I ka wā maʻi maʻi, ʻaʻole i huikau a paʻakikī ka hele ʻana me ka ʻohana. Me ka COVID-19 a me nā ʻano like ʻole Delta e hoʻopau i ko mākou ola, ua hoʻokuʻu ka hapa nui o mākou i nā lā hoʻomaha kuʻuna. Makemake nā ʻohana e hoʻokuʻu ʻia mai ka pilikia o ka hoʻāʻo ʻana e hoʻomau i nā loli hou, a ke ʻimi nei lākou i kahi palekana i ka hoʻomaha ʻana me kā lākou poʻe aloha. Ma hope o ka makahiki maopopo ʻole o nā lula, nā koho, a me ka noho kaʻawale, ua hoʻoholo wau e hoʻāʻo iā ia, e ʻimi ana i ka lā, nā mele maikaʻi, nā meaʻai a me nā ʻoliʻoli. Ua ʻoi aku ka Hard Rock Hotel & Casino ʻo Punta Cana i kā mākou mau manaʻo a pau, a laila kekahi.
I ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana no kā mākou huakaʻi i ka Dominican Republic i kēia makahiki, ua hoʻohui mākou i nā mea he nui e mālama i ka palekana o nā huakaʻi. Pono kaʻu kāne, kaʻu kaikamahine 5 makahiki ʻo Felicity, a me aʻu iho e hāʻawi i kahi hōʻike COVID maikaʻi ʻole e komo a haʻalele i ka ʻāina. Ua hōʻea mākou i ke kahua mokulele ʻo JFK me nā holoi holoi disinfectant a hoʻohana i nā masks ʻaoʻao ʻelua e hoʻomaʻemaʻe i nā wahi āpau a mākou i hoʻopā ai. Ua hele maikaʻi ka ʻauamo. Ua hoʻohana mākou i ka mea hoʻomaʻemaʻe lima a hoʻopaʻa i ka meaʻai a me ka inu a hiki i ka pae ʻana. Ma hope o ka hōʻea ʻana i HRHPC, ua hoʻokipa ʻia mākou e ka champagne a ʻike i ka hui Safe + Sound me nā pālule melemele ʻālohilohi e holoi ana i nā ʻili āpau i ʻike ʻia. ʻO ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana he makani a ua alakaʻi ʻia mākou i ko mākou home mamao mai ka home.
ʻO ka hoʻonui hou a me ka hoʻonani o ka hōkele i kāhāhā iaʻu. ʻO kā mākou papa pōhaku lumi moe hoʻokahi-me kahi kōkua pilikino, kūpono no ke aliʻi! Nui a ākea ka lumi hoʻokipa, me kahi pā piha piha a me kahi pā hale nui me kahi ʻauʻau spa nui. Hoʻonui ʻia ka hoʻolālā lumi moe i ke ʻano hou, e hoʻopiha ana i ka moena keʻokeʻo hōʻoluʻolu me nā moena pillow-top. ʻO ka lumi ʻauʻau e like me kahi lumi me kahi makasina ʻohana me kahi keʻena hele wāwae piha. ʻO ka lua o ka lumi ʻauʻau he hōʻano hou, e hāʻawi maoli i ka manaʻo o "J-Lo Versace lole". Hoʻopili ʻia nā mea āpau a hoʻopaʻa ʻia, me ka mana mamao o ka TV, e hōʻike iā mākou ua hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻia. Ua hoʻololi mākou i nā lole a hele mākou e ʻimi i nā wahi a me nā hana e ʻike ai i nā mea a ka hōkele.
Ma waho aʻe o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka casino nui loa ma ka Caribbean, hāʻawi pū ʻo HRHPC i nā lawelawe piha no nā mākua hana nui. ʻO ka nui o nā hana a me nā hana hoʻokani a puni ka lā i hauʻoli nui ai kā mākou poʻe liʻiliʻi. Hiki i nā mākua ke komo i nā papa hoʻolāʻau ʻaʻohe keiki, nā spas hou loa, nā papa kolepa, a me kahi hale pō piha. Ua hoʻohana mākou i nā manawa ʻohana poina ʻole i ka arcade, kahi i hāʻawi ʻia ai ka hōʻiliʻili maikaʻi loa o nā pāʻani virtual no nā limahana holoʻokoʻa. No ka ʻaina ahiahi, ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia mākou ma ka hale ʻaina kahakai ʻo Isla, kahi i lilo i wahi punahele a mākou e ʻai ai. Ua hauʻoli mākou i nā iʻa exotic hou a me ka ʻono ʻoi loa o ka Dominican Republic mai nā mango a i Maduro.
ʻO ka hui kamaliʻi e kūkulu ʻia nei he waiwai leʻaleʻa a ikaika hoʻi i makemake ʻia e nā mākua. Mai ka pahu nani a me ke kūpeʻe lima a hiki i ka papa yoga kakahiaka. I ka lā holoʻokoʻa, hiki ke ʻike ʻia nā limahana Safe + Sound ma nā wahi āpau, ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe a me ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻana i nā lako, a me ka disinfecting i nā ʻili āpau. ʻO ka hoʻololi nui loa i loaʻa ma ka mākeke, e hoʻohuli iā mākou i kahi ululāʻau nani a nani me nā meaʻai ʻono mai nā wahi a pau o ka honua. ʻAʻole ia he meaʻai maʻamau a pau. Hoʻohālikelike ka meaʻai ma The Market me nā hale ʻaina Michelin-starred, me nā mea āpau mai nā lobster rolls a i nā papa deli ma ka papa kuhikuhi. ʻIke mākou i nā meaʻai ʻono mai Sepania, Thailand a me Italia-hiki i kēlā me kēia mea ke loaʻa iā lākou iho. Loaʻa i kēlā me kēia papaʻaina kāna mea lawelawe ponoʻī e kauoha, a ʻaʻohe palena i ka mea hiki iā ʻoe ke kauoha.
Ala aʻela mākou i kakahiaka nui no ka hopu ʻana i ka loko o nā keiki ma kahi kokoke i ka paka wai nui loa, ʻo ia paha kahi punahele o Felicity e pāʻani ai. Noho māua me kaʻu kāne ma ka ʻauʻau, ʻoiai wau e leʻaleʻa ana i nā mea inu a me nā ʻano meaʻai like ʻole ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka loko, e like me ka nahu iʻa a me nā ʻōpala kulina. I kēlā pō, ua hoʻoholo mākou e komo i ka hōʻikeʻike B+B (Beyonce + Bruno Mars), e ke keikikāne, loaʻa iā mākou kahi meaʻai! Me ka hana ʻana o ke kahua ahi pahū a nā poʻe hulahula nani, pono wau e makaʻala no ka mea ua manaʻo wau e noho ana au ma ka lālani mua o ka Grammy Awards. Hāʻawi nā mea hoʻokani i kahi ʻaha mele holoʻokoʻa, ʻo ia ka mea e pono ai mākou e like me ka inu ʻana ma hope o kahi lā ma ka pā wai o nā keiki.
Ma ke ʻano he hale hoʻokipa maikaʻi loa ma Punta Cana, ʻoi aku ka HRHPC ma mua o kā mākou mau manaʻolana. Ke kānalua nei mākou i ka makahiki holoʻokoʻa inā e huakaʻi i ka wā maʻi maʻi a loaʻa kahi wahi palekana palekana. ʻO nā mea a pau, ua hana mākou i nā hoʻomanaʻo i loko o ka oasis nani, hoʻopiha i ko mākou ʻohana me ka hauʻoli, hauʻoli, a ʻo ka mea nui loa, mālama iā mākou i ka palekana a me ke kani.
Ka manawa hoʻouna: ʻAukake-28-2021