Ke kipa ʻoe iā Victoria (ma ka Mokupuni ʻo Vancouver) i ke kauwela, e ʻike ʻoe i nā ʻano wahi like ʻole e hele ai a me nā mea e ʻike ai - aia kekahi mea no kēlā me kēia!
Mai nā mele a me nā paka, nā hale kiʻiʻoniʻoni a me nā hale ʻaina maikaʻi loa, ʻike ʻoe i kahi mea e hana ai e hauʻoli ai i nā lā wela a me nā pō.
Ua noho au ma Victoria no 17 makahiki a he kumu ʻōlelo Pelekania no nā haumāna he nui o ka honua i kēlā manawa.
Eia kekahi o nā punahele Victorian kūloko aʻu e paipai nei i kaʻu mau haumāna e hauʻoli i ko lākou aʻo ʻana i ke kauwela ma Victoria.
1. Pāka Puʻu kukui
Aia kēia paka nani i nā kapuaʻi mai ke kaona ʻo Victoria, ma kahi kokoke i ke kai. He mea pono e ʻike!
Nui nā mea e leʻaleʻa ai i loko o ka paka, e like me ka māla rose, nā loko me nā ʻeke a me nā peʻa, a me kahi kahua mele waho. Loaʻa iā ia kahi zoo liʻiliʻi me nā puaʻa, nā manu, nā lapeti, a me nā kao liʻiliʻi e piʻi ma kou kua inā ʻoe e komo i loko o kā lākou pā!
Aia nā ala hele wāwae a puni ka paka, a me kahi pāʻani wai a me ke kahua pāʻani no nā keiki.
I ke kauwela, mālama ʻo Beacon Hill i nā pō kiʻiʻoniʻoni waho. E lawe mai i kou ʻaʻahu a i ʻole kou noho a hauʻoli i ka nānā ʻana i nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni ma ka pale nui ma lalo o nā hōkū!
Pāka Puʻu kukui Aia ma kahi kokoke i ke kikowaena o ke kūlanakauhale, a hiki ke hele ma ke kaʻa a me ka wāwae.
2. Na Kihapai Butchart
Hele mai nā kānaka mai nā wahi a pau e ʻike iā Victoria ʻO nā kumu lāʻau Butchart.
Aia ma kahi o 30 mau minuke mai ke kikowaena o ke kaona, kaulana ʻo Butchart Gardens no kāna mau māla nani.
He ʻili pōhaku mua ia i hoʻololi ʻia me ke aloha i ka wā lōʻihi i ʻāina nani o nā tausani o nā pua, nā kumu lāʻau, nā kumulāʻau, a me nā loko wai. Wehe ʻia ʻo Butchart Gardens a puni ka makahiki, a he manaʻo koʻikoʻi kona i kēlā me kēia kau.
I nā mahina kauwela mai Iulai-Sepatemaba, mālama ka Butchart Gardens i nā mea ahi i kēlā me kēia pō Pōʻaono. Hiki iā ʻoe ke lawe mai i kou noho, e noho ma lalo o ka lani o ka pō, a nānā i nā hōʻike kukui nani ma waena o nā moena pua.
Hiki ke kiʻi ʻia ka Butchart Gardens e ke kaʻa a me ke kaʻa, a wehe ʻia mai ka hola 9am a i ka hola 9pm.
3. Nānā koholā
Inā makemake ʻoe i ka huakaʻi, ʻo ia paha ka hana no ʻoe!
E hui pū me kekahi o Victoria ʻoihana nānā koholā a holo ma luna o ka moku catamaran he 40 kanaka i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i ka mokupuni ʻo Kaiwa a me ke kowa o Juan de Fuca.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke hele i ka huakaʻi i ke ao a i ʻole ka pō e ʻike i nā holoholona hihiu maikaʻi a nui mai ke kahakai ʻo Victoria, me nā kohola humpback, hina, a me orca, a me nā sila, nā liona kai, nā iʻa a me nā ʻaeto.
E lawe mai i kāu pahupaʻikiʻi a hoʻopaʻa i nā kiʻi i hoʻokahi manawa i ke ola!
4. Hoomoana
He nani ʻo Victoria Pāka Panalaau a me nā kahua hoʻomoana, aia ma kahi o 30 mau minuke mai ke kikowaena o ke kaona.
Pāka Panalāʻau Goldstream He wahi kaulana ia e kipa ai i ka makahiki a puni, no ka nani o kona mau hiʻohiʻona, nā ala hele wāwae i ka nahele, a me nā wailele.
Inā ʻoi aku kou ʻano hoʻomoana ma ka ʻaoʻao moana, Pāka ʻĀpana ʻIke Mokupuni hāʻawi i kahi manawa e hoʻomoana ai ma kahi kokoke i ke kai. Aia nā ala ma kahakai a me nā ala ma ka pali e hahai ai, inā makemake ʻoe i ka hele wāwae. Ua ʻae ʻia nā hoʻopaʻa ʻana ma kēia mau kahua hoʻomoana a hiki ke hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma ka pūnaewele.
5. Hoʻokalakala
ʻO Victoria kahi kūlanakauhale makemake i nā parade! I nā mahina kauwela, hiki iā ʻoe ke hauʻoli i nā ʻano parade ma nā wahi like ʻole o ke kūlanakauhale.
ka ʻO Victoria Day parade mālama ʻia i kēlā me kēia hopena pule o Mei, a ʻo ia ka parade nui loa a ke kūlanakauhale e hāʻawi ai. E lawe mai i kahi noho lau nahele a hui pū me nā poʻe Victorian ʻē aʻe ma nā ʻaoʻao ala i ko lākou nānā ʻana i nā lana ʻulaʻula, nā hui hele wāwae, a me nā mea hoʻokipa kūloko e hele ana mai Mayfair Mall ma waena o ke kikowaena o ke kūlanakauhale. ʻOiai e manaʻo paha ʻoe he ʻokoʻa kēia lā hoʻomaha i ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Victoria, ʻoiaʻiʻo, ua hoʻomaka ʻo Victoria Day i ka makahiki 1845 e hoʻolauleʻa ai i ka lā hānau o Queen Victoria o ʻEnelani. Ke hoʻolauleʻa ʻia nei ka lā hoʻomaha ma ka hapa nui o nā panalāʻau a me nā panalāʻau o Kanada, me British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario, a me nā mea hou aku.
I Iulai, hoʻokipa ʻo Victoria i kahi ʻO Paride Parade, e hoʻolauleʻa ana i ke kaiāulu LBGTQ+. He hanana waihoʻoluʻu a mele ia e holo ana ma waena o ke kaona ʻo Victoria ma kahi kokoke i nā Hale Pāremata Aupuni. ʻO kēia mau parade he mau hanana manuahi e leʻaleʻa no nā makahiki āpau.
6. ʻAuʻau ma waho
ʻAʻohe mea ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma nā lā wela ma mua o ka pāʻani ʻana i ka wai! E hoʻopaʻa i kou lole ʻauʻau a me kahi ʻaina awakea, a hele i kekahi o nā loko nui a Victoria e hāʻawi ai.
Aia nā loko wai hou Matheson Lake, Lake Elk, Lake Durrance, a Waiwai ʻo Thetis. He mau wahi kaulana kēia e hoʻomaha ai i ke ahiahi kauwela.
Inā makemake ʻoe i ka ʻauʻau kai, aia kekahi mau kahakai kaulana hiki iā ʻoe ke hauʻoli, ʻo ia hoʻi Pāka Cadboro-Gyro, Kahakai ʻo Willows, a Kahakai Mokupuni.
ʻO kahi lua ʻauʻau kūloko punahele no ka poʻe Victorian maoli Sooke potholes, aia ma kahi o 45 mau minuke ma waho o ke kūlanakauhale. He mau loko pōhaku hohonu kēia wahi ma nā wahi he nui ma ka muliwai Sooke. Inā koa ʻoe, hiki iā ʻoe ke piʻi i nā paia o ka muliwai a lele i nā pali liʻiliʻi i ka wai ma lalo.
Ma hea ʻoe e hoʻoholo ai e hoʻolilo i ka lā ma ka wai, mai poina i ka pāpale a me ka pale lā!
7. ʻO Victoria Buskers Festival
ka ʻO Victoria Buskers Festival mālama ʻia ke kaona ʻo Victoria i kēlā me kēia Iulai. He ʻahaʻaina kālena alanui manuahi 5 lā e hōʻike ana i nā mea hoʻokani pila mai nā wahi a puni.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke leʻaleʻa i nā mea hoʻokani pila, jugglers, magician, acrobats, a me nā mea hoʻokani alanui ʻē aʻe ma nā ʻano hana like ʻole a puni ke kikowaena o ke kūlanakauhale. Leʻaleʻa no nā makahiki āpau, mai poina!
8. Victoria Fringe Festival
Inā makemake ʻoe i ke keaka ola, no ke aha e ʻimi ʻole ai i ka ʻO Victoria Fringe Festival? Hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma luna o 12 mau lā i ʻAukake, e hōʻike ana i nā hana ola ma 12 mau wahi, e hāʻawi ana i nā keaka, nā mele, nā comedies, a me nā hōʻike kilokilo.
ʻIke ʻia nā ʻoliʻoli Fringe no ka hōʻike ʻana i nā ʻoliʻoli ʻē aʻe ma nā ʻano leʻaleʻa a me nā ʻano quirky. ʻO kēlā me kēia hōʻike he emi ma lalo o $20 ke ʻike, a he ala kūʻokoʻa ia e ʻike ai i kekahi kālena Victoria kūloko.
9. Ice cream
He aha ka ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o ka ʻai ʻana i ka hau hau anuanu ʻono i nā lā wela? Hele pinepine nā Victorians kūloko i ʻelua mau wahi:
- Favorite Chocolat, aia ma ke alanui Aupuni ma ka puʻu o ke kikowaena o ke kūlanakauhale, e hāʻawi aku i ka kokoleka ʻoluʻolu a me ka ice cream vanilla i hoʻokomo ʻia i loko o ke kokoleka kiʻekiʻe. Maikaʻi loa nā kumukūʻai, mai $3-$6 no ka cone. He ʻono a ʻono ka ice cream, a ʻo ka poʻe koa wale nō e koho i ka nui nui!
- ʻO Beacon Hill Drive Inn, ma kēlā ʻaoʻao o ke alanui mai ka Pāka ʻo Beacon Hill ma ke kaona ʻo Victoria, ʻo ia kekahi wahi ice cream punahele. Mai ka makahiki 1958, ua lawelawe lākou i ka ice cream ʻoluʻolu ʻo Victorians me nā kīʻaha kūikawā i hoʻoheheʻe ʻia e like me ke kāhiko. Loaʻa iā lākou kahi papaʻai piha inā makemake ʻoe i ka ʻaina ahiahi ma mua o ka wao nahele. E lawe mai i kou makemake!
10. E hele wāwae ma ke kai
Aia ʻo Downtown Victoria ma ke alo o ka moana, a he hele wāwae pōkole mai ke kaona aku e loaʻa iā ʻoe ma ke alanui Dallas.
ʻO kēia ʻāʻī ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka wai kahi huakaʻi hele wāwae a nā poʻe Victorians, e hāʻawi ana i nā ala wāwae e ʻauwana ai a me ka nānā ʻana i ka wai. He wahi kaulana ia no ka poʻe e hele wāwae i kā lākou ʻīlio, lele i nā lupe, a nānā i nā mea heʻe nalu wiwo ʻole e hakakā ana i kā lākou papa heʻe nalu i ka makani a me nā nalu.
Ua hauʻoli ka poʻe kamaʻāina i ke kipa ʻana i ka "breakwater", kahi ala hele wāwae e lawe iā ʻoe i 800 mika mai kahakai a i ka moana, e hoʻopuni ʻia e nā nalu ma lalo. Ma kahi mamao loa mai ka haʻihaʻi, hiki iā ʻoe ke nānā i nā moku holo moku nui e ku ana e hoʻokuʻu i nā poʻe holo no hoʻokahi lā ma ke kūlanakauhale.
Inā ʻo ka hele wāwae ma kāu papahana, e kipa i ke alanui ʻo Dallas i mea nui i kou wā ma Victoria.
11. Makeke Aupuni Victoria
Aia ma ka puʻu o ke kūlanakauhale ma ke alanui Douglas, ka Makeke Aupuni Victoria He hale kūʻai ʻoihana i hoʻololi ʻia e hāʻawi ana i kahi mākeke o ka mahiʻai a me ke mele ola i kēlā me kēia lā i nā mahina kau wela.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke leʻaleʻa i ka hoʻolohe ʻana i nā hui kūloko a me nā mea hoʻokani ke kūʻai aku nei i nā meaʻai hou i hana ʻia ma kahi kokoke - cheese mai Saltspring Island, nā ʻano ʻiʻo like ʻole a hoihoi mai nā mea kīʻaha kūloko, a me nā wao nahele momona e hoʻowalewale iā ʻoe.
Wehe ʻia ka mākeke i kēlā me kēia lā mai 10am a 6pm.
12. Na aha mele
Inā ʻoe e ʻimi nei i nā leʻaleʻa mele hoihoi i kou wā ma Victoria, ua hele mai ʻoe i kahi kūpono – aia nā ʻaha mele like ʻole ma Victoria i ke kauwela.
ʻElua o nā mea nui a kaulana loa ʻo Victoria International Jazz Festival a me ka Rifflandia Music Festival.
Ma 2020, ka Hōʻikeʻike Jazz hana maʻamau ma waena o Iune 19 a me Iune 28, no ʻeiwa lā. E mālama ʻia ʻo Rifflandia ma waena o Kepakemapa 10 a me Sepatemaba 13, e mālama ana i nā hana he 150 i nā lā ʻehā a me nā pō.
Hoʻokipa nā ʻahaʻaina ʻelua i nā mea hoʻokani mai nā wahi a pau, me kekahi mau hōkū poʻomanaʻo nui. He manawa kūpono ia e hālāwai ai me nā poʻe he nui a hauʻoli i nā mele maikaʻi loa, no laila e nānā iā lākou i kou hele ʻana ma ʻaneʻi!
No laila aia ʻoe, 12 mau ala e ʻike ai i kekahi o nā leʻaleʻa a Victoria e hāʻawi ai i ke kauwela. E hele i waho i ka lā wela o ke kauwela a hauʻoli!
