ʻO Upper Mustang kahi wahi ʻike maka ma Nepal i ʻike ʻia no kāna moʻomeheu Tibetan kahiko, nā ʻāina ākea, a me nā hiʻohiʻona Himalayan mamao. He moeʻuhane ka huakaʻi kaʻa kaʻa, hāʻawi i nā hiʻohiʻona nani a me nā hālāwai moʻomeheu i hoʻokahi a ʻelua pule.
ʻO ka moʻomeheu a me ka moʻomeheu Tibet i mālama ʻia e hana i ka Mustang luna kūikawā. Nui nā hale mōneka kahiko, nā ana lani, a me nā kauhale kuʻuna e hōʻike ana i ka hui ʻana o nā moʻomeheu Tibetan a me Nepalese. ʻO ka ʻāina ponoʻī e like me ka pīhoihoi, me nā kiʻekiʻe Himalayan kiʻekiʻe, nā awāwa, a me nā mahana wao nahele e hoʻokūkū ai i nā mea hoʻokele maikaʻi loa a hoʻohauʻoli i ka poʻe ʻimi huakaʻi.
ʻO ka holo ʻana ma Upper Mustang e pili ana i ka mea hoʻokūkū, ʻaʻole wale i ka holo ʻana, akā e pili ana i nā ala ʻino, nā ala kiʻekiʻe, ka piʻi ʻana i nā alahele a i kekahi manawa i pale ʻole ʻia. Eia kekahi, pili ia i ka piʻi a me ka iho ʻana mai nā ala kaʻawale, e hāʻawi ana i kahi manawa e leʻaleʻa ai ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi. Pono ʻoe e ʻike i ka poʻe mauna pumehana a me ka hoʻokipa ʻoiai e loaʻa ana ka manawa e ʻike ai i ke ʻano o ka noho ʻana i hoʻololi ʻole ʻia no nā hanauna he nui.
ʻO kēia ke alakaʻi piha e hoʻomākaukau ai no kahi Kaʻa kaʻa kaʻa ʻo Upper Mustang. E hoʻokomo ʻia nā ʻae pono āpau, nā ala i manaʻo ʻia, a me nā ʻōlelo kōkua. Inā he kanaka holo kaʻa kaʻa akamai ʻoe a i ʻole he mea ʻimi hoʻohiwahiwa, e hoʻomākaukau kēia alakaʻi iā ʻoe no kahi huakaʻi hoihoi i kekahi o nā wahi kūʻokoʻa a kupaianaha o Nepal.
No ke aha e koho ai ʻo Upper Mustang no kahi huakaʻi kaʻa?
ʻO ka manaʻo o Upper Mustang ke waiho nei i kahi palena palena ʻia, e hana ana i kekahi mau ʻano o kāna moʻomeheu kūʻokoʻa i ʻike ʻole ʻia e ka honua hou. No ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi, hāʻawi ka ʻāina i kahi oasis i loko o kahi Buddhist Tibet i hala, nā monasteries kahiko, a me nā ʻano nohona i mālama i ko lākou kūpaʻa maoli no nā kenekulia.
He huakaʻi nui hoʻi kēia wahi mai ke ala i hahau ʻia, kahi hui o ka moʻomeheu Tibet a me nā wao nahele. I ka hoʻololi ʻana o ka poʻe holo lio mai nā awāwa kahawai ʻo Nepal i kahi pāpū maloʻo, hālāwai lākou i nā kauhale mamao, nā ala kalepa kahiko e pili ana iā Tibet a me Nepal, a me nā moʻolelo āpau e pili ana i kēlā huakaʻi moʻomeheu.
ʻO Upper Mustang ka ʻāina kaʻa kaʻa, ʻoiai paʻakikī, me nā ala ʻala, nā ala pōhaku, a me nā ala kiʻekiʻe, e hiki ai i nā holo kaʻa adrenaline. E loaʻa i nā poʻe holo lio akamai nā hiʻohiʻona Himalayas, nā puʻupuʻu mauna, a me ka ʻoluʻolu o ka ʻimi ʻana i kekahi o nā wahi liʻiliʻi loa a maʻemaʻe ma Nepal.
ʻO Upper Mustang kahi manawa kūpono no ka huakaʻi kaʻa kaʻa e hoʻohui i ka huakaʻi me ka ʻike moʻomeheu. He ʻike kūʻokoʻa ia, e pili ana i ka noho ʻana ma kahi ʻāina kapu loa i ka wā e hana pū ana me nā moʻomeheu Tibet e ola ana, nā ʻāina ʻāʻī, a me kahi huakaʻi kaʻa. Hoʻohui kēia mau mea a pau i ka ʻike kūʻokoʻa e hoʻohui i ka hauʻoli o ka ʻimi me ka manawa e launa pū me kahi hale moʻomeheu ola.
Nā ʻae e pono ai no Upper Mustang
Pono nā malihini kipa a pau i Upper Mustang e loaʻa i kahi palapala ʻae i kaupalena ʻia (RAP) ma muli o nā hopohopo palekana e pili ana i kahi kokoke i Tibet. ʻO ke kumukūʻai o ka RAP he USD 500 i kēlā me kēia kanaka no 10 mau lā a laila he $ 50 hou i kēlā me kēia lā no nā lā hou aʻe. Pono e noi ʻia nā ʻae RAP ma o kahi hui holo wāwae kūloko i kākau inoa ʻia ma Nepal, ma Kathmandu a i ʻole Pokhara, no ka mea ʻaʻole hiki ke noi wale ʻia.
Eia kekahi, pono e uku nā malihini i ka palapala ʻae ʻo Annapurna Conservation Area Project (ACAP) i koi ʻia no ka mea ʻo Upper Mustang kahi ʻāpana o kēia wahi mālama. ʻO ke kumukūʻai o ka palapala ʻae ACAP ma kahi o USD 20-30, i hana ʻia i ka manawa o ke noi. Hoʻohana ʻia ia e mālama a mālama i nā ala hele wāwae a me ka mālama ʻana i ka kaiaola puni. He palapala ʻae kēia no nā lā he nui a hiki i ka poʻe huakaʻi ke noi no kēia palapala i ka manawa like me nā ʻae ʻē aʻe ma o kekahi o nā keʻena i ʻae ʻia.
E pili ana i nā visa, pono nā malihini e noi i kahi visa Nepalese kūpono ma kahi ʻelele Nepalese i ka wā i hiki mai ai lākou a ma mua paha. Inā makemake kā lākou huakaʻi e noho lōʻihi, hiki iā lākou ke hoʻonui i kā lākou visa ma Nepal. No ke noi ʻana i nā palapala ʻae a me nā visa, pono ka palapala passport haole me ka liʻiliʻi o ʻeono mahina i koe.
ʻAʻole hiki i ke kānāwai ke holo solo ma Upper Mustang; pono e hele pū ʻia nā huakaʻi me kahi alakaʻi laikini a loaʻa nā palapala ʻae mai kahi hui huakaʻi i hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻia. ʻAʻole hiki i nā mea hele wāwae ke noi no nā ʻae, a ʻaʻole hiki i nā alakaʻi ke loaʻa nā ʻae no kā lākou mea kūʻai aku iā lākou iho. Manaʻo ʻia kēia e kōkua i ka hoʻokō kānāwai kūloko a me ka palekana o ka poʻe huakaʻi ma kahi i kaupalena ʻia.
ʻO ka manawa maikaʻi loa e hele ai
puna (Malaki a Mei) a me ke kau (Kepakemapa a Nowemapa) mahina ka manawa maikaʻi loa o ka makahiki no ka huakaʻi kaʻa kaʻa ʻo Upper Mustang. I loko o kēia mau kau, me ka ʻoluʻolu o ka wā, ka lani polū, a me nā mahana wela, ʻoluʻolu nā kūlana holo kaʻa a nani nā hiʻohiʻona.
He maloʻo a hilinaʻi ka lewa i kēia mau mahina. No ka mea aia ka Upper Mustang ma lalo o ka ua, e wehe mau ʻia ʻo ia i ka wā o ka mahina ʻo Nepal. Akā, he lepo paha nā alanui, a ʻaʻole hoʻi e hoʻopunipuni nā kūlana, e ʻae ana i ka holo ʻāhiu a me ka puʻupuʻu me ka hopohopo ʻole e pili ana i ka lepo. Ma ke ʻano holoʻokoʻa, ʻo ka pūnāwai a me ka hāʻule nā manawa maikaʻi loa e kipa aku ai, me ka ʻole o ke anuanu ʻino o ka hoʻoilo, kahi hiki ke hoʻopilikia ʻia ka huakaʻi e nā pani alanui.
ʻO kekahi o nā mea koʻikoʻi o ka kipa ʻana i ka pūnāwai ʻo ia ka hiki i nā malihini ke ʻike i ka Tiji Festival ma Lo Manthang, ke kapikala o Upper Mustang. He hanana moʻomeheu koʻikoʻi ʻo Tiji e komo pū ana me nā hulahula ikaika a uhi ʻia. Aia kekahi mau ʻahaʻaina ʻelua, e like me Saga Dawa a me Dumji, e hana ʻia i ka hopena o ke kauwela / ke kauwela mua, kahi e loaʻa ai i nā malihini ka manawa e ʻike ai i nā kuʻuna uhane waiwai o Upper Mustang.
Nā Alanui i Manaʻo ʻia
Hoʻomaka ka huakaʻi kaʻa kaʻa ʻo Upper Mustang ma Kathmandu. A laila alakaʻi ia i Pokhara, a hope ʻo Jomsom, ke kūlanakauhale komo i Mustang. ʻO Jomsom ka wahi hoʻomaka o ka huakaʻi kaʻa i Kagbeni - kahi ʻano kauhale o ka wā kahiko e hōʻailona ana i ka ʻīpuka i Upper Mustang - a laila hele ma nā awāwa maloʻo a me nā ʻāina ʻāʻī. ʻO ka hope, e alakaʻi ia i ke kūlanakauhale kahiko a paʻa i ka pā i kapa ʻia ʻo Lo Manthang, kahi kikowaena moʻomeheu koʻikoʻi ma Upper Mustang.
ʻO ka hiki i nā ala ʻē aʻe, e hāʻawi ana i nā huakaʻi i nā wahi moʻomeheu liʻiliʻi ʻole a me nā awāwa huna, e hoʻomaikaʻi hou i kēia ʻano huakaʻi. Hiki i nā mea holo kaʻa ke ʻimi i nā huakaʻi ʻaoʻao i Muktinath Temple, ka luakini kapu no nā Hindu a me nā Buddhist; a me ke kipa ʻana i nā ana kahiko o Choser a me ke kauhale mamao loa o Lubra. E hāʻawi nā mea ʻelua i nā ʻike kūʻokoʻa i ke koʻikoʻi o ka ʻuhane a me ka mōʻaukala o ia wahi.
ʻO ka holo kaʻa kaʻa ma ka Himalayas he mea hoʻokalakupua, akā aia nā pilikia ma ke ala. Hiki ke hoʻololi ʻia nā alanui i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i ka lepo lepo, pōhaku, a hiki ʻole ke hoʻokele i nā ala i hoʻopaʻa ʻole ʻia e hele hou ana i Mustang. Aia lākou i loko a kokoke paha iā Mustang, e komo hou nā kaʻa i nā ala mauna ʻoi loa. ʻO ke kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe a me ke ea lahilahi kekahi mau mea e noʻonoʻo ai, me nā pilikia kino ʻē aʻe a pau e hiki mai ana.
Hoʻomākaukau kaʻa kaʻa a me nā lako
I ka hele ʻana i kahi huakaʻi kaʻa kaʻa o Upper Mustang, Royal Enfield 411 a i ʻole Royal Enfield Himalayan 450, a ʻoi aku ka ikaika o nā kaʻa lepo. Ua kūpono kēia mau kaʻa kaʻa ʻelua no ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i ka Himalayan a me ka ʻāina ʻino me ka ikaika e pono ai, ka mana kūpono, a me ka maʻalahi o ka mālama ʻana i ka wā e hele ai ma nā alanui lepo lepo a pōhaku.
Ma keʻano o nā mea hana maʻamau, kahi mahiole maikaʻi maikaʻi, kahi kapa holo ikaika me nā mea kaua, nā mīkina lima, a me nā kāmaʻa holo maikaʻi e kōkua iāʻoe e pale iāʻoe mai nā kūlana paʻakikī. ʻO ka lawe ʻana i nā ʻāpana ʻokoʻa e like me nā paipu, ka paʻa, nā lever brake, a me nā mea hana maʻalahi e kōkua i ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i nā pilikia liʻiliʻi he mea nui ia ma muli o nā kūlana mamao a kala ʻole.
No ka hoʻopili ʻana i nā lako, pono ʻoe e noʻonoʻo i ka wai wai a me nā lako meaʻai - lawa ka wai a me ka ikehu e kōkua i ka hoʻomanawanui. Pono pū kekahi pahu kōkua mua no ka ulia pōpilikia. He mea nui ka nānā ʻana i ke kiʻekiʻe o ka wahie a me ka mālama ʻana i ka wahie, ʻoiai ʻoiai he kakaikahi nā hale ʻaila ma ke ala. Pono e hoʻolālā maikaʻi ʻia nā pani wahie, i ʻole e pau ka wahie ma nā wahi kaʻawale.
Ka ʻai a me ka meaʻai
Hiki i ka poʻe holo lio ke manaʻo e noho nui ma nā hale kī a me nā hale hoʻokipa kūloko e hāʻawi ana i nā lumi moe māhoe maʻamau akā ʻoluʻolu. Hāʻawi kekahi mau kauhale i nā homestays, he ʻike maikaʻi loa ia e komo ai me ka moʻomeheu kūloko, akā ʻo ka hapa nui o nā hale noho he mau hale kī a me nā hale hoʻokipa. Hiki i ka poʻe huakaʻi ke hoʻomoana ma kā lākou huakaʻi, akā ʻaʻole maʻamau kēia ma kēia ʻāina, no ka mea, loaʻa iā ʻoe ka pōmaikaʻi o nā hale hoʻokipa ma kēlā me kēia kū ma ke ala.
No ka meaʻai, maʻalahi. Hoʻokumu ʻia ka meaʻai ma luna o nā mana Tibetan kūloko, hiki ke komo i ka buckwheat pancakes, tsampa, momos, a me dal bhat. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā hale kīʻaha a me nā hale hoʻokipa e hāʻawi i ka ʻaina kakahiaka, ka ʻaina awakea, ka ʻai, a me ka ʻaina ahiahi. Eia nō naʻe, he manaʻo maikaʻi ke lawe ʻana i nā mea ʻai a me ka wai no nā lā holo lōʻihi i kēlā me kēia lā.
ʻO nā hale noho ma Upper Mustang me nā lako liʻiliʻi a me nā mea ʻoluʻolu o kēia wā, me nā mea wela a i ʻole ka ea. Ua kaupalena ʻia ka uila a me ka Wi-Fi i kekahi manawa, ma nā wahi mamao loa. ʻO kēia hiʻohiʻona rustic a mamao kahi ʻāpana o ka ʻike hoʻokūkū o ka moʻomeheu o Upper Mustang.
Nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo palekana a me nā pilikia
Ma muli o ke kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe, he pilikia maʻamau ka maʻi Altitude no ka huakaʻi kaʻa kaʻa ʻo Upper Mustang. No ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka maʻi kiʻekiʻe, pono e piʻi mālie nā mea holo, ʻaʻole e piʻi ma mua o 500 mika i kēlā me kēia lā. Pono ka poʻe holo kaʻa e hoʻomaʻemaʻe i ka lā a me ka hoʻokomo ʻana i nā lā i kā lākou huakaʻi e hoʻomaʻamaʻa, hoʻemi i ka waiʻona a me ka puhi paka, a lawe i ka lāʻau lapaʻau e like me Diamox inā ʻōlelo ʻia e kā lākou kauka.
He pilikia koʻikoʻi ka haʻihaʻi ʻana o ka mīkini ma muli o ka mamao a me ka paʻakikī o ka Upper Mustang. Pono nā poʻe holo lio e lawe i nā mea hana maʻamau a me nā ʻāpana ʻokoʻa, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā kiwi, nā lepa a me nā leki uila, a me nā kaula e kōkua i ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i ke kula. Aia nā hale kūʻai hoʻoponopono kūloko ma Jomsom, Kagbeni, a no laila hiki ke loaʻa i kahi mea kōkua, akā he palena palena wale nō paha; ʻo ia hoʻi, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hilinaʻi iā ia iho.
Inā pilikia, pono nā mea holo e lawe i nā kikoʻī pili no nā lawelawe hoʻopakele kūloko a me kā lākou hui huakaʻi. ʻO ka halemai a me ke kōkua lapaʻau i kaupalena ʻia ma Upper Mustang, no laila, ʻo nā hihia koʻikoʻi e koi wale i ka haʻalele ʻana i kahi kiʻekiʻe haʻahaʻa a i ʻole Kathmandu no ka mālama ʻana. Manaʻo ʻia nā kelepona Satellite a i ʻole GPS trackers no ka mea ʻaʻole paha ʻoe i waho o nā hōʻailona kelepona.
Pono ka poʻe holo lio e makaʻala i ke ʻano o ka eather a me nā kūlana alanui no ka mea he paʻakikī ka ʻāina. No laila, pono e hoʻolimalima nā mea holo i kahi alakaʻi a i ʻole i loko o kahi hui e hoʻomaikaʻi ai i ka palekana. ʻO ka hoʻomākaukau pono ʻana, ka nānā ʻana i nā hōʻailona maʻi kiʻekiʻe, a me ka mākaukau ʻana no nā hemahema mīkini e hoʻolilo i kāu huakaʻi kaʻa kaʻa i ka Upper Mustang i palekana a ʻoi aku ka leʻaleʻa.
Manaʻo kōkua no ka huakaʻi holomua
Ke hele nei ʻoe i Upper Mustang, he mea nui ka lawe ʻana i ka NPR no ka mea ʻaʻole nui nā ATM. ʻO Jomsom a me Muktinath wale nō nā ATM, a ʻo nā kauhale ʻē aʻe e pili ana i ke kālā. E hoʻololi a hoʻihoʻi i ke kālā ma Kathmandu a i ʻole Pokhara ma mua o ka huakaʻi. E ʻoluʻolu e hoʻokaʻawale i ke kālā no nā mea e pono ai e like me ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i kāu mau hāmeʻa a me nā ua wela, hiki ke loaʻa ke kumu kūʻai.
Ma muli o ka maikaʻi ʻole o ka pilina pūnaewele a me nā pūnaewele kelepona paʻakikī, paʻakikī ke kamaʻilio ʻana me ka honua o waho. Hiki i nā Teahouses ke hāʻawi iā Wi-Fi, akā ʻaʻole ia he mea ʻē aʻe ma mua o ka lawelawe lohi a kū ʻole paha. Kaʻana like i kāu mau hoʻolālā huakaʻi ma mua me ka ʻohana a i ʻole nā hoaaloha. He manaʻo maikaʻi ke hele me nā kelepona noho a i ʻole nā polokalamu GPS no nā pilikia ulia pōpilikia. E ʻaʻahu ʻoluʻolu a nīnau mua inā ke kiʻi nei ʻoe i nā kānaka a i ʻole nā wahi hoʻomana.
Panina
ʻO ka huakaʻi kaʻa kaʻa ʻo Upper Mustang he huakaʻi hoʻokahi i loko o ke ola e hāʻawi i kahi hui kūpono o nā hiʻohiʻona Himalayan weliweli a me kahi moʻomeheu Tibetan ʻokoʻa. ʻO ka huakaʻi i ka "Last Forbidden Kingdom" e holo i nā kaʻa kaʻa i nā monasteries kahiko, nā kauhale mamao, a me kahi hiʻohiʻona wao nahele kupaianaha, a hāʻawi i kahi manaʻo kaʻa kaʻa ma waho. Hoʻolālā ʻia kēia huakaʻi no ka mea holo moʻomeheu e makemake ana e ʻike pū i ka adrenaline buzz.
ʻO ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi hoʻolālā logistic paʻa - ʻo nā ʻae, nā kaʻa kaʻa, a me nā mea hana ka mea nui i kahi huakaʻi holomua. Pono ka poʻe holo lio e mahalo i nā loina kūloko a me nā hoʻoponopono kaiapuni - lawelawe ia i ka inoa kūikawā o Mustang. I kēia manawa, e hoʻāʻo e noʻonoʻo i nā hiʻohiʻona kupaianaha, i hoʻopili ʻia me nā kaʻa paʻakikī, a me ka hoʻokipa maikaʻi loa, a ʻo ka huakaʻi kaʻa kaʻa ʻo Upper Mustang kekahi o nā manawa poina ʻole o kou ola ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻokalakupua!
