ʻO Lower Mustang, aia ma ka ʻāina ʻākau o Nepal, ua kūkulu ʻia e ka Tibetan Plateau, ka mauna ʻo Annapurna, a me ka mauna ʻo Dhaulagiri. Hoʻokipa kēia ʻāina ʻo Mustang i nā tausani o ka poʻe malihini kipa i kēlā me kēia makahiki ma muli o kona ʻāina puʻuhonua nani a me ka moʻomeheu ʻokoʻa.
ʻO kēia mau kauhale a me nā monasteries o Lower Mustang kahi home o ka moʻomeheu Tibet i mālama ʻia no nā haneli mau makahiki. He hale hōʻikeʻike ola maoli nō ia o ka moʻomeheu Himalayan. Hāʻawi ʻo Lower Mustang i nā malihini i kahi ʻike moʻomeheu waiwai kahi mea e hauʻoli ai ka poʻe bikers e hōʻiliʻili i mea hoʻomanaʻo.
ʻO Lower Mustang Motorbike Tour ka ʻike o ke ola a hāʻawi i ka poʻe malihini i ka manawa kakaikahi e ʻike i nā ʻāina nani. ʻO nā ala pōhaku, nā awāwa hohonu, a me nā wao nahele e like me Mars ma ia wahi e hana i ke kahua pāʻani hope loa no kahi huakaʻi ma nā huila ʻelua.
Ma ka holo kaʻa kaʻa ma Lower Mustang, e ʻike ka poʻe malihini i ke kūʻokoʻa ma ke ʻano like ʻole me nā ʻano huakaʻi ʻē aʻe. ʻO ka holo ʻana i ka Lower Mustang Motorbike Tour e hāʻawi i kahi ʻano huakaʻi i loaʻa ʻole ma kahi ʻē aʻe me kona mau kauhale mamao, hoʻoilina moʻomeheu, monasteries kahiko, a me nā hiʻohiʻona mauna kupaianaha.
ʻOi aku ka mākaʻikaʻi ʻo Lower Mustang Motorbike ma mua o kahi huakaʻi ma nā ʻāina paʻakikī. E pili ana ia i ka hoʻopili ʻana i ka moʻomeheu kūloko o Thakali a me Tibetan. E pili ana hoʻi i ka nānā ʻana i ka napoʻo ʻana o ka lā i kou hoʻomaha ʻana i kekahi meaʻai maoli a i ʻole ka noʻonoʻo ʻana i ka serene, ʻuhane ʻuhane o nā wahi laʻa e like me Muktinath. E hāʻawi ka huakaʻi i nā manawa he nui o ka mehameha, ka pilina, a me ka hōʻike. Hāʻawi kēlā me kēia wili i ke alanui i kahi mea hou e makaʻala.
No ke aha he kūpono loa ʻo Lower Mustang no ka huakaʻi kaʻa kaʻa
Hōʻike ʻo Lower Mustang i kahi ʻokoʻa ʻāina ākea me nā awāwa semi-arid, nā pali pali, a me nā kauhale kahiko i hopu ʻia i ka wā kaua. ʻOkoʻa ka ʻāina o ka ʻāina mai nā kahawai momona a hiki i ka wao nahele kiʻekiʻe, e hāʻawi ana i ka poʻe kaʻa kaʻa i kēlā me kēia hiʻohiʻona ʻāina i manaʻo ʻia, e hoʻolulu hou iā ʻoe ma Lower Mustang.
Hoʻokumu ʻo Lower Mustang Motorbike Tour i kahi manaʻo o ka ʻimi a me ka hoʻokalakupua e like me nā wahi ʻole ma Nepal. Hiki ke ʻike ʻole ʻia nā alahele, ʻaʻole i paʻa pinepine ʻia, e wili ana ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka pali a me nā awāwa hohonu. Hāʻawi lākou i nā pae like ʻole o ka ʻāina paʻakikī me ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā hiʻohiʻona nani wale nō. ʻO ka maluhia a me ka nani o ka lanakila ʻana i ka ʻāina mamao loa a me ka ʻāhiu o Nepal he ʻike holo lio.
ʻOiai ka nui o ka nani maoli o Lower Mustang, ʻo ka ʻike moʻomeheu kekahi o nā mea like ʻole. Mai nā monasteries 1000-makahiki a hiki i ka Thakali, Magar, a me Tibetan settlements ma ke ala i nā wahi kapu e like me Muktinath, loaʻa iā ʻoe ka manawa e ʻike ai i ka waiwai moʻomeheu. Hiki iā ʻoe ke manaʻo i ka hoʻomanaʻo ʻana i ka hoʻokipa kūloko a me nā ʻahaʻaina i kēlā me kēia manawa e kū ai ʻoe ma ke ala.
No nā mea holo kaʻa ma Lower Mustang, ʻaʻole ia he wahi huakaʻi; he huakaʻi noʻonoʻo a moʻomeheu hoʻi. ʻO ka hui pū ʻana o nā hiʻohiʻona Himalayan ikaika, nā kaʻa paʻakikī, a me nā ʻike o nā nohona kahiko a me nā kuʻuna, hana i kahi huakaʻi hiki ʻole ke poina. ʻO ka holo ʻana i Lower Mustang kahi ʻike makaʻu ʻole i loko o kahi honua kahi i hui pū ʻia ai ka moʻomeheu a me ke ʻano.
ʻO ke Alanui a me nā mea nui
Pokhara iā Jomsom
Hoʻomaka maʻamau ka huakaʻi kaʻa kaʻa ʻo Lower Mustang ma Pokhara, he kūlanakauhale maikaʻi ma ka ʻaoʻao o Phewa Lake a kokoke i ka pā ʻo Annapurna. Mai laila aku ʻoe e holo ai ma ke awāwa ʻo Kali Gandaki me nā ala nui e like me Kalopani a me Jomsom.
Aia ka hui ʻana o nā alanui i hoʻopaʻa ʻia a me ka lepo ma ke ala me nā hiʻohiʻona kupaianaha o nā mauna a me nā awāwa hoʻoweliweli hohonu, kahi ala maikaʻi loa e hoʻonohonoho ai i ke kahua no kahi holo Himalaya.
ʻO Jomsom iā Tatopani
Mai Jomsom, hele ke ala me ka muliwai o Kali Gandaki a hiki i Tatopani. ʻO Tatopani kahi hoʻomaha ʻē aʻe i ka huakaʻi a kaulana i ka honua no kona mau pūnāwai wela maoli. Pono ʻoe e hoʻoinu i ka wai wela aqua-thermal ma hope o ka lā lōʻihi o ka holo.
ʻO nā pūnāwai wela maoli ka mea i ʻōlelo ʻia he mea hoʻoponopono a lawelawe ʻia ʻaʻole wale kahi wahi maikaʻi loa e hoʻomaha ai akā e hoʻopiha hou ai ma mua o ka hele hohonu ʻana i ka ʻāina Mustang hihiu.
Tatopani i kagbeni
I ka holo ʻana mai Tatopani a i Kagbeni, e hele ana ke ala ma ke ala mai kahi awāwa haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa a i kahi ʻāina like me ka wao nahele. He 60 kilomika ka huakaʻi ʻo Tatopani iā Kagbeni. Ua kapa pinepine ʻia ʻo Kagbeni ʻo ke ala komo i Upper Mustang, ʻo Kagbeni kahi kūlanakauhale lepo lepo me nā ala ʻāwili a me ka mana Tibetan ikaika.
ʻO ke kauhale kahiko kahi ʻike nui i ka mōʻaukala o Mustang a ke hōʻike nei i ke kikowaena o ka mākaʻikaʻi e pili ana i ka moʻomeheu, a me nā kānaka; a me ka ʻike ʻana i ke ola i ka manawa maoli ma o nā manawa kūpono o ke kipa ʻana i nā monasteries a me nā loina.
Kagbeni ia Muktinath
He mea paʻakikī ke ala Kagbeni a Muktinath a uhi ʻia he 45 km. He huakaʻi haipule kaulana ʻo Muktinath no ka poʻe manaʻoʻiʻo ma ka Hindu a me ka Buddhism aia ma kahi o 3,800 mika e hōʻike ana i kahi hui kūʻokoʻa o ka hana ʻuhane a me ka huakaʻi, me nā luakini kahiko, nā puna wai hoʻāno, a me nā hiʻohiʻona nani o ka Himalayas. Ua huki kēia kahua kapu i ka poʻe hoʻomana a me ka poʻe kaʻa kaʻa e komo i nā hana hoʻomaʻemaʻe a me nā hiʻohiʻona.
Muktinath ia Marpha
No ka hiki ʻana iā Marpha, pono nā mea holo e iho mai Muktinath. E uhi lākou ma kahi o 20 km a hiki i Marpha. Kaulana ʻo Marpha no nā māla ʻāpala a me ka hana ʻana i ka cider a me ka brandy i hana ʻia i ka ʻāina e hāʻawi i kahi ʻano kūʻokoʻa i ke kauhale.
E leʻaleʻa ka poʻe kipa i ka noho maluhia ʻana o ke kauhale, ka lehulehu o nā huahana huaʻai e hōʻike ai, a hui pū me nā lālā o ke kaiāulu Thakali, ka poʻe i hoʻokipa maikaʻi ʻia.
ʻO Marpha iā Jomsom
Ma ka ʻāpana hope, hoʻi nā mea holo i Jomsom. I loko o kēia kaʻa ʻo Lower Mustang Motorbike Tour, hoʻopiha ka mea holo i kahi loop ma kahi ala e maʻalahi ke holo me nā hiʻohiʻona kupaianaha ma ke ala.
ʻO Jomsom kahi kahua hoʻokipa no Lower Mustang, aia ma waena o nā kahawai ʻo Kali Gandaki a me Jhong e hāʻawi ana i nā hiʻohiʻona nani o nā puʻu nui a me nā awāwa, ʻo Nilgiri a me Dhaulagiri. He ʻīpuka ʻo Jomsom no ka ʻimi ʻana iā Mustang a he kūlanakauhale ola ia kahi e hoʻomaha ai ka poʻe holo lio, hoʻopiha i ka wahie, a mahalo i ka ʻāina ma mua o ka hoʻi ʻana e holo hou.
ʻO ka manawa maikaʻi loa e hele ai i ka huakaʻi kaʻa kaʻa ʻo Lower Mustang
ʻO ka manawa maikaʻi loa o ka makahiki Kaʻa kaʻa kaʻa ʻo Lower Mustang aia ma ka pūnāwai ma waena o Malaki a me Mei. He ʻoluʻolu ke ea ʻoluʻolu i kēia manawa o ka makahiki no ka holo kaʻa ʻana, me ka mohala ʻana o nā pua e kali nui ana i ka hōʻea ʻana mai o ka poʻe malihini e lawe mai ana i nā ʻano kala i nā ʻāina ākea o ka ʻāina. ʻO ka nui o ka lepo i hoʻokuʻu ʻia he hapa ia o ka mea e hālāwai ai i nā mahina kau wela.
ʻO ka hāʻule ʻana he kau maikaʻi ʻē aʻe no ka huakaʻi kaʻaahi Lower Mustang. Hiki ke mana'o 'ia ka lani pa'a a 'o ka 'ike 'ana i nā piko o ka Himalayas. Hōʻike ʻia kēia manawa o ka makahiki i kahi mahana holo ʻoluʻolu a me ka liʻiliʻi ʻole o ka ua e kōkua ai i ka hana ʻana i nā kūlana holo kūpono ma ka ʻāina ʻo Upper Mustang. Hiki i ka poʻe holo lio ke hoʻonohonoho pono iā lākou iho i ka ʻāina a hoʻopiha piha iā lākou iho i nā hōʻailona alanui koʻikoʻi a me ka moʻomeheu a lākou e hele nei.
ʻO ka hele ʻana i ke kau o ka mahina ʻo ia ka pilikia kūpono. Hoʻololi ka ua i nā alanui i ʻāina paheʻe a hiki ke hoʻopilikia i ka poʻe holo kaʻa e ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī o kā lākou huakaʻi. Pēlā nō, hiki i nā mahina hoʻoilo ke anuanu no ka holo ʻana ma muli o ka hōʻiliʻili hau a me ka hoʻemi ʻana i nā manawa kipa.
ʻO ka holoʻokoʻa, hiki ke holo kaʻa kaʻa ma Upper Mustang i nā kau āpau. Eia nō naʻe, inā hele ʻoe i ka pūnāwai a hāʻule paha, hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa kahi huakaʻi palekana a hōʻemi i nā hopena maikaʻi ʻole i ka ʻike holoʻokoʻa o ka huakaʻi i ka wā e holo ana.
ʻO ka mea e manaʻo ai ma ke alanui
ʻO ka ʻāina ʻo Lower Mustang Motorbike Tour kahi kokoke i nā alanui ʻiliʻili akā he mau keʻakeʻa i kekahi manawa e hoʻāʻo ai i kā mākou mākaukau holo. Hoʻopili pū nā poʻe holo i nā ʻano kahawai like ʻole, pono e ʻike. ʻO kekahi mau kahawai pāpaʻu e pono ai ka hoʻokele. Hele nā alanui i nā awāwa a me nā pali i ka wā e neʻe ana mai nā awāwa momona a i kahi ʻano like me ka wao nahele, e hāʻawi ana i kahi holo hauʻoli.
Hiki ke loli koke ke ʻano o ka wā ma Mustang. Pono ka poʻe holo e kakali i nā makani ikaika i ko lākou hiki ʻana i Jomsom, ʻoi aku hoʻi ma kahi e kū mai ai nā tunnel makani kūlohelohe. Ma ka huakaʻi, e manaʻo i nā lā mahana a me nā pō anuanu a me nā ʻino lepo hiki i nā mahina maloʻo. Hiki koke mai ka ua a hoʻopololei i nā alanui ʻiliʻili no laila e pono ke kaʻa me ka makaʻala loa i nā hōʻailona o ka ua.
ʻO ke kaʻa kaʻa ma nā alanui o Mustang he māmā, ʻo ia hoʻi nā jeeps kūloko, nā kaʻa, a me kahi mea hele wāwae ma ka wāwae a i ʻole ka lio. He ololi na alanui, a he ala hookahi e pono ai ka noonoo o ka mea holo ina e hookokoke ana oia i na kaa e ae, a me ka pili ana i na loina kaa o ka aina.
Hoʻomākaukau Pono
I ka hoʻolālāʻana i kahi kaʻa kaʻa kaʻa ma Lower Mustang, he mea nui ka koho o ke kaʻa. Ua kūpono nā kaʻa kaʻa ʻo Royal Enfield no nā alanui puʻupuʻu o ka Himalayas.
ʻO nā hiʻohiʻona paikikala kaulana e holo ai ʻo ia ka Royal Enfield Himalayan 411cc a me ka Royal Enfield Classic 350cc kaʻa kaʻa. Hana ʻia kēia mau kaʻa kaʻa no ke kū ʻana i nā kūlana paʻakikī, me ka mana e piʻi i luna i nā pali pali ke hoʻouka ʻia ʻoiai maʻalahi ke lawelawe ʻana ma nā alanui ʻiliʻili a me nā ʻāina ʻino.
ʻO nā mea pono no ka holo kaʻa kaʻa ʻo Lower Mustang hiki ke hoʻokomo i kahi mahiole maikaʻi, nā mīkina lima holo, ka ʻaʻahu holo, a me nā kāmaʻa holo maikaʻi e mālama i ka mea holo i ka palekana a me ka ʻoluʻolu.
He mea naʻauao ka lawe ʻana i nā ʻāpana ʻokoʻa, nā paipu, nā pahu ahi, a me nā mea hana pono e pono ai no ka hoʻoponopono liʻiliʻi ma muli o ka mamao o ke alanui. No ka mea e kaʻa kaʻa ʻoe i nā ʻano nui o ke kiʻekiʻe a me nā loli wela, ua ʻōlelo ʻia e ʻaʻahu i nā papa i hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻololi i ka hoʻololi ʻana i nā mahana i ka lā.
Ma mua o ke komo ʻana i Lower Mustang, pono e loaʻa i nā mea holo ʻAe ʻae ʻāina mālama ʻo Annapurna (ACAP) a he Tʻōnaehana hoʻokele ʻike a rekker (TIMS) kāleka. Hoʻohana mua ʻia ka loaʻa ʻana o nā ʻae no ka hoʻomalu ʻana i ka mākaʻikaʻi a mālama i ke kaiapuni koʻikoʻi ʻoiai e ʻae ana i ke komo ʻana i nā wahi i kaupalena ʻia.
Pono e noʻonoʻo nui ʻia ka palekana. Manaʻo ʻia e hoʻohana i kahi alakaʻi i hōʻoia ʻia a me ka mīkini i ʻike i ka ʻāina a loaʻa iā ia kahi ʻano mechanical. Pono nā mea hana e kamaʻilio e like me nā kelepona ukali no ka mea hiki ʻole ke hilinaʻi ʻia ka pūnaewele.
Manaʻo kōkua no ka holo poina ʻole
I mea e hoʻomanaʻo ai i kāu huakaʻi ʻo Lower Mustang Motorbike Tour, e mālama pono i ka moʻomeheu kūloko a me nā loina o ia wahi. E ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka launa pū ʻana me nā kaiāulu Thakali a me Tibetan me ka haʻahaʻa a me ka haʻahaʻa ke hoʻohanohano ʻoe i kā lākou mau kuʻuna, ʻahaʻaina, a me nā ola. E hoʻomālamalama ka mahalo i kou ʻike a hoʻoulu i nā pilina maoli me nā kamaʻāina.
E hoʻokaʻawale i ka manawa e ʻimi i nā ala ʻaoʻao a me nā kauhale huna ma ke ala. Hoʻomālamalama nā ala ʻaoʻao i ka nohona maoli, nā monasteries kahiko, a me nā hiʻohiʻona nani e nalowale ana i nā ala 'makaikai' maʻamau. Hōʻike ʻo Off the Beaten Track i nā waiwai hohonu i kāu huakaʻi ma ka hana ʻana i nā manawa kiʻi o ka pāʻani hihiu o Mustang.
E hoʻopaʻa naʻauao ma ka waiho ʻana i nā lole no ka loli ʻana o nā mahana, e lawe ana i ka hydration e mālama i kou ikehu ma nā kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe, a me ka lawe ʻana i kahi pahupaʻikiʻi hilinaʻi e kākau i nā hiʻohiʻona kupaianaha a me nā manawa moʻomeheu. Mālama ka paʻi akamai iā ʻoe i ka ʻoluʻolu a hoʻomākaukau iā ʻoe no nā kūlana like ʻole e hiki mai ana.
ʻO ka hope, e holo i kou wikiwiki a hauʻoli i ka ʻike ma mua o ka holo wikiwiki ʻana i kahi huakaʻi. ʻO ke ala ʻo Lower Mustang e pili ana i ka holo ponoʻī e pili ana i nā wahi. E ʻapo i kou noho kaʻawale ʻana, e hoʻopili a kamaʻilio pū me nā kamaʻāina, a e ʻoluʻolu i nā hiʻohiʻona Himalayan weliweli e hana i nā hoʻomanaʻo mau loa.
Panina
ʻO ka mākaʻikaʻi ʻana i ka Lower Mustang Motorbike Tour ma nā huila ʻelua kahi ʻike kūʻokoʻa e hui pū ai i nā ʻāina ʻo Himalayan, nā hoʻoilina waiwai, a me ka huakaʻi o ke ala ākea. ʻO kēia huakaʻi kaʻa kaʻa maikaʻi loa e hoʻokūkū a hoʻomaikaʻi i ka mea biker me nā ʻike pilikino i hiki ke hoʻohālikelike ʻia nā wahi liʻiliʻi. Inā ʻoe e ʻimi nei i kahi hui kūʻokoʻa o ka huakaʻi a me ka moʻomeheu, ʻo Lower Mustang kahi paradaiso o ka biker.
Inā makemake ʻoe e ʻimi i kēia huakaʻi no ʻoe iho, ʻo ka manawa kēia e hoʻomaka ai e hoʻolālā i kāu hoʻomaha kaʻa kaʻa ʻo Lower Mustang. Me nā loiloi kūpono, nā mea hana, a me nā ʻae, hiki iā ʻoe ke hele i kahi hoʻomaha hoʻololi ola e holo ana ma waena o nā wahi maikaʻi loa a ʻoiaʻiʻo wale nō o Nepal. Hāʻawi kēlā me kēia kihi a me ka huli ʻana i kahi manawa no kahi ʻike hou.
E hauʻoli nui mākou i ka lohe ʻana i kāu mau ʻike, ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo, a me nā nīnau e pili ana i ka holo ʻana ma Lower Mustang. ʻOiai inā ʻaʻole ʻoe i holo kaʻa kaʻa ma mua a i ʻole ʻo kāu huakaʻi Himalaya mua kēia, e kōkua kāu mau moʻolelo a me kāu mau nīnau i kēia kaiāulu o nā poʻe holo kaʻa i ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana no kā lākou huakaʻi moe i Lower Mustang.
