Koloa, Hawaii, i-United States
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Uma ufuna imisebenzi ye-Kauai ngezinga elikhulu, qonda e-Waimea Canyon. Ingamamitha angu-3,567 ukujula, amamayela angu-10 ubude, nekhilomitha elilodwa ububanzi. Ukubukeka okukodwa kuzokwenza ulahlekelwe umoya wakho. Okumangalisa ngokulinganayo amawa entaba aphakeme ngamafidi angu-3,000 aphakama kusukela phansi olwandle ukuze akhe ugu lweNapali oluhle kakhulu. Kufanele kubonwe kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ngomhlaba, ulwandle, noma isibhakabhaka. Shayela umgwaqo oya e-Hanalei ukuze uvakashele ubukhazikhazi be-Kauai. Yima eKilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge. Futhi faka uphethiloli endaweni yekhofi enkulu kunazo zonke e-Hawaii: I-Island Coffee Company's 4,000-acre Kauai Estate Plantation. Ungakwenza konke lokhu ngenkathi uhlala kwenye yezindawo zethu zokungcebeleka ezitholakala kalula e-Kauai noma eziqashisweni zokuvakasha zase-Kauai.
Kauai igalofu ubani? I-Kauai inezifundo eziningi ezimangalisayo, ezisezingeni lomhlaba kunalokho ongakwazi ukuxhawula kuzo. Akumangalisi ukuthi kuyikhaya le-PGA Grand Slam Yegalofu e-Poipu Bay Golf Course. Izifundo zegalofu zase-Kauai zisebenzisa indawo engokwemvelo, enezimpophoma, imifudlana, namashubhu asendulo odaka. Dlala emaweni e-Poipu Bay, futhi ungase ubone izimfudu zasolwandle ezibhobozayo kanye nama-monk seal. Ungaphuthelwa ukubuka kolwandle kusukela e-Wailua Municipal Golf Course, engasemngceleni we-Kaha Lani Resort. I-Kiahuna Golf Club eklanywe u-Robert Trent Jones Jr. ingesinye isakhiwo esifuna kahle, kanye nekhaya lika-Joe's on the Green for breakfast kanye ne-Bloody Marys. Ukuthola ulwandle oluthandayo e-Kauai nakho kulula. Kunamabhishi e-Kauai angama-43 esewonke, ahluka ukusuka kumachweba anesihlabathi esimhlophe, ukuya ezindaweni eziqoshwe kahle zamanzi azolile, ukuya ogwini lolwandle olunyakazayo. I-Poipu inamabhishi e-Kauai angcono kakhulu okubhukuda. I-Poipu Beach Park ilungele izingane futhi ihamba phambili ekuhloleni ama-tide pools, i-snorkeling, kanye nokwakha izinqaba zesihlabathi. Ungahamba ngezinyawo lapho usuka ePoipu Shores naseMakahuena ePoipu. Futhi uma ukhohlwe igiya lakho lolwandle, uzothola okudingayo kwenye yezitolo ze-Kauai.
Uhlu lwemisebenzi ye-Kauai yabathandi bamanzi lude: ukusefa, ukuntweza emoyeni, i-kayaking, uhlu luyaqhubeka. Uma unekhono elanele lokuya emifuleni, i-Kauai inezilwandle kuphela esifundazweni. Yenza njenge-Indiana Jones emfuleni i-Wailua, noma gwedla unqamule isiphephelo sezinyoni zasezindaweni ezimanzi eMfuleni i-Hanalei. Phakathi kwezindawo ezihamba phambili zokushwibilika emanzini nokutshuza kukhona iMakua Beach ("Imihubhe") eNorth Shore, eNiihau, enezindonga zayo ezijulile ezingamamitha angu-130, kanye ne-Koloa Landing ne-Prince Kuhio Park e-Poipu Beach. Abagibeli bangakwazi ukuhamba ngomkhumbi ekushoneni kwelanga noma bahambe ngomkhumbi nge-Boston Whaler engamamitha angu-13. Imisebenzi ye-Kauai iyamangalisa nomhlaba futhi. Abafuna izinto ezithokozisayo bazofuna ukuvala iziphu ku-Waimea Canyon Road ngebhayisikili lezintaba. Noma ngokunye okupholile, ungathini mayelana nokugibela ibhayisikili lemvelo elichazayo emahlathini omdabu e-Kokee State Park? Noma ngehhashi, zama amabhishi anesihlabathi amade asePoipu naseWaimea noma izigodi ezivundile zezintaba. Gibela uye empophomeni yentaba eNorth Shore. Thatha uhambo lwasekuseni lokuzilibazisa nolwandle nezintaba njengomphakathi wakho e-Poipu Beach. Noma thatha uhambo lolwandle eduze kwase-Waimea futhi ubuke ilanga lishona phezu kwe-"Forbidden Island" yaseNiihau.
Imisebenzi ye-Kauai ayigcini lapho. Ungathola okungajwayelekile okufana ne-hang gliding, i-polo, noma i-rodeo eyiqiniso. Ngisho nemisebenzi yendabuko efana nokuqwala izintaba isahlukile lapha. Ama-backpacker amakhulu kanye nabahamba ngezinyawo ngokufanayo bangakwazi ukuya ezinhlobonhlobo zezindlela zesiqhingi. Sekukonke, kunemizila engama-28 enenani elingamakhilomitha angama-45 - iningi lazo elicebile ngezitshalo zomdabu, ezinye azitholakali kwenye indawo emhlabeni. Izifunda zaseNapali Coast, Waimea Canyon kanye neKokee zinenethiwekhi ebanzi kakhulu yemizila. Futhi ungaphuthelwa yilawo aseduze nomfula i-Wailua. Ukubuka okuvela ezindleleni eziphakeme zesiqhingi kuyamangalisa, kunemifudlana, izimpophoma, nemigodi yokubhukuda okuphola endleleni. Ngemuva kosuku lokuhlola olubonakala lungapheli, qiniseka ukuthi uphuma kwenye yezindawo zokudlela zase-Kauai noma i-Kauai luaus.
Kunezindawo ezihlala ziyimfihlo ezingapheli zokuzijabulisa nezothando. Ungafika nasezintabeni zaseKauai ngendiza enophephela emhlane uma uthanda. Izimpophoma zoFakazi ezichithekela ezindongeni zentaba-mlilo yaseMount Waialeale, noma zigwedla ezigodini ezimangalisayo zogu lwaseNapali. Nakuba ubona i-Kauai, ithembisa injabulo, ubuhle, namasiko kuyo yonke indawo.