I kaʻikeʻana uaʻikeʻiaʻo El Yunque e lilo i hoʻokahi o ka "New Seven Wonders Nature", uaʻoluʻolu au a me ka haʻaheo. Aloha au i nā wao nahele, a he wahi kūikawā nō ia i loko o nā puʻu o Puerto Rican. A laila, hoʻomaka wau e noʻonoʻo e pili ana i nāʻano'ē aʻe i kōkua ai ka'ānana i ka hoʻolālāʻana a me Puerto Rico kahi hoʻokipa maikaʻi loa, a ua hōʻea au i kaʻu papa inoa o 7 mau mea kupaianaha maoli. ʻAʻole i hoʻokomoʻia kēia mau kahakai!
ʻO La Coca Falls ma El Yunque. Steve Bly / kiʻi kiʻi kiʻi ʻO El Yunque he lau, he oasis maloʻo o ka'ōmaʻomaʻo - a me kahi hōʻoia hou 7 hou o ka World Candiders, aʻo ia kahi kumu i kau ai i kēia papa inoa. ʻO El Yunqueʻo ia ka "Anvil," a pēlā nō i kapaʻia no ka peʻa palahalaha e like me ke kua o kekahi akua kahiko. ʻO ka liʻiliʻi, pēlā ke kaʻao. No ke kumu i lilo ai i waiwai waiwai nui, ka home o nā wao nahele he 150 mauʻano'ōpū maoli a me 240 mauʻano lāʻau likeʻole. ʻAʻole lawa nui nāʻano, akā,ʻo nā mele mele kaulana a me ka nani,ʻo ka Puerto Rican kākela, aʻo ka pygmy anole kekahi o nā mea i kapaʻia he home. Keʻikeʻoe iāʻoe iho ma lalo o kona puʻupuʻu lau, hoʻolohe i nā manu lele a me nā wai ikaika, e hoʻomaopopoʻoe i ke kumu o ka holoʻana o Puerto Rico.
Ua kākau au i kahi nui e pili ana i nā bioptic Puerto Rico, aʻo ka mea ma Vieques ma kahi mamao loa ka mea kupaianaha. Heʻeono aʻehiku wale nōʻeleʻele i koe ma ka honua, a aiaʻekolu o lākou i Puerto Rico. Kapaʻia ka inoaʻo Biobay no kona phosphorescence, aʻo ia ke kumu o ka hoʻopiʻi o nā mea liʻiliʻi i kapaʻia he dinoflagellates, e hāʻawi ana i ka mālamalama i ka manawa e haunaele ai lākou. I ka ikaika o ka hoʻonaʻauaoʻana, e like me ia ma Vieques 'Mosquito Bay,ʻo ka hopena, he'ōpiopio'ōpiopio ia e hoʻomana ai i kou hanu.
03 o 07
Nā Kolo Camuy
Stephanie Maze / Getty Images
ʻO nā kumukū Camuy kekahi o nā pūnaewele mālama nui loa ma ka honua, a ua hanaʻia lākou e ke kahawai laloʻekolu o ka honua ma ka honua nei. ʻO ka heleʻana i kēia kahawai nui i hoʻonuiʻia, hoʻohuiʻia a hoʻoheheʻeʻia mai kahi kāpili momona kahi huakaʻi i kekahi aupuni'ē aʻe, kahi i lōʻihi i ka hanaʻana. Hoʻomaopopo maikaʻiʻia nā ana a ua maʻalahi ke hele i loko, aʻo kāu huakaʻi alakaʻi e aʻo iāʻoe a pau e pili ana iā lākou. ʻO kaʻoiaʻiʻo, hiki i ka poʻe kaapuni hou ke ho'āʻo i ka huliʻana , eʻike pono i kēia mau lua.
04 o 07
Palomonitos Island
Palomonitos kahi mokupuni liʻiliʻi ma ka hikina hikina o Puerto Rico. He mokupuniʻano liʻiliʻi wale nō ia -ʻo kekahi o nā pae'āina he mau kī -ʻaʻole ia no kekahi meaʻano'ē aʻe ma ka inoaʻo Hurricane George, i hele mai i ka makahiki 1998 a hoʻokahuli i ka hapalua o ka mokupuni. ʻO ka hopena? ʻO kahi mokupuni liʻiliʻi nani loa, me kahi lāʻau lāʻau i ka hapalua a me kahi kahakai kahakai ma kekahi. ʻO ka mea liʻiliʻi e mahalo nuiʻiaʻo Palomonitos me nā poʻe holo moku, ka poʻe i hele mai maʻaneʻi no kahi'āpana mamao o ka lani wela.
ʻO Puerto Rico he wahi aloha nui i aloha nuiʻia, aʻo kona wahi kaulana loaʻo The Wall. Ma waho o ke kahakai kahakai, kokoke i La Parguera, holo ka Parguera Wall i 22 mau mile a me nā hiʻohiʻona nui a me nāʻike mai 60 a 150 kapuaʻi. ʻO kaʻokoʻa a me ka nui o ke ola ola eʻikeʻia maʻaneʻi he mea kupaianaha, e like me nā'āpana, nā manō, nā kukui a me nāʻano iʻa likeʻole. He hale hoʻiʻo La Parguera i kahi ulu ulu o kaʻeleʻeleʻeleʻele. Aia ma lalo o ka wai,ʻo Puerto Rico kahiʻoihanaʻoi loa o ke kino.
06 o 07
ʻO ka Puʻukū Lauaʻo Guánica
Melocactus ma Guanica ka nahele maloʻo. ʻO Oliver Gerhard / Getty Images No ka nui o ka kaulana ma mua o El Yunque,ʻo ka Heiauʻo Guánicaʻo ia he waiwai kūpono i kona pono pono'ī. ʻO kahi ulu lāʻau maloʻo kūʻokoʻa, he hale ia i kahi Reserve Reserve Biosphere. Aia i loko o 10,000 mauʻeka o nā'āinaʻona iʻoi aku ma mua o 600 mauʻano pua nani a me nā holoholona, a me 48 mau mea make, 16 o lākou he hoʻokahi wale nō i Puerto Rico. ʻO nā holokai e hele i Guánica eʻike i nāʻano'ē aʻe likeʻole o EL Yunque, akā he mea kūikawā hoʻi. ʻO kēia kahi o nā ululāʻau maloʻo maikaʻi i ka Caribbean.
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ʻO ka ulu lāʻau
Ray Pfortner / kiʻi kiʻi
Ua hoʻopakele wau i ka meaʻoki loa no ka hope. He wahi liʻiliʻi loa ia ma Puerto Rico a me nā Mokupuni Virgin, a me ka mascot ka'āina o ka mokupuni. Hiki iāʻoe keʻike i kona kiʻi ma nā wahi a pau, a loheʻoe i kāna mele i kēlā manawa kēia manawa e hoʻokokoke loa aku aiʻoe i keʻano. A pehea ka leo o ia! Ke hele mai nei ka'ilika i kahi leo kupaianaha a keu, e like me ... maikaʻi, "poʻi." He kani maikaʻi, a he hapa o ka magic o Puerto Rico.