Ndihleli kwisitulo sabakhweli saseSylvia De Marco & apos; s i-jeep njengoko sasisonyuka sinyuka kwindlela ejikelezwe ngamagqabi angenamagqabi. KwakungoNovemba we2019, kwaye bendisandula ukufika eVique emva kwendiza emfutshane kodwa ebabazekayo ISan Juan . UDe Marco, umyili kunye nomnini Umleqi maphupha Ihotele esisiqithi esikhulu, yasebenza njengesikhokelo sam esingafanelekanga. Wayesandula ukuthatha indawo eseleyo kwindlu yeendwendwe eneminyaka engama-50 ubudala kwiinduli zehlathi zaseVique - zalungiswa ngexesha lenkanyamba-zaza zakhiwa kwakhona IFinca Victoria , evulekileyo ngoFebruwari ophelileyo ukulungiselela ixesha lokuvula.

Igama elithi inkanyamba livela kwigama lendabuko laseTaíno hurakan, & apos; uthixo wesaqhwithi, & apos; ' UDe Marco undixelele. Nangona imemori kaMaria yayintsha, wayichitha umbono wokuba iintlekele zikhona kwivenkile eya eVique. 'Esi siqithi sisinde kumaza amaninzi ekoloniyalizim,' ucacisile, ejonge ukuthintela elinye lala mahashe abalekayo.

IVieques ibinembali yesiphithiphithi; indalo iTaíno yayihlala esiqithini kangangeminyaka engama-500 de kwafika iSpanish ngogonyamelo kwinkulungwane ye-15. IFransi, iBritane, neDenmark zonke zalwela ukulawula esi siqithi kwiminyaka engamakhulu amathathu eyalandelayo de sathinjwa yiPuerto Rico ekuqaleni kwenkulungwane ye-19. Ukuveliswa kweswekile kwandisiwe kwaye, kunye nako, ukutyala ubukhoboka. Xa i-United States yathatha iPuerto Rico emva kwemfazwe yaseSpain-Amerika, iVique yayiyinxalenye yephakheji. Njengokungena kwe-US kwiMfazwe yesibini (II) yeHlabathi.

Ukuqala kwam ukufika eVique ngoJanuwari ka-2014, apho ndahlala eLa Finca kwisimo sayo sangaphambili: iLa Finca Caribe, indlu yeendwendwe esecaleni ephethwe ngumnini-propati wase-Washington State uCorky Parker. (UParker wayithenga, ngo-1996, evela kuGail Burchard, owayakha ngo-1980 njengendawo yokubaleka yabasetyhini.) IViqueque yayikade iyindawo eleleyo eyaziwa, ukuba phofu, njengendawo ekuhlalwa kuyo iihippies kunye nabo bajonge ukubaleka umdyarho weempuku - kwaye ngokungathandabuzekiyo, njengendawo yezidubedube zezopolitiko: ngo-1999, kwavela uqhankqalazo olukhulu kuqhankqalazo lokuhlala emkhosini.

Ngelixesha lotyelelo, isiqithi esincinci, esinamahlathi-iVique singama-21 eemayile ububanzi kunye ne-5 ubude, inedolophu enye kumantla nakumazantsi elunxwemeni-yayizele ngophuhliso, iindwendwe zisiya kumanxweme esanti amnyama nakumanzi e-bioluminescent. I-W, yeyona hotele inkulu kwaye intle kwaye yakha yakhiwa apho, ibisandula ukuvulwa. I-Modernist, igumbi-13 IHix Island House besandula ukwandisa. Ukwakhiwa kwe-El Blok-ihotele ekhonkrithi eyothusayo kwidolophu yase-Esperanza-bekuqhubeka, kwaye wonke umntu ebonwabile malunga nendawo yayo yokutyela ezayo ngu-San Juan umpheki uJoseph Enrique.

UMaria weza njengengqindi emathunjini. Ukuba iPuerto Rico yashiywa emva kwesiphango, iVique - exhomekeke kwizikhephe zokutya kunye nepetroli-yayinjalo. Abahlali abaninzi bemkile, bengakwazi okanye bengazimisele ukwakha kwakhona. Xa uParker wabuyayo ezokucoca kwaye waphinda wavula iLa Finca Caribe, wasifumana esi siqithi sikwimo embi. Ngomzuzwana uchaza njengokuphelelwa lithemba ngokupheleleyo kunye nentliziyo ebuhlungu, wanikezela ngepropathi ku-De Marco, owayeza kuba ngumhlobo oqhelekileyo kunye nomhlobo kule minyaka idlulileyo.

Indawo ekuyiwa kuyo isabuyisiwe. UDe Marco, kunye nabo baseleyo, baziva bethembekile. 'De uMaria, abantu abaninzi bebelibele ukuba esi siqithi kufuneka sixhase abahlali,' undixelele. 'Ngokusenza sengozini, le ntlekele isincedile ukuba sivuke.'

Namhlanje, igumbi le-12 IFinca Victoria Itshintshiwe ngokupheleleyo phantsi kobunkokheli bukaDe Marco - gcina umthi omkhulu werabha usafaka indlela. Kukho uhlaziyo oluninzi lweminyaka-yeminyaka: isidlo sakusasa se-vegan kunye neyoga yemihla ngemihla, ibha yokuhombisa ene-kombucha ekwindawo ekuthengiswa kuyo, kunye nemarike ye-boutique egcinwe ngamayeza ezityalo zasekhaya kunye nobucwebe, iimpahla kunye nemizobo yabafazi basePuerto Rican. Kodwa uDe Marco unomdla ngakumbi ekuhlakuleleni impumelelo yexesha elide kunye nozinzo kunokuba ekulo mkhuba.

Ngokunjalo ne-Vieques yemveli u-Ivan Torres Ortiz, umnini we IRum yesiqithi seCrab Island i-distillery, endiyise ku-De Marco. 'Ndifuna ukuhlala eViqueque,' ucacisile, kwigumbi eligcwele imiphanda, iibhokisi, kunye nemigqomo yeentsimbi engenasici enebhetshi yakhe yokuqala yorhwebo. Kodwa bendifuna ukufumana umsebenzi kwenye into ngaphandle kohambo kunye ne-bioluminescence tours. Ukufumanisa indlela yokwenza i-rum yayiyinxalenye elula. '

Into engazinzanga engama-20, waqala wazinkcinkca, wakha ezakhe ii-stills kwaye wazama iindlela zokupheka. Kodwa isantya se-molasses se-bureaucracy yendawo-kunye, ewe, uMaria-sakulibazisa ukumiliselwa kwakhe. I-distillery ekugqibeleni ivulekile, ibekwe ngaphakathi kwindlu yangaphambili yomlilo yase-US kwintlambo eluhlaza emaphandleni. I-Ortiz ibonelela ngokungcamla kwaye kungekudala izakubonisa i-pop-ups kunye nabapheki bendawo. Unethemba lokuba amashishini afana nesiQithi seCrab anokunceda i-Vieques ye-brand njengokuba ingaphezulu kweelwandle nje. 'Imveliso yam iya kudala imisebenzi emininzi, nokuba ayingqalanga.' UDe Marco wanqwala ngentloko esivumelwaneni njengoko sasiphunga iramu egudileyo, efakwe iorenji.

Ngelixa u-Ortiz ejolise ekwehliseni intswela-ngqesho, abanye bacinga ukwaneliseka ngokoqobo ukusuka emhlabeni ukuya phezulu. Sinyuke sinyuka, sidlula amathambo amakhaya awayefudula enomboniso, ukuya Isazela seFinca , Apho imithombo kaDe Marco ivelisela indlu yakhe yokuhlala. Le fama yendalo ijolise kubulungisa kwezentlalo ngokhuseleko lokutya kunye nokuvuselela iindlela zokukhula kwasekhaya. Umfama uJorge Cora wasibulisa esangweni, kwaye uDe Marco wahamba kancinci ejikeleza iigadi zakhe, ecanda i-basil engcwele, imifuno yemostadi, kunye neentyatyambo zefuchsia, ecofa amagqabi, engcamla, kwaye ebuza imibuzo. Ingqwalasela yam yahlula phakathi kwamacangca ama-MacGyvered hives, ikhaya le-Vieques & apos; iintlobo ezikhethekileyo zeenyosi ze-honeybees, kunye ne-vista emangalisayo yolwandle ngaphaya. Ilifa lokuvavanywa kwezixhobo eVique lithetha ukuba amafama ngamanye amaxesha ajongana nomhlaba ongcolileyo, kodwa umsebenzi weCora kunye neapos kukutyala imbewu yentshukumo yokuzimela yokutya okuzenzekelayo. Ithe yakuna imvula, wapakisha ikreyiti yethu yee-eggplants, sahamba.

Ngorhatya lwam lokugqibela, ndandiqhuba ngentla ndisiya eFinca Victoria, ndagqitha kwi-W esele ivaliwe, apho izidiliya kunye nezithole zigqitha iindonga ezimhlophe njengoko indalo iqinisekisa ibango layo. Ndaye ndanciphisa i-Esperanza, iibhloko ezimbalwa zamakhaya amancinci kunye namashishini amancinci kunxweme olusemazantsi. Ndihleli pier yokuloba phesheya IBlokhi . Abemi beziqithi baye bayixabisa le behemoth Brutalist; Isakhiwo, kunye nomvelisi waso omkhulu, sahlala abasebenzi bezoncedo kunye nabahlali abafudukayo emva kwesaqhwithi, kwaye saba liziko leenkonzo zongxamiseko. UCarlos Perez owazalelwa ePuerto Rico, owaba ngumpheki omkhulu e-El Blok nakwiivenkile zokutyela Iintakumba emva kokuba uJoseph Enrique ebuyele eSan Juan, wabonelela ngamawaka okutya mahala.

I-El Blok yayiyihotele yokuqala ukuvula kwakhona emva kukaMaria, yamkela iindwendwe kwiinyanga nje ezimbini kamva. Ukusukela ngoko, ipropathi ihlaziye ukuzibophelela kwayo ekuzibandakanyeni noluntu, ihambisa indawo yokutyela ukusuka eluphahleni yaya kumgangatho osezantsi ukwamkela abahlali. UPerez ujolise kwimali yokuhamba yonyaka: isuphu yethanga, ii-langoustines zentloko, iisaladi zemifuno evela eLa Finca Conciencia.

Ikona yekona kunye nokukhanya okukhanyayo ngefestile ukuya kumgangatho ophakamileyo e-El Blok, eVique Island, ePuerto Rico I-El Blok's Esquina suites zineendonga ezimbini zeefestile ezisemgangathweni. | Ityala: uSoraya Matos

I-Esperanza yindawo yokutyela yeendwendwe eVique; Iindawo eziphawulekayo zibandakanya UQuenepo , ngakwicala le-El Blok, elisebenza ngeepleyiti ezincinci kunye neecocktails zobugcisa. (Baphinde bavula amagumbi okundwendwela ambalwa kulo nyaka uphelileyo, emva kwento eyabizwa ngabaniniyo ngeNkanyamba uMaria. ') Ndehla ngebhola ndisiya kwisidlo kwindawo endandiyithanda kakhulu, IGuayacan , emi kwisakhiwo esinesimilo esinemigangatho emibini sesamente ekupheleni komtya wase-Esperanza.

Umninimzi, uMarcos Vegas Arias - owayebaleka imivalo eSan Juan, kwidolophu yakhe, isithuba esingaphezulu kweminyaka elishumi ngaphambi kokuvula indawo yakhe yokutyela eVique ngo-2013 - ngumninimzi ozelweyo, kunye nezibane zenyanga njengesikhokelo sabakhenkethi balapha. Uye wandiqhuba ngesisa esiqithi sonke, endizisa kwezona lwandle ziselunxwemeni, kubandakanya neplaya Negra emxinwa kwaye intle: ulwandle olunentaba emnyama enentaba-mlilo efikeleleka kuphela ngokuhamba intaba kumlambo ongekho nzulu.

Ukwangomnye wabapheki bokutyela abambalwa kwesi siqithi abakhonza ukupheka kwasekhaya kwesiPuerto Rican: inkuku ejiweyo, iithowuni ezigcwele isosi eluhlaza egarlic, isaladi yomdiliya. U-El Guayacán uziva zombini, kwaye, ngenxa yeViqueque - isibane senjongo esinde kwintlekele yokoqobo kunye nokusilela kolawulo lweentlekele. Ndijonge ilanga elombane-orenji litshona kwiCaribbean njengeemvumi kwindawo yokutyela zarhola iMedalla Lights phakathi kweeseti.

Abantu abambalwa, abadibene nelinye ixesha labakhenkethi, babulisana kwiSpanish - 'Hola, wamkelekile.'

Inguqulelo yeli bali yavela okokuqala kwimagazini ka-Februwari 2020 yoKhenketho + uLonwabo phantsi kwesihloko Phila ixesha elide.

Kwiphepha elinikelayo nelikhuphayo, sathumela ngempazamo kumbhali kunye nomyeni wakhe, uChris Bradley, njengabanini bePhenicia Diner. UMike Cioffi ungumnini wendawo yokutyela, apho uBradley wayengumpheki ukusuka ngo-2016 ukuya ku-2018. UFranklin, uBradley noCioffi basebenzisana IFenicia Diner Cookbook, ezakukhululwa ebutsheni balo nyaka. Siyazisola ngempazamo.