Inā makemake ʻoe i kahi huakaʻi hele a kū hoʻokahi a aloha ʻoe i ka moʻomeheu oriental i kona ʻano maʻemaʻe, Paipai wau iā ʻoe e huakaʻi i ka kahawai ʻo Ayeyarwady a i ʻole Irrawaddy, e hele ana ma waena o Bagan, kahi kūlanakauhale e mālama ana ma mua o 2.000 mau heiau., e waiho ana a hoʻi i Yangon lehulehu. Inā ua nalo iki ʻoe, naʻu e haʻi aku iā ʻoe Aia mākou ma Myanmar.
Ma ke ala hele e kipa i nā kūlanakauhale o Magwe a me ke kauhale kaiāulu o Gway Chaung. Ma loko o ka liʻiliʻi o kēia wahi, ma ka ʻākau, Ma ka muliwai Chindwin, hiki iā ʻoe ke leʻaleʻa i ka nani o Sagaing, ka Teak Monastery o Salay a me ka moku ʻo Pyay. Hoihoi paha ʻoe ʻĀ, e hoʻomau i ka heluhelu ʻana a naʻu e haʻi aku iā ʻoe.
Ma mua o ka lele ʻana Paipai wau iā ʻoe e nānā pono i ka manawa āu e koho ai no kāu huakaʻi a he ʻekolu mau kikowaena ʻo Myanmar, ʻO Malaki a Mei ʻo ke kau wela a me ka wela, ʻo Iune a Kepakemapa ka wā ua, a ʻOkakopa a Pepeluali ka liʻiliʻi o ka ua a me nā mahana mahana.
E hāʻawi ʻia kekahi o nā holoholo ma ka Irrawaday ma luna o nā waʻa maikaʻi, kūkulu ʻia ka hapa nui o lākou i ke ala kuʻuna, a aia nō hoʻi kahi mokuahi ʻano Pelekania nani loa. Mai hopohopo e pili ana i nā hōʻoluʻolu ʻoiai ʻo lākou āpau ka hōʻoluʻolu nui loa no kā lākou mau malihini.
Ma ke ʻano he laʻana, hāpai wau a 10-lā holoholo holoholo i ka muliwai a me ke awāwa o ka Irrawaday, ka mōʻaukala, ka moʻomeheu a me ka naʻau waiwai o Myanmar, e haʻalele ana a hoʻi i ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Yagón, kahi ʻekolu ou mau wahi noho. Hoʻonohonoho ʻia ka huakaʻi e ka hui ʻo Avalon Waterways a ma kā lākou ʻaoʻao hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i nā kikoʻī āpau, ua kapa ʻia ʻo Golden Myanmar.
Ae, aia. ʻO ka ʻōlelo kūhelu ka ʻōlelo Pelekania, a komo pū me nā huakaʻi, he mea kupaianaha lākou āpau, me kahi hōʻike puppet kuʻuna, e laʻa me nā mokulele kūloko, nā ʻaina buffet-style, hoʻāʻo ʻana i nā ʻaina awakea, a me kahi noho i loko o ka lumi o loko a i waho paha me kahi pāpale.
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