E hoʻolālā i kāu mea aʻe
Huakai i ka Himalayas!
Hoʻolālā mākou i nā huakaʻi hoʻomaha maʻamau a maʻalahi hoʻi e like me kou lōʻihi hoʻomaha, nā makemake keu, a me nā koi.
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Ke ʻimi nei ʻoe i kahi e hoʻokaʻawale iā ʻoe mai ka haunaele o nā kūlanakauhale? Inā ʻae, hoʻokipa iā Nepal, ka mea e kono nei i nā huakaʻi mai nā wahi a puni o ka honua me kona mau wahi nani maoli. ʻIke ʻia a puni ka honua ʻo ka wahi hānau o Buddha a me Mecca no ka poʻe piʻi a me nā mea hele wāwae, ʻo Nepal paha kahi ʻāina i loaʻa ka nui o nā wahi nani maoli. ʻAʻohe mea kupanaha ua haʻi ʻia ʻo Kathmandu, ke kapikala ʻO UNESCO e lilo i hale hōʻikeʻike kūlanakauhale ākea. Mai ka Himalaya nui a hiki i nā awāwa ʻōmaʻomaʻo a me nā loko mālie, ua like ʻo Nepal me kona mau wahi nani maoli.
He waiwai nui ʻo Nepal no kāna moʻomeheu kupaianaha, aloha aloha a paʻakikī hoʻi, a, ʻoiaʻiʻo, he ʻano kupaianaha. Ma ʻaneʻi, ka palena o ka tropics me nā ululāʻau rhododendron, a me ka wao nahele polar a me nā kula alpine palena me nā pali pali. ʻO nā kedera kahiko, ka spruce, a me ka juniper i nā kenekulia i uhi ʻia i kēia mau pali ma nā wahi a pau. ʻO nā hale kāleʻa nani i uhi ʻia me ka pālolo ma waena o nā ʻāina laiki, nā kaʻa kaʻa pau ʻole o nā yaks i hoʻouka ʻia ma nā ala mauna, a me nā alahaka hoʻomaha ma luna o nā kahawai e kahe ana i ka hohonu hiki ke ʻaihue i ka puʻuwai o kēlā me kēia huakaʻi.
ʻO ka ʻike me ka hoʻolālā a me ka moʻomeheu ʻAsia, ka hele ʻana i ka mauna, ka piʻi ʻana, ka rafting, ka paragliding ma Pokhara, ka safari ma Chitwan National Park, ka huakaʻi hele i ka wahi hānau o Buddha, a me ka agritourism. Ma hea ʻē aʻe e hui pū ai ke aloha a me ka hoʻomana, ke ola o kēlā me kēia lā, a me ka mysticism hanohano? Ma Nepal wale nō- i ʻike ʻia no kona mau wahi nani maoli i hoʻopā ʻole ʻia a hoʻopilikia ʻole ʻia e ka moʻomeheu hou.
Ma kēia ʻatikala, ua helu mākou i 20 mau wahi nani maoli ma Nepal āu e kipa ai i hoʻokahi manawa i ke ola. ʻO kēia mau wahi nani maoli ma Nepal e hōʻike iā ʻoe i ke kumu i kapa ʻia ai kēia ʻāina he paradaiso no nā mea aloha kūlohelohe. No laila e hoʻomaka kākou.
ʻO Everest Base Camp Trek Ua helu ʻia ʻo ia kekahi o nā wahi nani maoli ma Nepal. No ka mea, hāʻawi ʻo Everest Base Camp (EBC) i nā mea aloha kūlohelohe a me ka poʻe ʻimi hauʻoli i kahi manawa kūʻokoʻa e pili pū me ke ʻano. E ʻae ʻo EBC iā ʻoe e ʻimi i kekahi o nā ʻāina kupaianaha loa o ka honua. E ʻae ʻo EBC iā ʻoe e hoʻopuni ʻia e ka hale kiʻekiʻe o ka honua ʻo Mount Everest. E kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻokokoke i kekahi o nā hana maikaʻi loa o Mother Nature.

ʻAʻohe mea kānalua ua kaulana ʻo EBC no ka mauna ʻo Everest, akā ua ʻike ʻia no ka poʻe Sherpa a me kā lākou hoʻokipa. He kaulana no nā hale mōneka Buddhist kiʻekiʻe, nā kauhale nani, a me nā ʻano moʻomeheu a me nā kuʻuna.
Ma ka huakaʻi hele i Everest Base Camp (EBC), e hahai ʻoe i nā wāwae o ʻO Tennis Norgay a ʻO Sir Edmund Hillary. Hoʻomaka ka huakaʻi i EBC mai Lukla, a na ka huakaʻi e lawe iā ʻoe ma nā awāwa nani i piha i nā mea kanu a me nā holoholona, ka ʻāina o nā Sherpas kaao, i ka Sagarmatha National Park. E hahai ʻoe i ke ala maʻamau Namche Bazar, Khumjung, Pangboche, a Lobuche i Everest Base Camp. Hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻomau i Kala Patthar, ka mea e hāʻawi i ka ʻike panoramic maikaʻi loa o Everest a me ka glacier Khumbu.
Kaʻahele pili: 7 Lā EBC Trek
Inā ʻo Mount Everest ka Mōʻī o ka Honua, a laila ʻo Mount Annapurna ka mōʻī wahine e noho ʻakaʻaka me kona nani weliweli ma Annapurna Base Camp. ʻO ka ABC ka lua o ka huakaʻi huakaʻi kaulana loa ma hope o ka huakaʻi EBC. Aia ia ma ka ʻūhā o ka Annapurna Range a aia i loko o ka Annapurna Conservation area. ʻO ke kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe e loaʻa iā ʻoe ma ka huakaʻi ABC he 4130 m. Mai kēia kiʻekiʻe, hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa i kekahi o nā hiʻohiʻona kupaianaha o Annapurna I, Annapurna South, Machapuchare (Fishtail), a me Hiunchuli.

ʻO ka huakaʻi i ABC e lawe iā ʻoe i nā ʻāina kupaianaha, e hele ana i nā māla paddy melemele, nā rhododendron lush a me nā ululāʻau juniper, a me kekahi mau wailele nani a me nā muliwai. ʻO ka hoʻokipa mehana, ka moʻomeheu, a me ka moʻomeheu o Gurungs a me Magars ʻōiwi e hoʻopio i kou puʻuwai. ʻO ka mea hou aku, hoʻomaka kāu huakaʻi i ABC mai Pokhara- ke kūlanakauhale i ʻike ʻia e ka honua ʻo Tourist Paradise. A laila e hele ʻoe i nā kauhale nani e like me Ghorepani a me Tadapani. Ke hōʻea ʻoe i ABC, ʻaʻole wale nā hiʻohiʻona nani o ka Himalayas e hoʻohiwahiwa iā ʻoe, akā ʻo ka lewa mālie e hoʻonui i kou ʻike.
Holoi Mustang luna ua helu ʻia ʻo ke kolu o ka nani maoli ma Nepal, no ka mea, ʻaʻole i hoʻopā ʻia ke kauhale e ka moʻomeheu hou. A hiki i ka makahiki 1992, ua pani ʻia i ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi, a i kēia lā, hiki iā ʻoe ke hele i laila ma ke ʻano he hui i hoʻonohonoho ʻia. A hiki i kēlā manawa, ua nalowale kēia awāwa liʻiliʻi ma Nepal. Aia kēia awāwa mauna kaʻawale ma kahi kiʻekiʻe o 3000 m a ua hoʻopuni ʻia e nā kuahiwi kiʻekiʻe. Mālama lākou i ka Mustang mai ke komo ʻana o nā ao hekili, no laila ua maloʻo loa ka ʻāina, a he kakaikahi ka ua.

No laila, ʻo ka wao nahele mauna kiʻekiʻe, akā i ke kauwela, ʻike mākou i nā waihoʻoluʻu he nui - pua nā awāwa a lilo i ʻōmaʻomaʻo ʻelua mahina wale nō o ka makahiki. A aia kekahi mea e ʻike ai ma ʻaneʻi: ʻo ka ʻāina Himalayan, kahi mea e ʻike ʻole ʻia. Pēlā nō, ma ʻaneʻi i kālai ʻia ai nā kaukani a me nā tausani i loko o nā pōhaku palupalu, a i kēia manawa, e like me ka wā kahiko, hiki ke loaʻa nā ascetics Buddhist i loko o nā ana. ʻO ia ke kumu hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i nā pā Mani lōʻihi loa, nā kūlanakauhale ana, a me nā monasteries Buddhist kahiko loa.
He mea pohihihi maoli nō ʻo Langtang o ka ʻāina, e hoʻopaʻa ana i kona wahi ma kā mākou papa inoa o nā wahi nani maoli ma Nepal. He ʻāina mauna ʻo Langtang ma Nepal aia ma ka ʻākau o Kathmandu iloko o Pāka Aupuni ʻo Langtang. ʻO kona kūlana kiʻekiʻe ka piko o Langtang Lirung (7234 m). Ulu nā ululāʻau subtropical ma nā awāwa mauna, kahi e noho ai nā pandas, bea, a me nā monkey. Ma kahi kiʻekiʻe, hāʻawi nā ululāʻau i nā kula alpine. Hoʻonani ʻia lākou me nā mea kanu āpau o nā rhododendrons.

Pāka Aupuni ʻo Langtang haʻahaʻa i ke kiʻekiʻe akā ʻoi aku ma mua o nā mea kaulana Sagarmatha National Park i ka nani o ka ʻāina a me ka waiwai o nā mea kanu a me nā holoholona. Ua uhi ʻia ka wahi i mālama ʻia i kahi ʻāpana o 1710 square kilomika ma ke kikowaena waena o ka ʻāina Himalayan. Wehe ka paka aupuni i ka puka makani i ka ʻāina pohihihi o nā monasteries kahiko, nā luakini, nā hoʻomana poina, a me nā hoʻomana kahiko. Ka loko kapu ʻO Gosainkunda, kahi mana mana, mālama i kāna mea huna ma kahi kiʻekiʻe o 4380 m. Ma ke ʻano he kikowaena pilgrimage, ua lilo ka loko i ʻano wahi kikowaena no nā ala mākaʻikaʻi a me nā ala pilgrim ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa.
ʻO Rara ʻO ia ka paka ʻāina liʻiliʻi loa ma Nepal, me kahi ʻāpana o 106 sq km, akā haʻaheo ʻo ia ka loko nui a hohonu loa o Nepal. Noho nā holoholona laha ʻole e like me ka musk deer, panda ʻulaʻula, a me nā bea Himalayan ma nā kapa a me nā pali o nā mauna a puni. No ka mea he 3000 mika ke kiʻekiʻe o ka loko, loaʻa nā ʻoka rhododendron i nā ululāʻau; ulu aʻe ka paina uliuli a me ka juniper.

Eia kekahi, ʻālohilohi ka wai o Lake Rara, ua hoʻopuni ʻia e nā puʻu a me nā mauna, a ma muli o kona mamao, ʻaʻole i hoʻopili ʻia e ka mākaʻikaʻi. No laila, he wahi mālie a me ka maluhia e hoʻomālamalama i ka ikehu, a he kūpono ia no ka hoʻomaha a me ka noʻonoʻo ponoʻī. He wahi ia e kū mau ai ka manawa me ʻoe.
Inā hele ʻoe i kēia huakaʻi i Rara, e ʻike ʻoe i kahi moʻomeheu kūʻokoʻa a me ka panorama ʻokoʻa mai ke koena o Nepal. Hoʻomaka ka huakaʻi ma kahi mamao o Jumla. Ke alakaʻi nei ke ala ma nā kauhale o Sinja a me Ghorosingha, a pau ke ala ma ke kahawai ʻo Rara.

Wehe ʻia no ka huakaʻi ma 2012, ʻo Mardi Himal ka mea huna o ka ʻO Annapurna Region Treks, ka mea i noho ʻole ʻia e ka mākaʻikaʻi lehulehu. I kāu huakaʻi hele i Mardi Himal, e hele ʻoe ma waena o nā ululāʻau paʻa a me nā maple a me nā wahi noho. ʻO kēia huakaʻi e ʻae iā ʻoe e nānā i nā kuʻuna kahiko a me ka moʻomeheu i ka wā e hauʻoli ai i ka nani maoli o nā mauna a me nā ʻāina mauna. Na ka Mardi Himal e ʻae iā ʻoe e leʻaleʻa i ka panorama o ka ʻO Annapurna massifs, ʻO Machapuchare (Hui iʻa), Manaslu, ʻO Dhaulagiri, a Mardi Himal iā ia iho ma 5587 m.
Ma waho aʻe o nā hiʻohiʻona, nani nō hoʻi nā ʻāina, e hele ana i nā ululāʻau, nā luakini Buddhist liʻiliʻi, nā noho ʻana o nā kānaka kūloko, nā alahaka e kau ana, nā māla laiki, a me nā awāwa.
Helambu He wahi o ka nani maoli, aia ma 80 mau kilomita ma ka hikina akau o Kathmandu. He wahi i mau i ka nani maoli a ʻaʻole i hōʻeha ʻia e ka moʻomeheu ʻoiai kokoke i ke kapikala. ʻO ka huakaʻi i Helambu i manaʻo ʻia kekahi o nā huakaʻi pōkole loa, e lawe ana i 6 a 7 mau lā. Eia nō naʻe, hiki iā ʻoe ke nānā i ka ʻokoʻa o ka ʻāina. Ke hiki aku ʻoe i Helambu, aia ʻoe i waenakonu o ke ʻano nui loa, i hoʻopuni ʻia e nā ululāʻau lush o rhododendrons, daisies, a me nā pine.

ʻO kēia me nā hiʻohiʻona panoramic o nā puʻu hau i uhi ʻia e like me Langshisa Ri, Gangchempo, Ganesh Himal, Langtang Lirung, Sishapangma, Dorje Lhakpa, ʻO Gauri Shankar, a me ka puu mauna Annapurna a me Mauna Manaslu. Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i nā holoholona hihiu he nui, e like me ka musk deer, ka bea ʻeleʻele Himalayan, nā pua o Tahr (kao Himalayan), a i ʻole nā monkey langur.
I ka manawa like, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i kahi ʻano moʻomeheu nui e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke nānā i ke kuaʻāina ʻo Nepal, nona ka nui o nā kauhale Hindu ma nā wahi haʻahaʻa. Ke loaʻa iā ʻoe ke kiʻekiʻe, e hālāwai ʻoe i nā wahi Buddhist o ka poʻe Sherpa, e like me ka Hyolmo, ka mea i hāʻawi i ko lākou inoa i ke awāwa. E like me ka mea i ʻōlelo ʻia ma mua, ʻaʻole ia he wahi e loaʻa ai nā mākaʻikaʻi he nui. No laila, he mea leʻaleʻa maoli ka ʻimi ʻana i kēia mau kūlanakauhale me kā lākou mau monasteries kahiko e mau nei i ka manawa like.
ʻAʻole i kaulana ka ʻāina ʻo Manaslu e like me ka ʻāina ʻo Annapurna, akā ʻaʻole ia i haʻahaʻa i ka nani. Ma nā ʻano he nui, ʻoi aku ia ma mua o ka nani o Annapurna. ʻAʻole ʻike ʻia ka ʻāina ʻo Manaslu a hiki i ka makahiki 1992 no laila ʻaʻole i piha kēia ʻāina a noho mau. ʻO ia ke kumu, ua hoʻokomo ʻo Masalsu i ko mākou papa inoa o nā wahi nani maoli ma Nepal. ʻO nā kauhale Tibetan Medieval, nā loko turquoise, a ʻoiaʻiʻo hoʻi, ʻo Manaslu nani nā mea koʻikoʻi o kēia ʻāina.

Hiki iā ʻoe ke mahalo Annapurna II, Annapurna IV, Lamjung Himal, Ngadi Chuli, Himalchuli, a Shringi Himal. No nā loko turquoise, hiki iā ʻoe ke noho ma nā kahakai o nā loko Birendra a me Ponkar a hoʻopaʻa i nā wahi a puni.
Ua piha ka nani maoli o ka huakaʻi a puni ʻo Manaslu i ka moʻomeheu mua o nā kamaʻāina kūloko - Gurungs, ʻO Tamangs, a poe Tibet. Hoʻomaopopo lākou iā ʻoe i kā lākou moʻomeheu kahiko a me ka moʻomeheu i hoʻopau ʻole ʻia e ka wā hou. Ke hele mau nei ka poʻe ma o nā miula a me nā yaks, ʻaʻole lākou e nalowale i nā kelepona hele akā ua komo i ka hoʻokūkū pana. ʻO kēia ka Nepal pono e ʻike.
Aia ke awāwa ʻo Tsum, kahi e lele hohonu ana i Tibet, aia ma ka ʻāina ʻo Manaslu ma waena ʻO Shringi a Ganesh Himal. Holo ka muliwai ʻo Siyar Khola ma ke ʻano he awāwa hohonu a hui pū me ka ʻauwaʻa o Budhi Gandaki. Wehe ʻia no ka mākaʻikaʻi lehulehu wale nō i ka makahiki 2007, ʻaʻole i hoʻopilikia ʻia ke awāwa e nā ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi hou. Hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻokomo iā ʻoe iho i ke ola kūloko i hoʻololi ʻole ʻia i nā kenekulia i hala. Hōʻike ʻia nā hiʻohiʻona kuʻuna e like me ka manis, chorten, a me nā monasteries kahiko i waena o nā kauhale me kā lākou hoʻolālā ʻōiwi ponoʻī.

Aia ma kahi kiʻekiʻe o 2000 a 3500 m, ke ala i ke awāwa ʻo Tsum e lawe i ka mea huakaʻi ma waena o nā gorges, paʻa loa, nā wahi ulu lāʻau humid, nā awāwa hāmama, nā wahi kanu, a me ka hoʻomaka ʻana o nā mauna kiʻekiʻe. Hiki iā ʻoe ke nānā i nā ʻano ʻāina like ʻole e hoʻokaʻawale i kēlā me kēia lā. No ka Manaslu Conservation Area, 11 ʻano o ka ululāʻau, 2,000 ʻano mea kanu, 110 manu, a ʻoi aku ma mua o 30 mau mea momona i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma kēia awāwa. Aia nā heluna paʻa o nā holoholona Himalayan moʻolelo e like me ka musk deer, tar, a me bharal.
Panch Pokhari Lake he loko nani loa aia ma Sindhupalchok apana o Nepal. Hoʻokiʻekiʻe ʻia ma 4100 m ma luna o ka ʻilikai, aia ka loko ma ka ʻūhā o Langtang National Park a no laila ua mālama ʻia a mālama ʻia. No ka hui ana o na loko kapu elima. Bhairava Kund, Saraswati Kund, ʻO Ganesh Kund, Surya Kund, a Nag Kund, ua loaa ka inoa o ka loko. Kapa pinepine ka poʻe kamaʻāina iā ia ʻo ka Lake of Five Angels. Ua helu ʻia ʻo ia ka ʻeiwa-kiʻekiʻe loa ma ka honua. ʻO ka huakaʻi i kēia loko e lawe iā ʻoe ma nā alahele ma ke kahakai o ka muliwai ʻo Indravati. ʻO kēlā me kēia makahiki ma Janai Purnima i ʻAukake, ʻākoakoa nā malihini mai India a me Nepal e loaʻa ka ʻuhane ma ʻaneʻi.

Hoʻomaka ka huakaʻi i Panch Pokari mai Kathmandu i Melamchi. Mai Melamchi, he 3 mau lā e hele ai i Panch Pokhari. ʻAʻole i ʻike ʻia e ka honua, ua noho ʻo Panch Pokhari inā ʻaʻole i paʻi ke Aupuni Nepal i kona inoa ma waena o nā wahi 100 pono e kipa aku ai ma Nepal i 2022. Akā naʻe, ua noho paʻa ʻole ʻo Panch Pokhari, hiki ke loaʻa kahi noho ma kekahi mau hale hoʻokipa kūloko. ʻO ka huakaʻi lōʻihi o 3 mau lā, e uku ʻia me ka wai kapu turqouise o nā loko ʻelima a me ka lewa haipule o ka luakini ʻo Mahadev kokoke.
ʻO Gosainkunda Lake kekahi o nā loko kapu loa no nā Hindu Nepala a ʻInia. Hoʻohanohano nā kaukani malihini i ka loko i kēlā me kēia makahiki. Aia ia ma kahi ala hele wāwae ʻole ma ka ʻāina ʻo Langtang-Helambu. He huakaʻi pōʻai puni o ka paʻakikī liʻiliʻi e holo ana ma nā wahi hihiu loa. Hiki iā ʻoe ke mahalo i nā pua nani a me nā holoholona o ka mauna Himalayan.

E hele pū ana ke ala i nā kauhale Nepalese kuʻuna ma ke ala haiki loa, kahi e hana ai ka huakaʻi i kahi huakaʻi maoli. ʻO ka wahi kiʻekiʻe loa o ka huakaʻi hele ʻo Gosaikunda Lake mai Langtang e hōʻailona ʻia e ka Laurebina Pass (4,610 m). Mai ʻaneʻi, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i ka 360° panorama o Everest, Lhotse, Cho oyu, Shishapangma, Manaslu, a Annapurna.
No ka emi ʻana o ka ʻike a me ka liʻiliʻi o ka hele ʻana, ʻo ka loko a me kona ʻāina kahi home no nā holoholona hihiu, e like me ka Himalayan red panda, ka musk deer, nā ʻano monkey, a me ka leopadi hau kaulana.
Ke ʻimi nei i ke ala ʻokoʻa a emi ʻole ka lehulehu ma ka ʻāina ʻo Khumbu, a laila hele i Lake Gokyo. Ua lanakila ʻo Lake Gokyo i ka noho ʻana ma ke ʻano he waiwai huna ʻoiai aia ma ka ʻāina kaulana ʻo Khumbu. Aia ʻo Lake Gokyo ma kahi kiʻekiʻe o 4750 m a ua ʻike ʻia ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa ʻo ia ka loko wai piha kiʻekiʻe loa. ʻAʻole ia he loko hoʻokahi akā he hui o ʻeono loko wai maʻemaʻe. Ma muli o ka mālama ʻana, ʻike maopopo ʻia ka wai o Gokyo Lake, a ʻo ka turquoise e hoʻomaha ana e hōʻike ana i nā kiʻi o ka Himalayas a puni.

ʻO ka Cho Oyu, ʻo ia ke ono o ka piko kiʻekiʻe loa ma ka honua, i hoʻolei ʻia i kahi hiʻohiʻona nani o ka loko. ʻO ka mea kānalua, he paradaiso kūlohelohe ia no nā mea paʻi kiʻi, nā mea ʻimi hauʻoli, a me nā mea aloha kūlohelohe. No laila, ua hana ʻo Lake Gokyo i kona wahi ma kā mākou papa inoa o nā wahi nani maoli ma Nepal.
Ma waho aʻe o kēia, ʻaʻole i hoʻopili ʻia ke kaiāulu Sherpa e ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi lehulehu ma muli o ka moʻomeheu kahiko i nā kenekulia i hala. No laila, ʻaʻole paha ʻoe i nā pono o kēia wā, akā hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa ka manaʻo maoli maoli a me ka ʻike e kāhea mau iā ʻoe e hoʻi.
Inā ʻoe e ʻimi nei i kahi huakaʻi hoihoi i nā ʻāina nani, pono ʻoe e hele i kahi mākaʻikaʻi Puʻu ʻo Poon. Hāʻawi ʻo Poon Hill iā ʻoe i nā hiʻohiʻona nani o nā kauhale nani, o ka Annapurna a ʻO Dhaulagiri mauna. Maʻaneʻi, hiki iāʻoe ke hoʻokomo i ka moʻomeheu kuʻuna o ka poʻe Gurung a me Magar. Hiki i ka mākaʻikaʻi ʻana o Poon Hill ke hui maikaʻi loa o ke ʻano a me ka moʻomeheu a Nepal e hāʻawi ai.

ʻO ka hiʻohiʻona o Poon Hill ka hiʻohiʻona o ka puka ʻana o ka lā ma luna o nā mauna kiʻekiʻe loa o ka honua i uhi ʻia i ka hau. Aloha ʻoe i ka ululāʻau ʻōmaʻomaʻo a me ka ʻulaʻula rhododendron, ka lewa ʻoluʻolu, a me ke kani ʻana o nā manu ma ke ala i Poon Hill. Ma muli o kona nani maoli, a me ka maʻalahi o ke komo ʻana, ua kaulana ʻo Poon Hill a ua lilo ia i hoʻokahi o nā huakaʻi kaulana loa ma Nepal. ʻOiai ua hoʻopā ʻia e ka wā hou, ua paʻa mau kēia wahi i kona nani kūlohelohe, no laila mākou i paipai ai i kēia wahi ma kā mākou papa inoa.
Aia ke kauhale o Ghandruk ma Nā mahiole moku, Gandaki ʻāpana, ʻākau ʻo Nepal. He kauhale liʻiliʻi ia i ʻike ʻia no ka hoʻomaha ʻana i ka wā o ka huakaʻi ma nā kuahiwi o Annapurna. Ua ʻike ʻia nā ala e hele ai a hele i laila no ka maʻalahi a no laila hiki ke loaʻa i nā mea a pau.

Ua pōmaikaʻi ʻo Ghandruk mai kahi ʻano kūlohelohe a me nā hiʻohiʻona nani. ʻO ka piʻi ʻana i ʻO Ghandruk Ua piha i nā ululāʻau a me nā Rhododendron. E alakaʻi iā ʻoe ma waena o nā mauna nani a me nā mea kanu ʻai, alakaʻi iā ʻoe i nā wailele nani, a lawe iā ʻoe ma waena o nā kauhale liʻiliʻi o Landruk a ʻO Dhampus. Hele mai kēia mau pūnaewele me kahi panorama o nā piko hau kiʻekiʻe o Annapurna.
I kou hōʻea ʻana i Ghandruk, e hoʻokipa koke ʻia ʻoe e nā ʻakaʻaka ākea o nā kamaʻāina. E hoʻowalewale ʻia ʻoe e kona mau hale kuʻuna me nā paia keʻokeʻo a me nā kaupaku i uhi ʻia i ka pōhaku e kau ana ma luna o ke kiʻekiʻe. ʻO nā ala i hana ʻia e nā ʻanuʻu pōhaku e hāʻawi iā ʻoe i ka manaʻo e alakaʻi pololei iā ʻoe i ka paradaiso i nā mauna i uhi ʻia i ka hau e kū ana ma hope.
ʻO Tilicho kekahi o nā loko mauna kiʻekiʻe loa ma ka honua. Aia ia ma ke kikowaena Himalayas ma kahi kiʻekiʻe o 4919 m ma ka ʻaoʻao komohana komohana o ka mauna ʻo Annapurna. Aia ia ma kahi kokoke i ka wāwae o ka piko ʻo Tilicho, kiʻekiʻe ma 7134 m.

He ʻano lōʻihi ko Lake Tilicho mai ke komohana akau a i ka hikina hema; ʻO ka lōʻihi o ka loko he 4 km, a ʻo ka laulā ma kahi o 1 km. Hoʻopiha ʻia me ka wai hoʻoheheʻe mai ka Tilicho Peak glacier. ʻIke pinepine ʻia nā hau hau liʻiliʻi ma ka ʻili o ka loko. Mai Kekemapa i ka hapa lua o ʻApelila, Ua uhiia ka loko o Tilicho i ka hau. Malia paha i kēia manawa, aia ka liʻiliʻi o ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi ma mua o ke kau pūnāwai, aia ka manawa nui e hālāwai ai me kahi leopadi hau ma kahakai o ka loko. Loaʻa kekahi hipa ʻulaʻula ma ʻaneʻi.
E kipa pinepine ʻia ma ka haʻalele ʻana i ke ala kaulana a puni ʻo Annapurna ma ke kauhale o Manang. Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i nā hiʻohiʻona nani ma ke ala e hele ai Annapurna III, Gangapurna, Puʻu ʻo Tilicho, a Khangsar Kang. ʻAʻole i hoʻopā ʻia ka wahi ponoʻī e nā bulldozers a me nā traktor. Hiki iā ʻoe ke noho ma ʻaneʻi, nānā i ke ola kūloko, a hoʻomaopopo i ka puni, hoʻomehana i kou ʻuhane.
ʻO Chitwan National Park, aia ma ka puʻu o ka Himalayas, ʻo ia ka hiʻohiʻona hope loa o ka kaiaola kūlohelohe o ka ʻāina Terai. Uhi ka paka i nā ʻāina haʻahaʻa subtropical. Ua hoʻokomo ʻia ʻo Chitwan National Park i ka World Heritage List i ka makahiki 1984.

He nani maoli kēia paka me nā ʻāina kupaianaha i uhi ʻia me nā mea kanu like ʻole a me ka Himalayas. Loaʻa iā ia ka heluna kanaka kiʻekiʻe loa o nā ʻano ʻano like ʻole a ʻo ia ka wahi noho mua no ka tiger Bengal a me nā rhinoceros nui hoʻokahi.
Ma kēia paka, hiki iā ʻoe ke leʻaleʻa a noho i ka pō. Hāʻawi ʻia nā hale kūikawā no nā poʻe he nui e hoʻokipa i ka poʻe huakaʻi. Ma muli o ka nui o ka paka a me nā holoholona e noho ana ma waho o nā hīnaʻi a me nā pā, ʻaʻole hiki ke ʻimi iā ia ma ka wāwae. Hiki iā ʻoe ke koho i kahi jeep ma ke ʻano he kaʻa a i ʻole ka holo poina ʻole ma luna o kahi elephant. Aia ka wahi paka ma lalo o ka mālama ʻana o nā luna Nepal. No ka hele ʻana mai ke kapikala, pono ʻoe e uhi i kahi mamao o ʻelua haneli mau kilomita.
ʻO Pokhara kahi hoʻokipa mauna, ke kūlanakauhale hoʻomaha o Nepal, a me ke kapikala o ka huakaʻi huakaʻi. ʻO ka hiʻohiʻona nui o ke kūlanakauhale ka nani o Lake Phewa a me nā mea e puni ana. Maʻaneʻi, hiki iāʻoe ke hoʻolimalima i kahi kayak a iʻole ka moku i hiki iāʻoe ke hauʻoli i ka nani o ka'āina i ka wā e holo ai i ka wai.

Hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻokokoke i ka Ka luakini o Tal Barahi i waenakonu o ka loko. A laila hiki iā ʻoe ke kipa i ka Lakeside, kahi e hāʻawi ai i kahi ʻike ʻike ʻole. Hoʻowalewale ʻo Lakeside i ka poʻe aloha i ka hele ʻana i ke kūlanakauhale me nā mea hana lima Nepali a me nā mea ʻono kūloko.
ʻO kekahi mea hoihoi o Pokhara Pagoda Maluhia o ka Honua mai kahi e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke ʻike nui Lake Phewa a me na mauna a puni. He kūpono kēia wahi no ka hele wāwae a me ka noʻonoʻo ʻana ma muli o kona lewa maluhia pau ʻole. ʻO kekahi mea hoihoi o Pokhara Sarangkot, kaulana no ka paragliding. Gupteswor ʻO ke ana kekahi ʻano hana kūlohelohe ʻē aʻe ma Pokhara. Maʻaneʻi, hiki iāʻoe keʻike i keʻano a me kaʻuhane kahiko.
Hāʻule ʻo Davis ʻO ia kekahi mea hoihoi maoli o Pokhara kahi wailele kupua e iho mai ana i loko o ka pūnāwai lalo. Pela no hoi, Lake Begnas ʻO kahi oasis mālie ʻē aʻe no ka hoʻomaha a me ka hōʻoluʻolu. Hoʻopuni ʻia ka loko i nā ʻāina ʻōmaʻomaʻo maoli me ka wai mālie o ka loko e hōʻike ana i ke kiʻi polū o ka lewa a me nā mauna āpau. Ma ke ʻano he pōhaku kūlohelohe o Nepal, ua helu ʻia ʻo Pokhara ʻo ia kekahi o nā wahi nani maoli ma Nepal āu e kipa aku ai.
ʻAʻole hiki i nā huaʻōlelo ke wehewehe i ka nani o Kuʻu ʻia, aia ma kahi kiʻekiʻe ma mua o 2000 m. ʻO ka hiʻohiʻona kūlohelohe a kēia kūlanakauhale liʻiliʻi e hāʻawi ai. Ke alakaʻi maoli nei nā kamaʻāina o kēia kūlanakauhale nani i ko lākou ola i kēlā me kēia lā ma luna o nā ao. Aia ma kahi o 32 km mai Kathmandu, He nui nā makana o kēia kūlanakauhale mauna. ʻO nā hiʻohiʻona o ka Himalayas nui mai Annapurna a Everest ka mea nui.

ʻO kahi mea e pono ai ma Nagarkot kahi kipa i ka Nagarkot View Tower. Mai kēia hale kiaʻi nānā, hiki iā ʻoe ke nānā nani i nā kuahiwi, me ka ʻakaʻaka i ko lākou nani. He mea kūʻai ʻole ka maluhia āu e loaʻa ai ma ʻaneʻi. Hiki iā ʻoe ke pakele pinepine mai ka hustle and bustle o nā kūlanakauhale. Inā makemake ʻoe e ʻimi i ka moʻomeheu kūloko a me ka ʻuhane, aia kekahi ʻO Buddh a ʻO Hindu nā luakini ma Nagarkot. E kipa i ka Kailashnath Mahadev Statue, he kiʻi Shiva kiʻekiʻe he 43 mika kiʻekiʻe, i manaʻo ʻia kekahi o nā kiʻi nui loa ma Asia.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke hana i nā hana he nui ma Nagarkot. Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻimi i ke ʻano, leʻaleʻa i ka puka ʻana a me ka napoʻo ʻana o ka lā, a komo i ka lewa ʻuhane.
He wahi kapu ʻo Lumbini Buddha ua hānau ʻia, kahi ʻoiaʻiʻo, kahi i hānau ʻia ʻo Buddha (ʻaʻohe mea e ʻōlelo ai ko mākou ʻāina kokoke). ʻo ia ke kumu o ka Buddhism a ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo ia ka wahi haipule koʻikoʻi no nā Buddhist.
Aia ke kahua pilgrimage ma ka hema o Terai a he ʻano kūlohelohe maoli nō. Mai ka makahiki 1997, ua helu pū ʻia ʻo Lumbini ma waena o nā ʻO nā Pūnaewele hoʻoilina UNESCO. ʻO nā koena archaeological o nā luakini he nui a me nā stupas e hōʻike ana i nā ʻike koʻikoʻi a me nā ʻike i ka mōʻaukala o ka Buddhism.

ʻAʻole ʻo Lumibini ka wahi hoʻāno loa akā ʻo ia kekahi o nā wahi i hoʻopōmaikaʻi ʻia e ke ʻano. Aia ma ka wahi hānau o Buddha e kū nei luakini ʻo Maya Devi, i hoʻopuniʻia e kahi māla nani. Ma ʻaneʻi, e ʻike ʻoe i nā kumulāʻau Bodhi he nui (ke ʻano lāʻau ma lalo o Siddhartha Gautama i loaʻa ai ka mālamalama a lilo i Buddha mua). Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i nā lama maʻamau, ʻaʻa mau i hāʻawi ʻia e USA i kapa ʻia ʻo Eternal Peace Flame. Hōʻike maoli ka māla mālie i kahi ea kūikawā, ʻuhane.
Aia ka pāka kokoke i kahi pagoda nui, ka Pagoda Maluhia o ka Honua, a me 32 mau luakini mai nā ʻāina like ʻole. E like me Iapana, Kina, South Korea, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia a me nā ʻāina ʻē aʻe.
Inā makemake ʻoe e kipa iā Lumbini, hiki iā ʻoe ke kūʻai i nā tiketi kaʻa ma kekahi o nā keʻena mākaʻikaʻi kūloko. No ka mea aia ʻo Lumbini ma ka ʻaoʻao hema o Nepal, ʻokoʻa loa nā kūlana climatic mai nā mea ma ke awāwa ʻo Kathmandu. Ma Lumbini, ʻoi aku ka mahana, a ʻoi aku ka kiʻekiʻe o ka haʻahaʻa i hoʻohālikelike ʻia i ke kapikala.
Unuhi ʻia he heiau lāʻau. Hāʻawi ʻo Kathmandu i kahi lewa e hoʻōla i ka ʻuhane. ʻO ka mālama ʻana i ka hoʻomana a me ka moʻomeheu koʻikoʻi, he nui nā makana a Kathmandu. Nani nā hae pule kala ma waena o nā hale o ke kūlanakauhale o ʻehā miliona kānaka. Hoʻomoʻa nā mea kūʻai alanui i nā pīkī i loko o nā ipu lepo, ma ʻaneʻi a lele nā monkey ma luna o nā uea uila, a hele nā wahine Hindu male i nā lole ʻoniʻoni. ʻO kēia nā wahi maʻamau o ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Kathmandu.
ʻO ke awāwa ʻo Kathmandu Ua hoʻokumu ʻia e ʻekolu mau kūlanakauhale nui: Kathmandu, Loutā, a Bhaktapur. Loaʻa i nā kūlanakauhale ʻekolu ke koʻikoʻi koʻikoʻi o ka mōʻaukala a me ka moʻomeheu. Loaʻa i kēlā me kēia kūlanakauhale kona Durbar Square, i hoʻokomo ʻia i loko o kahi Wahi Hoʻoilina UNESCO.

He hale aliʻi ko kēlā me kēia Durbar Square, nā luakini i kālai ʻia me ʻO Newari hale hoʻolālā, a me nā hale hōʻikeʻike kahi e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke hoʻi i ka wā kahiko. Luakini Taleju, 55 Halealii Windows, ka luakini ʻo Dattatreya i hoʻonani ʻia me nā kiʻi kiʻi o nā kumuhana moe kolohe mai ka Kamasutra, Luakini Bairavnath, a Nyatapola Pagoda ʻo ia nā hiʻohiʻona nui o Bhaktapur Durbar Square.
Eia hou ka hale aliʻi me nā pā hale o ka uʻi kakaʻikahi, ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike ʻo Patana, a ʻo ka luakini gula kekahi o nā mea koʻikoʻi o Patan Durbar Square. Kathmandu Durbar Square i Hanuman Dhoka, ʻO Kumari Ghar (Ke Akua Wahine Ola), Luakini Taleju, ʻO Kal Bhairav Statue, a ʻo ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike kekahi o nā mea koʻikoʻi o Kathmandu Durbar Square.
Ma waho aʻe o ka Durbar Squares o ʻekolu mau kūlanakauhale, hiki iā ʻoe ke kipa Swayambhunath heiau, aka heiau Monkey, a Pashupatinath Halepule, kahi e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke nānā i ke kaʻina hana kuni ma kahi kokoke i ka muliwai Bagmati, Baudanath Stupa.
Eia kekahi, he mau hiʻohiʻona kupaianaha nō hoʻi ke awāwa e hāʻawi aku ai i nā mea aloha kūlohelohe. Hoʻokumu nā mauna a puni i kahi hiʻohiʻona magnetic, ʻoi aku hoʻi i ka wā o ka puka ʻana a me ka napoʻo ʻana o ka lā. ʻO nā mea ulu ulu a me ka ululāʻau o ʻO Shiva Puri Nagarjun National Park e hana ma ke ʻano he hoʻomaha maluhia no nā mea aloha kūlohelohe. Pela no hoi ka ʻO ka māla o nā moe he māla mōʻaukala i hoʻonani ʻia me nā lau nahele, nā pūnāwai, a me nā mea kanu.
ʻO ke awāwa ʻo Kathmandu kahi hui kūpono o ke ola kūlanakauhale a me ka nani kūlohelohe, kahi e noho maluhia ai ke ʻano a me ka wā hou.
I ka hopena, ʻaʻohe kānalua he hōʻike ʻo Nepal i kona mau wahi nani maoli. ʻO ka ʻāina like ʻole, mai nā mea kanu ʻōmaʻomaʻo a hiki i ka wao nahele alpine, nā Himalayas e lawe maoli iā ʻoe e hele ma luna o nā ao, nā loko mālie, a me nā wailele, ʻo ia kekahi o ka hanohano o kēia ʻāina.
ʻO ka ʻimi ʻana i kēia mau wahi nani maoli ma Nepal kahi huakaʻi e wehe ai i kou ʻuhane me ka maluhia a me ka maluhia. ʻAʻole wale nā wahi, akā ʻo nā kamaʻāina o ka ʻāina, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā kauhale mamao e hahai mau ana i nā ʻano kuʻuna o ke ola e hoʻoikaika iā ʻoe a pili i ka Honua maoli.
He mea kupanaha ka ʻike ʻana aia nō nā wahi i hoʻopaʻa ʻole ʻia e nā hao, bulldozers, a me nā traktor. Hāʻawi ʻia nā wahi i paʻa e ke ʻano. E hele mai, e ʻike i kēia mau wahi nani ma Nepal, a e lilo i mea pōmaikaʻi i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka ʻike o ka wehe ʻana i kahi ʻuhane.
Hoʻolālā mākou i nā huakaʻi hoʻomaha maʻamau a maʻalahi hoʻi e like me kou lōʻihi hoʻomaha, nā makemake keu, a me nā koi.
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