John Myers
Introduction: Cozumel, a Mekiko Jewel
He mokupuni liʻiliʻi ʻo Cozumel ma ke Kai Caribbean, ma waho o ke kahakai hikina o ka moku ʻo Yucatan ma Mexico. Me kona mau wai aniani akaka, kahakai one keʻokeʻo, a me nā mea ulu ululāʻau, ʻo Cozumel kahi pōhaku maoli o ka Mexican Caribbean. ʻOiai he wahi kaulana ia no nā moku holo moku a me nā mea mākaʻikaʻi, ua hoʻokō ʻo Cozumel i ka mālama ʻana i kona nani a me ka nani maoli o Mexico.
Inā ʻoe e ʻimi nei i kahi hoʻomaha hoʻomaha kahakai, kahi luʻu a i ʻole snorkeling huakaʻi, a i ʻole kahi ʻike moʻomeheu, loaʻa iā Cozumel kahi mea e hāʻawi ai no kēlā me kēia ʻano huakaʻi. Mai kona moʻolelo waiwai a me kona moʻomeheu a hiki i kāna mau mea kupanaha kūlohelohe, ʻo Cozumel kahi huakaʻi kipa no ka poʻe e hele ana i Mexico.
Moʻolelo o Cozumel: Mai nā ʻāina ʻo Mayan a i ka Hub Touristic
He moʻolelo hoihoi ko Cozumel i ka wā ma mua o Columbian. Ua noho mua ʻia ka mokupuni e ka poʻe Maya, a ua manaʻo lākou he kahua kapu a he wahi huakaʻi. Ua kūkulu ka Maya i kekahi mau luakini a me nā wahi hoʻāno ma ka mokupuni, e komo pū ana me nā wahi neoneo kaulana ʻo San Gervasio, e kū nei i kēia lā.
I ka wā colonial, ua lilo ʻo Cozumel i kikowaena o ke kālepa a me ke kālepa, a me kahi puʻuhonua no nā pōā a me nā buccaneers. I ke kenekulia 20, ua hoʻomaka ʻo Cozumel e hoʻomohala ma ke ʻano he wahi mākaʻikaʻi, me ke kūkulu ʻana i nā hōkele, nā hōkele, a me nā hale mākaʻikaʻi ʻē aʻe. I kēia lā, ʻo Cozumel kekahi o nā wahi mākaʻikaʻi kaulana loa ma Mexico, e ʻimi ana i nā miliona o nā malihini mai ka honua a puni i kēlā me kēia makahiki.
