Shanghai - hoʻokahi a ʻaʻole hou.

3:55 am ma Shanghai. Komo mākou i ka lepo Pākē no 18 hola. I nā hola he 18 i hala iho nei, ua lele mākou mai ka home ma Munich a i Shanghai, 10.5 mau hola a mākou i hoʻolilo ai i ka lewa. ʻOiai ua lawe palekana mai ʻo Air China iā mākou i ko mākou huakaʻi, ʻo ka 2 mau hola o ka hiamoe a me ka meaʻai hiki ʻole ke loaʻa i ko mākou naʻau. Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole e kali ana ko mākou wahi moe ma kahi e hele ai, akā ʻo Shanghai. ʻO ka ʻōlelo like ʻole, ka palapala, ke kālā, ka moʻomeheu a me nā hiʻohiʻona he nui. Hoʻouna ʻia ka ʻōlelo a pau i ka makuahine a me ka makuakāne i Kelemānia ma o SMS, ʻoiai ʻaʻole ʻae ʻia ʻo Whatsapp a me Facebook. ʻAʻole hiki ke hoʻopili ʻia ka WLAN i nā kelepona haole. ʻāina weliweli
ʻO ka mea hope loa ma hope o ka wahine maikaʻi me ka pihi "ʻōlelo Pelekania" ma kona pālule i hoʻāʻo e kūʻai aku iā mākou i ka Burger King Whopper ma ke ʻano he veggie, ua maopopo ʻaʻole mākou e hele loa me ka ʻōlelo Pelekane i kēia lā.
ʻO kā mākou mea kuhikuhi wale nō ʻo ka Maglev, kahi kaʻaahi levitation magnetic, a me The Bund, kahi āu e ʻike ai i ka lani kaulana o Shanghai. Maʻalahi ka loaʻa ʻana o Maglev mai ke kahua mokulele a ma hope iki ua lele mākou i ke kūlanakauhale ma 430 km/h i 8 mau minuke.
Ma waho o ke kahua mokulele, ua pana mākou ma luna o nā hale i luku ʻia a me nā wahi noho, ma luna o ka ʻilihune o ke kūlanakauhale nui, hoʻi i ka honua nani a maikaʻi o Shanghai.
Ma hope o ka holo ʻana o ka adrenaline, ʻo ka lawe ʻana i ka metro i kekahi mau kikowaena i ke kikowaena o ke kūlanakauhale. Pono mākou e kūʻai i nā tiketi "ma lalo", kahi i kākau ʻia ai kā mākou laina. ʻO ka mea pōʻino, ʻaʻole ʻōlelo nā keonimana o ka Metro Kina i kahi huaʻōlelo o ka ʻōlelo Pelekania a ʻo nā hoʻolālā a me nā mīkini i hoʻopau ʻia ma ka ʻōlelo Kina. Hoʻihoʻi hou ʻia mākou, a laila hoʻi i kahi i hele mai ai. ʻAʻohe mea i ʻike i ko mākou wahi e hele ai, ʻaʻole ʻo ke koʻokoʻo a ʻo mākou. ʻAʻohe kanaka wale nō. He 1 miliona mau Pake wale no e holo mai ana ma o makou nei, e kamailio ana ma ke kelepona, e nana mai ana ia makou, e akaaka mai ana ia makou, e hoouna ana ia makou a puni, a i kekahi manawa ua hoi makou mawaena o na alahele, a aia no: ka moʻomeheu kaulana.

ʻO ka haʻalulu moʻomeheu a me ka hiamoe ʻole he hui ʻāʻī.
ʻO kaʻu mea i makemake ai he moe, pouli, mālie. E ʻakaʻaka a uē paha? E ho'āʻo a haʻalele paha?
Me he mea lā hiki ʻole ke komo i ke kūlanakauhale. ʻO ka mea a mākou e kamaʻilio nei, ʻakaʻaka wale nō a hoʻouna iā mākou i lalo. I kekahi manawa, i ko mākou kamaʻilio ʻana iā ia no ke kolu o ka manawa, haʻi mai kekahi limahana iā mākou i ke kahua, a ma hope o hoʻokahi hola ua loaʻa iā mākou nā tiketi no ka metro shitty ma ko mākou mau lima. I ka heluhelu ʻana i nā mele ma ke kaʻaahi, ua ʻōlelo koke mai kekahi leo ʻAsia iā mākou ma ka ʻōlelo Pelekania. Hiki iā mākou ke kuhi, ʻo ke kahua i kūʻai ʻia mai iā mākou ʻo ia ka hewa. ʻO ke kanaka ʻōpio, ʻo ia wale nō ka mea aʻu i hālāwai ai ma Kina i hiki ke ʻōlelo iki i ka ʻōlelo Pelekania, hiki iā ia ke haʻi mai iā mākou i ke kahua kūpono a lawe pū iā mākou i laila.
Ma ke Alanui Nui, piha i nā hale kūʻai hale kūʻai a me nā hale kūʻai junk, ua hōʻea mākou i "The Bund", kahi e kali mai ai kahi hiʻohiʻona hoihoi iā mākou.

He ao a maʻalili ka lā, luhi a luhi mākou.
No ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ua hele mākou e ʻimi i ka sushi a hoʻi i ke kahua mokulele.

I ka ʻike ʻana, ʻo kaʻu hopena e pili ana iā Shanghai a me koʻu manawa mua ma Kina he mea hōʻeha loa. Ua like ke kūlanakauhale me kahi puʻupuʻu ʻino o ka ʻenehana uila, ka ʻilihune, a me ke kiʻi cliche o Kina, no ka lāʻau selfie. ʻAʻole ʻakaʻaka ka poʻe no mākou a ʻaʻohe ʻike o ke ʻano o ka ʻAsia.
No laila ua hiamoe maikaʻi mākou ma nā noho paʻa ma ke kahua mokulele a hiki i ke ahiahi, ʻai a hoʻopaʻa i ka manawa a hiki i ka haʻalele ʻana ma ka ʻimi ʻana i ka meaʻai meaʻai na Lisa. Ma ke ala, ua hele ʻole ʻo Lisa i kēlā ahiahi. I kekahi manawa ʻo ke aumoe a hoʻomau mākou i Bangkok. He lā hou, he ʻāina hou. Shanghai, hoʻokahi a ʻaʻole hou.

ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo leʻaleʻa: He 20 mau hola kaʻu ma Beijing ma ke ala hoʻi.