Funchal, Madeira Port of Call
Nohoʻiaʻo Madeira ma ka MoanaʻAkelanika mai kahi kahakai o Pokukala a me'Afelika. He hopena hoʻomaha maikaʻi loa ia, me nā mauna, kahi hoʻonani maikaʻi, a me nā manaʻo maikaʻi. Nā moku holo moana e holo ana ma ke komohana komohana oʻEulopa aiʻole i ka hoʻokū houʻana i nā kuʻikahi ma waena o ka Caribbean a meʻEulopa pinepine e hele i kēia mokupuni nani. Ua kapaʻiaʻo Madeira i kekahi manawa "ʻo ka mokupuni o ka punawai mau loa", "ka moku peʻa o ka MoanaʻAkelanika", aʻo "ka māla'āina".
ʻO nā inoaʻekolu a pau e pili ana i ka'āina, ka lewa, a me ke aniau.
No nā mea nele i Madeira he mau'āina pālahalaha a me nā kahakai. Ua hoʻohana ka Madeirans i nā ala a me nā alahaka e uku ai no ka'āina pālahalaha a lawe i ka huakaʻi hele i ka mokupuni kokoke iā Porto Santo e noho ma nā kahakai.
Ua hoʻomaluʻo Portugal iā Madira no nā makahiki 500 a nui, a he nui nā kānaka Pelekane (a me nā lāhui'ē aʻe) i neʻe mai i laila no nā makahiki 200 i hala. ʻO ka mokupuni he wahi kūkaʻikaʻi nui iʻikeʻia maʻEulopa, a he mau moku kālepa kekahi i lawe pinepineʻia ma ke poʻokela o Funchal. Ma kahi o 90,000 o nā 250,000 poʻe ma Madeira e noho nei ma Funchal, ke kūlanakauhale nui.
Inā hikiʻoe i Funchal ma ka moku holo moku, e hoʻokūkū kahi moku ma ke kihi o ke kūlanakauhale nui. No ka holoʻana o kekahi mau moku mai nā moku transatlantic ma Funchal, hiki iāʻoe ke hoʻonui i ka manawa ma Madeira ma keʻano he lālā o ka holo ma mua.
ʻO ka mokupuni, he nani kona nani maoli e lōʻihi ai ma mua o hoʻokahi lā wale nō! ʻO nā pali hohonu a me nā lush,ʻo nā awāwa kahakai e like me ka mokupuni Hawaiʻiʻo Kauai. He 36 mau mile (58 km) lōʻihi a 15 mile (23 mau mile) ākea,ʻaʻohe nui ka mokupuni, akā no ka mea he mauna ia, he lohi ka holo.
Nui nā poʻe e hele i kahi kaʻakaʻi kaʻa kaʻa o ka mokupuni e lawe i kekahi o nā vistas nani e like me ka mea iʻikeʻia ma ka kiʻi ma luna nei. ʻO kekahi mākaʻikaʻi he nui ka poʻe malihini kipa eʻoliʻoli i loko o kahi hoʻokipa ma kahi kaulanaʻo Reid's Palace Hotel eʻike ai i kona mau kīhāpai a loaʻa kahi wahi kī.
Ua hāʻawiʻia aku kahi huakaʻi kahakai ma ka holoʻana i Madeira a me nā mokupuniʻo Canary . Loaʻa nā mākaʻikaʻi i kekahi o nā wicker i mua i ka laweʻana i nā waiwai mai ka mauna mauna o Monte i ke kaona ma Funchal. I kēia mau lā, hoʻohana nuiʻia kēia mauʻokoʻa no ka laweʻana i nā malihini, akāʻo ka holo ke hauʻoli nui. Hoʻokomoʻia kēia mau hoʻokele i nā pāpale keʻokeʻo kahiko a me nā pāpale wili maloʻo, a mālama lākou i ka wikiwiki a me ka "drive" i nā'ōpili.
Ināʻaʻoleʻoe e hele i kahakai holoʻokoʻa, makemakeʻia kahi kaʻaahi eʻimi ai i ka mokupuni. He pilikia a paʻakikī ka nui o nā alanui i ka hoʻokeleʻana, no laila,ʻoi aku kaʻoluʻolu o ka hoʻokele kaʻawale "ma kāu iho" ma mua o ka mea i manaʻoʻia. ʻO ka mākaʻikaʻiʻana i nā pūnāwai waiwai, i kapaʻiaʻo Levadas, he ala kaulana hoʻi eʻimi i ka mokupuni. He mau haneli haneli mile o ka heleʻana o nā ala ma kahi o nā levadas, kekahi o ia mau mea koʻikoʻi.
Mālieʻo Madeira ma ke kahawaiʻo Gulf, kahi e hoʻonāmālie ai kaʻilikai, keʻano hoʻomaha. ʻO ka mahana a me ka ea wela ma waena o 16-23 mau Centigrade (60 a 73 i ka helu Fahrenheit) i kēlā me kēia makahiki.
Eia naʻe, ma muli o nā kahakai mauna, hiki ke loli iki ka mahana ma kekahiʻaoʻao o ka mokupuni ai kekahi. ʻOhana a me ke koena o kaʻaoʻao hema e maʻa mau aʻoi aku ka māmā ma mua o kaʻaoʻao'ākau o Madeira. Ma muli o ka maikaʻi o ka mahana a puni, ua maikaʻi kekahi manawa no ka kipaʻana i Madeira. Hōʻike kēlā me kēia mehana i nā mahana likeʻole akā nā pua nani, nā hua, a me nāʻahaʻaina. ʻO ka wana i nā makahiki a puni, akā,ʻohiʻia nā hua waina maiʻAukake aʻOkakopa. ʻO nā mahina uaʻoi aʻe ka mahinaʻo Sepatemaba a hiki iʻOkakopa a me Malaki a meʻApelila.
ʻO kaʻoihana kūʻai ma Madeiraʻaʻoleʻoi aku i ka waina maikaʻi wale nō, akāʻo ka waina ka mea nui loa i kūʻaiʻia. Hiki ke kūʻai maikaʻiʻia ka wicker a me ke kālaihana, akā,ʻo ka loaʻaʻana o ka hale kūʻai wicker nui he mea paʻakikī ia i kāu kākeka!
ʻO kekahi o nā meaʻoluʻolu aʻu i hana ai, he pāpale ia no ka uku, he nani nā hiʻohiʻona hanohano o ka pomo pom e ka nui o nā māla male Madeiran. He pepeiao'ōpiopio kona a he nani wale nō ia, akāʻo ia kahi'āpana kūkākūkā maikaʻi loa a me ka mea kūʻaiʻole. ʻO lākou ke kūʻai nuiʻia ma nā wahi a pau akā uaʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ke haʻaleleʻoe i nā hale kūʻai huakaʻi.
ʻO Funchal, nui kaʻikeʻana o Madeira i nā heinera ma keʻano he awa o ka hoʻokomoʻana, aʻaʻole hoʻi i ka hoʻokuʻuʻiaʻana, no laila,ʻaʻole i loaʻa i kahi o nā poʻe holo moana he manawa eʻike ai i ka nui o ka mokupuni. Eia naʻe,ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka manawa a ke kono nei au i ka hoʻokipaʻo Madeiran i kekahi mea makemake i nā mokupuniʻo ka mauna, ka manawa kūpono, a me ka nani nani.