Holo ʻo Dolpo

E hui mākou iā ʻoe ma Kathmandu Tribhuvan International Airport. E hoʻoneʻe mākou iā ʻoe i kou hōkele no ka huakaʻi Dolpo. Loaʻa iā ʻoe ka manawa e noho ai a hoʻomaʻamaʻa hou ma hope o kāu lele lōʻihi. E kono mākou iā ʻoe e kipa i kā mākou keʻena no ka ʻōlelo pōkole e pili ana i kāu papahana.

E hui ʻoe me kāu alakaʻi hele wāwae e kūkākūkā i nā mea pono no ka huakaʻi. E hana mākou i nā ʻae hele wāwae. I kēia kipa ʻana, e kōkua mākou iā ʻoe e nānā i kāu mau mea hana.

E maʻalahi mākou i ka hana ʻana i nā mea pono ʻē aʻe e like me ka National Park Permits, nā palapala ʻae kūikawā, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe.

I ka lā aʻe o kāu huakaʻi Dolpo, e haʻalele ʻoe i kahi huakaʻi mākaʻikaʻi holoʻokoʻa a puni ke awāwa ʻo Kathmandu ma hope o ka ʻaina kakahiaka. Hiki iā ʻoe ke kipa i ka luakini kapu Pashupatinath a me Swyambhunath. He poʻe kahiko lākou a ua kākau inoa ʻia ma nā kahua hoʻoilina o UNESCO.

E kipa aku ʻoe i ka Stupa Buddhist nui loa ma Boudhnath. Hōʻike ʻia ka moʻomeheu Nepalese kahiko i ke kiʻi nani a me ka hoʻolālā mōʻaukala o Kathmandu Durbar Square. I ka hoʻi ʻana i kou hōkele, loaʻa iā ʻoe ka manawa e makaʻala i ka wahi kūloko. E ʻai i ka ʻaina ahiahi, a e hele wāwae i nā alanui kaulana.

I kēia lā, e holo mākou i 1 mau hola mai Kathmandu a Nepalgunj. Loaʻa iā mākou ka ʻike maikaʻi o ka Himalayas i ka ʻākau e hoʻomaka ai i ka huakaʻi. He kūlanakauhale liʻiliʻi ʻo Nepalgunj kokoke i ka palena ʻĀina ma ka ʻāina Terai o Nepal. Hiki iā ʻoe ke nānā a puni ka Bageshwari Mandir, kahi luakini i hoʻolaʻa ʻia iā Kali.

I ke kakahiaka nui, lele mākou mai Nepalgunj a i Jumla. Hele mākou ma luna o nā kapuaʻi Himalaya, me nā manaʻo o Annapurna a me Dhaulagiri ka piko ma ka akau. Mai Jumla, hele mākou i ka Tila Khola a me Chaudabise Khola kokoke i ko lākou hui.

A laila, piʻi mālie mākou i ke awāwa momona o nā ʻāina raiki. Ke hoʻomau nei ke ala hele ʻo Dolpo ma kekahi mau kauhale. Hele ʻo ia ma waena o ka ululāʻau maple a me ka wōnati a hiki i kahi māla. Ma waho aʻe o ke kula, piʻi ke ala i kahi puʻu pōhaku ma Pattyata Lagna (2830m).

A laila e iho i loko o ka hale hoʻokipa alpine nani. Ke iho nei ke ala ma mua o nā hale papahana ma Gothichour a hiki i kahi kahawai ma lalo o ke awāwa. Hoʻomoana i ka pō.

E hele i lalo ma waena o nā ululāʻau a hiki i kahi ʻano wili ma Kuri Sangta. Hele ka huakaʻi ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻākau o Tila Khola. Ke hele nei ma nā mahina ʻai kulina a me nā ʻuala. A laila, piʻi ʻo ia ma waena o nā kīhāpai buckwheat, bale, a me nā māla nani, e hele ana Kipeka Nā pā Mani ma ke ala.

Komo ke ala i loko o ka ululāʻau ʻoka, spruces, poplars, a me nā maple. ʻO kahi mamao ma waho o Chotra (3010m) ka noho ʻana o Tibetan o Naphukana. Mālama nā kamaʻāina i nā ʻohana yaks a me nā lio - kahi kahua hoʻomoana kokoke i ke kauhale.

ʻOi aku ka piʻi o ka huakaʻi i ka piʻi ʻana ma mua o nā kula pōhaku o Rapati Chaur. Hiki ke ala i nā ululāʻau o nā lāʻau ʻoka a me nā lāʻau birch i hui pū ʻia me ka moss Spanish. Ma hope o ka hele ʻana i kahi kahawai ʻaoʻao, hele ke ala i ka Churta/Bapila/Tila Khola. A laila, hoʻomaka ia e piʻi ma waena o nā ululāʻau birch, ʻoka, a me nā rhododendron.

ʻO ka hope, hiki i ka "Honey Pass" a Mauri Lagna. Mai ke ala, e nānā i nā piko hau o Gutumba, Matatimba, a me Bhalu Himal. Piʻi a iho ke ala i nā awāwa ʻaoʻao a me nā mahina ʻai kulina a me nā ʻuala. Ma waho aʻe o ke kualono ʻo Balasa, kahi maikaʻi loa no kā mākou hoʻomoana.

ʻO ke ala ala hele ʻo Lower Dolpo e iho i kahi kahawai a piʻi i ka puʻu i loko o ka ululāʻau kumulāʻau wōnati. Hele mākou i nā kauhale i noho ʻia e ka poʻe ʻeleʻele a me nā humuhumu lole. Hele ke ala ma mua o ke kulina a me ka ʻuala a me nā māla ʻāpala a hiki i Hurikot. Piʻi mālie ia ma waena o nā kumulāʻau kākalaioa a hiki i kahi hoʻomoana.

Holo ʻo Hurikot a me kāna Bonpo Gompa. E hōʻea i kahi hōʻailona e kūkala ana i ke komo ʻana o Shey Phoksundo National Park. Noho kiʻekiʻe ke ala ma luna o ka muliwai a hiki i ka hui kahi e hui ai ka Jagdula Khola a me Garpung Khola e hana i ka Bheri.

Haiki ke awawa. Lilo ka muliwai i mau wailele i ka piʻi ʻana o ke ala hele Dolpo i kahi moraine ma 3900m. Hana i kahi hoʻomoana kiʻekiʻe ma nā pōhaku ma Kagmara Phedi. Noho hoʻomoana i ka pō.

ka panoralani manaʻo o na peaks he sensational ma ke ala. ʻO nā pua ʻāhiu kahi ʻano alpine paʻakikī. Loaʻa iā ia nā poppies uliuli, buttercups, mint, gentians, a me nā puffballs.

E piʻi ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka Kagmara Glacier a hiki i ka Kagmara La. A laila e iho ma kahi o 900m ma kahi kahawai a hiki i kahi kahua hoʻomoana ma nā wahi ʻai ma ke awāwa ʻo Pungmo. He kauhale e like me ka pākaua me ka monastery Bonpo lewa a me nā māla ʻāpala. Hoʻomoana i ka pō.

Ke komo nei ke ala hele ʻo Dolpo i nā ululāʻau birch a me juniper. Loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi ʻike maikaʻi loa o Kanjirowa Peak ma ke ala. Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i kahi noho ʻoluʻolu o nā kauhale Tibet me nā kahu hānai Yak. E hoʻomaha i kou pō ma Pungmo Gaon.

ʻO ka huakaʻi Dolpo i Phoksundo Lake ma luna o ka Suligaad he pōkole, akā he nui nā ʻano like ʻole. Aia nā ʻāpana ululāʻau nani, Phoksundo Lake, a me kahi ʻeke liʻiliʻi o ka moʻomeheu Bonpo kū hoʻokahi. Aia ka loko i loko o Shey Phoksundo National Park, i hoʻokumu ʻia i ka makahiki 1981.

ʻO ka loko a me ke ala he hau hau mai ka waena o Nowemapa a i waena o Mei. Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i nā hiʻohiʻona nani o nā piko hau o Kanjirolba Kagmara a me Batrasi Himal. E kipa i nā kauhale kokoke a me Ringbo Gompa.

ʻO kēia lā ka lā hoʻomaha a me ka lā acclimatization ma kā mākou huakaʻi Dolpo. Mahalo i ka nani o kēia wahi. E nānā nani i nā piko hau i kapa ʻia ʻo Kanjiroba Kagmara a me Batrasi Himal.

Mai kēia manawa, e hele mākou i lalo a hiki i Shyanta. E hahai mākou i ke ala huakaʻi Dolpo o Chepka a neʻe aku ma nā ʻāina pōhaku. E ʻimi i nā mea kanu lāʻau ma kēia wahi. E hōʻea mākou i ke kauhale nani o Shyanta.

I kēia lā, hele mākou ma ke ala i laina ʻia me nā lāʻau birch i Jhupal ma o Sulighat. Mai luna o kahi kualapa, loaʻa iā mākou nā hiʻohiʻona mauna maikaʻi ma luna o mākou a me Jhupal Village ma lalo.

I ka hele ʻana i kēia ala, paipai mākou e makaʻala loa. Ma hope o ka hōʻea ʻana i Jhupal, hiki iā mākou ke hoʻomaha a hoʻolimalima paha i ke ahiahi e mākaʻikaʻi i ke kaona mākeke. E moe i Jhupal i kēia pō.

Hele mākou i Nepalgunj ma ka lele mua loa mai Jhupal. Ma hope o ka hōʻea ʻana i Nepalgunj, hoʻi mākou i ka lele hou i Kathmandu. Ke hiki mākou i Kathmandu, e lawe kekahi iā mākou i ko mākou hale noho. ʻAʻohe mea e hana ai. E hoʻonohonoho i nā kiʻi a hoʻololi i nā leka uila me nā hoa huakaʻi.

E loaʻa iā mākou kahi pāʻina aloha e mālama ʻia e Above the Himalayas e hoʻomanaʻo ai i ka kūleʻa o kā mākou huakaʻi huakaʻi Dolpo. E hoʻomaha i ka pō ma Kathmandu.

Hoʻopau maikaʻi kāu huakaʻi hele Dolpo he 16 lā i kēia lā. No laila, e hoʻi ana ʻoe i ka home ma hope o kahi huakaʻi lōʻihi, luhi, a maikaʻi hoʻi. I kēia lā, e like me kāu lele ʻana, e hoʻokele mākou iā ʻoe i ke kahua mokulele honua ʻo Tribhuwan.