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Kathmandu/KathmanduHe huakaʻi mauna ʻewalu lā ka Royal Trek ma nā puʻu ʻo Annapurna o Nepal, he ka hui ʻana o ka hele mālie mauna me ka ʻimi moʻomeheuHe huakaʻi kūpono kēia no ka poʻe i kaupalena ʻia ko lākou manawa e hoʻolilo ai i kahi huakaʻi Himalayan a ke ʻimi nei i ka huakaʻi. He ala ia ma nā lāʻau liʻiliʻi ma ka ʻĀkau o Pokhara, a hele ma waena o nā ululāʻau rhododendron, nā mahina laiki, a me nā kauhale Gurung kuʻuna.
I ka lā mālamalama, hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa kahi hiʻohiʻona panoramic o nā piko kiʻekiʻe e like me Annapurna, ʻo Dhaulagiri, a me ManasluUa kapa ʻia ke ala ʻo Royal Trek no ka mea ua hele mua ʻo Prince Charles a me kāna mau ukali i kēia ala i nā makahiki 1980, e hoʻohui ana i kahi moʻolelo aliʻi i ka huakaʻi. Nui nā ʻokikena hihiu ma ke ala i ka pūnāwai, a nui nā manu maoli ma ke ala.
E hoʻomaka ana me ka noho ʻana ma Kathmandu, e kipa aku ʻoe i nā luakini mōʻaukala a loaʻa kahi hōʻike pōkole no ka hele wāwae. A laila, e hele ʻoe ma ke alanui ma ke Alanui Prithvi a hiki i Pokhara, ke kūlanakauhale ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka loko o Nepal, e hopu ana i nā hiʻohiʻona nani o nā mauna a me nā awāwa ma ke ala. Hoʻomaka ka ʻāpana hele wāwae ma Bijayapur Khola, kahi āu e hele ai i luna ma waena o nā ʻāina mahiʻai ʻōmaʻomaʻo e hiki ai i Kalikasthan (1,370m).
I kēlā me kēia lā, piʻi a nalowale ke ala i kahi kiʻekiʻe iki, no laila ʻaʻole ʻoe e piʻi ma luna o 1,730 mika (ma Syaglung) ma kēia huakaʻi. Noho ka poʻe Gurung ma nā kauhale āu e hele ai, a he poʻe aloha lākou a he mau kuʻuna kala ko lākou. Hoʻopau ka piʻi ʻana ma ka loko mālie ʻo Begnas, kahi e hoʻomaha ai ka holo waʻa ma luna o nā wai mālie.
Ma kēia papa huakaʻi aliʻi, mālama ʻia nā hale hoʻokipa kūloko maʻalahi a me nā homestay, i kekahi manawa me nā halelewa, e nā kamaʻāina kūloko, kahi āu e noho ai. I kēlā me kēia pāʻina, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻāʻo i ka dal bhat Nepali kuʻuna (laiki a me nā lentil) a i ʻole nā meaʻai kūloko ʻē aʻe. Loaʻa iā Life Himalaya Trekking nā alakaʻi kōkua nui a me nā mea lawe ukana e mālama ana i nā logistics a lawe i kāu mau lako, a haʻi iā ʻoe e pili ana i ka moʻomeheu kūloko.
ʻO ke ʻano mālie o kēia alahele a me kahi noho ʻoluʻolu e hoʻolilo ai i ka Royal trek i koho ʻia no nā mea hele wāwae mua a i ʻole nā ʻohana. Lawe mai ka Royal trek i nā hoʻomanaʻo lōʻihi o ka nani o ke ʻano a Nepal e hāʻawi ai a me ka hoʻoilina moʻomeheu o Nepal, me nā pō hōkū ma nā mauna a me nā hoaaloha hou ma ke ala.
I kou hōʻea ʻana i ke kahua mokulele ʻo Kathmandu (Tribhuvan International Airport), e hoʻokipa kā mākou hui iā ʻoe a lawe iā ʻoe i kou hōkele. Ke noho ʻoe, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻomaha a hele paha e mākaʻikaʻi a puni nā alanui a puni o ka ʻāina ʻo Thamel.
Ma hope o ke awakea, e hālāwai ʻoe me kāu alakaʻi, nāna e hāʻawi iā ʻoe i kahi hōʻike hohonu o ka huakaʻi Royal Trek e hiki mai ana. Hiki iā ʻoe ke hele mālie a puni nā mākeke kokoke a i ʻole e loaʻa ka manawa e hoʻomaha ai ma ka hōkele, inā loaʻa ka manawa.
He ahiahi ʻoluʻolu ia e hoʻomaha ai a hoʻomaʻamaʻa iā ʻoe iho me ke kaiapuni ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka huakaʻi. E noho ka pō ma kahi hōkele maikaʻi ma Kathmandu.
Kiʻekiʻena kiʻekiʻe
1,350 m.ʻai
ʻAha ʻaina awakeaNā hale noho
HotelE hoʻolilo ʻoe i ka lā piha ma kahi huakaʻi moʻomeheu o Kathmandu ma hope o ka ʻaina kakahiaka. E hōʻike kāu alakaʻi iā ʻoe i nā wahi hoʻoilina koʻikoʻi e like me ka luakini Hindu kapu o Pashupatinath a me ka stupa Buddhist kahiko o Swayambhunath (Monkey Temple). Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻimi i ka stupa Boudhanath nui a me Patan Durbar Square, piha i ka mōʻaukala a me nā kiʻi.
Eia kekahi o nā wahi e loaʻa ai iā ʻoe kahi manaʻo e pili ana i ka moʻomeheu waiwai o Nepal ma mua o ka huakaʻi hele wāwae. E ʻai ʻoe i kahi ʻaina awakea kūloko ma Kathmandu. A laila e hoʻi ʻoe i kou hōkele i ke ahiahi e hoʻomaha a nānā i mua i ka huakaʻi e hiki mai ana. Hiki iā ʻoe ke kūʻai i kahi kūʻai hope loa a kūʻai paha i nā mea hoʻomanaʻo. E hoʻolilo ʻoe i kou pō ma Kathmandu.

Kiʻekiʻena kiʻekiʻe
1,350 m.ʻai
BLDNā hale noho
HotelE hoʻomaka kāu huakaʻi ma hope o ka ʻaina kakahiaka ma Kathmandu ma ke kaʻa nani i Pokhara. Aia ka huakaʻi ma ke Alanui ʻo Prithvi e uhi ana i kahi mamao o 200 km a he 6-7 mau hola ka lōʻihi.
ʻOki ke alanui ma kahi ʻāina nani o nā puʻu ʻōmaʻomaʻo a me nā kauhale; i ka wā e akāka ai, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i ka pae ʻo Annapurna, ʻo Machhapuchare (Fishtail), a i ʻole ʻo Dhaulagiri ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka lewa.
E ʻaina awakea ʻoe ma ke alanui ma kahi hale ʻaina liʻiliʻi. Ma hope o ke awakea, e hōʻea ʻoe i Pokhara a komo i kou hōkele ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka loko.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke kipa aku i ka Luakini ʻo Bindhyabasini a i ʻole e hele a puni ka Lake Phewa, i kou hanana o ka manawa. E hoʻolilo ʻoe i kou ahiahi e ʻaina ahiahi ana ma kahi hale ʻaina ma ka loko a hiamoe maikaʻi ma mua o ka hele wāwae.
Kiʻekiʻena kiʻekiʻe
820 m.ʻai
BLDNā hale noho
HotelI kēia lā, e kalaiwa ʻoe ma kahi o 25 km mai Pokhara a i Bijayapur Khola (kahua kaua) ma kahi o 1 hola. Mai laila mai, hoʻomaka ka huakaʻi aliʻi. Ke alakaʻi mālie nei ke ala i luna o ka puʻu ma waena o nā ʻāina laiki ʻōmaʻomaʻo a me nā wahi e hele ai ka muliwai. Ma hope o hoʻokahi hola o ka huakaʻi, e hoʻomaka ʻoe e piʻi i loko o ka ululāʻau paina a me ka ʻohe.
I ke awakea mua, e hōʻea ʻoe i ke kauhale ʻo Kalikasthan (1,370m), kahi e hoʻonohonoho ai ʻoe i kahi hoʻomoana a noho paha i kahi hale hoʻokipa maʻalahi. Hāʻawi nā mahina ʻai a puni i nā hiʻohiʻona panoramic o nā piko ʻo Annapurna lāua ʻo Lamjung. E ʻai ʻoe i kāu ʻaina ahiahi a e noho i ka pō ma kahi hoʻomoana a i ʻole ka hale hoʻokipa.
Kiʻekiʻena kiʻekiʻe
1,370 m.ʻai
BLDKa lōʻihi o ka hele ʻana
4-5 hola + 25km ka holo kaʻaNā hale noho
LodgeMa hope o ka ʻaina kakahiaka, piʻi mālie ke ala mai Kalikasthan ma kahi kualono mauna ʻōmaʻomaʻo. E hele ʻoe ma waena o kekahi mau kauhale liʻiliʻi ʻo Gurung a me nā ululāʻau rhododendron. E makaʻala i nā hiʻohiʻona mauna: i nā lā mālamalama, ʻike ʻoe iā Annapurna lāua ʻo Lamjung Himal e ʻaoʻao ana i ke awāwa.
Ma kahi o ke awakea, e kū ʻoe no ka ʻaina awakea ma ke ala, a laila e hoʻomau i ka piʻi ʻana i Syaglung ma 1,730 mika. ʻO kēia ke kiʻekiʻe loa o kāu huakaʻi. Mai ʻaneʻi aku, e loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi hiʻohiʻona panoramic kupaianaha o ka pae mauna ʻo Annapurna i ka napoʻo ʻana o ka lā. E ʻai ʻoe i kāu ʻaina ahiahi a hiamoe i loko o kahi hale hoʻokipa a i ʻole kahi hoʻomoana ma Syaglung.
Kiʻekiʻena kiʻekiʻe
1,730 m.ʻai
BLDKa lōʻihi o ka hele ʻana
5-6 mau holaNā hale noho
LodgeI kēia kakahiaka, e hele wāwae ʻoe ma waena o nā ululāʻau rhododendron a me ka sal. E iho ana ke ala ma kahi o 400m i loko o ke awāwa, a laila piʻi i luna i ke kualono ma Chisapani Danda, kahi hiʻohiʻona kaulana. Mai ʻaneʻi, loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi panorama Himalayan 360° e pili ana iā Dhaulagiri, Annapurna, a me Manaslu. E ʻaina awakea ʻoe ma ke ala ma mua o ka piʻi hope loa he 600m.
I ke awakea, e hōʻea ʻoe i Chisapani (1,550 m), he kauhale mālie ʻo Gurung. E ʻai i kahi pāʻina wela i kuke ʻia e nā kamaʻāina o ke kauhale a e hoʻomaha i ke ahiahi. Ua akāka ka lani a aia nā hōkū ma luna i ka wā e pōʻeleʻele ai.
He ʻano ʻāina mālie ko Chisapani e hiki ai i kekahi ke hiamoe ʻoluʻolu me ka ʻole o ka pilikia o ke kiʻekiʻe. E noho ʻoe ma kahi homestay a hale hoʻokipa paha ma Chisapani.

Kiʻekiʻena kiʻekiʻe
1,550 m.ʻai
BLDKa lōʻihi o ka hele ʻana
4-5 mau holaNā hale noho
LodgeʻO kēia ka lā lōʻihi loa o ko mākou hele wāwae ʻana. Mai Chisapani mai, e iho mua ʻoe i ke awāwa ʻo Rupatal, e hele ana ma nā ʻāina mahiʻai momona. Ma kahi o ke awakea, e hoʻomaka ʻoe i kahi piʻi kiʻekiʻe (ma kahi o 500 m) e hiki ai i Sundare Danda ma 1,680 m. ʻO kēia kekahi o nā wahi maikaʻi loa ma ka hele wāwae, me nā piko Himalayan ma kekahi ʻaoʻao a me Begnas Lake ma lalo loa ma kekahi ʻaoʻao.
E hauʻoli i ka ʻaina awakea i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma ʻaneʻi ma ke kualono. I ke awakea, e iho ʻoe i Begnas Lake (830m) a holo pōkole ma ka waʻa ma ka loko. Ma hope, e kalaiwa ʻoe i 1.5 mau hola e hoʻi i Pokhara. E noho ʻoe i ka pō ma kou hōkele ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka loko ma Pokhara.

Kiʻekiʻena kiʻekiʻe
1,680 m.ʻai
BLDKa lōʻihi o ka hele ʻana
6-7 hola (hele wāwae + waʻa + kalaiwa)Nā hale noho
HotelI kēia lā, e kalaiwa ana ʻoe i Kathmandu mai Pokhara. ʻO ka huakaʻi he 200 km ka lōʻihi ma kahi o 6-7 mau hola. Hōʻike ke alaloa i nā hiʻohiʻona nani o nā mahina ʻai pālahalaha, nā kauhale liʻiliʻi, a me nā kualono mauna i kou hoʻi ʻana i ke awāwa ʻo Kathmandu. E hoʻomaha ʻoe i ka ʻaina awakea ma ke kūlanakauhale ma kou ala.
I ke ahiahi, ʻo ka holo hope loa ma ke alaloa e lawe iā ʻoe i Kathmandu. E noho ʻoe i loko o kou hōkele a hoʻolilo i hoʻokahi pō hope loa ma ke kūlanakauhale.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke hele i waho e ʻai i kahi hale ʻaina Nepali a hoʻomaha wale paha. Hoʻopau ʻia kāu Royal Trek me kahi noho pō ma kou hōkele ma Kathmandu.
Kiʻekiʻena kiʻekiʻe
1,350 m.ʻai
BLNā hale noho
HotelMa ke ʻano laulā, maʻalahi ka hele wāwae ʻana o ke Aliʻi e hoʻemi i ke kaumaha. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā lā he 4-6 mau hola wale nō o ka hele wāwae ʻana ma nā alahele mālamalama a mālama pono ʻia. He kakaikahi loa nā piʻi ʻana i ke kaumaha (a hiki i kahi 500-600 mika i ka lā), a pinepine ʻoe e hoʻokomo a lawe paha i waho i kekahi mau haneli mika ma ke ʻano holoʻokoʻa.
ʻO 1,730m ka piko, no laila ʻaʻohe pilikia nui o ke kiʻekiʻe no ka hapa nui o kānaka. He kūpono ka Royal trek no nā mea hele wāwae mua a me nā ʻohana, a me nā poʻe hele wāwae ʻelemakule ma muli o ka maʻalahi o ke ʻano. Hiki ke hauʻoli ʻia kēia huakaʻi me ka ʻoluʻolu me ka hoʻoikaika kino maʻalahi a me ka hoʻoikaika kino.
ʻAʻohe koi piʻi loea, a he mau kāmaʻa hele wāwae ʻoluʻolu wale nō ka mea e pono ai. E hāʻawi ʻia ka lawelawe porter e lawe i kāu ukana kaumaha.
I ka hōʻuluʻulu ʻana, hiki ke ʻōlelo ʻia ʻaʻole piʻi ka piʻo o ka Royal trek a he maʻalahi ke alanui, a no laila ʻo ia kekahi o nā huakaʻi maʻalahi loa ma ka ʻāina ʻo Annapurna.
He ʻano mahana ke aniau ma nā puʻu o Annapurna. ʻO ka hāʻule (Kepakemapa-Nowemapa) a me ka pūnāwai (Malaki a Mei) nā manawa kūpono loa e hana ai i ka Royal trek.
He mālie a akāka ke aniau i kēia mau mahina. I ka pūnāwai, ua pua nā rhododendron a ua mahana nā lā. He ʻōlinolino ke kau hāʻule a he mau mahina ʻohiʻohi kala.
ʻO ka maʻamau, ʻo ka mahana o ke ao i kēia mau kau mai 15°C a 25°C (60–75°F), e hāʻule ana i nā pō anuanu akā ʻaʻole hau. ʻO ke kau monsoon (Iune-ʻAukake) e lawe mai i ka ua nui a me nā ala pahee, no laila ʻaʻole mākou e paipai i ka hele wāwae i kēlā manawa.
He mau pō anuanu (kokoke i ka hau) a me nā lā lā i ka hoʻoilo (Kekemapa-Pepeluali); inā ʻoe e hele wāwae i laila, e mākaukau no ka hau ma nā wahi kiʻekiʻe. Ma keʻano holoʻokoʻa, hāʻawi ka hāʻule a me ka pūnāwai i nā hiʻohiʻona mauna maikaʻi loa a me nā kūlana hele wāwae ʻoluʻolu loa.
He ʻono a māʻona hoʻi nā meaʻai mauna Nepalese. Ma ka Royal trek, e loaʻa pinepine iā ʻoe ʻekolu mau pāʻina i ka lā (ʻaina kakahiaka, ʻaina awakea, ʻaina ahiahi) - ua hoʻokomo ʻia ke kumukūʻai i loko o ka pūʻolo.
Hiki i ka ʻaina kakahiaka ke komo pū me nā hua manu, ka porridge, a i ʻole ka berena kūloko, i lawelawe ʻia me ke kī. ʻO ka ʻaina awakea a me ka ʻaina ahiahi ka maʻamau e loaʻa ana ka dal bhat (sū lentil me ka laiki), ka curry, nā mea kanu, a i kekahi manawa ka ʻiʻo.
E loaʻa nō hoʻi iā ʻoe nā koho e like me nā noodles, pasta, omelets, sopa, a i ʻole ka laiki palai ma nā hale ʻaina lodge. Hiki ke hoʻokipa maʻalahi ʻia nā meaʻai mea kanu a me nā meaʻai vegan; e hoʻomaopopo wale mai iā mākou ma mua.
Hoʻolapalapa ʻia a kānana ʻia paha ka wai inu; e inu wale i ka wai ʻōmole a i ʻole ka wai i mālama ʻia. E pale i nā mea kanu maka ʻole ke ʻole lākou i holoi ʻia i ka wai i mālama ʻia.
Hāʻawi ʻia ke kī (pinepine ke kī masala) a me ke kī lemona wela a i ʻole ke kī kinikini i nā pāʻina a me nā wahi hoʻomaha. Ma ke ala, hiki iā ʻoe ke kūʻai i nā meaʻai māmā e like me nā biscuits, kokoleka, a i ʻole nā huaʻai.
Ma Kathmandu lāua ʻo Pokhara, hiki iā ʻoe ke hauʻoli i nā pāʻina kaila Komohana. Ma kekahi mau kauhale, aia paha he yogurt kūloko hou a i ʻole ke kī pata.
ʻO ke kiʻekiʻe ʻaʻole ia he mea nui e hopohopo ai ma ka huakaʻi aliʻi, ʻoiai ʻo ke kahua hoʻomoana kiʻekiʻe loa he 1,730 mika wale nō. ʻAʻole ʻike ka hapa nui o ka poʻe huakaʻi i nā hōʻailona kiʻekiʻe ma kēia kiʻekiʻe.
Eia nō naʻe, he mea pono ke makaʻala. I ka lā mua ma Kathmandu (1,350m), pono ʻoe e hoʻomaha ma hope o kāu lele ʻana. I ka hele wāwae ʻana, inu i ka wai he nui (ma ka liʻiliʻi he 2-3 lita i kēlā me kēia lā) a ʻai pono.
E hele me ka wikiwiki paʻa. He mea kākaʻikahi nā ʻeha poʻo iki a i ʻole nā pilikia hiamoe ma kēia mau kiʻekiʻe, akā inā manaʻo kekahi ua maʻi, e nānā kā mākou mau alakaʻi iā lākou. ʻOiai ʻo ka maʻi kiʻekiʻe nui e kū pinepine ma luna o 2,500m, ua haʻahaʻa loa ka pilikia ma ʻaneʻi.
Paipai mākou i nā hana maʻamau: mai wikiwiki i ka piʻi ʻana, e noho i ka wai, a e hoʻohana i ka sunscreen. Lawe mai kekahi poʻe i kahi mahele haʻahaʻa o Diamox (e kūkākūkā mua me ke kauka), akā ʻaʻole pono ia ma kēia huakaʻi. I ka pōkole, e hauʻoli i nā hiʻohiʻona - ua hoʻolālā ʻia ka Royal trek e pale aku i nā pilikia kiʻekiʻe.
ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e lilo i mea haʻuki e hana i ka Royal trek, akā he mea kōkua iki ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana. E hele wāwae a piʻi wāwae paha i nā manawa a pau i nā pule ma mua o kāu huakaʻi. E hoʻāʻo e hana i kekahi mau huakaʻi hoʻomaʻamaʻa o 2-3 mau hola me ka hāpai ʻana i kahi ʻeke ʻeke me kahi 5-10 kg e hoʻohālike i nā kūlana hele wāwae.
Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka manawa, e piʻi i kekahi mau puʻu a hoʻohana paha i nā alapiʻi e kūkulu i ke ahonui. Nā hoʻomaʻamaʻa koʻikoʻi a me nā wāwae (squats, lunges, planks) hiki ke hoʻoikaika i nā ʻiʻo āu e hoʻohana ai. E hōʻoia e wehe i kou mau kāmaʻa hele wāwae a i ʻole nā kāmaʻa ma mua o ka hele wāwae. E ʻaʻahu iā lākou i nā hele wāwae e pale aku i nā pehu.
E hoʻopaʻa a lawe i kahi ʻeke lā o kahi o 10-12 kg e maʻa ai i ke kaumaha; hiki i kā mākou poʻe lawe ukana ke lawe i nā ʻeke kaumaha (hāʻawi mākou i nā mea lawe ukana i loko o ka pūʻolo). E hoʻokomo i nā papa o nā lole (hiki ke loli koke ke aniau ma ke kiʻekiʻe) a me nā lole ua, ʻoiai inā maikaʻi ka wānana.
Ma waho aʻe o kāu mau lako pilikino, ʻaʻole pono ʻoe i nā lako kūikawā - hāʻawi mākou i nā halelewa inā hoʻomoana a me nā ipu no ka ʻai. Ma keʻano holoʻokoʻa, ʻo ka hele wāwae mau a me ka hoʻoikaika kino kaulike e ʻoluʻolu ai ka huakaʻi Aliʻi. He nui nā mea huakaʻi me nā pae hoʻoikaika kino o kēlā me kēia lā e ʻike he mea leʻaleʻa loa ia.
Loaʻa i ka hapa nui o nā malihini kipa i Nepal kahi visa mākaʻikaʻi i ka hōʻea ʻana ma ke kahua mokulele ʻo Tribhuvan International ma Kathmandu a i ʻole ma nā wahi e hele ai ma ka palena ʻāina. E hoʻopiha i ka palapala visa a uku i ka uku ma USD (ma kahi o US$30 no 15 mau lā, $50 no 30 mau lā, ʻoiai e loli paha nā kumukūʻai). E lawe mai i ʻelua kiʻi o ka nui o ka passport. E hōʻoia i ka pololei o kāu passport no ka liʻiliʻi he 6 mau mahina ma mua o kou lā komo.
No ka hele wāwae ʻana, pono ʻoe i nā palapala ʻae kūikawā. ACAP palapala ke kumukūʻai ma kahi o NPR 3,000 (ma kahi o USD 25) no nā malihini, a MANAWA ʻO ke kumukūʻai ma kahi o NPR 1,000–2,000 (ma kahi o USD 8–15) ma muli o kāu hele wāwae ʻana ma kahi hui a i ʻole pākahi.
Ma ka hōʻike ʻana i kāu passport a me nā kiʻi, e kōkua kā mākou alakaʻi iā ʻoe i ka loaʻa ʻana o ia mau mea ma mua o ka huakaʻi (maʻamau ma Pokhara a i ʻole Kathmandu). E lawe i kāu mau palapala ʻae ma ka huakaʻi no ka mea e nānā paha nā luna iā lākou.
ʻAʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke hele wāwae ma ka ʻāpana ʻo Annapurna me ka ʻole o kēia mau palapala ʻae. Hiki ke ʻokoʻa ke kumukūʻai o nā palapala ʻae; i ka wā e hoʻopaʻa ai, he mea kūpono ke hōʻoia i ka uku i hōʻano hou ʻia.
Ma ka huakaʻi aliʻi, he mea nui loa ka palekana. Pono e hoʻomau ʻia ka lāʻau pale ma mua o ka huakaʻi. Paipai mākou i nā lāʻau pale Hepatitis A a me Typhoid ma muli o ka meaʻai a me ka wai kūloko.
ʻAʻole pono ka pale ʻana i ka malaria no nā wahi hele wāwae. E lawe i nā lāʻau lapaʻau pilikino no nā pilikia maʻamau (e like me ka maʻi diarrhea, nā mea hoʻomaha ʻeha).
Hāʻawi mākou i nā pahu kōkua mua maʻamau, a loaʻa i kā mākou alakaʻi nā lako keu. E hoʻomau i ka inu ʻana i ka wai ma ka inu ʻana i ka wai i hoʻolapalapa ʻia a i mālama ʻia paha; ʻo ka maloʻo ʻana a me ka ʻike ʻana i ka lā hiki ke hoʻoulu i nā pilikia ma mua o ke kiʻekiʻe.
E ʻaʻahu i ka pale lā (SPF 30+) a me nā aniani maka no ka mea ʻoi aku ka ikaika o nā kukuna UV ma kahi kiʻekiʻe. E ʻaʻahu i ka pāpale e pale aku i ka hahau ʻana o ka wela. E makaʻala i nā pōhaku pahee a i ʻole nā ala lepo ma hope o ka ua.
He kakaikahi nā pepeke ma ke ala o kēia huakaʻi, akā hiki i kahi mea pale iki ke pale aku i nā makika a puni nā loko. Ua kaupalena ʻia ka mālama olakino ulia pōpilikia ma ke ala.
Inā maʻi kekahi a ʻeha paha, e neʻe ka hui i kahi hoʻokipa kokoke loa a i ʻole e hoʻi i ke ala. No nā hihia koʻikoʻi, hiki iā mākou ke hoʻonohonoho i kahi hoʻoneʻe helikopter a i ʻole e kalaiwa i ka haukapila kokoke loa.
No laila, he mea koi ʻia ka ʻinikua huakaʻi e uhi ana i ka hoʻopakele ulia pōpilikia (e nānā ma lalo). Ma nā noho kauhale, e akahai a makaʻala me nā maʻi ʻaʻai - e haʻi i kāu alakaʻi i nā kapu meaʻai.
He mea kākaʻikahi loa ka hewa ma nā wahi mauna o Nepal. ʻO ka ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo palekana nui, ʻo ia ka mālama pono ʻana i kāu mau waiwai: e hoʻohana i nā kāʻei kālā a i ʻole nā ʻeke i hoʻopaʻa ʻia me ka zip.
Mai waiho wale i nā mea waiwai me ka nānā ʻole ʻia. I ka wā e pili ana i ka palekana o ka moʻomeheu, e mālama i nā kānaka a me nā wahi me ka mahalo. E hahai i nā loina kūloko (e laʻa, e wehe i kou mau kāmaʻa i loko o nā hale, mai hoʻopā i nā mea kapu).
E hoʻomaopopo mau i kāu alakaʻi inā ʻoe e maʻi a ʻoluʻolu ʻole paha. Ma keʻano holoʻokoʻa, palekana loa ka Royal Trek ke hahai ʻoe i kēia mau hana palekana maʻamau.
Hoʻokomo pū ʻia nā halihali hui āpau. I kou hōʻea ʻana, loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi uku kaa a i ʻole kaʻa kaʻa mai ke kahua mokulele a i kou hōkele Kathmandu.
Ma ka Lā 3, hele mākou i ka 200 km mai Kathmandu a i Pokhara ma kaʻa mākaʻikaʻi a i ʻole jeep pilikino (6–7 hola). ʻOluʻolu ke kaʻa a kū pōkole. Ma kekahi ʻaoʻao, hiki iā ʻoe ke koho i kahi mokulele pōkole kūloko (25 mau minuke Kathmandu–Pokhara), akā ʻo ka hoʻolālā maʻamau ma ke alanui.
Ma Pokhara, ma hope o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka huakaʻi hele wāwae, hoʻohana mākou i nā jeeps/minibuses pilikino. Ma ka Lā 4, kalaiwa mākou ma kahi o 25 km (1 hola) mai Pokhara a i Bijayapur Khola (poʻo o ke alahele).
Ma ka Lā 7 ma hope o ka huakaʻi hele wāwae, ua ukali ʻia kahi holo waʻa pōkole ma Begnas Lake e kahi holo kaʻa he 40 km (1-2 mau hola) e hoʻi ai i Pokhara. ʻO ka hope loa, ma ka Lā 8, hoʻi mākou i Kathmandu ma ke alanui (ʻē aʻe he 6-7 mau hola).
He pōhaku lepo a ʻiliʻili paha nā alanui a pau. He paʻa a maikaʻi ke kūlana o nā kaʻa. Hiki ke lōʻihi ka manawa o kā mākou huakaʻi ma muli o ke kaʻa a i ʻole nā alanui, a ʻo ia ke kumu he maʻalahi mākou. Ma ke ʻano holoʻokoʻa, holo ʻoe ma luna o nā kaʻa ʻoluʻolu a me nā jeep a nānā ma ka puka makani i ka ʻāina Nepali.
Pono ka ʻinikua huakaʻi no kēia huakaʻi. Pono ia e uhi i ka mālama olakino ulia pōpilikia a me ka hoʻopakele helikopter. ʻOiai he maʻalahi ka huakaʻi, hiki ke loaʻa nā ulia a i ʻole nā maʻi (no ka laʻana, nā ʻeha, nā maʻi ʻaleka, a i ʻole ka hopena kiʻekiʻe koʻikoʻi i nā hihia kakaikahi). Hiki i ka hoʻoneʻe ʻana mai nā mauna me ka helikopter ke kumukūʻai he mau tausani USD.
Pono kāu ʻinikua e hoʻokomo pono i ka hoʻopakele ʻana a me ka hoʻoneʻe ʻana i ke olakino ma ka lewa, a me ka hoʻopau ʻana i ka huakaʻi. He manaʻo maikaʻi e mālama i kope o kāu kulekele me kāu passport.
Ke paipai pū nei mākou i ka ʻinikua e uhi ana i nā waiwai pilikino a me nā lako inā e nalowale a lohi paha. Hiki ke ʻinikua ʻia nā koi ulia pōpilikia a i ʻole ka hoʻoneʻe ʻana i ka wā e loaʻa ai nā pōʻino kūlohelohe (e laʻa, he ōlaʻi), kahi mea i manaʻo ʻole ʻia e hiki mai ana.
Pono ʻoe e kiʻi i kāu ʻinikua huakaʻi ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana i ka huakaʻi. E nānā pono i nā palena uhi; pono paha i kahi kulekele huakaʻi maʻamau kahi hoʻohui no ka hele wāwae ma luna o 1000m.
E lawe i nā helu kelepona pilikia no ka mea inikua. Me ka inikua kūpono, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻomaha a hauʻoli i ka Royal trek me ka ʻike ua hoʻonohonoho ʻia ke kōkua inā pono.
Aia kekahi mau ala e hoʻopilikino ai i kēia huakaʻi. ʻO kahi hoʻonui kaulana, ʻo ia ka hoʻomau ʻana i ka hele wāwae ma hope o Begnas Lake a hiki i Sarangkot (1,591m) no nā hiʻohiʻona o ka puka ʻana o ka lā, kahi e hoʻohui ai i hoʻokahi lā.
ʻO kekahi koho ʻē aʻe, ʻo ia ka hoʻohui ʻana i ka Royal trek me ka ʻO ka hele wāwae ʻo Poon Hill – hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻomaka a hoʻopau paha me kekahi mau lā e hana ana iā Poon Hill (Ghorepani, 4,132m viewpoint).
Hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻololi i ke kaʻina: hoʻomaka kekahi mau hui ma Pokhara a hoʻopau ma laila (e like me kā mākou huakaʻi), a i ʻole e hoʻohuli a hoʻopau ma Pokhara.
Inā pōkole ka manawa, he huakaʻi Aliʻi 6 lā (e haʻalele ana i kahi lā hoʻomaha i loko Kathmandu a i ʻole ka hana ʻana i kahi hoʻokele wikiwiki) hiki ke hana, ʻoiai ʻaʻole i hoʻomaha iki. No nā huakaʻi lōʻihi, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻohui i ka ʻO Annapurna Base Camp huakaʻi (2 pule holoʻokoʻa) a i ʻole ʻāina ʻo Lantang nā huakaʻi ma hope.
Ma waho aʻe o ka hele wāwae ʻana, hoʻolōʻihi ka poʻe huakaʻi i ko lākou noho ʻana ma Nepal me kekahi mau lā ma Kahi kahua aupuni Chitwan no ka mea, safaris holoholona hihiu, a i ʻole kahi huakaʻi moʻomeheu ma Bhaktapur/Patan. Hiki ke hoʻonohonoho ʻia nā mokulele e hoʻi ana mai Kathmandu a i ʻole mai Pokhara (ma hope o kahi mokulele kūloko).
E hoʻomanaʻo e pono nā ʻae like ʻole no kēlā me kēia ala hele wāwae hou ma waho o Annapurna (e laʻa, Nā wahi ʻo Mustang a i ʻole LangtangE nīnau mai iā mākou no nā kikoʻī inā makemake ʻoe e hoʻoponopono hou aku i kāu huakaʻi!
Ma waho aʻe o ke kumukūʻai o ka huakaʻi, e hoʻolālā i kahi kālā no nā mea pilikino. uuku nā lilo ma ke ala hele wāwae, hoʻokomo pū ʻia nā mea inu a me nā meaʻai māmā: ʻo ke kumukūʻai o ka wai ʻōmole ma kahi o $1–2 USD no ka lita, ʻo ka wai huaʻai a i ʻole ka soda ma kahi o $1, a ʻo ka pia kūloko he $3–5.
uila no ka hoʻouka ʻana i nā mea hana ma nā hale hoʻokipa he $1–2 pinepine ke kumukūʻai no kēlā me kēia uku. Hot ka hu (inā loaʻa) ʻo ke kumukūʻai maʻamau he $1. ʻO ka lawelawe holoi lole ma nā hale hoʻokipa nui aʻe he $1–3.
Kōkua no ka mea, he mea maʻamau ke alakaʻi a me ka mea lawe ukana (koho akā mahalo ʻia). ʻO kahi alakaʻi maʻamau ma kahi o 10% o ke kumukūʻai hele wāwae ma ka huina, i puʻunaue ʻia ma waena o nā limahana (no ka laʻana, $5–$7 i kēlā me kēia lā no ke alakaʻi a me $3–$5 i kēlā me kēia lā no kahi mea lawe ukana). Hiki iā ʻoe ke hāʻawi i kekahi mau rupees i nā limahana o ka hōkele a me ka hale ʻaina inā hāʻawi lākou i ka lawelawe maikaʻi loa.
Uhi nā meaʻai i hoʻokomo ʻia i loko o kā mākou hoʻolālā i ka meaʻai maʻamau; ʻo nā mea keu a pau (nā mea inu ʻona, ke kofe cafe, nā mea ʻōmole) na ʻoe iho ia. Kūʻai ma Kathmandu a i ʻole Pokhara (nā mea hoʻomanaʻo, nā lako, kāleka SIM) e pono ai ke kālā. Aia kahi ATM ma Kathmandu lāua ʻo Pokhara, akā ʻaʻohe ma ke ala. E mālama pono i nā bila rupee Nepali liʻiliʻi (100s, 500s).
ʻO ka mea hope loa, inā koho ʻoe pono hana (e like me ka mokulele a i ʻole nā huakaʻi hou aʻe), he keu kēlā mau kumukūʻai. Hoʻokomo pinepine ʻia kā mākou mau ʻōlelo kūʻai āpau koe wale nō nā mea pilikino a me nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo koho a i ʻole nā hoʻolōʻihi.
ʻO Nepali ka ʻōlelo kūhelu o Nepal. Eia nō naʻe, ʻōlelo nui ʻia ka ʻōlelo Pelekania ma Kathmandu, Pokhara, a me nā alakaʻi ma ka huakaʻi. E hālāwai ʻoe me nā kamaʻāina e ʻōlelo ana i ka ʻōlelo Nepali a me kā lākou ʻōlelo kūloko (Gurung) ma nā kaiāulu mauna. Mai hopohopo inā ʻaʻole ʻoe ʻike i ka ʻōlelo - e kōkua kāu alakaʻi i ka unuhi a hoʻonohonoho i nā mea e pono ai.
Hoʻomaopopo ka nui o nā Nepali i nā ʻōlelo Pelekania maʻamau e pili ana i ka mākaʻikaʻi. Hoʻomaopopo pū ʻia ka ʻōlelo Hindi e kekahi poʻe, ʻoi aku hoʻi ma nā hale kūʻai a i waena o nā hanauna kahiko (ma muli o nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni Bollywood). Eia nō naʻe, he mea pono a mahalo ʻia ke aʻo ʻana i kekahi mau ʻōlelo Nepali. ʻO nā aloha maʻalahi e like me "Namaste" (aloha a aloha) a me "Dhanyabad" (mahalo) e hele lōʻihi me nā kamaʻāina.
Hana like ka ʻōlelo kino a me ka minoʻaka ma nā wahi āpau - he ʻoluʻolu a hoʻomanawanui ka poʻe Nepali. Inā he kelepona paʻalima kāu, e hana ia no nā kelepona a me nā kikokikona ma ka hapa nui o ka huakaʻi (e nānā i ka ʻāpana aʻe). Pono e hoʻonohonoho ʻia nā helu kelepona koʻikoʻi (kou mea hoʻonohonoho huakaʻi, hōkele, a me ka pilikia) i loko o kāu kelepona.
Eia nō naʻe, ʻo Kathmandu lāua ʻo Pokhara nā kikowaena kamaʻilio nui; ma nā kauhale, hiki ke hemahema ka lawelawe. E paʻi i nā kope o ka ʻike koʻikoʻi (e laʻa me nā helu wahi o ka hōkele) inā e nalowale ka hoʻokipa.
Loaʻa iā Kathmandu lāua ʻo Pokhara nā lawelawe kelepona a me ka pūnaewele maikaʻi loa. Hāʻawi nā mea lawelawe nui o Nepal (Ncell, Nepal Telecom) i nā pūnaewele 3G/4G ma nā kūlanakauhale āpau.
Ma ke ala hele wāwae, ʻokoʻa ka uhi ʻana: ma nā kauhale nui e like me Kalikasthan, Syaglung, a me Chisapani, hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa kahi hōʻailona. Eia nō naʻe, e loaʻa nā wahi me ka ʻole o ka hoʻokipa ʻana, ʻoi aku hoʻi ma nā awāwa ulu lāʻau.
Inā he kelepona paʻa ʻole kāu, e noʻonoʻo e kūʻai i kahi kāleka SIM Nepali ma Kathmandu a i ʻole Pokhara (pono ʻoe i kāu passport). He haʻahaʻa ke kumukūʻai o nā hoʻolālā ʻikepili (no ka laʻana, 1-2 GB no kekahi mau kālā) a hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻohana i nā palapala ʻāina a i ʻole e hoʻokaʻaʻike aku i ka ʻohana.
Hāʻawi ka nui o nā hale hoʻokipa a me nā hale ʻaina ma Kathmandu/Pokhara a me kekahi mau kauhale ma ke ala hele wāwae i ka Wi-Fi (manuahi pinepine akā i kekahi manawa lohi a koi paha i kahi uku liʻiliʻi).
Mai hilinaʻi i ka pūnaewele ma ka huakaʻi hele wāwae - he mea hoʻohiwahiwa ia, ʻaʻole i hōʻoia ʻia. Loaʻa ka uila ma Kathmandu, Pokhara, a me nā kauhale nui.
Loaʻa i ka hapa nui o nā hōkele a me nā hale hoʻokipa nā puka uila 220V (ʻelua prong, kaila India) kahi e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke hoʻouka i nā kelepona a me nā kāmela. Hiki ke pio ka mana, ʻoiai ma nā wahi mamao - loaʻa pinepine nā kukui solar i nā hale hoʻokipa i ka pō.
E lawe mai i kahi panakō mana USB inā pono ʻoe e hoʻouka hou aku. ʻO ke kumukūʻai o ka hoʻouka ʻana i kahi hāmeʻa keu ma kahi o $1 no kēlā me kēia hoʻouka ʻana ma nā hale hoʻokipa liʻiliʻi. Inā he nui kāu mau mea uila, e noʻonoʻo i kahi mea hoʻouka USB multi-port a e hoʻouka mau i nā hāmeʻa ke loaʻa iā ʻoe ka mana i ke ahiahi.
Ke hele ʻoe ma ka Royal Trek, e mālama ʻoe i kekahi mau lula kumu e noʻonoʻo ʻia i ka moʻomeheu kūloko a me ke ʻano. ʻAʻole ʻoe e ʻōpala a lawe i kāu ʻōpala, nā ʻōpala, a me nā ʻōmole i ke kūlanakauhale. E wehe ʻoe i kou mau kāmaʻa a me kou pāpale ma mua o ke komo ʻana i nā luakini a i ʻole nā hale, a ʻaʻole ʻoe e piʻi i nā stupa a i ʻole nā pā kapu.
E lulu lima mau me nā kānaka ma ke ʻano maikaʻi, a mai kuhikuhi i kou mau wāwae i kekahi mea a i ʻole kekahi mea hoʻomana. ʻAʻole ʻoe e kiʻi i nā kiʻi me ka ʻole o ka ʻae, a pono ʻoe e mahalo i nā makemake o nā wāhine a me nā mōneka.
E hōʻemi i ka walaʻau a puni nā kauhale, e pale i ka ʻona a i ʻole ka hana leo nui inā makemake ʻoe e inu, a e hele ma ka papa hoʻokahi ma nā ala haiki.
E mālama pono i kāu alakaʻi a mai hele wale, a ʻaʻole pono ʻoe e lawe i nā mea kū ʻole i ke kānāwai. Ma ka hahai ʻana i kēia mau "mea pono ʻole," e mahalo ʻoe i nā loina kūloko a e hōʻoia i kahi huakaʻi mālie a palekana ma ke ala Aliʻi.
Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka manawa keu, nui nā ala e hoʻolōʻihi ai i kāu huakaʻi Nepal. Ma Pokhara, hoʻāʻo pinepine nā poʻe huakaʻi wiwo ʻole i ka paragliding, zip-lining, a i ʻole nā holo mokulele pōkole ma luna o ka pae ʻo Annapurna. No ka hele wāwae hou aku, hoʻohui kekahi mau malihini i kekahi mau lā e hiki ai i Sarangkot no ka puka ʻana o ka lā a i ʻole e ʻimi iā Poon Hill (he huakaʻi 3-4 lā i 3,210m).
Hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻohui i kēia huakaʻi me kahi huakaʻi i Chitwan National Park (2-3 mau lā) no nā safari ululāʻau, a i ʻole i Lumbini (1-2 mau lā) e ʻike i kahi hānau o Buddha. ʻO nā hoʻonui moʻomeheu e pili ana i nā huakaʻi alakaʻi o nā wahi UNESCO o ke awāwa ʻo Kathmandu (Bhaktapur, Patan) a i ʻole kahi hoʻomaha yoga/meditation ma Pokhara.
Inā ʻoe e moeʻuhane ana i nā Himalayas kiʻekiʻe, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻohana iā Pokhara ma ke ʻano he kahua no nā huakaʻi lōʻihi e like me Annapurna Base Camp (8-10 mau lā ʻē aʻe) a i ʻole Mustang (pono kahi palapala ʻae kūikawā).
Hiki i kā mākou hui ke hoʻonohonoho i kekahi o kēia mau mea hoʻohui; e haʻi wale mai iā mākou i kāu mea e makemake ai i ka wā e hoʻopaʻa ai. E hoʻomaopopo he pono paha nā palapala ʻae hou no nā ala ma waho o ka Annapurna Conservation Area, no laila e hoʻomaopopo mua iā mākou.
ʻO ke kiʻi ʻana ma ka huakaʻi aliʻi ʻaʻohe palena o ka hapa nuiHiki iā ʻoe ke kiʻi i nā kiʻi o nā hiʻohiʻona nani a me ke ola o kēlā me kēia lā. Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole loa ʻoe e kiʻi i nā kiʻi me ka ʻole o ka ʻae ʻia, ʻoiai hoʻi ma nā hale a i ʻole nā luakini.
ʻAʻole pono e hoʻohana ʻia ka uila i loko o nā hale mōneka a i ʻole nā wahi hoʻāno, a hiki i kēia ke hoʻopilikia loa. ʻAʻole ʻae ʻia kekahi mau wahi kapu (e like me ka luakini ʻo Pashupatinath) ke kiʻi ʻana i nā kiʻi o nā hana kuʻuna a i ʻole i loko o kekahi o ko lākou mau wahi.
Ua hoʻoponopono nui ʻia nā drones ma Nepal. Ma ke kānāwai, pono ʻoe e kiʻi i kahi palapala ʻae drone mai ka Mana Mokulele Kīwila o Nepal ma mua o ka lele ʻana. Paipai ikaika mākou e kūʻē i ka lawe ʻana mai i kahi drone ke ʻole ʻoe i ka palapala ʻae (hiki ke hala nā pule i ke kaʻina hana a koi i nā palapala).
ʻO ka hoʻolele ʻana i kahi drone me ka ʻole o ka ʻae ʻia hiki ke alakaʻi i nā uku nui a i ʻole ka lawe ʻia ʻana. Inā ʻoe e hoʻolele i kahi drone (me ka palapala ʻae), e hahai i kēia mau lula: mai lele ma luna o 400 kapuaʻi (120m), e noho mamao mai nā kahua mokulele (ʻo Kathmandu lāua ʻo Pokhara nā wahi lele ʻole ma lalo o 10 km), e pale i nā lehulehu, a e mahalo i ka pilikino o ka poʻe.
Ma ka huakaʻi Aliʻi, he mamao nā kauhale, akā pono ʻoe e nānā me kāu alakaʻi e pili ana i nā kapu kūloko. Ma keʻano laulā, ʻo ka hauʻoli ʻana i nā hiʻohiʻona me kahi kāmela maʻamau ka mea maʻalahi a me ka pilikia ʻole.
Hoʻolauleʻa nā kauhale Nepalese i nā ʻahaʻaina he nui, a hiki paha iā ʻoe ke hopu i hoʻokahi i kāu huakaʻi hele wāwae. ʻO ka mea nui loa Dashain (Kepakemapa/ʻOkakopa), he ʻahaʻaina 15 lā no nā ʻahaʻaina ʻohana a me nā hoʻomaikaʻi.
I ka wā o Dashain, e ʻike ʻoe i nā kamaʻāina i nā lole hou a me nā kao a i ʻole nā bipi i mōhai ʻia ma nā luakini. Tihar (ʻOkakopa/Nowemapa), e ʻālohilohi ana nā hale a me nā ala me nā kukui a me nā kiʻi rangoli.
Holi ʻO (ka pūnāwai) ka ʻahaʻaina o nā kala, kahi e pāʻani ai ka poʻe me nā pauka kala a me ka wai - hiki ke lilo i hanana leʻaleʻa a aloha inā hui pū nā mea hele wāwae. ʻO Teej (ka hopena o ke kauwela) he ʻahaʻaina wahine me nā mele a me nā lole ʻulaʻula.
Ma nā kauhale ʻo Gurung, loaʻa iā lākou kā lākou mau ʻahaʻaina ponoʻī e like me ʻO Losar (Tamu Lhosar, Gurung Makahiki Hou i Nowemapa/Kekemapa) me ka hula kuʻuna, a me ʻO Maghe Sankranti (Ianuali) i hōʻailona ʻia e nā ʻahaʻaina kaiāulu.
Inā hāʻule kahi ʻahaʻaina i kāu huakaʻi hele wāwae, hiki i nā kamaʻāina ke kono iā ʻoe e nānā a kaʻana like paha i ka ʻai. He mea hoʻomanaʻo kēia mau ʻike moʻomeheu, akā e hoʻomanaʻo mau e mahalo. Inā kānalua, e hahai i nā kamaʻāina a i ʻole e nīnau i kāu alakaʻi ma mua o ke komo ʻana a i ʻole ke kiʻi ʻana i kahi ʻaha.
Eia nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo maʻalahi hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻohana i ka wā o ka Royal Trek. Manaʻo ʻia ʻoe e e lawe mai i ke kālā lawa ma nā rupees Nepalese ʻoiai aia nā ATM ma Kathmandu lāua ʻo Pokhara wale nō. Hoʻohana nā hale kūʻai a me nā hōkele i nā bila liʻiliʻi. Ma nā kūlanakauhale a me nā luakini, e ʻaʻahu pono ma ke uhi ʻana i kou mau poʻohiwi a me kou mau kuli.
He maikaʻi nā pālule pōkole a me nā pālule T ma ke ala, ʻoiai he paulele ka lole pono ma Kathmandu. E lawe mai i nā lole mahana, kahi ʻaʻahu pale wai, nā kāmaʻa paʻa, ka pāpale lā, nā aniani lā, a me ka pale lā. Pono ʻoe e hoʻohanohano i nā moʻomeheu kūloko, e lulu lima me Namaste, a mai lawe kiʻi me ka ʻole o ka ʻae.
E hōʻoia e inu i ka nui o ka wai, e ʻaʻahu i ka mea pale pepeke kokoke i nā loko, a loaʻa nā lāʻau lapaʻau maʻamau. E kali me ke ahonui no ka lohi o ka lawelawe kūloko a me nā mokulele. E waiho mau i nā mea waiwai ma hope, e hāʻawi maikaʻi i mea e lawelawe maikaʻi ʻia ai, a e lawe mai i kahi ʻaʻahu ua a me kahi kukui liʻiliʻi no ke ahiahi.
He huakaʻi ʻo Royal Trek e hala ana i 8 mau lā, e hoʻomaka ana a e pau ana ma Kathmandu. Hoʻohui pū ia i kahi lā mākaʻikaʻi ma Kathmandu, kahi huakaʻi o Pokhara ma ke kaʻa, a me ʻehā mau lā o ka hele wāwae māmā ma nā kauhale puʻu ʻo Annapurna ma Nepal, me Kalikasthan, Syaglung, Chisapani, a me kahi holo waʻa mālie ma Begnas Lake, a hoʻi i Pokhara.
He huakaʻi hele wāwae maʻalahi a maʻalahi hoʻi ia e piʻi mālie ana a iho ana. He 4-6 mau hola ka huakaʻi hele wāwae i kēlā me kēia lā ma luna o nā ala i hōʻailona maikaʻi ʻia a hiki i kahi kiʻekiʻe o 1,730 m - kūpono no nā poʻe hoʻomaka a i ʻole nā ʻohana.
ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o nā lani mālamalama a me nā mahana ʻoluʻolu i ka pūnāwai (Malaki-Mei) a me ke kau hāʻule (Kepakemapa-Nowemapa). Pono e pale ʻia ka ua nui (Iune-ʻAukake) a me nā pō hoʻoilo anu (Kekemapa-Pepeluali).
E lawe i nā lole mahana, kahi ʻaʻahu ua, nā kāmaʻa hele wāwae, ka pāpale, nā mīkina lima, ka pale lā, nā aniani maka, a me kahi ʻōmole wai hiki ke hoʻohana hou ʻia. E hoʻomanaʻo i nā lāʻau lapaʻau pilikino, nā mea hoʻomaʻemaʻe, a me kahi panakō mana liʻiliʻi.
ʻAe, ʻo ia kekahi o nā huakaʻi hele wāwae maikaʻi loa e hana ai i kou manawa mua, me kahi ʻohana a i ʻole nā poʻe ʻelemakule. ʻAʻole lōʻihi ke ala, pālahalaha, a ʻaʻole piʻi loa.
ʻO ka huakaʻi hele wāwae e pili ana i ʻekolu mau ʻai i ka lā, ʻo ia hoʻi nā meaʻai Nepali, e like me ka dal bhat, noodles, soup, a i ʻole curry. Kūʻai ʻokoʻa ʻia nā meaʻai māmā a mea inu paha.
E loaʻa nō hoʻi iā ʻoe ka ʻaina kakahiaka a me ka ʻaina awakea i ka wā o nā mākaʻikaʻi kūlanakauhale a i ʻole nā kaʻa e like me ka mea i ʻōlelo ʻia. ʻO nā meaʻai māmā a me nā mea inu keu (sodas, pia) he mea hou aʻe.
ʻAe. Loaʻa ka visa mākaʻikaʻi i ka hapa nui o ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi i ke komo ʻana i ke kahua mokulele ʻo Kathmandu, nona ke kumukūʻai ma kahi o 30 kālā no 15 mau lā a i ʻole 50 kālā no 30 mau lā. E lawe mai i kahi kiʻi passport a me ke kālā USD.
Pono ia i kahi Palapala ʻAe no ka Mālama ʻana o Annapurna (ACAP) a me kahi kāleka TIMS. E hoʻonohonoho ʻia kēia mau mea ma mua o ka huakaʻi e kāu alakaʻi.
E haʻi koke aku i kāu alakaʻi. Hoʻoponopono ʻia nā pilikia liʻiliʻi me ka hoʻomaha a me ke akahele; hiki ke kuhikuhi ʻia kekahi mau pilikia koʻikoʻi i Kathmandu a i ʻole Pokhara e mālama ʻia. Pono ka ʻinikua hoʻoneʻe.
ʻAe, hiki ke loaʻa ʻo Ncell a i ʻole NTC ma ka hapa nui o nā kauhale, akā ʻaʻole ma nā wahi āpau - aia kekahi mau wahi make, ʻoi aku hoʻi ma nā ululāʻau a me nā awāwa, ʻoi aku hoʻi ma nā ululāʻau a i ʻole nā awāwa. Hiki ke lohi a loaʻa ʻole paha ka Wi-Fi ma nā wahi mamao, a loaʻa paha i kekahi mau hale hoʻokipa e kū nei a puni nā kūlanakauhale.
ʻAe, loaʻa i nā hale hoʻokipa āpau (ʻoiai nā mea liʻiliʻi) nā puka uila (220V). I kekahi manawa aia kahi uku liʻiliʻi (ma kahi o $1). Hiki ke ʻoki ʻia ka mana i ke ahiahi, no laila ke hoʻopiʻi nei mākou i nā hāmeʻa ke hoʻā ka uila (ʻo ka maʻamau ma hope o ke ahiahi). E lawe i kahi panakō mana no ke kākoʻo a me kahi mea hoʻololi honua.
Hāʻawi mākou i ka wai i hoʻolapalapa ʻia a i kānana ʻia paha i ka wā ʻai. E inu wale mai nā ʻōmole a i ʻole ka wai i mālama ʻia. ʻAʻole palekana ka inu ʻana i ka wai piula. Hiki iā ʻoe ke kūʻai i ka wai ʻōmole ma Kathmandu/Pokhara; ma ke ala hele wāwae, e lawe i kahi ʻōmole hiki ke hoʻopiha hou ʻia e hōʻemi i ka ʻōpala.
I ka wā hele wāwae, ʻokoʻa ka mahana o ke ao mai kahi o 15°C a i 25°C (60–75°F). Hiki ke anuanu i nā pō, ʻoi aku hoʻi ma nā kauhale kiʻekiʻe e like me Syaglung (1,730 m).
ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o ke kali ʻana a hiki i ka pau ʻana o ka huakaʻi. Hiki i ka waiʻona ke hoʻomaloʻo iā ʻoe a hoʻopilikia i ka ikehu ma kahi kiʻekiʻe.
ʻO ka huakaʻi aliʻi ma nā kauhale me nā hale noho home a i ʻole nā hale hoʻomoana halelewa i mālama ʻia e nā kamaʻāina. ʻAʻohe hale inu kī 'mākaʻikaʻi' e like me nā huakaʻi hele wāwae, akā ʻo kā mākou hoʻonohonoho ʻana e komo pū me nā hale noho kūloko maʻalahi, nā homestay, a i ʻole nā hale lole me nā moena moe.
He mea maʻamau ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka makana akā ʻaʻole ia he mea koi. Inā ua hauʻoli ʻoe i ka lawelawe ʻana, mahalo nui ʻia ka makana. Ma ke ʻano he alakaʻi, hāʻawi ka nui o nā mea huakaʻi ma kahi o 5-10% o ke kumukūʻai huakaʻi holoʻokoʻa.
E lawe mai i ke kālā US no kāu mau pono mua (visa, nā lilo nui) a hoʻololi i kekahi i nā rupees Nepalese (NPR). Hāʻawi nā ATM ma Kathmandu/Pokhara i nā rupees (hana ʻo Mastercard/Visa ma kekahi mau ATM). Ma ka huakaʻi hele wāwae, e hoʻohana wale i ka NPR. Kuhi ʻia nā kumukūʻai ma ka huakaʻi hele wāwae ma NPR. ʻAʻole ʻae ʻia nā kāleka hōʻaiʻē ma waho o nā kūlanakauhale, no laila e lawe i ke kālā lawa no nā mea inu, nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo, a me nā mea hoʻomanaʻo.
ʻO kēia huakaʻi hele wāwae ma waena o nā ʻāina mahiʻai a me nā ululāʻau, no laila e ʻike paha ʻoe i nā manu Himalayan maʻamau, nā mōneki i loko o nā ululāʻau, a i ʻole nā hui kao mauna.
Ma ka huakaʻi hele wāwae Aliʻi, hele wāwae ʻoe ma kahi o 4 a 6 mau hola i ka lā, e uhi ana i 5-10 km. Hoʻokomo pū kēia i nā hoʻomaha no ka ʻaina awakea a me ka hoʻomaha.
ʻAe, pono ʻoe e loaʻa ka ʻinikua huakaʻi e uhi ana i ka hoʻoneʻe ʻana i nā pilikia olakino (me ka hoʻopakele helikopter).
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