Yelapa wuri ne na sama. Bayan saduwa da shi, na fahimci dalilin da yasa wasu baƙi ke tafiya na kwana ɗaya, kuma suka yanke shawarar zama na tsawon shekaru.
Mun isa Puerto Vallarta wata rana da safe. Ana zaune a cikin jihar Jalisco, a kan tekun Pacific, Puerto Vallarta shine wurin da yakamata yawon shakatawa. A gefen gari na gari, a cikin sanannen Playa de los Muertos - wanda aka fi sani da Playa del Sol-, akwai jetty inda jiragen ruwa da pangas suke tsayawa, a duk rana, su zo su tafi tsakanin tashar jirgin ruwa da Yelapa. Hakanan zaka iya barin dutsen Rosita, mafi tsufa a wurin, a farkon shiga jirgi; ko daga Boca de Tomatlán, mintuna goma sha biyar a mota a kan babbar hanyar Barra de Navidad. A can dai, hanyar ta nufi cikin dutsen, don haka babbar hanyar zuwa Yelapa ita ce ta jirgin ruwa.
An loka jirgin kwale-kwalen da muka hau zuwa saman; ɗaya daga cikin fasinjojin yana ɗauke da akwatina da yawa, gurguwar kare, har ma da tsani! Mun yi tafiyar rabin awa a kudu; mun tsaya a Los Arcos, tsarin dutsen halitta sama da mita 20, wanda ya zama alama ta Puerto Vallarta. Tsakanin rami ko "arches", an ajiye gidan ibada na ruwa inda mutane ke nitso da ruwa. A can, mun ɗauki wasikar da ta zo a cikin wani jirgi kuma muka ci gaba da tafiya a gaban siffofin manyan tsaunukan da aka shigar da su cikin teku. Mun sake tsayawa, a Quimixto cove; sannan a Playa de las Ánimas, tare da farin yashi, inda gidaje biyu ne kawai aka gano. Mun ci gaba da tafiya, mun wartsake da giya mai sanyi, kuma a ƙarshe mun shiga ƙaramin mashigar ruwa a ƙarshen ƙarshen Bay of Banderas.
Nunin dazzles. Yayin da yake fuskantar kallon ruwa na teku, kuma ya kasance a tsakiyar tsaunuka, wani ƙauye yana faɗowa, galibi ya ƙunshi palapas kewaye da itacen dabino da shuke-shuke masu daushin ƙasa. Don gamawa, wani kyakkyawan ruwan sama yana nuna shuɗinsa a kan koren tushen. Wurin da alama ya fito ne daga Tsibirin Polynesia. Yelapa yana da ruhun bohemian. Mazaunan sa na abokantaka suna nuna, tare da ɗoki da ƙauna, abubuwan al'ajabi da suka kewaye jama'a. Tare da Jeff Elíes, mun zagaya Yelapa daga ƙarshe zuwa ƙarshe. Ari ga haka, ya gayyace mu zuwa gidansa, da ke saman dutsen.
Gabaɗaya, ana amfani da rufi mai tsayi, tsire-tsire masu zane suna da siffofi masu kusurwa huɗu, kuma babu katangar da zata hana ku jin daɗin hoton. Babu makullin, saboda kusan babu gidan da yake da kofa. Har zuwa kwanan nan, yawancin gidaje suna da rufin soro. Yanzu, don guje wa kunama, mutanen gida sun haɗa da fale-falen da ciminti. Iyakar fa'ida ita ce, a lokacin bazara gidajensu sun zama murhu na ainihi, tunda iska ba ta gudana iri ɗaya. Ersasashen waje suna kiyaye asalin palapas. Jama'a ba su da wutar lantarki, kodayake wasu gidaje suna amfani da hasken rana; gidajen abinci huɗu suna haskaka abincin dare tare da kyandir; kuma, da dare, mutane suna haskaka hanya da fitila - waɗanda mahimman kayan aiki ne -, tunda komai ya shiga cikin duhu.
Yelapa na nufin "Wurin da ruwa ya haɗu ko ambaliya." Asalin kalmar ita ce Purépecha, yare ce ta asali wacce ake magana da ita musamman a Michoacán. Da sha'awar asalin wurin, Tomás del Solar ya bayyana mana cewa tarihin Yelapa ba a yi nazari sosai ba. Mazaunan sa na farko sun kasance tun zamanin da. Tabbacin wannan shine binciken, akan wani tsauni a cikin garin, na kayan yumbu, halayyar al'adun da suka bunkasa a Yammacin: kibiya, wuƙaƙen ido da wukake masu wakiltar siffofin mutane. Hakanan, yayin haƙa rijiya, an sami gatarin da aka sassaka a dutse kwanan nan, tsoho mai cika kuma cikakke.
Tuni a zamanin mulkin mallaka, bayanan farko na abin dogaro kan wanzuwar Bay ya samo asali ne daga shekarar 1523, lokacin da Francisco Cortés de San Buenaventura - ɗan wajan Hernán Cortés-, ya taɓa waɗannan rairayin bakin teku lokacin da yake wucewa zuwa Colima, inda aka naɗa shi Laftana na gwamna. Daga baya, a cikin 1652, mai wa'azin bisharar Franciscan Fray Antonio Tello, masanin tarihin Dominican, ya ambaci yankin a cikin littafinsa mai suna 'Chronicle ... na Santa Providencia de Xalisco ... lokacin da yake ba da labarin mamayar Yammaci a ƙarƙashin umarnin Nuño de Guzmán.
Yawan jama'ar Yelapa kusan mazauna dubu ɗaya ne; wanda kusan arba'in baƙi ne. A lokacin hunturu, wannan adadi yana canzawa, saboda yawan yawon shakatawa da ya zo galibi daga Kanada da Amurka. Bugu da kari, a kowace shekara, kimanin mutane 200 ke zuwa don neman kyakkyawan yanayi kuma suna tsayawa na lokuta wanda yawanci yakan wuce har zuwa lokacin zafi mai zafi. Yawancin yara sun yi murna da ƙauyen. Suna yawan aiki a matsayin "jagororin yawon shakatawa". Yawancin iyalai suna da yawa, tare da yara hudu zuwa takwas, don haka kashi 65 cikin ɗari na yawan mutanen sun kasance yara ne masu zuwa makaranta da matasa. Garin yana da makaranta wanda ke ba da makarantar sakandare har zuwa makarantar sakandare.
A cikin Yelapa akwai masu zane-zane da yawa, masu zane-zane, masu zane-zane, marubuta da masu yin fina-finai waɗanda ke yaba ma'amala kai tsaye da yanayi da kwanciyar hankali na rayuwa mai sauƙi da ta birni. Anan suna jin daɗin daren taurari, babu wutar lantarki, babu wayoyi masu ringi, babu hayaniyar zirga-zirga, babu iska da masana'antu ke gurɓata. Suna rayuwa keɓaɓɓe daga duniya, a wajen zamantakewar masu amfani, tare da ingantaccen janareta na yau da kullun don sakewa da kuzarin rayuwa.
Zuwa zuwa, mafi kyawun lokacin shine tsakanin Satumba zuwa Fabrairu, lokacin da danshi yake raguwa. Kari akan haka, daga Disamba zaku iya jin dadin wasan kwaikwayon da whales na humpback ke bayarwa, raira waƙa da tsalle a cikin mashigin ruwa. Yelapa cikakke ne don yin zango, tafiya, bincika ɓoye, shiga cikin dazuzzuka, ziyartar magudanan ruwa, ko hawa jirgin ruwa don "gano" keɓaɓɓun rairayin bakin teku. Otal din Lagunita yana da dakuna masu zaman kansu talatin; kodayake yana yiwuwa a yi hayar gida, ko daki kawai.
A bakin teku akwai dozin palapas goma, inda, a tsakanin sauran jita-jita, ana ba da kifi mai dadi sosai, ko abinci mai ban sha'awa da ke da kyan gani tare da sabon abincin teku. Daga Nuwamba zuwa Mayu kamun kifi yana da yawa kuma ya bambanta: sailfish, marlin, dorado da tuna; ragowar shekarar sawfish da jan snapper ana samun su. Ruwa yana da yawa a duk wannan yankin. Baya ga teku, Yelapa yana da koguna biyu, Tuito da Yelapa, waɗanda gangaren tudun nasu ya ba da damar yin amfani da rafinsu saboda ƙarfin nauyi. Ruwan Yelapa, wanda ya fi tsayin mita 30, yana kusan tafiyar mintuna 15 daga bakin teku.
Bayan doguwar tafiya mai nauyi na kimanin awa daya, tare da wata siririyar hanyar da ke tsakiyar dajin, zaku isa wani ruwa da ke tsayin mita 4, wanda zai ba ku damar yin wanka da kuma jin daɗin sabo. Bayan an yi tafiya na mintina 45, bayan an tsallaka Kogin Tuito sau da yawa, za a isa El Salto, wani tsafta mai tsawon mita 10. Arin sa'a ɗaya na tafiya, ta cikin ciyayi mai kauri, yana kaiwa ga ruwan El Berenjenal, wanda aka fi sani da La Catedral, wanda kyakkyawan rafinsa ya kai mita 35. Bugu da ari har yanzu akwai ruwan ruwa na kogin Calderas, wanda ya wuce mita 30 a tsayi. Don isa can, yakan ɗauki kusan awanni uku da rabi daga rairayin bakin teku. Wani kyakkyawan wuri, har ma da kyawu don zango, shine Playa Larga, tafiyar awa biyu da rabi.
A da, al'umma suna rayuwa a kan shukar ayaba da cora colon, don yin mai da sabulai. Hakanan an horar da kofi da cingam na ɗabi'a, itacen da yake girma sosai, kodayake an maye gurbin samfurin da masana'antu. 'Ya'yan yankin da ake amfani da su sune ayaba, kwakwa, gwanda, lemu da kuma inabi. A ƙarshe, a matsayin kayan tarihin Yelapa, masu sana'ar suna siyar da ayyukansu na otanzincirán fure: katako, kwanonin salatin, fayau, rollers da sauran abubuwan da aka juya.
IDAN KA JE YELAPA
Don zuwa Yelapa daga Mexico City, ɗauki babbar hanya mai lamba 120 wacce ke zuwa Guadalajara. Don haka ɗauki babbar hanyar mota 15 zuwa Tepic, ci gaba akan babbar hanyar 68 zuwa Las Varas wanda ya haɗu da lamba. 200 zuwa Puerto Vallarta. A Puerto Vallarta dole ne ku ɗauki panga ko jirgin ruwa don ɗauke ku zuwa Yelapa, kamar yadda kawai hanyar zuwa can ita ce ta teku.
Akwai zaɓuɓɓuka da yawa. Isayan yana a Playa de los Muertos, inda jiragen ruwa ke tashi ko'ina cikin yini, suna yin tafiyar rabin awa. Hakanan zaka iya barin Rosita Embarcadero, wanda ke kan jirgin ruwan Puerto Vallarta. Zabi na uku shine Boca de Tomatlán, wanda yake kan babbar hanyar zuwa Barra de Navidad, mintuna goma sha biyar kafin Puerto Vallarta. Farawa daga Boca de Tomatlán, hanyar tana zuwa cikin duwatsu, don haka kuna iya zuwa Yelapa ta teku.
