Kaapuni Nepal a me Bhutan

Welina mai i ke kapikala hoihoi, ʻo Kathmandu. Ma hope o ka papahana hui a aloha mai kā mākou limahana ma TIA, e alakaʻi mālie mākou iā ʻoe i kou hōkele maikaʻi loa ma ke kūlanakauhale.

E ʻoluʻolu e hoʻomaha a hoʻoluʻolu iā ʻoe iho i ka wā e kali ai mākou no ka hōʻea ʻana o kā mākou mau lālā a pau i Kathmandu. Ma hope o ka ʻai ʻana, hiki iā ʻoe ke hele a makaʻala i ke alanui hoʻopuni e ʻike iki i nā kānaka, a me ke kaiapuni o kēia kūlanakauhale nani.

Ma hope o ke ahiahi, e hui a hoʻokipa ko mākou alakaʻi huakaʻi iā ʻoe a hāʻawi i kahi kikoʻī kikoʻī e pili ana i ka papahana huakaʻi i hoʻolālā ʻia o kā mākou huakaʻi Bhutan a me Nepal. E hele i waho a e ʻai i ka ʻai mua o ka meaʻai Nepali kūikawā ma ke kūlanakauhale.

Ua hoʻolālā mākou no ʻoe i kahi lā piha ma ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Kathmandu. Ma hope o kaʻaina kakahiaka, e lawe mākou iāʻoe i ka Halepuleʻo Pashupatinath a me kona paʻakikī. ʻO kēia hale pagoda-style nani e ʻae wale i ka poʻe Hindu e komo akā hiki iā mākou ke hele a puni ka Aryaghat e moe maluhia ana ma kahakai o ka muliwai Bagmati. ʻO ia ke kahua hoʻolewa Hindu kahi i hana ʻia ai ke kuni ʻana.

A laila e hele mākou i ka stupa semicircle keʻokeʻo o Boudhanath i ʻōlelo ʻia aia nā koena a me nā mea hana like ʻole o Buddha. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo ia ke alapiʻi pili ma waena o ka honua a me ka lani, ʻike kēia stupa i nā pilgrims he nui (ʻo Hindu a me Buddhist) i ka lā.

Ma hope o ka ʻimi ʻana i ka stupa a me ke kūʻai ʻana i ka mākeke Boudha kala, ʻaʻole mākou e lawe iā ʻoe i Swayambhunath stupa. ʻOi aku ma mua o 2500 mau makahiki, ke nānā nei kēia luakini i ke ala holoʻokoʻa me nā maka maluhia o ka Buddha nui.

Ua ahiahi, i kēia manawa e hele mākou i ka hale aliʻi kahiko o Kathmandu kahi e hoʻomālamalama ai nā kukui alanui i kēlā me kēia luakini, kēlā me kēia pagoda, a me kēlā me kēia monument o ke kahua.

Inā hoʻomaikaʻi mai ke akua waiwai iā kākou, e ʻike paha kākou i ke akua puʻupaʻa ʻo Kumari e nānā mai ana mai ka puka makani o kona hale aliʻi. ʻO ke kiʻi ʻulaʻula nui o Hanuman (ke Akua Monkey) me he mea lā ke kiaʻi nei i ka puka hale kahiko i lilo i hale hōʻikeʻike.

Aia kekahi Kal Bhairav ​​uliuli a ʻeleʻele nui, ka luakini ʻo Taleju Bhawani, a me ka luakini ʻo Makkhan Mahadev no mākou e pule ai. Hiki iā mākou ke hoʻi i ko mākou hōkele no ka ʻaina ahiahi a i ʻole e koho i kekahi o nā hale ʻaina mele ʻo Thamel no ka nani o ka pō.

Ua mahele mākou i kēia lā i ʻekolu mau ʻāpana: ma ka ʻāpana mua mākou e kipa aku ai i ka Hale Aliʻi o Patan, kekahi o nā kūlanakauhale aliʻi ʻekolu o ke awāwa ʻo Kathmandu. Loaʻa iā ia kahi hui o ka hale aliʻi kahiko, nā hale hana noʻeau, a me nā luakini.

ʻO nā mea koʻikoʻi a me nā mea nani loa i kūkulu ʻia ʻo Krishna Mandir i kūkulu ʻia ma ke ʻano kuʻuna Indian Shikhara a ʻo kekahi ʻo ka luakini gula o Hiranaya Varna Mahavir i kūkulu ʻia ma hope o ke ʻano Nepalese Bahal kahiko.

E hele mākou i ka ʻāpana ʻelua o ka lā e lawe iā mākou i ke kolu o ka Hale Aliʻi o ke awāwa: ka Bhaktapur Palace Square. Aia i loko o kekahi o nā kūlanakauhale medieval maikaʻi loa o ka honua, mahalo nui ʻia no ka hoʻolālā ʻana o nā hale a me ka nani o nā luakini.

ʻO ka Golden Gate, ka 55 windows Palace, ka mini Pashupati, ka puka liona, a me ka Nyatapole kekahi mau hale kiʻi e mahalo ai.

I kēia manawa, ʻo ka hapakolu o ka lā e alakaʻi iā mākou ma ka ʻaoʻao hikina o Kathmandu i ka puʻu nani o Nagarkot e kū ana ma 2175 m kiʻekiʻe. ʻO ia kahi kūpono e mahalo ai i nā piko mauna o ka Himalayas no laila e noho mākou i ka pō ma ʻaneʻi.

Ma mua o ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana o ka lā e piʻi, e hele mākou ma ka hale kiaʻi ʻike o Nagarkot. ʻO ka ʻoluʻolu, ka maluhia hauʻoli, a me ka makani hou i hānau ʻia mai nā mauna a puni e hoʻowalewale iā mākou.

Akā, i ka hoʻomakaʻana o ka lā e ho'āla i nā mea a pau a puni mākou, eʻike mākou i nā aka hou o Manaslu, Ganesh, Langtang, Gaurishankar, Numbur, Dorje Lhakpa, a me ka Everest nani. Ma hope o ka ʻike ʻana i ka hānau ʻana o ka lā hou ma ke kuahiwi, e hoʻi mākou i ko mākou hale noho no ka ʻaina kakahiaka.

E hoʻomākaukau mākou i kēia manawa e haʻalele i ka pāpū ma ka ʻaoʻao hema o Nepal- i ka Chitwan wela a me ka wai a me kāna Paka. Mai Nagarkot, e hahai mākou i ke alanui Nagarkot no kekahi manawa, a laila ke ala nui ʻo Araniko o Bhaktapur e lawe iā mākou i mua i ke alanui Prithvi ākea.

E hele kaʻa ana nā mauna a me nā puʻu ʻōmaʻomaʻo i ko mākou hele ʻana i ke alanui ʻo Narayangadh - Muglin. ʻAʻole koke mākou e hele i ke ala Bypass e alakaʻi iā mākou i Bharatpur.

Ke hoʻomau nei, ʻo ke alanui Gitanagar a me Gitanagar-Patihani e neʻe iā mākou i ke alanui Sauraha e hōʻike ana ua hoʻokokoke mākou i ko mākou huakaʻi.

Ma mua, ʻo Chitwan National Park kahi wahi hahai holoholona punahele a nā aliʻi a me nā luna Pelekane. Ua hoʻololi ʻia i kēia manawa i wahi palekana a palekana no nā holoholona hihiu hoʻoweliweli kahi e ʻike ai mākou iā lākou i ko lākou ʻano kūlohelohe.

ʻO nā puʻu Shivalik kahi ʻāpana o ka paka i hoʻonani ʻia me nā ululāʻau deciduous. Aia ia ma na kapakai o na wai nani ekolu o Narayani, Reu, a me Rapti.

ʻO ke kumu nui o ka paka e hoʻokipa ai i nā malihini, ʻo ia nā rhinoceroses one-horned Asia a me nā tigers Royal Bengal e peʻe pinepine i ka ʻāpana paʻa o ka paka.

Aia pū kekahi ʻīlio, nā langur monkey, dia, leopadi, gaurs, puaʻa hihiu, nā ʻīlio hihiu, nā pōpoki ʻāhiu, nā python, nā gharial pōʻino, nā crocodiles, a me nā iʻa wai maʻemaʻe i lilo ka paka i home no lākou.

Ua hoʻolālā mākou no ʻoe i kahi lā hoihoi loa i hoʻopiha ʻia me ka hana ma ka Chitwan National Park. Ma hope o ka ʻaina kakahiaka, hiki iā mākou ke hele i ka huakaʻi o ka nahele ma ka wāwae, ka jeep a i ʻole ma ka ʻelepani.

I ko mākou manaʻo, ʻo ka koho maikaʻi loa ka hele ʻana ma waena o nā ululāʻau o ka nahele me ka hui o nā alakaʻi alakaʻi nahele akamai. Hiki iā mākou ke hele i kēlā mau kihi mehameha o ka nahele hiki ʻole ke kiʻi ʻia e ka jeep a i ʻole elephant.

ʻO ka lua o ka koho maikaʻi loa, ʻo ia ka lawe ʻana i kahi jeep safari ʻehā hola e hāʻawi ana i kahi manawa kūpono e ʻike ai i nā holoholona hihiu a me nā manu. ʻAʻole mākou manaʻo iā ʻoe e holo i nā ʻelepani no nā safaris e nānā pono ana i ka pono o kēia mau mea nani nui.

Ma hope o ka pau ʻana o ka safari, hiki iā mākou ke kipa i ke kikowaena hānai o nā elepani kahi e hiki ai iā mākou ke komo i ka hānai ʻana a me ka ʻauʻau ʻana i nā ʻelepani ʻōpio. Hiki iā mākou ke hele waʻa ma ka muliwai ʻo Narayani i hana ʻia mai nā kumu lāʻau.

Ma hope o ke ahiahi, e kipa mākou i ke kauhale o ka poʻe Tharu e hoʻokipa iā mākou me kā lākou moʻomeheu Tharu Stick Dance Show.

ʻO ka manawa kēia e hele ai mākou i Nepal's i hoʻolaha hou ʻia ʻo Tourism Capital- ʻo ke awāwa ʻo Pokhara. Ke hele nei mākou i ke alanui Sauraha, e hele mākou i ke alanui Gitanagar-Patihani a me Gitanagar e hiki ai i ke alanui Mahendra o Bharatpur.

Ma hope o hoʻokahi hola a i ʻole, e hōʻea mākou i ka Narayangadh - Muglin maʻamau a ma hope o kekahi manawa e hālāwai me ke alanui Prithvi ma o Bandipur a me Byas e alakaʻi iā mākou i Pokhara.

Aia ke kūlanakauhale paradaiso ma lalo o ke kiʻekiʻe o ka laulā Annapurna nui a hiki i Dhaulagiri, ka Fishtail (Machhapuchhre), a me Manaslu.

Ma waho aʻe o nā mauna, ʻike pū ke kūlanakauhale i nā loko nani e like me Rara, Fewa, a me Begnas a me nā puʻu hoʻokalakupua e like me Sarangkot. E hele mākou i ka huakaʻi ma Pokhara i ka lā aʻe, i kēia manawa, e hoʻomaha wale mākou a hauʻoli i kahi manawa maluhia ma ka Lakeside kokoke i Fewa Lake.

He mea leʻaleʻa ʻo Pokhara i nā maka ʻeha ke ʻike mākou i nā ʻōuli o nā mauna hau a puni. I ke kakahiaka, hiki iā ʻoe ke piʻi i luna i ka View Tower o Sarangkot mai kahi e ʻike ai ʻoe i ka hoʻomaka hanohano o kahi lā hou e like me ka piʻi ʻana o ka lā e hoʻāla ai i nā pilikua hiamoe o Annapurna a me Dhaulagiri.

Ma hope o ka ʻaina kakahiaka, e hoʻomaka mākou e ʻimi i nā hale kūlohelohe kupaianaha o Pokhara i ʻike ʻole ʻia e mākou, e like me ka Gupteswor Cave, ka Devi's Falls, ka Bat Cave, a me ka Cave Mahendra.

A laila e neʻe mākou e ʻike i kekahi mau mea kupanaha i hana ʻia e ke kanaka e like me ka World Peace Pagoda, ka International Mountain Museum, ka Refugee Camp, Seti Gorge, a me ka Temple Kali.

No ke ahiahi hoʻomaha, e hoʻolimalima wale mākou i ka waʻa a holo ma ke kai mālie o Fewa Lake kahi e hoʻohui ai ka noʻonoʻo o Fishtail Mountain i ka maluhia. E ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ke ahiahi i ka wā e leʻaleʻa ai mākou i kā mākou ʻai i ka pā ʻana o ke mele nui.

No ka hele ʻana i kā mākou huakaʻi Nepal Bhutan, pono mākou e hoʻi i Kathmandu. Ma hope o ke alanui Prithvi, e hele mākou i ke ala lōʻihi e leʻaleʻa i nā hiʻohiʻona wikiwiki o nā puʻu uliuli a me nā kiʻi keʻokeʻo o nā piko kiʻekiʻe.

E hōʻea koke mākou i Kuringtar ma Darechok kahi mākou e kū ai a holo i ke kaʻa kaʻa i ka puʻu ʻōmaʻomaʻo 1300 m. Ke minoʻaka nei ka luakini o Manakamana iā mākou e hoʻomau i ka holomua me kā mākou holo.

ʻO ia kekahi ʻano hemolele a mālie o ke Akua Durga nāna e hoʻomaikaʻi i kāna poʻe haipule a hāʻawi i kā lākou makemake nui. E lawe mākou i kekahi mau manawa e pule ai a laila e iho i ko mākou halihali.

E hele hou ana ia i ke alanui Prithvi i kēia manawa e lawe iā mākou i ke awāwa ʻo Trishuli. ʻAʻole mamao loa ʻo Kathmandu e like me ke kakahiaka nui, e hele hou ana mākou i loko o ka lewa chaotic enchanting o ke kapikala.

E hoomaha ana makou i ke ahiahi ma ko makou rumi, no ka mea, e lele ana makou i ka aina kiekie o Paro i ke kakahiaka ae.

I ke kakahiaka nui e hoʻoneʻe mākou i waho i TIA a holo i ka lele i Paro kupaianaha. Ke lele nei ma luna o ka lewa Nepali, hiki iā mākou ke ʻike i ka Kanchenjunga, Everest, a me Makalu e ʻālohilohi ana ma lalo o mākou.

Ke hoʻomaka nei mākou e hoʻokokoke i ka lani Bhutan, hoʻomaka ka Jomolhari, a me nā kiʻekiʻe o Jichu Drake e hoʻonani i ka lewa. ʻAʻole koke, aia ka pā hanohano ʻo Paro i mua o ko kākou mau maka.

Ke haʻalele koke mākou i ka lele, e hoʻokipa ʻia mākou e ka ea ʻoluʻolu a hōʻoluʻolu o Bhutanese. Ma ke kahua mokulele, e hui mākou i kā mākou alakaʻi kūloko i hāʻawi ʻia e kōkua iā mākou i ka hōʻea ʻana i ko mākou hōkele ma Paro.

E ʻoluʻolu e hoʻomaha a hoʻomaka e hoʻomaʻemaʻe iā ʻoe iho inā ʻaʻole ʻoe e make wai ʻoiai ua piʻi mākou i ke kiʻekiʻe 2200 m i loko o hoʻokahi hola wale nō.

Ma waho aʻe o ka monastery pōhaku kaulana o Tiger's Nest a i ʻole Taktshang, aia nō ke kaona i nā ala hele wāwae nani a me nā hale hana o nā mea hana akamai.

I ke ahiahi, hiki iā mākou ke hele i waho a hele i ke alanui māmā o Paro a ʻike i ka hale paʻa ʻo Paro ma kahi mamao.

E hoʻomaka mākou i ko mākou kakahiaka ma kahi o 15 mau minuke kaʻa a me ʻekolu a ʻehā hola piʻi a hiki i ka pali 3120 m kiʻekiʻe. Ma ʻaneʻi e kū ana ka mōneka kaulana ʻo Tiger's Nest.

I ka wehe ʻana i ko mākou mau kāmaʻa, e loaʻa iā mākou ke kuleana e nānā i loko o ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike ʻo Buddha, kahi i mālama ʻia ai ke kiʻi tigress. A laila, hele mākou ma kēlā ʻaoʻao o nā alahaka pōhaku, e komo mākou i kēlā me kēia keʻena a ʻike i ka huila pule, nā palapala, nā thangkas, a me nā kiʻi pena.

A laila e hele mākou e kipa i ka luakini ʻo Kichu Lhakhang, ka National Museum i ka hale kiaʻi uaki kahiko, a me Paro Dzong i kūkulu ʻia e ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu i Bhutan i ke kenekulia 17. Hiki iā mākou ke ʻimi i ka pā kaua ʻo Drukgyal Dzong ma kahi o 16 km mamao mai Paro.

I ke ahiahi, hele mākou ma ke alanui nui o Paro. He nui nā hale kūʻai kahi e loaʻa ai iā ʻoe nā mea hale, nā thangkas ʻokoʻa, nā mea nani, nā mea hoʻonaninani kūlohelohe a me nā mea ʻala, nā mea ʻala, nā kīʻaha kūloko kūloko, kofe, nā mea ʻala, a me nā halo cordyceps nui loa.

Ma kā mākou papahana huakaʻi i kēia lā, e nānā mākou i Punakha, ke kapikala kahiko a i kēia manawa ka home hoʻoilo o ka mana uhane o Bhutan.

Mai Paro, e hele mākou ma ke alanui Paro-Thimphu a hiki i Bumthang. Mai ʻaneʻi, e huakaʻi mākou ma ke alanui Phuentsholing, kahi e alakaʻi ai iā mākou i ke alanui Thimphu a me Semtokha Dzong.

Ma ke kauoha aliʻi a Shabdrung Ngawang Namgyal, ua hoʻokumu ʻia kēia dzong ma 1629 AD. E hoʻomaka hou mākou ma ke alanui Trashigang lōʻihi e holo like ana me nā ululāʻau rhododendron kupanaha, nā māla o ka ʻohe dwarf, a me nā wailele nani a hiki i ka 3100 m kiʻekiʻe Dochula pass.

Ma luna o ka Pass, e ʻike mākou i ka hōʻiliʻili o 108 stupas i kapa ʻia ʻo Druk Wangyel Chorten. A puni ka stupa, mālama ʻia ka Tsa Tsa (nā pahu cylindrical) i loko o ka lehu o nā koa i make i ke kaua me Assam i 2003.

Hoʻomaikaʻi pū ka Pass iā mākou i ka ʻike mua ʻana i ka Jejegangphugang (7,158 m), Terigang (7,060 m), Masagang (7,158 m), Tsendagang (6,960 m), Zongphugang (7,060 m), Gangkar Puensum (7,497 m), a me Kangphugang (7,170 m) A laila, iho mākou i ke awāwa subtropical o Punakha.

E hoʻoluʻolu mākou i ko mākou noho ʻana, a laila e hele mākou e kipa i ka Punakha Dzong nani. Piʻi ʻo ia ma luna o ka hui ʻana o nā muliwai ʻelua: ʻo ka muliwai ʻo Mo Chu a me ka muliwai ʻo Phu Chu.

ʻO kēia kekahi o nā pā kaua Bhutanese maikaʻi loa, i kapa ʻia ʻo ka Hale Aliʻi o ka Hauʻoli Loa. Maikaʻi a hiki ʻole ke hoʻoneʻe ʻia mai waho mai, ua hoʻonani ʻia ka pā kaua o loko me nā kalai lāʻau, ʻulaʻula ʻulaʻula, gula, a me nā waihoʻoluʻu ʻeleʻele e leʻaleʻa i ka maka, a me nā pena kiʻi nani o ka paia ma nā kumuhana hoʻomana a me ka mōʻaukala.

Ma hope o ka hoʻopau ʻana i ka huakaʻi o ka Dzong, e holo mākou i hoʻokahi hola holo i Wangdiphodrang i kōkua i ka hoʻohui ʻana iā Bhutan i kona ʻano o kēia manawa.

Aia ia ma kahi kiʻekiʻe ma luna o ka Bhajotang e hāʻawi i ka hiʻohiʻona kupaianaha o ke kuaʻāina o Bhutan. E hoʻopau mākou i ko mākou lā a hoʻi i ko mākou noho ʻana.

ʻO ke kakahiaka ma Punakha pono ke kipa aku i ka Chimi Lhakhang Monastery, i kapa ʻia ʻo Fertility Temple (koho). Ma ke ala, e ʻike ʻoe i nā hale noho he nui, ʻo nā paia i hoʻonani ʻia me nā kiʻi o nā holoholona moʻolelo, a me nā kiʻi o nā phalluses o nā ʻano like ʻole a me nā ʻano nui, e lilo ana i hōʻailona o ka waiwai, ka momona, a me ka pōmaikaʻi.

E haʻalele mākou iā Punakha a hele ma ke alanui ʻo Punakha-Gasa. E hele hou mākou i ka Dochula Pass a hele i Bumthang a hōʻea hou iā Semtokha Dzong.

Mai kēia wahi, e lawe mākou i ke alaloa Trashigang, kahi e hoʻopili ai iā mākou i ke alanui Thimphu. Ma kahi o hoʻokahi hola, e hōʻea mākou i Thimphu, ke kūlanakauhale nui o Bhutan i kēia manawa.

E kāhāhā ʻoe i ka ʻike ʻole ʻana i nā kukui kaʻa a me kahi mākaʻi mākaʻi e hoʻoponopono ana i ke kaʻa alanui o ke kapikala. E ʻike pū ʻoe i kahi kiʻi keleawe keleawe he 50 m ma luna o ke kūlanakauhale, e kiaʻi ana i ka maluhia a me ka mālie.

Ma hope o ka ʻaina awakea i makemake nui ʻia, e hele mākou i kēia manawa e kipa aku i ka hale nui loa o ke kapikala - ʻo ka pā kaua ʻo Tashicho Dzong kahi e noho ai ka lumi noho aliʻi, nā keʻena aupuni he nui, a me ka hale kauwela o ke aliʻi abbot.

A laila e hoʻomau mākou i kā mākou huakaʻi a ʻike i ka Memorial Stupa - kahi luakini nani liʻiliʻi ma ke ʻano Tibetan, i kūkulu ʻia no ka hoʻomanaʻo ʻana i ka Mōʻī ʻekolu o Bhutan (Jigme Dorji Wangchuck) e kona makuahine.

Inā loaʻa iā mākou ka manawa, hele pū mākou e ʻike i ke kikowaena ulana Gagyel Lhundrup - kahi i hana ʻia ai nā lole no nā lole hoʻolauleʻa o ka ʻohana aliʻi, ke kula kiʻi Zorig Chosum, ka hale moʻomeheu interactive Simply Bhutan, ka National Library a me ka hale hana pepa aupuni.