Kona Asia Hema a me History

Hotel Grande Dames ma ka Hikina Hema

Ke kū nei kekahi o nā hōʻailona hanohano loa ma ka honua nei i nā poʻo nui o ka Hikina Hema o Asia, e lawe ana i nā moʻolelo lōʻihi o ka lawelaweʻana i ka waiwai a me kaʻoihana politika. Nohoʻoe ma kekahi o kēia mau'āina me kahi kālāʻuʻuku noʻoe? E ho'āʻo e kākau i kahi noho ma kekahi o nā halepule kaulana - e loaʻa iāʻoe ma mua o kahi lumi hoʻokipa, eʻikeʻoe iāʻoe e moe me ka moʻolelo.

• 01 o 05

  I kūkuluʻia i ka makahiki 1901 ma ke kiʻekiʻe o ka mana Pelekānia ma ka hema o Asia,ʻo ka Strand ma ke kumumoku o Yangon ka hana lima a nā Sarkies Brothers, nāna i kūkulu i nā Raffles ma Singapore a me ka Eastern & Oriental i Penang . (Boy those Sarkies e puni.)

  Ua hoʻonohonoho ponoʻia ka Strand e loaʻa i nā malihini, e like me ka hapa nui loa o lākou i hōʻea mai i kahawai ma ke kahawaiʻo Yangon; ʻO ka hale o ka hōkele ma kahi kokoke i ke kumukūʻai ua hoʻomauʻia kaʻoihana kālepa mai nā malihini mai i Mianmar , e like me Rudyard Kipling, Haku Mountbatten, a me Mick Jagger a me Oliver Stone.

  ʻO ka Strand hou hou i hoʻohanohano i kaʻuhane o ka mea mua, me nā mea hao a me nā lako o ka hale, nā moho kai, nā hale noho wāwae a me ka noho mālie, me ka hoʻomanaʻo maikaʻi i ka hokele o ka hōkele ma nā makahiki mua o ke kenekulia 20.

  Helu wahi: 92 Strand Rd, Yangon, Myanmar (kahi ma Google Maps)
  E hoʻohālikelike i nā pane a heluhelu i nā manaʻo ma ka Hui: ʻo Stragon Yangon

• 02 o 05

  ʻO ka Raffles Hotel kahi hōʻailona Singapore kahi i pilina nuiʻia me ka pilina o ka'āina. Uaʻike kona mau keʻena i nā malihini i mahaloʻia e like me Rudyard Kipling, Charlie Chaplin a me Michael Jackson hele mai, a ua panaʻia ka hope loa loa o Singapore i kona lumi bila i 1902.

  Na nā Sarkies Brothers i kūkulu i nā Raffles ma loko o kahiʻahahui Revival Colonial e hoʻihoʻi ana i kāna mau malihini i ko Sinapoa pūʻali pono'ī e like me keʻano o ka noho malihiniʻana o Beritania.

  ʻOiaiʻo ka poʻe 103 Raffles e hele pū mai me nāʻoihana hou o kēia manawa e like me nā LED TV a me ke kelepona a me ke kelepona, hiki i ka poʻe malihini ke komo i ka lawelaweʻana i kahi lawelawe kīʻaha kahiko, i ke kāheaʻana he 24 mau lā a me ka lā.

  ʻO ke aupuniʻo Singapore i kapaʻia ka inoa o ka Raffles Hotel ma ka Hōʻailona Nui a ua hoʻopau hou ia i ka makahiki 1989. (ʻO ka hoʻouka houʻana e pani i nā Raffles mai ka hopena o 2017 a hiki i ka hapa mua o 2018.)

  Wāhi helu: 1 Beach Rd, Singapore (l ocation ma Google Maps)
  Hoʻohālike i nā leka a heluhelu i nā manaʻo ma ka Hui: Raffles Hotel Singapore

• 03 o 05

  ʻO ka hōkele mua o nā kaikuaʻana Sarkies i Southeast Asia, ka Eastern & Oriental, ua weheʻia i nā papa kiʻekiʻe o Penang i ka makahiki 1885 (he mau makahikiʻehā maikaʻi ma mua o ka weheʻana o nā puka o Raffles).

  I kēlā manawa, aia nā palena o ka Eastern & Oriental: nā lumi hoʻokipa piha me nā wai mehana a me ke anuanu, i nā lumi i loko o ka lumi āpau a me kahi kaikai nui loa i hoʻokipaʻia i ka E & O kahi o nā hōkele maikaʻi loa ma kēiaʻaoʻao o ke aupuni Pelekane.

  ʻO ka papa inoa kaiauluʻo Douglas Fairbanks, Somerset Maugham lāuaʻo Hermann Hesse. Inā lākou i hoʻi mai, hiki iā lākou ke hoʻololi i ko lākou mau ihu ma ke ahi wikiwiki o WiFi i nā keʻena o kēia mau lā, akā, e hoʻomaopopoʻia e ka mea hoʻokele i ka hale ma ka hōkele o ka hōkele.

  Wāhi helu: 10 Lebuh Farquhar, Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia (kahi ma Google Maps)
  E hoʻohālikelike i nā kumu a heluhelu i nā hoʻoponopono ma ka Hui: Eastern & Oriental Hotel

• 04 o 05

  ʻO ka Manila Hotel ka'apelina o ka'Āina Pākīpika mua loa, a ua hoʻonele i kona mau kāpena colonial a me ka haunaele o ka 20st century. Hoʻomakaʻia me ka nui fanfare i ka makahiki 1912, hoʻomaka ka Hotel e lilo i kikowaena kūʻokoʻa o ka mana politika ma ka moku colony.

  ʻOiaiʻo Douglas MacArthur i noho ma kahi papahana ma ka papaʻalima o ka Manila Hotel; aia ka MacArthur Suite i kēia mau lā ma kahi o nā lumi hoʻokipa o ka hōkele.

  ʻO nā malihini'ē aʻe e komo pū anaʻo Ernest Hemingway, nā Beatles, a me nā alakaʻi o ka honua e hele nei i nā Philippines e like me John F. Kennedy a me Sir Anthony Eden.

  He wahi nui o ka Hōkeleʻo Rizal Park i kēia mau lā, e nānā ana i ka pīhopa papa poʻokela o ke poʻokela a me ka hikiʻana i nā wahi o nā kūpuna e like me ka National Museum a me ke kūlanakauhale paʻa o Intramuros .

  Wāhi helu: 1 Rizal Park, Manila, Filipaina (kahi ma Google Maps)
  E hoʻohālikelike i nā kumu a heluhelu i nā nānā ma ka Hui:ʻo ka Manila Hotel

• 05 o 05

  Hiki i ke kahawaiʻo Chao Phraya ma Bangkok, aia ka Mandarin Oriental Hotel kahi o kona wahi i kona nohona moʻolelo e noho ai no nā luina haole. Ua hoʻokipaʻia e like me ka Hikina i ka makahiki 1876, ua hoʻolālāʻia ka hōkele i ka hale hōkele maikaʻi mua o Thai,ʻo kona mau kūlana i'āponoʻia e ka Mō'ī Chulalongkorn pono'ī.

  I kēia manawa, aia nā 358 mau hale hōkele i kekahi o nā hale hoʻokipa nui loa o ke kūlanakauhale. Kapaʻia kekahi mau inoa ma hope o nā mea kākau i noho ma ia wahi (ʻo Joseph Conrad a me Barbara Cartland e hoʻohanohano ana i kēlā hanohano).

  Wāhi helu: 48 Oriental Ave, Bang Rak, Bangkok, Thailand (kahi ma Google Maps)
  E hoʻohālikelike i nā kumu a heluhelu i nā hoʻoponopono ma ka Hui: Mandarin Oriental Bangkok