Nyob rau hnub ntshiab, Kauai sab hnub poob ntug dej hiav txwv saib ib kob me me. Nws tsuas yog 17 mais deb, tab sis rau cov neeg feem coob hauv lub xeev, qhov no yog tib txoj hauv kev pom Niihau Island. Nws yog lub npe hu ua Hawaii's Forbidden Island, lub npe menyuam yaus uas haum nws zoo kawg nkaus.
Txawm hais tias nws nyob ze heev rau lub chaw so ntawm Kauai, Niihau tseem nyob ib leeg xav tsis thoob los ntawm lub ntiaj teb sab nraud. Tsis muaj txoj kev, tsheb, khw lossis internet ntawm cov kob. Nws cov xuab zeb ntug hiav txwv dej tau pom cov tsiaj qus ntau dua li tib neeg hneev taw. Pw tsaug zog Hawaiian hauj sam ntsaws ruaj ruaj dot ntawm ntug dej hiav txwv, thiab sharks ua luam dej nrog rau ntawm ntug dej khoob. Tab sis cov kob yog neeg nyob.
History of the kob
Thaum Hawaii cov kob ntawm Niihau tau yuav los ntawm Sinclair tsev neeg hauv xyoo 1860, cov neeg nyob hauv cov kob, hu ua Niihauana, tau tso cai nyob, tab sis kev nkag mus rau cov kob tsuas yog txwv rau cov neeg sab nraud. Txog tam sim no, tsuas yog Niihauans, Robinsons (cov xeeb leej xeeb ntxwv ntawm tsev neeg muaj npe) thiab cov qhua caw tuaj yeem nyob ntawd.
Xyoo 1864, Vajntxwv Kamehameha V tau muag cov kob ntawm Niihau rau nws cov yawg koobRobinsons, rau tsev neeg Sinclair, rau $ 10,000 tus nqi kub thiab tshaj tawm hais tias tsev neeg yuav tsum cog lus tias yuav khaws cia haiv neeg Hawaii thiab lub neej Niihau tshwj xeeb.
Cov lus cog tseg no tau muab cov Niihauns nrog cov khoom kim heev uas cov neeg taug kev niaj hnub niaj hnub nrhiav hauv ntiaj teb: cov kob tiag tiag thiab tsis muaj kev puas tsuaj.
Nyob zoo ib tsoom niam txiv kwv tij neej tsa sawv daws.
Cov Niihauans desperately tiv thaiv lawv cov kob. Hauv xyoo 2013, ib pab pawg neeg nyob tau pom cov neeg ua txhaum cai nuv ntses ntawm lawv cov ntug hiav txwv. Lawv kaw cov neeg tawm tsam ntawm lub koob yees duab digital thiab mus rau hauv tsev hais plaub, thov kev pab tiv thaiv lawv cov peev txheej.
Txawm li cas los xij, muaj ntau txoj hauv kev rau txim kom pom Niihau. Los ntawm cov kob ntawm Kauai, koj tuaj yeem mus rau ntug dej hiav txwv ntawm Niihau thiab mus snorkeling. Tau kawg, tsis muaj lub sijhawm mus rau ntug dej. Koj tseem tuaj yeem dhia dej rau hauv Lehua Crater, lub pob zeb hluav taws kub uas nyob rau sab qaum teb ntawm Niihau Island.
Kuv tuaj yeem mus rau kob?
Yog tias koj xav mus rau ntug dej, Robinsons muab kev ncig ua si thiab yos hav zoov safaris, ferrying xav paub neeg ncig tebchaws hauv lawv lub nyoob hoom qav taub los ntawm Kauai mus rau backcountry ntawm Niihau. Kev ncig xyuas muaj kev ncig xyuas huab cua thiab tom qab ntawd cov neeg ncig tebchaws raug coj mus rau lub puam nyob deb rau noj su thiab snorkeling. Kev mus yos hav zoov ntev tuaj yeem raug nqi siab dua $ 1,700 tab sis muaj kev ywj pheej me ntsis ntxiv mus ncig cov kob.
Robinson ncig saib pab txhawb Niihau kev lag luam, tab sistxhob txwm zam kev sib cuag nrog cov neeg nyob hauv zos. Lub zos tseem tsis pom kev los tiv thaiv kev ncaj ncees ntawm Niihauan.
Rau Bruce Robinson, uas tau sib yuav rau ib tus neeg nyob hauv tebchaws, tuav Niihau cov kab lis kev cai tshwj xeeb thiab kev ua neej yog qhov tseem ceeb.
Nyob rau xyoo 2013, nws tau muab kev xam phaj uas nws tau hais tias cov neeg nyob hauv lub tebchaws muaj "kev nkag siab ntawm kev thaj yeeb sab hauv thiab kev rov ua dua tshiab uas peb tsis nkag siab hauv ntiaj teb sab nraud. Western kab lis kev cai tau poob nws, thiab yog li muaj cov Islands tuaj ntxiv. Ib yam uas tshuav ntawm nws yog Niihau Island hauv Hawaii."