Ke kū nei au ma nā kahakai ʻole o Freeport, ua hoʻopuni ʻia au e kahi honua o nā manawa kūpono e like me ka nui o ka moana ponoʻī. ʻO kēia pōhaku ma Bahamas kahi hui maikaʻi loa o nā hiʻohiʻona kūlohelohe a me kahi hiʻohiʻona moʻomeheu olaola, e hāʻawi ana i nā ʻano hana e hoʻokō ai i ka poʻe ʻimi hauʻoli a me ka poʻe e ʻimi nei i ka hoʻomaha. Inā paha e ʻimi ana i ke ola o lalo o ka wai, e ʻono ana i nā ʻono kūloko, a i ʻole e ʻoluʻolu wale i ka nani mālie o kāna mau māla, ʻo Freeport kahi wahi e hoʻohiki ai i nā ʻike poina ʻole. E luʻu kākou i ke ʻano o kēia wahi a ʻike i ka waiwai o loko.
Waianae ʻaʻole pili wale i kona mau kahakai nani; he wahi ia e hui nani ai ke ano a me ka mo'omeheu. No ka poʻe aloha kūlohelohe, pono e kipa ʻia ka Rand Nature Center, e hāʻawi ana i kahi ʻike i nā mea ulu a me nā holoholona momona o ka mokupuni. Hōʻike ʻia kēia wahi o ka biodiversity i ke koʻikoʻi o nā hana hoʻōla ma Bahamas, e ʻae ana i nā malihini e hoʻopili me ke ʻano ma kahi pae hohonu.
E ʻoliʻoli ka poʻe ʻoliʻoli i ka ʻai ʻo Freeport, me kāna mau kīʻaha Bahamian e haʻi i ka moʻolelo o ka hoʻoilina o ka mokupuni ma o ka ʻono. No ka laʻana, ʻaʻole wale ka ʻike ʻana i ka iʻa iʻa hou ʻia akā ʻo ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ka pilina o ke kaiāulu i ke kai a me nā kumuwaiwai.
Nui nā mea e nānā mua ai ka poʻe ʻimi huakaʻi. ʻO ka luʻu ʻana i loko o ka wai aamaʻa aniani e ʻimi ai i nā koʻa a i ʻole ka hoʻomaka ʻana i kahi huakaʻi kayak ma waena o nā mangroves e hāʻawi i ka adrenaline rush me ka hāʻawi ʻana i kahi hiʻohiʻona kūʻokoʻa i nā kaiaola wai o Freeport.
I ka hoʻopili ʻana i kēia mau ʻike, ʻike maopopo ʻia ka nani o Freeport i kona ʻokoʻa. Mai kona mau mea kupanaha kaiapuni a hiki i kona mau hoʻolauleʻa moʻomeheu, hāʻawi ka mokupuni i kahi ʻāpana waiwai o nā ʻike e hoʻokō ai i kahi ākea ākea. He wahi ia e hiki ai i kēlā me kēia mākaʻikaʻi ke hoʻomaha a i ʻole e like me ka hana e like me ka makemake o kekahi, e hoʻolilo iā ia i wahi kūpono no ka poʻe huakaʻi mai nā ʻano like ʻole o ke ola.
No laila, inā ʻoe e luʻu ana i loko o ka uliuli hohonu e kahaha i ke ola o lalo o ka wai, e ʻoliʻoli ana i ka meaʻai kūloko e hoʻopuni ana i ka ʻuhane o ka mokupuni, a i ʻole e ʻoluʻolu wale i ka nani maoli e hoʻopuni ana iā ʻoe, kono ʻo Freeport iā ʻoe e hana i nā hoʻomanaʻo mau loa i kēia paradaiso Bahamian. . E hoʻomaka ka huakaʻi.
Na kahakai nani a me na nanaina kahakai
ʻO ka ʻimi ʻana i ka nani kahakai o Freeport e hāʻawi i kahi huakaʻi ma waena o nā kahakai kupanaha loa, kahi e hui ai ke one keʻokeʻo me nā wai turquoise māmā o Grand Bahama Island. He paradaiso ia no ka poʻe makemake i ke kahakai a me ke ʻano.
Kūleʻa ke kahakai ʻo Barbary me kona mau wahi ākea o ke one keʻokeʻo a me nā wai pāpaʻu. He wahi ʻuʻuku ia, kūpono no ka poʻe e ʻimi ana i kahi lā maluhia ma lalo o ka lā, ma kahi mamao aku i ka hustle a me ka puʻupuʻu.
ʻO ke kahakai ʻo Silver Point kahi e hele ai no ka poʻe ʻimi huakaʻi. Loaʻa iā ia nā mea hana maikaʻi a me nā ʻano hana like ʻole e like me ka waʻa, ʻauʻau, a me ka hele wāwae. ʻAʻole hoʻomaha wale ke kahakai; ʻo ia kahi e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke hoʻomaka i kou lā me ka puka ʻana o ka lā nani a i ʻole e hoʻopau iā ia me ka napoʻo ʻana o ka lā, e hāʻawi ana i kahi hiʻohiʻona kupaianaha i kēlā me kēia manawa o ka lā.
Ma hope o ka papa inoa ʻo Fortune Beach, i ʻike ʻia no kona one kupaianaha e holo ana i loko o ke kai, e hāʻawi ana i kahi ʻike kahakai kūʻokoʻa. He wahi ia e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke hele mālie ma ke one a leʻaleʻa paha i nā hiʻohiʻona panoramic i ka wā e noho ana ma kahakai.
ʻO Peterson Cay, kahi mokupuni liʻiliʻi ma kahi mamao loa mai ka ʻāina nui, hāʻawi i kahi vibe kahakai ʻē aʻe. Ua ola kona mau koʻa me ka waihoʻoluʻu, e lilo ia i wahi kūpono no ka poʻe leʻaleʻa snorkeling. E ʻike pū ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi manu a me nā mea aloha i kēia mokupuni he wahi mālie e hauʻoli ai i ka nani o ke kai a me nā mea a puni.
ʻO ke kahakai ʻo Gold Rock, hūnā ʻia i loko o ka Pāka National Lucayan, hōʻike i ka nani ʻole o ka ʻāina kūlohelohe o Freeport. ʻO ka lewa mālie a me nā hiʻohiʻona kupanaha he mea pono ia e kipa aku ai no ka poʻe e ʻimi nei e ʻike i ka ʻaoʻao mālie o ka mokupuni.
Ma waho aʻe o nā kahakai, ke ola nei ʻo Freeport me kahi lewa. ʻO ka Hale Kūʻai ʻo Port Lucaya kahi kikowaena no ke kūʻai ʻana, ka ʻaina a me ka ʻoliʻoli. Inā ʻoe e hoʻāʻo nei i ka meaʻai kūloko ma ke kahua ʻo Bahamas Cultural Food a i ʻole e leʻaleʻa ana i ka pia a me ke mele ola ma ka hale kūʻai kīʻaha kūloko, aia kahi mea e hauʻoli ai nā mea a pau.
ʻO ka mea nui, ʻaʻole pili ka ʻāina kahakai o Freeport i nā kahakai; e pili ana i nā ʻike waiwai a me nā hoʻomanaʻo āu e hana ai, mai ke kahakai ʻo Silver Point a i ke kahakai ʻo Gold Rock. Hāʻawi kēlā me kēia wahi i kahi hiʻohiʻona kūʻokoʻa o ka nani kūlohelohe a me ka moʻomeheu moʻomeheu o ka mokupuni, e hoʻolilo iā Freeport i wahi kūpono e makaʻala.
E ʻimi i nā ʻāina mōʻaukala
ʻO ka hoʻomaka ʻana i kahi mākaʻikaʻi ʻo Freeport, aia ma Grand Bahama Island, ʻaʻole wale i kāna mea hoʻohiwahiwa kahakai akā ʻo kāna mau waiwai mōʻaukala hoihoi. Aia kēia mokupuni i kahi hoʻoilina moana hohonu, ʻike maikaʻi ʻia ma o ka Bahamas Maritime Museum. Ma ʻaneʻi, hiki i nā malihini ke ʻimi i ka mōʻaukala moana o ka mokupuni, me nā mea hōʻikeʻike a me nā kiʻi kiʻi e hōʻike ana i ke kuleana koʻikoʻi o ke awa i ka hana ʻana i ke alahele o ka mokupuni.
ʻO ka mākaʻikaʻi ʻana i ka mākeke ʻo Port Lucaya Marketplace kahi luʻu hohonu i ka puʻuwai o ka moʻomeheu Bahamian. ʻO kēia ʻōpuʻu puʻupuʻu, e ola ana me nā hale kūʻai, nā hale ʻai, a me ke kani o nā mele ola, e hōʻike i kahi kiʻi maoli o ke ola ola ma Bahamas.
E loaʻa i nā mea makemake pia ko lākou puʻuhonua ma ka Bahamian Brewery, kahi i hānau ʻia ai nā beers aloha Sands a me Sands Radler. ʻAʻole hoʻokae wale kēia hale kūʻai i ke kaʻina hana brewery akā kono pū kekahi i nā malihini e hoʻāʻo i nā kau hoʻāʻo, i hoʻonohonoho ʻia me ke ʻano o ka hoʻokipa hoʻokipa.
No ka poʻe i huki ʻia i ka leo o ka nahelehele, ʻo Freeport kahi waiwai o nā mea kupanaha maoli. Mai ka mākaʻikaʻi ʻana i nā ʻōnaehana ana ma lalo o ka wai nui loa o Bahamas a hiki i ka hele ʻana ma nā ala ʻoluʻolu a me ka hoʻomaha ʻana i ka lā ma ke kahakai ʻo Taino, hāʻawi ka mokupuni i kahi pakele i loko o kona mau ʻāina ulu.
Hoʻohiki ʻo Freeport, me kāna kāhiko mōʻaukala waiwai a me ka moʻomeheu pulsating, kahi huakaʻi ʻike no kēlā me kēia malihini. ʻO ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana i ka wā kahiko, ka ʻono ʻana i nā mea ʻono kūloko, a i ʻole ka luʻu ʻana i nā huakaʻi o waho, ke kali nei kēia mokupuni hoʻokalakupua e waiho i kahi hōʻailona hiki ʻole i ka poʻe e ʻimi nei i kona ala.
E ʻoluʻolu i ka meaʻai kūloko a me ka iʻa kai
Hoʻokomo iā ʻoe iho i nā ʻono momona o Freeport e ka luʻu ʻana i ka meaʻai kūloko a leʻaleʻa i ka iʻa hou kaulana keia mokupuni paradaiso. Eia ke alakaʻi i nā ʻike meaʻai ʻaʻole pono ʻoe e poina:
- E ʻike i nā mea ʻono Conch: Ma Freeport, pono ka la'ana o ka conch. E hele i Port Lucaya Marketplace no ka ʻono ʻana i kēia punahele kūloko. ʻO ka conch fritters kahi mea kūʻokoʻa, e hoʻokomo ana i ka ʻono a me ke kuʻuna o ka mokupuni.
- E ʻike i ka Bahamian Brewery: E ka poe aloha pia, e hauoli! ʻO ka Bahamian Brewery kāu wahi e hele ai. ʻIke ʻia no kāna mau pia Sands and Sands Radler, kono kēia hale kūʻai iā ʻoe e mākaʻikaʻi i ko lākou hale, wehe i nā mea huna ma hope o kā lākou hana ʻana i ka pia, a hauʻoli i ka pia anuanu mai kona kumu.
- Wehe i nā hale ʻai huna: E haʻalele i nā wahi mākaʻikaʻi e ʻimi i nā waiwai ʻai huna o Freeport. Inā he hale ʻaina ʻohana a he hale kahakai paha, ʻo ka sanwiti hui pū ʻia he mea kūikawā kūloko ʻaʻole e poina, e hāʻawi ana i kahi ʻono ʻono i ka moʻomeheu iʻa o ka mokupuni.
- E ʻoliʻoli i kahi ʻahaʻaina kahakai: E hele i Paradise Cove a i ʻole Pelican Bay no kahi ʻai kai me nā hiʻohiʻona nani o ke kai. No ka poʻe e ʻimi nei i ka maluhia, hāʻawi ʻo Rand Nature i kahi kaʻawale no kahi pīniki ma ke kai, e ʻae iā ʻoe e launa pū me ke ʻano me ka leʻaleʻa i nā ʻono kūloko.
ʻAʻole ʻo Freeport kahi huakaʻi; He huakaʻi ʻai ia e kono iā ʻoe e ʻimi i kāna mau mākeke, e like me nā Straw Markets, a me nā kīhāpai e like me ka Garden of the Groves, e hāʻawi ana kēlā me kēia i ka ʻono o ka hoʻoilina hoʻoilina waiwai o ka mokupuni. E hui pū me ka ʻai a Freeport e hopu maoli i ke ʻano o kēia mokupuni nani.
Kūʻai ma nā hale kūʻai kūʻai aku a me nā mākeke kūloko
E hoʻomākaukau no kahi huakaʻi kūʻai kūʻokoʻa i ko mākou luʻu ʻana i nā hiʻohiʻona kūʻai ikaika o nā hale kūʻai waho a me nā mākeke kūloko ma Freeport. ʻO kēia huakaʻi he puʻuhonua no nā mea kūʻai avid a me ka poʻe e ʻimi ana i nā makana kūʻokoʻa e hoʻihoʻi i ka home, e hāʻawi ana i kahi plethora o nā koho e kūpono i kēlā me kēia ʻono.
ʻO kahi huakaʻi kiʻekiʻe ʻo Port Lucaya Marketplace, ka wahi mua no ke kūʻai ʻana, ka ʻai ʻana, a me ka ʻoliʻoli ma Bahamas. He home ia no nā hale kūʻai kūikawā like ʻole, kahi e loaʻa ai i nā mea kūʻai aku nā ʻano mea like ʻole mai nā lole a me nā mea pono a hiki i nā mea hana nani a me nā mea hana lima. He manawa maikaʻi loa ka mākeke e hoʻomaʻamaʻa iā ʻoe iho i ka moʻomeheu Bahamian, e hāʻawi ana i ka manawa e ʻauwana ai ma nā hale kūʻai kala a hui pū me nā mea kūʻai aku kūloko.
No ka poʻe hahai holoholona, ʻo ka Circle Outlet Mall kahi pono e kipa aku ai. Kaulana ʻia no kāna mau uku kūʻokoʻa ma kahi ākea o nā mea kūʻai aku, me nā lole kiʻekiʻe, nā lako, nā mea uila, a me nā mea hoʻonaninani hale, e hōʻoia i kēlā me kēia mea kūʻai aku i kahi mea hoihoi.
He mea nui ka ʻimi ʻana i nā mākeke kūloko no ka ʻike ʻana i ke ʻano maoli o ke kūʻai ʻana o Bahamian. ʻO kēia mau mākeke nā waiwai waiwai o Bahamian maoli, e like me nā mea nani, nā ʻeke lima lima, a me nā wati kiʻekiʻe. Kūlana nā Straw Markets and Craft Centers, e hāʻawi ana i kahi koho nui o nā hale kūʻai duty-free a me nā hale kūʻai kūʻai, e lilo ia i wahi kūpono e loaʻa ai nā mea kūʻokoʻa.
ʻOiai e ʻike ana i ka nani o kēia mau hale kūʻai kūʻai a me nā mākeke kūloko, e hoʻokaʻawale i ka manawa e ʻono i ka meaʻai Bahamian kūloko i hāʻawi ʻia ma Port Lucaya Marketplace. E ʻoliʻoli i nā kīʻaha kūloko ʻono i hui pū ʻia me nā mele ola i loko o kahi lewa hoʻokipa.
Hoʻolālā ʻia kēia alakaʻi kūʻai i nā hale kūʻai kūʻai o Freeport a me nā mākeke kūloko e hōʻoia i kahi ʻike kūʻai hoʻokō a leʻaleʻa, e hui pū ana i ka hauʻoli o ka loaʻa ʻana o nā makana nui me ka hauʻoli o ka ʻike ʻana i nā moʻomeheu hou a me nā ʻono.
ʻO nā hana waho a me nā mea hoʻokele kūlohelohe
E luʻu i loko o ka puʻuwai o nā ʻāina hoʻohiwahiwa o Freeport a me nā honua hohonu o lalo o ka wai no kahi huakaʻi poina ʻole i ke ʻano. He waihona waiwai ʻo Freeport no ka poʻe e ʻiʻini e ʻimi i kona nani kūlohelohe a me nā kaiaola kai waiwai. Eia nā wahi ʻehā e pono e hoʻohui ʻia nā mea aloha kūlohelohe i kā lākou papa inoa:
- Kihapai o na Ululaau: He paradaiso kēia oasis ʻumikūmālua ʻeka o nā mea kanu ulu a me nā holoholona hihiu. Ke hahai nei ʻoe i kona mau alahele a me nā alahele, kono ʻia ʻoe i kahi honua kahi e hōʻike ʻia ai nā mea kanu like ʻole a me nā holoholona o nā Bahamas i ko lākou nani piha. He hōʻikeʻike ʻike ʻia o ka ʻokoʻa kaiaola o ka mokupuni a he hōʻike i ka nani o ke ao kūlohelohe.
- Kahakai ʻo Taino: E noʻonoʻo ʻoe i kahi ākea o ke one kahi wale nō ke kani ʻana i ke kani ʻana o nā wai aniani aniani i kahakai a me ka neneʻe o nā lau pama i ka makani. ʻO ke kahakai ʻo Taino ʻo ia ka pakele maikaʻi ʻole, e hāʻawi ana i kahi noho mālie no ka hoʻomaha a me kahi manawa e ʻike ai i ka nani ʻole o ke kahakai o ka mokupuni.
- Peterson Cay: ʻO kahi huakaʻi pōkole mai ka ʻāina nui e lawe iā ʻoe i kahi paradaiso mokupuni liʻiliʻi, kahi e piha ai nā ʻākoʻa i ke ola. Hōʻike ka snorkeling ma ʻaneʻi i kahi ʻano ʻano ʻano like ʻole o lalo o ka wai, kahi home o nā ʻano iʻa a me nā ʻano koʻa. Ua like ka ʻike me ka ʻauʻau ʻana i loko o kahi aquarium ola, e hāʻawi ana i kahi manawa kūʻokoʻa e nānā i ke ola kai i kona wahi kūlohelohe.
- Kahakai ʻo Barbary: E ʻike i ka nani ʻoluʻolu o Barbary Beach, kahi wahi mehameha i ʻike ʻia no kona one keʻokeʻo maʻemaʻe a me nā wai mālie. He puʻuhonua ia no ka poʻe e ʻimi ana e leʻaleʻa i ka lā, e ʻauʻau i ka wai mālie, a i ʻole e hele mālie ma kahakai. ʻO ke ʻano o ke kahakai ʻaʻole i hoʻopaʻa ʻia e lilo ia i mea hoʻomaha maikaʻi mai ka hustle a me ka puʻupuʻu o ke ola o kēlā me kēia lā.
ʻO Freeport kahi puʻuhonua no ka poʻe hoihoi o waho, e hāʻawi ana i nā ʻano hana like ʻole mai ka ʻimi ʻana i nā paka ʻāina a hiki i ka luʻu ʻana i nā mea kupanaha o nā koʻa. Hāʻawi kēlā me kēia wahi i kahi puka aniani kūʻokoʻa i ka nani maoli o nā Bahamas, e kono ana iā ʻoe e hana i nā hoʻomanaʻo mau loa i loko o kēia paradaiso tropical. Inā he kanaka mākaʻikaʻi makemake ʻoe a i ʻole e ʻimi wale ana i kahi hālāwai maluhia me ke ʻano, ʻo nā mea hoʻonaninani kūlohelohe o Freeport e hoʻohauʻoli a hoʻoulu.
