:00 hola. I kēia manawa, ua ʻae mākou i ka hoʻonāukiuki ʻana i kahi keiki ʻōlua, ʻo kekahi o nā loea o nā mokuʻāina ʻākau, ʻo ia pū kekahi me kahi pia, ʻo ia ka hoʻomaka mua i kahi hoʻomaha maikaʻi.
Pōʻakahi
7:00 hola. Hele mākou i ke kahua mokulele e hopu i ka mokulele hoʻokahi wale nō i Mexico City, e haʻalele nei i kēlā me kēia lā ma 9:30 a.
Ma Matamoros nui nā mea e ʻike ai a he nui nā mea e lohe ai: nā moʻolelo e pili ana i nā ʻōiwi ʻōiwi i noho iā ia, ka hōʻea ʻana mai o nā kolone Sepania, ʻoiai "ʻO kahi o nā estuaries nani", o nā ʻohana he ʻumikumamākolu i noho ma laila a ulu aʻe ka pūnaewele, kāna mau hakakā politika, kāna mau hakakā me ke kūlohelohe, kona hoʻomaka ʻana ma ke ʻano he wahi manuahi, kona kuʻi pulupulu, kāna moʻomeheu, kāna mau kaʻao a me kāna mau mea pohihihi. He koho huakaʻi maikaʻi ʻo Matamoros i nele mākou i ka manawa e heluhelu ai, ʻike ai, hoʻolohe ai a ʻono ai.
