USS Liberty Tulamben

ʻO ka mea mua, pono wau e haʻi iki iā ʻoe e pili ana i kā mākou pō. Aia ko mākou hale kūʻai ma ka ʻaoʻao o kahi loko iʻa nani loa a ma luna o nā mea āpau me nā lilia wai. I ko mākou hōʻea ʻana i nehinei, ua hauʻoli loa wau i ka nani a me ka nani i hana ʻia.

Iā mākou e moe ai, ua hoʻomaka kekahi mau rana e hīmeni. Nīnau mai ʻo Daniela iaʻu inā makemake au i nā pani pepeiao. ʻAʻole, hiki iaʻu ke hiamoe me ka ʻole o nā pani pepeiao. A laila, ʻo SILENCE a manaʻo wau iaʻu iho, yippi, ʻo ia i kēia manawa. Akā ʻaʻole i ʻae ʻia iaʻu e noʻonoʻo i ka manaʻo a hiki i ka hopena a me he mea lā e hīmeni ana nā ʻumi tausani o nā rana. ʻO ka puaʻa, makemake wau e hoʻolei i kekahi mea i loko o ka loko iʻa, akā ua kiola lākou iaʻu i waho. He sh..... walaau. No laila, nā pani pepeiao. No laila ua hiki ke hoʻomanawanui. ʻOiai wau e kākau nei ma ʻaneʻi, ke hoʻomaka hou nei. Manaʻo ʻoe aia ʻelua a ʻekolu mau rana e hīmeni iki ana ma ʻaneʻi, akā i kēia manawa ua ʻike wau i ka mea e hiki mai ana.

I kēia manawa no ka maikaʻi :-) Ua hele au me Daniela i ka luʻu ʻana i kēia lā. Hiki iā ʻoe ke hana i ka snorkeling maikaʻi ma ia wahi a loaʻa iaʻu kēlā ma kaʻu hoʻolālā. Ua kiʻi ke kula luʻu iā mākou mai ka hōkele ma kahi o ka hola 8 a.m. Pono mākou e kaʻa ma waena o Amed a i Tulamben. I ka wā o ka holo kaʻa, ua loaʻa iā mākou kahi kiʻi liʻiliʻi i mua o mākou. Aia kahi bipi keiki ma kahi e hoʻouka ai. E kuʻu lokomaikaʻi, kū ka holoholona ʻilihune me kona huelo ma waena o kona mau wāwae. I kēlā me kēia huli ʻana o ka mea hoʻokele, hiki ke nānā pono ʻia ke kino makaʻu o ka holoholona. Ua hauʻoli wau i ko mākou hōʻea ʻana.

Lawe nā kula luʻu a pau i kā lākou mau ʻōmole kinoea ma ke kiʻi a loaʻa mau nā kaʻa kaʻa. Paʻa iki au i koʻu ʻike ʻana i ka mea nāna i lawe i nā ʻōmole kinoea i kahakai. Hāpai nā wāhine liʻiliʻi i nā ʻōmole ma ko lākou poʻo. Ua loaʻa iaʻu kahi ʻūhā i ka nānā ʻana.

E hele hoʻokahi ana ʻo Daniela me kahi alakaʻi. Luʻu ihola lākou i ka ʻauamo ma lalo pono oʻu. He ʻakaʻaka kēlā. I ka hopena, ua nalo aku lāua i loko a ua snorkel au a puni ka mea ʻino no kekahi manawa. Nui loa ke ʻano o ka moku nahaha e waiho ana ma ke kai. Ua hiki nō iaʻu ke nānā i nā iʻa waihoʻoluʻu nui. ʻAʻole hiki i ka manō ke hele :-). I kekahi manawa, hoʻi au i kahakai a noho ma luna o nā pōhaku e maloʻo ai. Nui nā kula luʻu ma ke kahua. Ua nānā au iā lākou no ka manawa lōʻihi. A laila hoʻi maila ʻo Daniela me kāna alakaʻi. Ua hauʻoli loa ʻo ia i kāna luʻu mua. Ua ʻike aku lākou i kahi honu a ʻo ka luʻu ʻana i loko o ka moku he mea hoihoi. ʻO ka lua o ka luʻu ʻana a me ka snorkel ua like ka nui a me ka hanana e like me ka mua. Ua hoʻi mākou ma kahi o 1:30 p.m.

I ka ʻauinalā, hele hou mākou i ka snorkeling ma ko mākou ʻāʻī hale. Me nā kukuna o ka lā, ua puka maikaʻi loa nā ʻākoʻa. Ua ʻike pū mākou i kahi iʻa ʻohe nui.

I kēia manawa, e moe molowa ana mākou ma ka lanai, e hoʻolohe ana i ka heʻenalu a me nā rana.

ʻApōpō hoʻolimalima mākou i kahi scooter a pono mākou e hoʻolālā iā Sulawesi. E hele ana paha i laila i ka Pōʻaono a i ʻole ka Lāpule.