A ranar 3 ga Mayu, 1535, Hernán Cortés ya shiga cikin ruwan mashigar ruwa mai zaman lafiya da ke kusa da mangroves, ya taka ƙafa a kan ƙasa.
Inda ya mallaki shafin a madadin Masarautar Spain, ya ba shi sunan Santa Cruz. Wanda ya ci nasara ya zo ne don tabbatar da rahotannin kaftin din sa wadanda suka binciko yankin a 'yan shekarun da suka gabata, inda labarin wata tsibiri da mata ne kawai ke da shi kuma masu arzikin lu'u-lu'u da zinariya, wanda ake kira California.
Ya sami lu'u lu'un, suna da kyau ƙwarai da gaske mata da gwal sun jira. Labarin lu'lu'u ya ba da jerin abubuwan tarihin da har yanzu suna ci gaba da bayyana a cikin wannan bakin ruwa wanda a yau muke kira La Paz. Mutumin da ya cinye Mexico ya gaza a yunƙurinsa na mallakar wannan wuri, kuma har sai a shekarar 1720 aka sami nasarar kafa daidaito na dindindin. Matsanancin zafi, ƙarancin ruwa da wahalar wadatarwa daga bakin tekun, abubuwan da Cortés ba za su iya shawo kansu ba, sun kasance iri ɗaya, kuma mutanen La Paz waɗanda suka yi yawo a cikin jirgin, suna yawo a inda ya sauka, sun san cewa abin da ya ci nasara da nasara tana ba da halaye na musamman ga wannan birni da mazaunanta. Haka ne, akwai lokacin zafi a lokacin rani, ruwa yana da karanci kuma kusan duk abin da muke ci ana kawo shi ne daga wasu bangarorin, amma muna rayuwa mai kyau, mutane suna da kyau da abokantaka, muna cewa barka da safiya a kan titi da kuma ruwan sanyin mu Bahia na faranta mana rai ta hanyar yin la’akari da faduwar rana wanda, kamar lu'lu'u, yasa muka shahara.
Keɓancewar ƙasa ya ba mu tabbaci mai ƙarfi. Muna zaune a cikin hamada da ke kewaye da teku, idan muka fita cikin jirgi sai mu tsinci kanmu a cikin tekun kewaye da hamada. A koyaushe haka yake, kuma wannan ya sa mu bambanta da sauran 'yan Mexico.
Bugu da kari, mu hadaddun hadadden hadadden kwayar halittar jini ne: Mutanen Espanya, Ingilishi, Jamusanci, Faransanci, Sinanci, Jafananci, Italiya, Turkawa, Labanon da sauransu da yawa sun zo La Paz da cinikin lu'ulu'u, suka zauna. Buɗe kundin adireshin tarho yana bayyana abin da ke sama a fili, kuma fuskokin La Paz taswira ce mai ma'ana ta asalinmu.
Kyakkyawan yanayin da ke kewaye da mu sanannen duniya ne, mu ƙofar Tekun Cortez ne; tsibirai, rairayin bakin teku da fauna suna gabanmu. Daga hanyar hawa jirgi abu ne na yau da kullun ganin kifayen dolphin 'yan mitoci kaɗan; outarin waje, kifin Whales, stingrays da kifi suna jin daɗin masanan da masu safarar kaya. Yanayin neman yawon buda ido ya same shi a nan cikin wadataccen yanayi. Tafiya kan titin-inuwa mai inuwa na Indiya yana ba baƙon ɗanɗanar wannan birni mai aminci da lumana. Ana jin kida; A cikin dandalin da ke gaban babban cocin, mutane suna yin wasannin caca a ƙarƙashin bishiyoyi, ana jin ƙanshin ƙamshi wanda ke gayyatarku da jin daɗin abincin kifin na sabo da kuma ƙwarewar almara. Ba mu cikin gaggawa, wurin da muke zaune yana nuna cewa mu ɗauki lokacin da ya dace don faranta wa kanmu rai da duk abin da ke kewaye da mu kuma ya bambanta mu. Lokacin da wani ya ziyarce mu muna gayyatar su suyi hakan.
Idan muka tashi sai mu tuna da garinmu a cikin kyawawan kalmomin tsohuwar waka: "La Paz, tashar rudu, kamar lu'ulu'u wanda teku ke rufewa, haka zuciyata ke kiyaye ku."
