ʻO nā wāhine e nānā nei i kahi hele wikiwiki a me ka maikaʻiʻole ma Kaleponi Kaleponi e loaʻa iā lākou ma Catalina Island, iwakāluakūmālua mile a me nā makahiki he kanalima mai ke kahakai.
Ināʻaʻoleʻoe e holo ana i Catalina Island, aia wale kahi wahi e hele ai:ʻo Avalon, kahi kaikaikai kahakai me keʻano "manaʻoʻole" o ka mokupuni.
ʻO ka heleʻanaʻo ia ke ala nui o ka laweʻana i ka mokuʻo Catalina (koe wale no ka kaʻa kaʻa kāleka kāleka wāwae); uaʻaeʻia 800 mau kaʻa i ka moku, a he 50 mau makahiki ka papa kali no ka hāʻawiʻana.
No lailaʻoe e hele i loko o ka manawa hoʻomaha pilikiaʻole i kou hikiʻana.
He wahi kūʻai iki, hoʻonanea i kaʻahaʻaina, a me nā hana lure waho i Catalina Island. No kouʻaʻahu, hopu i kahi puke a me kekahi loane lā, a maikaʻiʻoe e hele.
Pehea e hele ai i ka mokuʻo Catalina
ʻO ka Catalina Express mai Long Beach, San Pedro, a me Dana Point kekahi mau moku a me nā manawa haʻalele. Inā nohoʻoe i loko o ka hale a i waho paha i ka heleʻana o ke kahawai, aia nā manaʻo kupaianaha o ke kai kūʻono, e like me ka uhi manawa, a me kaʻike o ka'āina.
Hiki iāʻoe ke hoʻonou i nā noho kuʻupuʻu a me nā pōʻaleʻa nele a me ka inu. ʻO ka huakaʻi hele i'Avalon kahi liʻiliʻi ma kahi o hoʻokahi hora, a me ka hana hao ma lalo o ke kūlanakauhale. ʻO nā wāhine e makemake nei i ka hoʻonui a me ka wikiwiki, hiki iā lākou ke mālama aku i ka helikopter i ka "Airport in Sky" i Catalina.
Ke aha e hana ai i Catalina Island
Heʻelima mau mile keka o'Avalon i nā haleʻai, nā hale liʻiliʻi, nā kaola a me nā hale kūʻai.
ʻAʻole ia he opulent a iʻole hana maikaʻi, aʻaʻole e pilihua me Palm Springs a me La Jolla.
ʻO kekahi mau lālā kahakai liʻiliʻi e pili ana i ka Avalon Bay, akāʻaʻole i hōʻikeʻia kaʻauʻana maʻaneʻi. ʻO Catalina ko kahakai he mau pōhaku pali, me nā mau awa kūʻoluʻolu. He mau alanui i loaʻa i ke alanui. Heleʻoe maʻaneʻi e hoʻomaha a uwana a hauʻoli i kaʻilikai.
ʻO ka mea mua, ke manaʻo nei mākou e hele i kahi alakaʻiʻo Avalon Casino. I kūkuluʻia i ka makahiki 1929, he mea kupaianaha nui ia o kaʻoihana a me ka hoʻolālāʻana, a he wahi hoihoi i loko o ia iho. Hele ka mākaʻikaʻi hoʻokahi hola eʻike aiʻoe i ka hale kiʻiʻoniʻoni maikaʻi loa, me nā paia lima lima a me kahi huila paipai (kahi hōʻike e pili ana i kahi hui pū e hōʻike muaʻia), me nā kiʻi pūnaewele mai ke kua i ka lā . ʻO ka luna kiʻekiʻe ka papa hula hula nui loa ma ka honua; ua hoʻohana mauʻia no kaʻaina a me nā hanana kūikawā. ʻO ka hale ke aloha a me ka hanohano, i loko a me waho. (Kahiki:ʻAʻohe o ka pāʻani ma ka Casino, aʻaʻole loa.)
No ka mea i loaʻa i ka poʻe i loaʻa i ka ola a me ka make i ka maʻi pīpīkia, aia he mile mile lōʻihi e pili ana i ka hoʻokele e pili ana i nā iwilei mai Descanso Cove. Hoʻopiliʻia i loko o kahi kaʻa e pili ana i nā kaula kila, nā poʻe e hele ma'ō aku o canyons i nā kiʻekiʻe o 300 kapuaʻi, e hoʻomaha ana i elima no ka loaʻaʻana o ko lākou hanu a aʻo i kahi mea iki e pili ana i ka lono.
Uaʻike mākou i ka'ōpū o ka moku, no laila mākou i hele ai i kahi lāpuni lāpuni. He wahi lepoʻeleʻele, aʻeleʻele i nā alanui lepo e hāʻawi mai i kekahi mau manaʻo hoihoi no Los Angeles a me nā mokupuni kokoke. Hiki paha iāʻoe keʻike i kahi'ōpelu holo ma kahi mamao - akā, mai paʻaʻoe i kou hanu.
Ua kū mākou ma ka Airport i ka Lani (e pili ana i hoʻokahi hola ma waho o Avalon) eʻai i kaʻaina awakea a hauʻoli i ka nānā.
ʻO nā hana'ē aʻe: kayak, snorkeling, lalo moana a me nā holo moana, aʻo ka holoʻana o ka lā i ka hopena o ka mokupuni. Hoʻololi nā koho i ka wā.
ʻO Catalina Island Hotels
- Pavilion Hotel
Ua maemae ka pā hale hōʻano houʻelua,ʻo Pavilion Hotel a me ke kūlana nani e nānā ana i ka alanui nuiʻo Avalon ma waho o ka puka ma mua aʻo ka Bay ma'ō aku o ke alanui. ʻO nā lumi ma ka papahele honua e hāʻawi aku i nā papa aloha semi-private. Keʻike nei au i kahi pōʻai aloha e hoʻopuni i ka lua ahi ma ke kahua, a iʻole e hoʻomaka mua me ka hōʻailona waina a me ka hōʻailona. Loaʻa kahi papahana hoʻokele. - ʻO Avalon Hotel
ʻO kahi lōʻihi mai ka Moana Pākīpika,ʻo ka Avalon he wahi hopenaʻo Catalina. He 15 mau lumi wale nō; ua maikaʻi nā mea a pau a he nui ka poʻe iʻike nuiʻia ke kūlanakauhale a me ke kai. Nā mea hoʻonani hale, nā kī paʻu ma kekahi lumi, kahi papa maikaʻi maikaʻi, a me ka papa hoʻokipa o ka hale e hoʻolālā i ka Avalon Hotel kahi wahi maikaʻi e noho ai no ka hopena pule.
ʻO Catalina Island Restaurants
- Avalon Grille
ʻO kēiaʻai kai uka kūpono aʻoiʻole i ka palena maʻalahi heʻano maʻalahiʻo Kaleponi a me ka meaʻai e kūlike. ʻO kahi kīʻaha piha, me nā mea'eneʻena maʻamau e like me ka moa'āhila, nā huamoa, nā mea kolo, a me ke kāpena'okena nui o New York, kahi mea maikaʻi ia no kaʻaina awakea a me kaʻaina awakea paha. Hoʻopili pū mākou i nā'ōniu nani. Kūleʻa nā kukui, lōʻihi ka lāʻau a hiki iāʻoe keʻai i nā papa kiʻekiʻe. - Descanso Beach Club
E wehe i kaʻaina awakea, hiki iāʻoe keʻai a me ka wahi e hoʻolālā ai ma kahakai ma ka waihoʻana i kahi kaʻa a kaʻa paha. Loaʻa kahi noho ma kahi pāpaʻi me kaʻike moana a iʻole e hāʻawi pololeiʻia kāuʻai i kāu kāwele.
ʻO ka manawa maikaʻi loa e kipa aku ai i ka mokuʻo Catalina
Hiki i ka Catalina Island ke hoʻonui i ke kauwela; he wahi ia e hele ai i nā huakaʻi huakaʻi, nā mea holomua a me nā meaʻimi o ka moku'āina eʻimi ana i ka makani makani. Ua kipa mākou i Ianuali, i ka manawa e pili ana nā lā i ka'ōlohelohe kaulana o Kaleponi Kaleʻa: he lā, he kiʻekiʻe i nā makahiki he kanaono. Heʻuʻuku nā malihini'ē aʻe ma ka hoʻolālā. ʻO ia wale nō ka tikika no kahi hoʻomaha pōkole a he hoʻomaha iki i kanakolu hola.