Huakaʻi Hoʻomanaʻo Nepal

ʻO kēia ka lā mua o kāu Muktinath Tour. E like me kāu papa kuhikuhi pae ʻana, e hōʻea mākou i ke kahua mokulele ʻo Tribhuvan ma Kathmandu. E ʻike ʻoe i nā lālā o kā mākou keʻena e paʻa ana i nā papa hōʻailona o kā mākou hui i hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike maʻalahi iā mākou. E hoʻokipa lākou iā ʻoe me nā lima hāmama a hōʻike iā ʻoe i ko lākou mahalo a me ka hoʻokipa.

Ma hope o kēlā, e hoʻouka lākou i kāu mau ʻeke ma luna o ke kaʻa a lawe iā ʻoe i kahi hōkele ʻekolu hōkū ma ka ʻāpana ʻo Thamel o ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Kathmandu. Hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻomaha ma ka hōkele ma hope o kahi hola lōʻihi o ka huakaʻi mai kou ʻāina. Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻimi i nā alanui kūloko o kāu hōkele.

E hoʻonohonoho mākou i kahi hālāwai no ʻoe i ke ahiahi ma Nepal. E hāʻawi kā mākou alakaʻi i kahi hōʻike pōkole e pili ana i ka huakaʻi luakini 8 lā ma Nepal. E mālama mākou i nā hana āpau no ʻoe i kou wā ma Nepal. Inā makemake ʻoe e nīnau mai iā mākou e pili ana i ka pūʻolo huakaʻi huakaʻi Nepal, hiki iā ʻoe ke noi mai iā mākou e hoʻomaopopo i nā kānalua āpau.

ʻO ka mea hope loa, hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa i kahi hale ʻaina maikaʻi, a i ʻole hiki iā mākou ke kuhikuhi i hoʻokahi no ka ʻaina ahiahi. Hiki iā ʻoe ke hauʻoli i kahi ʻaina ahiahi Nepalese a loaʻa kahi ʻike hou. Ma hope o ka ʻaina ahiahi, hiki iā ʻoe ke holoholo a puni nā alanui o Thamel e ʻike i kahi ʻike o ke ola pō ma aneʻi. Ua kaulana ʻo Thamel no kona ola pō hihiu. Hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa i nā poʻe he nui mai nā ʻāina like ʻole e hauʻoli nei i nā hale kalapu pō.

E hoʻopaʻa mākou i kahi Jeep i Pokhara e hōʻoia i ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi ʻike holo lio ʻoluʻolu a leʻaleʻa hoʻi ma kēia Nepal Pilgrimage Tour. Loaʻa nā koho jeep he nui ma Nepal, e like me ka Mahindra Scorpio, Toyota Land Cruiser, a pēlā aku. Akā e koho mākou i ka mea maikaʻi loa nou e hoʻomaikaʻi i kāu ʻike huakaʻi. E hāʻawi kēia holo jeep iā ʻoe i kahi huakaʻi wiwo ʻole a nani hoʻi.

ʻO ka huakaʻi he 200 kilomita ma ke kaʻa jeep e lawe ana ma kahi o ʻehiku a ʻewalu hola. E hele ana ke kaʻa jeep ma ke Alanui Prithivi, e hāʻawi ana i nā ʻano huakaʻi like ʻole e hoʻonui ai i ka pīhoihoi o kēia huakaʻi alanui. Ma ke ala, e ʻike ʻoe i nā hiʻohiʻona nani o ke kuaʻāina Nepalese, nā puʻu ʻōwili, nā ʻāina mahiʻai i hoʻolālā ʻia, nā awāwa ʻōmaʻomaʻo momona, nā muliwai, a me nā wahi noho liʻiliʻi.

E komo ana ka jeep i Pokhara mai ka ʻaoʻao hikina. E ʻike mākou i nā hiʻohiʻona panoramic o ka mauna ʻo Annapurna ke hoʻokokoke aku mākou iā Pokhara. Ma hope o ka hōʻea ʻana i Pokhara, e kalaiwa mākou i ka ʻāina ʻo Lakeside, kahi i loaʻa ai nā hōkele he nui no nā mākaʻikaʻi. E noho mākou i loko o kahi hōkele mākaʻikaʻi maʻamau ʻekolu hōkū ma kēia huakaʻi luakini 8 lā ma Nepal.

Ma kēia lā 3, ʻo ia hoʻi ka huakaʻi o ka Muktinath Tour, e ala koke mākou e holo i ka mokulele i Jomsom. A laila, e kalaiwa mua mākou i ke kahua mokulele kūloko ʻo Pokhara. Ke haʻalele ka mokulele, e ʻike ʻoe i ka puka ʻana o ka lā kupaianaha e ʻālohilohi ana ma luna o nā mauna i uhi ʻia i ka hau o Dhaulagiri lāua ʻo Annapurna.

E ʻike ʻoe i nā mauna paʻakikī, nā awāwa hohonu, nā kauhale kuʻuna, nā mahina ʻai pālahalaha, a me nā muliwai ma o ka puka makani o kou noho mokulele me ka nānā ʻana mai ka manu mai. E lele ka mokulele ma luna o ke awāwa ʻo Kali Gandaki, ka awāwa hohonu loa o ka honua, kahi āu e ʻike ai no ka manawa mua inā ʻaʻole ʻoe i ʻike ma mua.

Ma hope o iwakālua a iwakāluakūmālima mau minuke o ka lele ʻana, e hōʻea mākou i ke kahua mokulele ʻo Jomsom. He wahi kaulana ʻo Jomsom no ka hele wāwae wiwo ʻole, e like me ka Upper Mustang Hike a me ka Annapurna Circuit Hike. Hoʻopili ʻia kēia wahi e nā moʻomeheu Tibet a me Nepali, kahi e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke ʻike i kekahi mau hale lepo lepo kuʻuna a me nā hale mōneka.

Aia ʻo Jomsom ma kahi kiʻekiʻe o 2743 mika ma luna o ka ʻilikai. No laila, e ʻike ʻoe i nā makani ikaika i ke awakea. E hele mākou i ka Luakini ʻo Muktinath i ka lā ʻapōpō, kahi mea nui o kēia Huakaʻi Pilgrimage Nepal. No ka pō, e noho mākou i loko o kahi hōkele mākaʻikaʻi maʻamau.

I kēia lā, e kipa aku ana mākou i ka Luakini ʻo Muktinath i ka lā ʻehā o kahi huakaʻi luakini 8 lā ma Nepal. E kau mākou i kahi kaʻa a hele ma waena o Kagbeni a i Muktinath. Ma Kagbeni, hiki iā ʻoe ke kū i nā hale mōneka a me nā hale i kūkulu ʻia ma ke ʻano kuʻuna Tibet. E lawe ana ka huakaʻi ma kahi o hoʻokahi hola a me ka hapa e hiki ai i ka luakini.

Ma hope o ka hōʻea ʻana i ka Luakini ʻo Muktinath, hiki iā ʻoe ke hana i kahi ʻaha pule (puja) a ʻauʻau i loko o 108 mau ʻōmole wai pōhaku kapu. Ma hope o ka hana ʻana pēlā, ua manaʻoʻiʻo ʻia e hoʻomaʻemaʻe ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻana i ka wai i kou ʻuhane. Ma hope o ka hoʻomana ʻana ma ka luakini i hoʻolaʻa ʻia no ka Haku Vishnu, hiki iā mākou ke hele a puni ke kūlanakauhale a kipa aku i nā hale mōneka kokoke.

A laila e haʻalele mākou iā Muktinath a hoʻi i Jomsom. Ma kā mākou huakaʻi i Jomsom, e kū pū mākou ma ke Kauhale ʻo Marpha. Ua kapa ʻia kēia kauhale ʻo " Apple Capital " o Nepal ma muli o kāna mau māla ʻāpala a me nā mea ʻāpala e like me ka brandy a me ka cider. Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike hou aʻe e pili ana i kā lākou moʻomeheu ʻokoʻa i ka wā e holoholo ana a puni nā alanui i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i ka pōhaku.

Ma hope iho, e hoʻolilo ana i kekahi manawa ma ke Kauhale ʻo Marpha, e hoʻi mākou i Jomsom i ke ahiahi. E ʻimi mākou i kahi hōkele ʻoluʻolu a noho no ka pō. Pono ʻoe e hiamoe koke, no ka mea, pono mākou e hopu i kahi mokulele mua no ka Nepal Pilgrimage Tour ma ka huakaʻi o ka lā ʻapōpō.

I ka lā ʻelima o ka Muktinath Tour, e haʻalele mua mākou no ke kahua mokulele ʻo Jomsom e mālama i ka manawa a ʻike i nā wahi hoihoi he nui o Pokhara ma mua o ka hoʻi ʻana i Kathmandu. Ma hope o kahi lele nani o 20 a 25 mau minuke, e hōʻea mākou i Pokhara, ke kūlanakauhale o nā loko. A laila e hoʻi mākou i ka hōkele no ka hoʻomaha a me ka ʻaina kakahiaka nui.

Ma hope o kekahi manawa, hoʻomaka mākou e kaʻapuni i ke kūlanakauhale. E hoʻomaka mākou i kā mākou huakaʻi ma ka ʻike ʻana iā Phewa Lake, i ʻike ʻia hoʻi ʻo Fewa Taal ma Nepali. E hauʻoli i kahi huakaʻi waʻa mālie me ka ʻike ʻana i ke aniani o ka mauna ʻo Machhapuchhre ma ke kai. A laila, e hele mākou i Davis Falls, kahi e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke nānā i kahi cascade i waena o nā lau nahele. E hoʻolilo mākou i kekahi manawa ma ʻaneʻi e kiʻi ana i nā kiʻi no nā hoʻomanaʻo.

Ma hope o kēlā, e hele mākou i ke Ana ʻo Gupteshwar, aia ma kēlā ʻaoʻao o ke alanui mai Davis Falls. Ma hope o kēlā, e kipa aku mākou i ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike Mauna Honua, kahi e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke aʻo e pili ana i ka mōʻaukala piʻi mauna a me ka moʻomeheu o Nepal. ʻO ka hope loa, e kalaiwa mākou i ka World Peace Pagoda e ʻike i nā hiʻohiʻona panoramic o Pokhara mai kahi mamao aku.

ʻO kā mākou wahi kū hope loa ʻo ia ke Kiʻi Pumdikot Shiva, ma luna pono o ka World Peace Pagoda. Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i ka Luakini ʻo Mahadev, he 108 kapuaʻi ka huina ma laila. He nui nā malihini a me nā kamaʻāina e kipa mai ana i ʻaneʻi e loaʻa nā hoʻomaikaʻi mai Lord Shiva. E hoʻi mākou i ka hōkele i ke awakea e hoʻomaha ai. ʻO kēia ko mākou pō hope loa ma Pokhara ma kēia Huakaʻi Pilgrimage Nepal.

E hoʻomaka mākou i ko mākou lā nani me ka huakaʻi wanaʻao i ka wahi nānā ʻo Sarangkot ma kēia huakaʻi luakini 8 lā ma Nepal. Ke kipa aku ka poʻe iā Pokhara, ʻo kahi hoʻokahi a lākou e poina ʻole ai ʻo Sarangkot, kahi i kaulana no kona puka ʻana o ka lā kupaianaha. E kiʻi kā mākou kaʻa iā mākou mai ka lobby o ka hōkele a holo i ko mākou wahi.

Ma kahi o kanakolu a kanahā mau minuke e hiki ai i Sarangkot, kahi e uhi ana i kahi mamao he 11 a 12 kilomita. E nānā mākou i ka puka ʻana o ka lā nani ma luna o ka Himalayas, me nā kukuna mua o ka lā e ʻālohilohi ana mai nā piko. ʻO Machhapuchhre, Dhaulagiri, a me Annapurna. A laila, ma hope o ka ʻoluʻolu ʻana i ka nani o ka puka ʻana o ka lā ma ka wahi e nānā ai, e hoʻi mākou i ko mākou hōkele.

Inā makemake ʻoe e hauʻoli hou i ka loko ʻo Phewa ma mua o kou hoʻi ʻana i Kathmandu, hiki iā kākou ke holo i kahi waʻa ma kahi mālie a me ka nani. A laila, ma kahi o 11 am, e kau kākou i luna o ka jeep a hoʻi i Kathmandu no 7 a 8 mau hola. Ke hōʻea kākou i Kathmandu, e nānā kākou i loko o ka hōkele no kou noho ʻana i ka pō ma ka Nepal Pilgrimage Tour.

E mākaʻikaʻi ana mākou a puni ke awāwa ʻo Kathmandu i ka lā ʻehiku o ka huakaʻi luakini 8 lā ma Nepal. E hoʻomaka mākou i ko mākou lā ma ka Nepal Pilgrimage Tour mai Kathmandu Durbar Square, he UNESCO World Heritage Site no ka mea kokoke kēia wahi i ka hōkele kahi āu e noho ai i ka pō.

Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i nā hale aliʻi kahiko, nā luakini, a me nā pā hale i kahiko loa a nona nā kiʻi lāʻau a me nā kuhikuhipuʻuone he ʻano hiki ʻole iā ʻoe ke loaʻa ma kahi ʻē aʻe o ka honua. Ma hope iho, e hele mākou i Swayambhunath Stupa, i ʻike ʻia hoʻi ʻo "Monkey Temple," a e leʻaleʻa i ka nānā ʻana i nā mōne e pāʻani ana a hauʻoli i ka nānā panoramic o ke awāwa ʻo Kathmandu.

A laila, e neʻe mākou i ka Luakini ʻo Budhanilkantha, kahi e ʻike ai ʻoe i ke kiʻi o ka Haku Vishnu e moe ana ma luna o kahi moe nahesa ma ke kumu o ka puʻu ʻo Shivapuri. Ma hope o kēlā, e hele mākou i ka Luakini ʻo Pashupatinath, kahi momi ʻē aʻe ma ka papa inoa o nā UNESCO World Heritage Sites. ʻO ia kekahi o nā luakini kapu loa i hoʻolaʻa ʻia no Lord Shiva. Aia ka luakini ma ke kapa o ka muliwai ʻo Bagmati Khola.

ʻO kā mākou wahi e hiki mai ana ʻo Patan Durbar Square, kekahi o nā wahi kū o kā mākou Muktinath Tour. E ʻike mākou i ka Krishna Mandir i hana ʻia no Lord Krishna. Ma waho aʻe o kēia, e hele pū mākou i ka Kumari Ghar kaulana o ka honua, kahi noho o ke Akua wahine ola wale nō o Nepal, ʻo Kumari. Ma hope o kēlā, e hele mākou i Boudhanath Stupa, kahi e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke ʻae i ka mālie a me ka maluhia o ke kaiapuni e hōʻoluʻolu i kou ʻuhane.

ʻO ka mea hope loa, ma hope o ka ʻimi ʻana i kekahi mau wahi koʻikoʻi o ke awāwa ʻo Kathmandu, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻolilo i kou manawa ahiahi e kūʻai ana ma nā mākeke kaulana o Kathmandu, e like me New Road, Asan Bazaar, a me Thamel. Hiki iā ʻoe ke kūʻai i nā mea āu e makemake ai ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻomanaʻo ma ke kumukūʻai kūpono. Ma hope o ke kūʻai ʻana, e hoʻi ʻoe i kou wahi e noho ai a hoʻomaha pono.

ʻO kēia ka lā hope loa e noho pū ai ʻoe me mākou ma Nepal. Ke kali nei kou lā haʻalele iā ʻoe i kēia lā ma kēia Huakaʻi Pilgrimage Nepal. Ma hope o ka hauʻoli ʻana i kāu ʻaina kakahiaka ʻono, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻopaʻa i kāu mau ukana a pau a nānā hou i kou lumi e hōʻoia ua hoʻopaʻa ʻoe i kāu mau waiwai a pau.

Ma hope iho, e kali ana kā mākou limahana keʻena iā ʻoe ma ka lobby o ka hōkele a hoʻokuʻu iā ʻoe i ke kahua mokulele. E kōkua ʻo ia iā ʻoe me ke kaʻina hana hoʻopaʻa inoa ma ke kahua mokulele i ʻole ʻoe e kū i kekahi pilikia. ʻO ka mea hope loa, e aloha aku ʻo ia iā ʻoe no kāu huakaʻi lele palekana. Lana ko mākou manaʻo ua hiki iā mākou ke hoʻokō i kāu mau koi āpau, a e ʻike hou mākou iā ʻoe i ka manawa aʻe ma Nepal.