Loaʻa ka helehelena maikaʻi ma kahiʻokoʻa. ʻAʻoleʻelima wale nō mau hōkū hōkū, nā waina waina a me nā helikopter. Hikiʻole i nā hanauna hanauna o ka makahiki tausani keʻano o nāʻeke hohonu likeʻole i ko lākou mau mākua pēpēpi, akā,ʻo ko lākou uluʻana i ka ulu kaiapilikia ka hopena i nā hana nui i ka heleʻana, me nā huakaʻi hou.
ʻO kēia mau lā 20 a me 30, he mau mea kālepa lākou e kau nei i kahi laina maikaʻi ma waena o nā waiwai hippie a me ka nohoʻana ma waho o ka papahele, me ka hoʻolālā o nā kūlanakauhale mai nā kūlanakauhale nui e like me New York, San Francisco a me Los Angeles.
Hiki paha iā lākou ke noho ma kahi hōkele hanohano a me kahi hoʻomoana ma kahi hoʻomaha hoʻokahi, i ka manawa e loaʻa ai kaʻike hou a iʻole ka pilina pili pilikino.
Ua hoʻoholo au eʻimi hohonu i loko o ka ulu ulu o ka huakaʻi holo hou a me ka nui o nā huakaʻi huakaʻi Millennial eʻimi ana i nāʻike maikaʻi a me ka pilina kūlohelohe maoli i nā wahi a pau e hele ai lākou.
Ua hoʻomaka wau i ka holomua ma nā ulu lāʻau o Panama ma Kalu Yala, kahi hoʻolaha aloha kūkala a me ke ola o ka nohona kaiaola, kahi i hālāwai ai au me ke alakaʻi nui,ʻo Jimmy Stice, he kanaka Atlanta, e aʻo hou e pili ana i ke ala o ka heleʻana, ka nohona paʻa a me ka nohona maikaʻi loa. ʻO ka hoʻokumuʻana o ka pokapū i hāʻawiʻia kahi papahana no nāʻano likeʻole a me nā hanana likeʻole, e like me ka pilinaʻana me ka poʻe kaiāulu ma o kaʻai, ka holoʻana a me ka haʻaʻana ma mua o koʻu holoʻana, alakaʻi wau i nā kahakai o Bocas del Toro eʻimi i kahi e hiki ai i ka hoʻonaʻauao a me ka heʻenalu .
"Ke manaʻo nei wau i kēia manawa, ke noho nei mākou i kahi ao holoʻokoʻa honua kahi e hele wale ai mākou i nā mea'ē aʻe, akā, ke kamaʻilio nei mākou me nā kānaka ma kahi mamao aku. A noʻonoʻo wau he mea hoʻonani ia, no ka mea, hiki ke hoʻololi i ka moʻomeheu,ʻike, manaʻo, a me nāʻike. A hiki iā mākou ke hele i Panama a hiki iā mākou keʻike i nāʻano likeʻole mai ka nohona o ka'āina a mai nā'āina'ē aʻe, nāna e haʻi mai kā lākou mau moʻolelo pono'ī e haʻi. " - Click here to watch more of my interview with Jimmy in Kalu Yala.
Nā kūlike e like me ka hoʻohuiʻana iāʻoe iho,ʻo ke kaiāulu kūloko a iʻole ka honua he mau manaʻo nui kūpono e kaʻana likeʻia ana e kēia hanauna, no laila he mau'ōlelo maʻalahi e like me ka ho'ālaʻana a me ka hoʻonaʻauao e alakaʻi ai i ka hoʻololi maoli.
He aha kahi ala maikaʻi loa e hoʻomoe ai iāʻoe iho ma ka moʻomeheu ma mua o kaʻikeʻana i keʻano o ka pilina ma waena o ka'āina, nā loina o ke kai a me ka maikaʻi o ke ola no kēlā me kēia holomua?
ʻO kaʻai ka helu kuhikuhi i kēia mau kūkākūkāʻike e hiki ai i nā mea a pau ke hoʻohui me.
ʻO ka wāwahiʻana i ka palaoa he alaʻelemakule no ke alohaʻana i nā malihini e wehewehe i nā malihini e kamaʻilio me nā poʻe e noho likeʻole ana. ʻO kēia mau "mea aʻoukou e aʻo ai i kaʻainaʻainaʻaina" me nā malihini'ē aʻe eʻimiʻia nei i nāʻike no ka hoʻomohalaʻana i nā manaʻo hou a me nā moʻolelo i ka hopena o ka mau kamaʻilioʻana ma ka home. Aia kēia kālā pilikino i ka hopena o ka honua.
Hiki mai nā helehelena ma nāʻano he nui no nā huakaʻi millennial mile aʻaʻole wale i ka holo wale. Hiki iā ia ke pili pono meʻoe a iʻole ka hoa hele hoahele ma ka hanaʻana i yoga, e holoholo i loko o ka ulu lāʻau a hula paha ma lalo o nā hōkū. Akāʻo kaʻoi aku o ka hopenaʻoi loa o kaʻu hana ma Panama, e pili ana me ke kaiāulu kūloko ma o ka heʻenaluʻana.
Ua kamaʻilio wau me Gilad Goren, ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu i Susake the Stoke:
"ʻO ka haʻalulu e pili ana i kēlā manawa kūʻokoʻa i ka wā e loaʻa ai i ka hau e pili pono ana i keʻano, i ka wā e lilo aiʻoe a me ka nalu hoʻokahi i hoʻokahi, ma keʻano, ua hoʻokumu mākou i ka Stoke The Stoke no ka mea he mea hoʻolālā ka heʻenalu. ka pilina hohonu a me ka pilina ma waena o ka mea hele a me nā poʻe e hele ana.ʻO kā mākou pahuhopu,ʻo ke koho hou aku i ka heʻe nalu e like me keʻano o ka pilikanaka, ka pilina a me ka nohona moʻomeheu.
Ua lilo mākou i pā no Give & Surf no kekahi manawa, a ua lele i ka manawa kūpono e hana pū me Neil a me kona mau hoa. Ua lilo ka hopena a me ka paʻa pono i mau hua'ōlelo no ka lā. Akā, i ka wā e kamaʻilio ana nā kānaka he nui, hāʻawiʻo Give & Surf iā ia. " - Click here to watch my interviews with the founders of Give & Surf and Sustain the Stoke.
ʻAʻole ia he mea kupanaha e nānā ana kēia poʻe huakaʻi i kaʻoi aku ma mua o nā'ōnaeho kūlohelohe -ʻaʻole e pili ana i ka hoʻoneʻeʻana iāʻoe iho mai ka honua a iʻole e pakele, akā, e pili ana i ka bapetizoʻana i kahi kaiāulu a ola ola.
No kaʻike hou aku e pili ana i ka huakaʻi holomua a Panama paha, e nānā iā OhThePeopleYouMeet.