10 Huakaʻi Hoʻokipa i Loaa i Vieques, Puerto Rico

Uaʻikeʻiaʻo Puerto Rico ka mokupuniʻo enchantment, kahi e kau ai nā kahakai o ka honua a me kahi moʻomeheu kaulana i nā malihini e nānā ana i ka lā a me ka hoʻomaha. Akā, no ka poʻe malihini hele wāwae e makemake e hele iki ma mua o ka mokupuni nuiʻo Puerto Rico, ke kali nei ka hauʻoli.

ʻO ka palaho nani o Vieques e noho ana heʻumikūmāono mile mile i ka hikina o Puerto Rico. ʻOiaiʻo ka mokupuni wale nō he 55 mau mile kaulike, ua paʻakikī me nā mea i hoʻopoinaʻole e kali ana eʻikeʻia.

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  E holo i kahi hoʻoholo lio

  ʻO kekahi o nā hiʻohiʻona o Vieques,ʻo ia nā lio hele kaʻawale e hiki keʻikeʻia ma ka mokupuni a puni. ʻOiaiʻo kēia mau holoholona nani e like paha me nā lio e loaʻa ana iāʻoe ma kahi'ē aʻe, no ka lāhui Paso Fino-ʻo lākou wale nō iʻikeʻia ma ka Caribbean a hiki keʻike maʻalahiʻia e ko lākouʻano kūikawā. ʻO nā mea hana e like me Esperanza Riding Company ma ka hema a me SeaGate Hotel ma ka'ākau e alakaʻi i nā holoholo alakaʻi, a he nui kaʻikeʻana i nā wahi i paʻakikī ke hele wāwae aiʻole ma ke kaʻa. Hiki i nā alakaʻi alakaʻi keʻoluʻolu i nā poʻe hoʻoholo lio a pau, no lailaʻaʻohe mea e pono ai ka holo lio ma mua.

• 02 o 10

  Kayak i ka World Biostumest Bioluminescent Bay

  ʻAʻole hiki ke hele i Vieques me ka holoʻole o ka mīkiniʻo Mosquito Bay, ke kahakai lawaiʻa bioluminescent i ka honua. ʻOiai e weheweheʻia ke kukui uila elekene e kaʻepekema (ʻo kaʻikeʻana o nā microinogania i kapaʻia he dinoflagellates) ke manaʻo ka mana. ʻO nā mea hoʻokele me nā Taino Aqua Adventures, nā Kayaks Vieques, a me kaʻahaʻula Pele Pelekikena o nā kayakers i loko o ke kai i kēlā me kēia pō eʻike i kēia mea nui loa. Hoʻomahaʻia nā kaʻa i ka pihaʻana o ka mahina, no laila e nānā i ka papa mahina ma mua o ka hoʻokuʻuʻana i kāu huakaʻi.

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  ʻO ka huakaʻiʻo Long-Abandoned Sugar Mill Ruins

  I ka makahiki 19 a me nā kenekulia 20, ua nohoʻo Vieques i ka home no kaʻoihana kōkoʻa ola. Ua pau ka mahiʻai i ka wā i hōʻea mai ai ka US Navy i ka mokupuni, akā ua hoʻomauʻia nā hoʻomanaʻo no kēia hana i hala. Ma kaʻaoʻao hema hema o ka mokupuni, hiki i nā malihini keʻimi i nā kuʻi nuiʻo Playa Grande Sugar Mill. Ua ulu ka nui o ka'āina i ka'ōmaʻomaʻo, akā hiki i nā malihini ke kipa kahi maʻalahi i nā kaʻa kaʻaahi haʻalele a me nā hale lepoʻoka i hana muaʻia i ka hana kō. Mālamaʻia ka pūnaewele i ka poʻe malihini kipa i ka makahiki a pau, aʻo ka Vieques Conservation & Historical Trust e alakaʻi i nā huakaʻi he hapalua o nā wāwahi i ka wā o ka mākaʻikaʻiʻana.

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  Mākaʻikaʻi WWII Bunkers Once-Active

  Ua hoʻolālā ka US Navy i kekahi hapa nui o Vieques i nā makahiki 1940, aʻo ka hoʻolālāʻana i ka mokupuni i ka makahiki 2003, ua hoʻomauʻia ka waihoʻana o ka waihoʻana i nā mea kanu ma kaʻaoʻao komohana o ka mokupuni. ʻAʻole hoʻohana houʻia nā mea hoʻolālā akā ua noho mau i kahi papa kūpono eʻimi ai i kaʻole. Ua kūkuluʻia e kūkulu i nā mea kaua a me nā lako, ua hanaʻia nā hale e kūlike me ka'āina kūlohelohe iʻole eʻikeʻoleʻia mai ka lewa, akā, hiki ke maʻalahi i nā kaʻa.

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  ʻO Snorkel me nā Kai Kupa

  ʻO Vieques ka home no Rompeolas, kahi mile mile loa i komo i loko o ka MoanaʻAkelanika. Hoʻohālikeʻo Rompeolas i ka "kai kahe", no laila, i ka wā e hiki ai i ke kai ma kaʻaoʻao hikina o ka jetty keʻeleʻele, he nui loa keʻano o kaʻaoʻao komohana. Ma ka hopena o Rompeolas,ʻo Mosquito Pier, he koena o kaʻoihana US Navy,ʻaʻole ia e hoʻohana hou ana, akā, e aloha ana nā kuhukū e hānai i nā huawai e ulu ana ma ka pilina. ʻOiaiʻaʻole iʻikeʻia ka nānāʻana i nā mūlū, hiki i nā malihini ke hālāwai me kēia poʻeʻauʻauʻauʻau i ka wā e hoʻopuni ana i ka pana.

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  E kipa aku i kahi lāʻau iʻoi aʻe ma mua o 300 mau makahiki

  Aia kaʻaoʻao'ākau o Vieques i kekahi o nā wahi i kipaʻia ma ka mokupuni: kahi lāʻau loʻi hanohano iʻoi aku i ka 300 mau makahiki. ʻO ka lāʻau nui he nani loa ia e nānā ai, akā e noʻonoʻo i ka wā e hele mai ai; Ua uhiʻia kēia mau lau me ke kākalaioa.

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  E nānā i nā Mokupuni Kūʻokoʻa Mai kahi Moʻolelo Puʻukanaʻo Spana

  Ua kūkuluʻiaʻo El Fortin de Mirasol e pale aku i nā poʻe mai loko mai o nā poʻe komo hewa ma lalo o nā kauoha a ke kia'āina o Puerto Rico i ka manawa o ka'ōlelo Pelekānia i ka makahikiʻumikumamāiwa. I kēia lā, kahi hale ka Hale Hōʻikeʻikeʻo Vieques o Anthropology, History and Art, kahi e hoʻomau mau ana i nā hōʻike. ʻO ka hale o ka hale kahiko ua hoʻomau loaʻia i lalo, a hiki i nā pūkuniahi e kauʻia ma ka paia o nā paia. Ma kekahi lā kūpono, hiki i nā malihini keʻike i nā mokupuni kokoke e like me Puerto Rico a me Culebra.

• 08 o 10

  Ka Hopi Beach i kahi Hale Hōʻaiu Nāu

  ʻO kekahi hapa nui o Vieques he palena wale nō ia i nā maka'āinana i ka wā o nā Navy, akā, ma hope iho o ka hoʻokuʻuʻana o ka pūʻali koa, ua lilo ka hapa nui o kona'āina i Hānana Nāna. He nui nā kahakai i kēia wahi iʻikeʻia e ko lākou mau koina Navy-era, akā ua hana nui nā kama'āina i ka hoʻihoʻiʻana i ko lākou mau inoa Kūlohelohe maʻamau. E hoʻonoho iā Pata Prieta (aka Secret Beach) eʻoluʻolu i kahi one a me nā wai mālie, ke poʻo i La Chiva (aka Blue Beach) no ka honua-snorkeling, aiʻole e'ākoakoa me nā hoaaloha no kahi aniani BBQ ma Caracas (aka Red Beach).

• 09 o 10

  Eʻimi i kahi Pae Kūnaewele Kūlana Nui

  I ka hopena o ke kenekulia 20, ke ola kanaka e hoʻi mai ana i kahi 4,000 mau makahiki i loaʻa ma Vieques. ʻO ka pūpū, iʻikeʻia e like me Puerto Ferro Man, ua hoʻoneʻeʻia mai ka neʻeʻana aku, akā, ke hāʻawi nei ka'āina i ka hana a me ka mea hilahilaʻole. Hoʻopiliʻia ka paena me nā pōhaku nui i hoʻonohonohoʻia i loko o kahi papa hana, aʻaʻole maopopo iā ia keʻano a me ka hikiʻana o kēia mau pōhaku. ʻO kahi hōʻailona ma kaʻaoʻao o kekahi o nā alanui nui o ka mokupuni,ʻo ka hōʻailona e hōʻea ai i kēia pūnaewele archaeological koʻikoʻi.

• 10 o 10

  E lele i kahi Kilini i loko o ke kai Caribbean

  ʻO ka huakaʻi i Playa Navio he pōhakuʻeleʻele, he makani a hoʻokipa, akāʻo ka huakaʻi e kūpono ana i ka huakaʻi huakaʻi. ʻO ke kahakai kahakai ke kuʻiʻia e nā lua kūlohelohe a me nā pali kahakai, aʻo ke aloha e piʻi i ka piko a hiki i ke pūkuniahi i ka moana Caribbean. ʻOiai ko lākou mau hoa e hele nei i kahi hānai, he mea hikiʻole i nā kahakai e liʻiliʻi ka liʻiliʻi ke kū i kaʻauʻau a me ke kauʻana i ke kai.