Kaʻahele Kūikawā Nepal

Aloha mai ke kūlanakauhale nui ʻole o Kathmandu! Ma hope o kou hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻana i kāu mau hana kuʻuna a me ka hele ʻana, e ʻike ʻoe i kā mākou ʻelele aloha e kali ana iā ʻoe ma ka puka o ka hale hōʻea.

Na ia e hoʻoneʻe iā ʻoe i ka hōkele nani a mākou i hoʻonohonoho ai no kou noho ʻana ma ka puʻuwai o ke kapikala. E hoʻokaʻawale i ka manawa e ʻoluʻolu ai, a laila e hele wāwae a puni ia wahi e ʻike i ka hale waiwai, a me ke alanui paʻa, a ʻike i ke ola kūloko o ka poʻe Nepalese.

E hauʻoli i kāu kakahiaka kakahiaka mua ma ke kapikala Himalayan o ka honua. Ma hope o kāu ʻaina kakahiaka, e hui kā mākou alakaʻi huakaʻi i nā poʻe āpau o kā mākou huakaʻi maʻamau Nepal a hāʻawi i kahi pōkole pōkole e pili ana i nā mea a mākou i hoʻolālā ai no kou mau lā ma mua.

A laila e hoʻomaka mākou i kā mākou huakaʻi kapikala. ʻO ka mea mua, e kipa mākou iā Pashupatinath- ka hale pule hoʻāno Hindu ma ka honua. ʻO ka pagoda nani o kēia luakini ka Haku Shiva Lingam nui.

Hōʻike ka Chronicles i ke kumu o ka luakini ma mua o 400 AD. Hiki ke ʻike ʻia ka poʻe haipule i ka ʻauʻau ʻauʻau ma ke kahawai kapu ʻo Bagmati e kahe ana ma hope o ka luakini. Eia naʻe, ʻo ka mea mākaʻikaʻi koʻikoʻi ka hoʻolewa hoʻolewa ma ke kahakai ʻo Bagmati River. Hiki iā ʻoe ke nānā i kēia hana, akā mai kēlā ʻaoʻao o ka muliwai wale nō.

A laila e hele mākou e kipa iā Boudhanath- ʻo ka stupa Buddhist 36 m kiʻekiʻe kekahi o nā stupa nui loa o Asia Hema. Ma kēlā me kēia ʻaoʻao o ka stupa, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i nā maka Buddha ʻike āpau e hōʻike ana i ka ʻike.

Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i nā monasteries a puni ka stupa a me nā malihini e hoʻopuni ana i ka stupa mai ka hema a i ka ʻākau.

ʻO ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike Hoʻoilina aʻe i hoʻokomo ʻia ma kā mākou papa inoa no ka kipa ʻana, ʻo ia ka luakini ʻo Swayambhunath (ka Monkey Temple). ʻO ia ka Chaityas Buddhist hanohano loa i ka honua i kūkulu ʻia ma kahi o 2500 mau makahiki i hala. Aia ma kahi puʻu ma kahi o 77 m ke kiʻekiʻe, hāʻawi ia i kahi hiʻohiʻona kupaianaha o ke awāwa holoʻokoʻa ʻo Kathmandu.

No ke kiʻi ʻana i kekahi o nā stupas Buddhist maikaʻi loa ma ka honua, pono ʻoe e piʻi i nā alapiʻi pōhaku i hana ʻia me 365 mau ʻanuʻu pōhaku. Ma ʻaneʻi, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i nā maka naʻauao maʻamau o ka Buddha e ʻike nei i nā ola āpau.

I kēia manawa, e holomua kākou i ke kahua ʻo Durbar o Kathmandu, me kona mau hale aliʻi kahiko, nā luakini, nā kiʻi, a me nā kia hoʻomana, e hōʻike ana i ke ola moʻomeheu a me ka hoʻomana o ka poʻe kamaʻāina.

ʻO nā wahi hoihoi nui ma ʻaneʻi ʻo ia ka Luakini ʻo Taleju a me Makhan , ke kiʻi nui waihoʻoluʻu o Kal Bhairav ​​(ke akua o ka luku), ke alanui ʻo Basantapur, a me ka Hale Aliʻi ʻo Kumari (ka home o ke akua wahine ola a me ka hanu ʻana).

Hiki iā ʻoe ke hele wāwae i ke alanui Freak a hauʻoli i ka ʻaina ahiahi Nepalese me ka hula moʻomeheu.

I kēia lā, e kipa aku kākou i ʻelua mau wahi hoʻoilina UNESCO hou o Nepal : ka Patan Durbar Square nani a me ka mea kupanaha o ke kuhikuhipuʻuone o Bhaktapur i ʻike pinepine ʻia ʻo ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike Hāmama o Nepal.

ʻO ka mea mua, e ʻimi mākou i ka Hale Aliʻi (Durbar) Square o Patan, aia ma ke kikowaena o ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Lalitpur, ma kahi o 6 km mai Kathmandu. ʻO ka hapa nui o ʻekolu Chowks (nā pā hale) i hana i kēia ʻāpana kupaianaha: ʻo Mul Chowk, Sundari Chowk, a me Keshav Narayan Chowk. ʻO Mul Chowk ka mea mua i kūkulu ʻia ma waena o ʻekolu.

Hōʻike nā pā hale ʻekolu i ke ʻano o nā luakini he nui a me nā ʻano like ʻole. Akā ʻo nā mea kaulana a mau nō ka luakini ʻo Krishna, ʻo Hiranya Varna Golden Temple a me ka luakini ʻo Bhimsen. Hōʻike ʻo Krishna Mandir o ka Haku Krishna (he incarnation o ka Haku Vishnu) i ka hana pōhaku kupanaha o nā mea hana lima Nepali.

Pēlā nō, ʻo ka luakini o Taleju e hoʻopā ana i ka lani, ka Mahabouddha Bihar, ke kiʻi o Yogendra Malla a me Sati Temple kekahi mau mea kupanaha e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke ʻahaʻaina i kou mau maka.

I kēia manawa, e hele kāua i Bhadgaon- ka Bhaktapur i kēia manawa, i ʻōlelo ʻia ua hoʻokumu ʻia ma 889 AD e King Anand Dev. ʻO ka pā hale aliʻi i waenakonu o kēia kūlanakauhale ke hoʻolaha mau nei i ka pōmaikaʻi a nā aliʻi Malla i hauʻoli ai ia mau lā.

ʻO ka hale aliʻi o nā wahine kāne make he kanalimakumamālima, ka luakini ʻo Nyatpol, Taumadhi Square, Bhairavnath Temple, a me nā mea hana ʻē aʻe he nui nā mea nani o kēia pā. Hiki iā ʻoe ke hele wāwae i ka pā ipu lepo a kūʻai aku i nā ipu lepo i hana lima ʻia.

ʻĀnō, e hoʻi kāua i ka hōkele e hoʻomaha a hoʻomaha no ka mea e kali mai ana kahi huakaʻi ʻoliʻoli o ka ululāʻau iā mākou i ke kakahiaka ʻapōpō.

Ua hōʻea mai kekahi o nā lā kupaianaha o kā mākou pūʻulu huakaʻi maʻamau Nepal. E haʻalele mākou iā Kathmandu i ke kakahiaka nui e hōʻea i ka paka aupuni kahiko loa o Nepal- ʻo Chitwan National Park.

I ko mākou hele ʻana ma waho o Kathmandu, hiki iā mākou ke alo i kekahi mau kaʻa ma Kalanki akā ʻaʻole koke mākou e hele i Thankot. A laila, e hele mākou ma ke ala nui ʻo Prithvi Highway e pili ana i nā kapa o Trishuli River.

Mai poina i ka manawa e nānā ai i nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo nani o Dhaulagiri, Annapurna, Fishtail, Hiunchuli, a me Manaslu. ʻAʻole i liʻuliʻu, ʻo nā puʻu ʻuʻuku ʻōmaʻomaʻo, a me ka ʻāina ʻāina i hala ma mua o ko mākou mau puka makani i ko mākou hoʻokokoke ʻana iā Mugling mai kahi a mākou e hele ai i ka hema.

Hoʻomaka e ʻike ʻia nā pāpū Terai a me nā ululāʻau e hōʻike ana aia mākou i Chitwan. Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ka ʻāina nui i mālama ʻia ʻo Chitwan i ka makahiki 1973 a ua hele mai ia ma lalo o ka pale o UNESCO ma 1984.

ʻO kona 952.63 square km o ka ʻāina he malu ia no nā kumulāʻau sal, nā lau nahele, nā loko, nā ʻāpana he nui o nā leopards, a me nā ʻano ʻano like ʻole o Ganges, a me nā ʻano holoholona like ʻole: nā monkey, nā bea, nā puaʻa hihiu, nā hyenas, deer, elephant, etc.

Akā, ʻo ia kekahi o nā puʻuhonua hope loa o nā rhinoceros pepeiaohao hoʻokahi a me ka tiga aliʻi Bengal, kahi e kokoke ana e nalowale. Ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka Pāka, aia ke kauhale nani o ka ʻohana Tharu i ʻike ʻia ʻo Sauraha.

Akā ʻo ka mea mua, e ʻoluʻolu kāua i loko o ko mākou lumi ʻoluʻolu, a laila e hele mākou i kahi huakaʻi pōkole pōkole me kahi alakaʻi a me nā loea kūlohelohe kūloko. Pono e hoʻolohe i ka moʻolelo o Chitwan National Park a me kekahi mau kumuhana pili i nā holoholona hihiu mai ka waha o kēia poʻe akamai o ka ululāʻau.

E lilo ana kēia lā i lā piha piha i nā hana nahele. Ma hope o ka ʻaina kakahiaka, e haʻalele mākou i kahi elephant hoihoi a i ʻole jeep safari ma waena o ka ʻōpala mānoanoa o ka Pāka. E mau ana kēia huakaʻi ma kahi o 1.5 a 2 mau hola, e hāʻawi iā ʻoe i ka manawa e nānā i nā holoholona hihiu like ʻole e kapa nei i kēia wahi home.

ʻIke ʻia kā mākou alakaʻi e pili ana i ka pūnaewele maʻamau kahi e ʻike ʻia ai ka hapa nui o nā holoholona hihiu, ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī o ka Royal Bengal Tiger. No laila, inā loaʻa iā mākou ka laki, hiki iā mākou ke hālāwai me kēia mau mea hilahila me nā rhinoceros hoʻokahi pepeiaohao.

Akā ʻoiaʻiʻo, e ʻike mākou i nā antelope, nā ʻelepani, nā leopadi, nā dia, a me nā monkey e lele leʻaleʻa ana mai kekahi lāʻau a i kekahi. A mai poina e hoʻokiʻekiʻe i kou poʻo i kēlā me kēia manawa e ʻike i ka nani o nā manu a me nā leʻaleʻa waihoʻoluʻu e hula ana i ka lewa.

Ma hope o ko mākou safari, e hoʻi mākou i ko mākou hōkele no ka ʻaina awakea, a laila e hoʻomau mākou i kā mākou huakaʻi me ka holo waʻa ma ka muliwai Rapti. E nānā i nā ʻano kaiaola like ʻole ma ka ʻaoʻao o kēia muliwai e pili ana i nā ʻano meakanu a me nā holoholona like ʻole, nā ʻano manu like ʻole e lele ana ma luna o kou mau poʻo a me ʻelua ʻano koʻikoʻi (Mugger a me Gharial) e pulu ana i ka lā.

A laila, e kipa mākou i ke kikowaena hānai ʻelepani liʻiliʻi a nānā aku i nā manu liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi e hauʻoli ana i ko lākou wahi noho. I kēia manawa, e lawe mākou i kahi hoʻomaha kofe liʻiliʻi a laila e hele i ke kauhale o ka ʻohana Tharu, kahi wahi kūpono e ʻike ai i ko lākou ʻano kūʻokoʻa o ke ola a me nā hana o kēlā me kēia lā.

Aia kekahi hale hōʻikeʻike liʻiliʻi e hōʻike ana i kā lākou mau mea kahiko, e like me nā mea hana a me nā mea hale, aia pū kekahi ma ka hale kauhale. A laila, e hoʻopau i ko mākou lā, e hele mākou i ka papahana moʻomeheu-ʻo ka Tharu Stick Dance i mālama ʻia e nā kāne a me nā wahine ʻōpio Tharu, e hōʻike ana i kahi hōʻikeʻike ahi kupaianaha pū kekahi.

ʻO ka manawa kēia e hoʻi ai i ko mākou mau moena a hoʻomākaukau no ka huakaʻi huakaʻi no ka lā aʻe i Lumbini.

E haʻalele mākou i kēia lā e kipa i kahi hānau mua o Buddha- ka Lumbini kapu e kū kokoke ana i ka palena ʻo India. ʻO kā mākou huila 4 a 4 ponoʻī e lawe iā mākou ma ke alanui ākea Terai a hiki i Bharatpur a laila Butwal. ʻAʻole koke, e hōʻea mākou i Siddharthanagar, e hōʻailona ana ʻo Lumbini he mau manawa.

Ma hope o ka nānā ʻana i ko mākou hōkele, e hele mākou e ʻike i nā monuments nui o Lumbini. ʻO ka mea koʻikoʻi ka luakini ʻo Maya Devi kahi i ʻōlelo ʻia ai ʻo Buddha i hānau ʻia.

Aia i loko o ka hale keʻokeʻo keʻokeʻo nā wahi ʻino kahiko a me kahi pōhaku e hōʻailona ai i ka wahi hānau maoli o Buddha. ʻO kahi paka ʻōmaʻomaʻo maluhia e hoʻopuni ana i ka luakini pololei no ka noʻonoʻo ʻana ma o ka noʻonoʻo ʻana.

ʻO ka hope aʻe, ʻo ka loko hoʻāno o Pushkarini aia ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka luakini ʻo Maya Devi. Ma ʻaneʻi, ua ʻauʻau ke aliʻi wahine ma mua o ka hānau ʻana o Buddha. A laila aia nā Koluma ʻo Ashok, ʻo ia nā pou kahiko i kūkulu ʻia e King Ashok i ke kenekulia 3 BC. ʻO nā palapala i kākau ʻia e ia ma nā ʻōlelo ʻelua e hōʻoiaʻiʻo ana ʻo Lumbini kahi i hānau ʻia ai ʻo Buddha.

A laila aia kekahi mau mōneka Buddhist honua a me ka lāhui i kūkulu ʻia e Cambodia, Kelemānia, Iapana, Sri Lanka, Tibet, Thailand, Korea, Kina, Nepal, Austria, a me Myanmar. Hōʻike kēlā me kēia o lākou i ke ʻano hoʻolālā kūʻokoʻa o kēlā me kēia lāhui.

ʻO ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike ʻo Lumbini kekahi kahua koʻikoʻi e pono ke ʻimi ʻia no ka mea aia nā hōʻiliʻili o nā mea hana Buddhist a me nā hōʻikeʻike mōʻaukala e kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻomaopopo i ka mōʻaukala waiwai a me ka moʻomeheu o ia wahi.

Aia kekahi World Peace Pagoda stupa e kū nei ma ke ʻano he hōʻailona o ka maluhia honua a me ka maluhia. Mai poina e ʻike i ka lapalapa mau loa e ʻā mau ana, e hoʻomanaʻo ana iā mākou i ka ʻōlelo a Buddha.

Me ka manaʻo hou o ka ʻuhane ʻuhane, e hoʻomaha koke mākou e like me kahi lā hoihoi loa o kā mākou huakaʻi maʻamau Nepal e kali ana iā mākou i ke kakahiaka aʻe.

I kēia lā, e hoʻomau mākou i kā mākou huakaʻi ma ka ʻaoʻao hema o Nepal a hele i ke komohana i ka ʻāina ʻo Palpa a me kona kūlanakauhale nui, ʻo Tansen. I ka hele ʻana i nā pāpū Terai o Bhairahawa a me Butwal, hele mālie ke ala i nā puʻu a me nā ʻāina waena o ka pā Mahabharat.

Me ke ʻano o ka ʻāina i hoʻopili ʻia e nā awāwa ākea o ka muliwai a me nā piko o Dhaulagiri lāua ʻo Gaurishankar , e hōʻea mākou i Tansen ma kahi o 2 mau hola.

Ma ʻaneʻi, e ʻoluʻolu mākou i loko o ko mākou mau lumi a laila ma hope o ka ʻaina awakea, e hele mākou e mākaʻikaʻi i kēia kūlanakauhale kahiko. ʻO kekahi o nā mea nui o kēia wahi ʻo ka Palpa a i ʻole Tansen Durbar, i kūkulu ʻia e ke kauoha a Pratap Sumsher Jung Bahadur Rana i ka makahiki 1927 no ka noho aliʻi.

He 64 lumi kēia hale papa ʻehā me ʻelua hale hālāwai nui. Aia ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka hale he ʻelua mau minarets nani, e hoʻohui ana i kona nani nani. ʻO ka puka nui, i kapa ʻia ʻo Baggi Dhoka, ʻo ia ka puka nui loa ma ka ʻāina holoʻokoʻa.

A laila e hele mākou i nā kapa o ke kahawai ʻo Kali Gandaki, kahi i loaʻa ai ka Rani Mahal, i kapa pinepine ʻia ʻo Nepalese Taj Mahal ma muli o ka like o kā lākou moʻolelo hana.

ʻO ka hale ma kahi nani ma ke kapa kiʻekiʻe o ka muliwai i kūkulu ʻia i ka makahiki 1893 e kahi mea kākau Pelekane ma ke kauoha a General Khadga Shamsher Rana no ka hoʻomanaʻo ʻana i ka make ʻole o kāna wahine ʻōpio ʻo Tej Kumari Dev, i hōʻailona o kona kaumaha a i ka hoʻokō ʻana i kāna makemake hope.

No laila, ua kapa ʻia ka hale aliʻi ʻo Rani Mahal, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo Queen's Palace. I ka makahiki 2017, ua hoʻihoʻi ʻia ka hale aliʻi, a ua wehe ʻia kahi hale hōʻikeʻike ma ʻaneʻi.

Aia kekahi pūʻulu o nā luakini nani a me nā monasteries. ʻO kekahi o nā luakini kaulana loa ma ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Bhagwati Mandir, i kūkulu ʻia i ka makahiki 1815. Aia i kēia luakini ke kiʻi akua Vagwati (Durga) i loko, no laila, he wahi kapu no ka poʻe Pilgrims Hindu.

Ke kokoke mai nei ka lā, hiki iā mākou ke hele i ka ʻākau o Tansen a piʻi i ka 1600 m Srinagar Danda no kahi hopena maikaʻi loa i kā mākou ahiahi. ʻO ka nānā ʻana i ka napoʻo ʻana he mea hoʻohihi wale ia a manaʻo ʻia ʻo ia kekahi o nā hiʻohiʻona kupaianaha o ia wahi.

E nānā i ka napoʻo ʻana o ka lā ma lalo o ka lewa, e ʻauʻau ana i nā mauna nui o Langtang, Annapurna, Dhaulagiri, Nilgiri, Himchuli, Manaslu, Machhapuchhare, a me Ganesh i kona ʻālohilohi gula.

Ma hope o ka pau ʻana o kā mākou huakaʻi maʻamau Nepal, e hoʻi mākou i ko mākou hōkele kahi e hoʻomaha ai ma hope o ka lā luhi.

Ma hope o kā mākou ʻaina kakahiaka, haʻalele mākou iā Tansen a hele i Pokhara. Ma kahi o ʻehā hola kēia huakaʻi nani, e hōʻike ana i nā awāwa kupaianaha o waena o Nepal.

E hoʻomaka ana kā mākou huakaʻi ma ke ala lepo ʻāhuʻu e hele ana ma nā puʻu a me nā mauna, a hui pū ʻia ma ke ala lōʻihi a ākea mai Syangja e lawe mālie iā mākou i Pokhara.

ʻO ka lua o ke kūlanakauhale kaulana a nui loa o Nepal i hoʻonohonoho ʻia ma ke kapa nani o Phewa Lake e hoʻokipa i ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi me kona mau ʻāina nani a kokoke i nā piko nui o Nepal - Dhaulagiri, Annapurna, Manaslu, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe.

Ma hope o ka hōʻea ʻana a me ka ʻaina awakea i Pokhara, hiki iā mākou ke haʻalele no ka mākaʻikaʻi ʻana i kēia paradaiso kupaianaha. E holo mākou i ka waʻa ma ka loko, e hele ana me ka Machhapuchhare laʻa a nani a i ʻole Fishtail - ka hale hoʻāno o ka Haku Shiva.

A laila e kipa aku kākou i ka Luakini ʻo Barahi ma ka ʻāina liʻiliʻi ma waena o nā wai o ka loko ʻo Phewa. Ua hoʻolaʻa ʻia ka Luakini ʻelua papa ʻo Barahi no Vishnu.

A laila, e holoholo ana ma loko o ka Lakeside, e ʻai mākou ma kekahi o nā hale ʻaina ma kahakai, me ka manaʻo i ka lewa o kēia wahi ʻālohilohi a olaola.

Ma hope o ke ala ʻana i kakahiaka nui a me ka haʻalele ʻana i ka hōkele, e piʻi mākou i ke kauhale ʻo Sarangkot ma ke kiʻekiʻe o 1600 m. E hiki mai ana mākou i ka manawa kūpono e ʻike ai i ka lā e puka mai ana mai ka puʻu mai, e hoʻāla ana i nā pilikua hiamoe o Fishtail, Manaslu, Lamjung , a me nā piko ʻehā o ka pae mauna ʻo Annapurna.

I ka ʻike ʻana i ka wanaʻao a me ka pōloli loa, e hoʻi mākou i ka hōkele no ka ʻaina kakahiaka a me ka ʻai ʻana. A laila loaʻa iā mākou kahi lā manuahi, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻolaʻa i ka leʻaleʻa ikaika.

Hiki iā ʻoe ke lele ma ka mokulele māmā a hiki i nā piko o Annapurna, hele i ka paragliding ma Sarangkot, holo i ka zip-line, a i ʻole bungee jump.

A i ʻole, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻomau me ka mākaʻikaʻi māmā o ke kūlanakauhale, ka mea e kaena nei i kekahi mau pūnaewele i kūpono i kou manawa. ʻO ka Peace Pagoda kekahi o ia hale ma luna o ka puʻu ma ka ʻaoʻao hema o Phewa Lake. ʻEhā mau kiʻi Buddha e kū ana ma nā ʻaoʻao ʻehā.

Ma ka puʻu kokoke ʻo Phumdikot aia ke kiʻi nui o Shiva ma kahi kiʻekiʻe o 1500 m. A laila hiki iā ʻoe ke hele wāwae i ka Pokhara Bazaar a kipa aku i ka Bindhyabasini Mandir , kahi hale keʻokeʻo ma luna o ka puʻu, ma lalo pono o ka Bhimsen Mandir.

A mai poina e hele wāwae i Devi's Falls, i ʻike ʻia hoʻi ʻo Patale Chhango kahi e nalowale ai ke kahawai ʻo Pardi Khola ma lalo o ka honua. I ka emi ʻana o ka ua monsoon, e ikaika loa ka wailele, no laila he manawa nani ia e ʻike ai i ka nui o ka wai e kahe wale ana i lalo me kona kahawai nui.

ʻAʻole mamao loa mai ke kikowaena ʻo ka Mahendra Cave- he ana hohonu i hana ʻia mai nā paia limestone i ʻike ʻia i waena o nā huakaʻi no nā stalagmites nani a me nā pōhaku stalactite.

A laila hiki iā ʻoe ke kipa aku i ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike Mauna Honua , kahi e hāʻawi ai i ka ʻike paʻa e pili ana i ka ʻāina, ka mōʻaukala o ka piʻi ʻana, a me nā ʻāina mauna ʻē aʻe a puni ka honua. Ma kou hoʻi ʻana mai, hiki iā ʻoe ke kipa aku i kahi hoʻomoana mahuka Tibetan.

E ʻoliʻoli i ka ʻaina kakahiaka maikaʻi ma nā wahi nani o nā mauna a me nā loko o Pokhara. A laila, hoʻomākaukau mākou e haʻalele i Bandipur. ʻO ke ala lōʻihi a maʻemaʻe o Prithvi Highway e alakaʻi iā mākou i Dumre, kahi e piʻi ai ke alanui, e alakaʻi iā mākou i kahi kiʻekiʻe a hiki i Bandipur nani.

ʻO kēia kūlanakauhale liʻiliʻi ʻo Newari he mālie a nani hoʻi me kona ʻano ʻokoʻa. Ke nānā aku nei kona alanui hele wāwae i nā hale kuʻuna Newari-style, i kēia manawa i hoʻoponopono ʻia i hale hōkele a hale ʻaina paha.

Ma hope o ka lā ma hope o ka ʻaina awakea, hiki iā mākou ke kipa aku i ka luakini liʻiliʻi ʻo Khadga Devi , kahi i mālama ʻia ai ka pahi kaua Khadga, he makana i kekahi o nā mōʻī kahiko mai Shiva ponoʻī.

A, e leʻaleʻa i ka napoʻo ʻana o ka lā, hiki iā mākou ke piʻi i ka luakini ʻo Thani Mai ma kahi o ka hapalua hola mai ke kikowaena o ke kūlanakauhale. Aia kēia heiau ma luna o ka puʻu o Gurungche a mai laila mai hiki iā ʻoe ke leʻaleʻa i ka ʻike nani o nā puʻu Himalayan, ke kūlanakauhale holoʻokoʻa ma lalo, a me ka pāpū.

Mai Bandipur, e hele hou mākou ma ke alanui Prithvi a huli ʻākau i ke ala o Kathmandu. Akā ma hope o kekahi mau kilomita, e hele mākou i ke alahaka a huli i ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Kurintar e kū ana ma kahakai o ka muliwai Trishuli.

Na ke kahua kaʻa uwea e kū nei ma ʻaneʻi e lawe iā mākou i ka luakini ʻo Manakamana ma o ka holo uwea 1.3 km. ʻO ka luakini kekahi o nā hale hoʻāno Hindu i kipa ʻia ma Nepal no ka mea ua manaʻo ʻia he wahi e hoʻokō ʻia ai nā makemake. Aia ia ma ka piko o kahi mauna ma ka ʻāina ʻo Gorkha, i hoʻolaʻa ʻia i ke akua wahine ʻo Bhagwati, i hoʻomana ʻia ma ʻaneʻi no 500 mau makahiki.

E hoʻolimalima mākou i kekahi manawa ma ka luakini a iho i lalo i ka muliwai Trishuli a hoʻomau i kā mākou huakaʻi i Kathmandu. Loaʻa paha iā ʻoe kahi manawa hou e hana ai i nā kūʻai ʻana i nā minuke hope loa a hele wāwae i ka Garden of Dreams.

Ke kokoke mai nei ke ahiahi, e ʻākoakoa kākou no ka ʻaina Nepali maikaʻi loa a hauʻoli hoʻi i nā ʻike kupaianaha a mākou i hōʻike ai ma kā mākou huakaʻi ma Nepal.