Holoi Mustang luna

Hoʻomaka kāu huakaʻi hele wāwae he 14 lā no Upper Mustang me kou hōʻea ʻana ma TIA (Tribhuvan International Airport). I kou hōʻea ʻana, e loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi ʻelele e kali ana ma ka hōʻea ʻana o ke kahua mokulele. Mai laila mai e kiʻi ʻia ʻoe a hoʻokuʻu ʻia i ka hōkele.

Ma hope o kou loaʻa ʻana o kāu hōʻoia hōkele hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa i kou manawa hoʻomaha. E loaʻa pū iā ʻoe kahi hōʻike pōkole e pili ana i ka huakaʻi holoʻokoʻa. Ma hope o kēlā, hiki iā ʻoe ke holoholo a puni nā alanui kūloko e ʻimi ana i nā meaʻai a me nā meaʻai kūloko.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke noho no ka pō ma kahi hōkele ma Kathmandu.

I kekahi lā aʻe, ma hope o ka loaʻa ʻana o kāu ʻaina kakahiaka, e hoʻomākaukau ʻoe no ka holo kaʻa a i ʻole ka lele ʻana i Pokhara. Na ʻoe e koho i ke kaʻa a i ʻole ka lele no kāu hoʻoili ʻana mai Kathmandu a i Pokhara. ʻO ka ʻokoʻa ma waena o ka lele a me ke kaʻa ʻana, ʻo ia ka lōʻihi no ka mea, he 30 mau minuke ka holo ʻana e hiki ai i Pokhara a he 6 mau hola ka holo ʻana ma ke alanui ma waena o nā puʻu waena. Ma waho aʻe o kēlā, ua like nā hiʻohiʻona ʻelua a he leʻaleʻa hoʻi.

E lawe ka huakaʻi iā ʻoe ma waena o nā ʻāina puʻu ma ke alanui ma ka muliwai a ma waena o nā kūlanakauhale a me nā wahi noho like ʻole. E loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi huakaʻi nani nui me kahi hiʻohiʻona o nā kauhale me nā ʻāina mahiʻai kuʻuna.

I kou hōʻea ʻana i Pokhara, e loaʻa iā ʻoe kāu kau inoa hōkele. Ma hope o kēlā, hiki iā ʻoe ke noho a puni nā alanui ʻo Pokhara a i ʻole a puni nā paka ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka loko e hauʻoli ai i ka loko ʻo Phewa me ka hiʻohiʻona hanohano o Macchapuchre ma luna. Hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻāʻo i kekahi mau meaʻai a puni nā hale ʻaina ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka loko.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke noho no ka pō ma kahi hōkele ma Pokhara.

Me ke kakahiaka nani ma Pokhara, e loaʻa iā ʻoe kāu ʻaina kakahiaka a e loaʻa iā mākou kahi mokulele a hiki i Jomsom. E lawe ana iā mākou i ka lōʻihi o ka lele ʻana ma kahi o 20 mau minuke. He mokulele nani ia no ka mea e loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi hiʻohiʻona kupaianaha o nā piko mauna mai kāu mokulele. I kou hōʻea ʻana, e kahaha ʻoe i ka nani kupaianaha o Jomsom. Ma laila e hoʻolauna ʻia ai ʻoe i kāu alakaʻi a me nā mea hana ipu hao.

E hoʻomaka mākou i kā mākou huakaʻi mai Jomsom e hele ana ma waena o ka muliwai ʻo Kali Gandaki. Ma hope o ke hele ʻana ma ke awāwa, pono mākou e piʻi i kahi puʻu piʻi iki. E alakaʻi ia iā mākou i Kagbeni.

ʻO Kagbeni ke ala komo i ka Mustang kiʻekiʻe. Mai laila mai ʻoe e komo ai i ke aupuni kapu o Mustang. Ma Kagbeni e ʻike ʻoe i ke kauhale kahiko me nā hale i kūkulu ʻia me ke ʻano kuʻuna kahiko. He wahi ʻuhane nō hoʻi ia no nā Hindu a me nā Buddhist. He nani hou nō hoʻi ka wahi.
Loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi lumi moe no ka pō ma kahi hale inu kī.

I ke kakahiaka ma Kagbeni, e ʻai mākou i kā mākou ʻaina kakahiaka a neʻe i kahi e hele ai i Tshele. No laila, e hoʻomau mākou i kā mākou huakaʻi e piʻi ana ma o Kali Gandaki Gorge. ʻO ia ke awāwa kiʻekiʻe loa o ka honua. No laila, e lilo ia i mea hōʻike no ʻoe i kēia huakaʻi. Eia kekahi, hoʻomaka ʻoe e ʻike i ʻekolu mau pali ʻulaʻula e lawe iā ʻoe i Kalo Vir (āwāwa).

Mai Kalo Vir mai, e hoʻomaka ʻoe e ʻike i nā ana kiʻekiʻe ma nā pali, nā chortens o nā kala like ʻole, a me nā tunnels. E hōʻea pū nā kauhale e like me Tengbe, Gumbakang, a me Chhusang. ʻO kēia nā kauhale Gurung me nā hale hoʻololi a me nā ala haiki. Ma hope o kēia mau kauhale, e hele mākou ma ke kahawai ʻo Kali Gandaki ma o ke alahaka kila a hōʻea i ka ʻāina mahiʻai o ke kauhale ʻo Tirigaon.

Mai ke kauhale ʻo Tirigaon, e hoʻomaka mākou e ʻike i ke awāwa ʻo Red Cliffs Canyon mai laila aku ka huakaʻi hele wāwae no hoʻokahi hola a hiki i ka Tshele.
E loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi wahi e noho ai no ka pō ma kahi hale hoʻokipa.

Ma hope o ka ʻaina kakahiaka kakahiaka, e hoʻomau mākou i kā mākou huakaʻi mai Tshele a hiki i laila ma Syangbochen. E piʻi iki ana mākou i ke kiʻekiʻe i kēia lā. E hoʻomaka mākou e piʻi i nā piʻi ma o ke kauhale ʻo Gyakar. E alakaʻi ke kauhale iā mākou e iho i Samar e hele ana ma waena o ke awāwa nui.

E hōʻea mai ana ka ululāʻau juniper māmā ma ke kahawai a ma hope iho e lawe iā mākou i ke ala ʻo Yamda la ma kahi kiʻekiʻe he 3860m. Mai laila mai e ʻike ʻia ai ka hiʻohiʻona nui o ke awāwa ʻo Mustang me ka hiʻohiʻona nui o ka mauna ʻo Dhaulagiri. Mai Yamda La mai, pono mākou e iho iki i lalo e lawe iā mākou i Syangbochen.

E loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi wahi e noho ai i ka pō ma kahi hale kī.

Ma ke kakahiaka mālie a hou ma Syangbochen, e hoʻomau mākou i kā mākou huakaʻi e hōʻea i Ghami. E lawe kēia huakaʻi iā mākou ma waena o nā hale mōneka kahiko a me nā hale pule. Hele pū ka huakaʻi ma waena o nā kahawai. E alakaʻi nā ala iā mākou ma mua o nā kauhale ʻo Tamagoian, Chhunggar, Ghiling, a me Jhaite. Ma hope o nā kauhale, e ʻike ʻoe i nā ʻāina nui me ka lani polū. Ma mua o ka hōʻea ʻana i Ghami, e piha ka wahi ma waena o lākou me nā kauhale Tibet a me ke ʻano honua wao nahele me nā muliwai wai maikaʻi e kahe ana i lalo o nā awāwa.

Me nā hiʻohiʻona kupaianaha o nā piko mauna a me nā kauhale Tibet nani, e hele mākou ma o Nyi Ka kahi e hāʻawi ana i nā hiʻohiʻona nani e pili ana iā Annapurna lāua ʻo Dhaulagiri. E ʻike ʻia ka mahina ʻai palaoa ma waena me nā lanai liʻiliʻi ma kekahi wahi.

I kou hōʻea ʻana i Ghami, e ʻike ʻoe i nā ana o ka lani a me nā kauhale e hoʻolauna iā ʻoe i ke ʻano nohona Buddhist Tibet.
E loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi e noho ai i ka pō ma kahi hale kī ma Ghami.

Me ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ke kakahiaka me ka ʻaina kakahiaka ʻono, e hoʻomaka mākou i kāu huakaʻi e hiki ai i laila ma Ghami. E hele mākou ma ke alahaka kila e hele ma Ghami Khola nāna e alakaʻi iā mākou i nā ala i piha i nā paia Mani. Pono nō hoʻi mākou e hele ma ke ala piʻi e hiki ai i Choya La. He mea paʻakikī iki kēia ʻāpana no ka poʻe hele wāwae.

E hāʻawi nā ʻāina iā ʻoe i kahi hele wāwae hoʻohiwahiwa ma waena o nā ʻāina kaʻawale. ʻO ka hōʻea ʻana o ke Kauhale ʻo Tsarang me ka puka hoʻokipa e hōʻike i nā pā kaua medieval a me nā gompas. E ʻike pū ʻoe i ka moʻomeheu Gelup Sect o ka poʻe Buddhist i ka hana ma ka hale mōneka ʻo Tsarang.
E loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi wahi e noho ai no ka pō ma Ghami.

I kēia lā, e hele kākou i Lo Manthang, ke kapikala o nMustang. ʻO ia nō hoʻi ka mea hoihoi nui no kēia huakaʻi ma ka ʻaoʻao o nā alahele like ʻole a nani hoʻi.
Ma hope o ka ʻaina kakahiaka, e hele mākou i ke kauhale ʻo Marang a i ke kualono ma ka chorten i piha i nā pōhaku Mani.

E hāʻawi kēia hiʻohiʻona luna iā ʻoe i ka hiʻohiʻona o Tibetan Pleatue a me nā hiʻohiʻona kūlohelohe e like me Nilgiri, silica, a me nā mauna e hiki mai ana. E hele pū mākou ma ke ala ʻo Lo KLa Pass nona ke kiʻekiʻe o 3960m. E hāʻawi kēia ala iā ʻoe i ka hiʻohiʻona holoʻokoʻa o Lo Manthang. ʻO kahi iho pōkole e alakaʻi iā mākou i Lo Manthang.
E loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi e noho ai no ka pō ma Lo Manthang.

I kēia lā, e hoʻolaʻa ʻia ka lā no ka Lā ʻImi ma Lo Manthang, he wahi like ʻole ʻo Lo Manthang ma muli o kona mōʻaukala, moʻomeheu, a me nā kuʻuna ola mai ka wā kahiko. Ma hope o ka ʻaina kakahiaka, e hoʻomaka mākou i kā mākou ʻimi. E kipa aku mākou i nā hale mōneka kokoke e like me Namgyal Ghompa, Champalakhang, Chyodi Gompa, a me Thubchen Gompa.

He hiʻohiʻona hoʻāʻo ke kauhale ponoʻī o kēia lā. Ua piha ia i nā ʻano noho kuʻuna a me nā hale kaila Tibet. Hiki iā ʻoe ke launa pū me nā kānaka ma laila e aʻo e pili ana i kā lākou moʻomeheu a me nā kuʻuna. Hauʻoli lākou e kaʻana like e pili ana iā lākou.

Hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻāʻo i kekahi o nā meaʻai kūloko a me nā meaʻai a puni. E kahaha ʻoe i ke ʻano moʻolelo a me ka olaola a puni ka Lo Manthang a me nā pilina ʻuhane.
E loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi e noho ai no ka pō ma Lo Manthang.

Ma hope o ka noho ʻana ma Lo Manthang, e hoʻi mākou i Jomsom ma o ke ala ʻo Marang La. Hele kēia huakaʻi lā ma waena o kekahi mau hale mahiʻai me nā ʻāina mahiʻai nani. Aia kekahi mau lāʻau pola e ʻike ʻia a puni kēia ala.

E hele mākou ma ke ala ʻo Marang La ʻo ia ke kiʻekiʻe loa ma ka Mustang kiʻekiʻe ma kahi kiʻekiʻe o 4230m. Hāʻawi ia iā ʻoe i nā hiʻohiʻona o nā ʻāina nui o nā ʻāina ʻulaʻula a me nā ʻāina maloʻo ma laila. Ma hope o kekahi mau huakaʻi hele hou aʻe, e hōʻea mākou i ke kauhale ʻo Dhamkar.
E loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi wahi e noho ai no ka pō ma ke kauhale ʻo Dhamkar.

E hoʻomaka mākou i kā mākou huakaʻi e hiki ai i laila ma Syangbochen ma o ke kauhale ʻo Ghami. Ma hope o ka ʻaina kakahiaka, e hoʻomau mākou i kā mākou huakaʻi, kahi e hele ai ma waena o ke kauhale hoʻomaha ma hope o ke hele ʻana ma ke Kauhale ʻo Ghami. Ma hope o ke kipa ʻana i ka Hale Mōneka ʻo Geling ma ke ala e iho mākou e hiki ai i laila ma ke awāwa ʻo Kali Gandaki.

Mai laila mai e hōʻea ai ke ala a mākou i hele mua ai i ka hana ʻana i ka huakaʻi kaapuni holoʻokoʻa. Mai laila mai, me kahi piʻi iki, e hōʻea mākou i Syangbochen.
E loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi wahi e noho ai no ka pō ma Syangbochen.

Ma hope o ka ʻaina kakahiaka ma Syangbiochen, e hele mākou i Tsarang. E hahai mākou i ke ala like mai kahi a mākou i hele ai ma mua. E hala mākou i ka Yamda La Pass e hauʻoli ana i nā hiʻohiʻona a me nā hiʻohiʻona e hāʻawi ʻia ana. Ma hope o ka hauʻoli ʻana i ka hiʻohiʻona nui o ke kauhale ʻo Mustang me ka piko ʻo Dhaulagiri ma luna, e hoʻomau mākou i kā mākou huakaʻi.

ʻO ka iho hou ʻana mai Yamda La Pass e lawe iā mākou i nā kauhale ʻo Bhena lāua ʻo Samar. Ma hope o ka hala ʻana ma waena o Gyakar lāua ʻo Chele e hōʻea mākou i Tsarang.
E loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi e noho ai no ka pō ma laila ma Tsarang.

I kēia lā, e hoʻi kākou i Jomsom i ka lā 13 o kāu huakaʻi no Upper Mustang Trek. Ma hope o ka ʻaina kakahiaka, e iho kākou mai Tsarang e hele ana ma waena o ka muliwai ʻo Kali Gandaki.

E hele ana ke ala ma waena o Tengbe a me ke kauhale ʻo Kagbeni. E alakaʻi iki ʻia mākou e ka iho ʻana i lalo i ka Jomsom.
E loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi e noho ai ma laila ma Jomsom.

I kēia lā, e lele mākou i Pokhara ma ka hopena o kēia huakaʻi hele wāwae o luna o Mustang. Ma hope o ka ʻaina kakahiaka ma Jomsom, e loaʻa iā mākou kahi mokulele a hoʻi i Pokhara nona ka lōʻihi o ka lele ʻana he 20 mau minuke. I kou hōʻea ʻana, hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa kahi lā holoʻokoʻa e ʻimi ana i ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Pokhara a me nā huakaʻi i loaʻa ma laila.