ʻO ka Trek Dolpo luna

Hoʻomaka kou lā ʻelua ma Kathmandu me ka ʻaina kakahiaka mahana. I kēia lā, e ʻimi ʻoe i nā UNESCO World Heritage Sites o Kathmandu e hōʻike ana i ka mōʻaukala a me ke kuhikuhipuʻuone. Hoʻomaka ka huakaʻi ma Swayambhunath Stupa (ka Monkey Temple) aia ma luna o ka puʻu. Mai luna mai, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i ke awāwa ʻo Kathmandu holoʻokoʻa. A laila e neʻe ʻoe i ka Pasupatinath Temple, ʻo ia kahi Hindu kapu loa aia ma ke kapa o ka muliwai ʻo Bagmati.

Ma hope o ka ʻaina awakea kūloko, e hele ʻoe i Kathmandu Durbar Square, kahi hale aliʻi kahiko i noho ai ma ke ʻano he noho o nā Mōʻī Malla. ʻO nā kiʻi lāʻau, nā pā hale kahiko, a me ka hale noho o ke akua wahine ʻo Kumari e hōʻike ana i ka moʻomeheu Nepali kuʻuna.

Ma hope o ke awakea, e neʻe ana kou manaʻo i ka hoʻomākaukau. E hoʻopau ana ka lālā o kā mākou keʻena i nā pepa āpau e pono ai, no ka mea, ʻaʻole hiki i nā kānaka ke loaʻa wale kēia mau mea. E nānā hou kāu alakaʻi i kāu mau lako i hoʻopaʻa ʻia. Inā pono ʻoe e kūʻai a hoʻolimalima paha i kekahi mea, hiki iā ʻoe ke hana pēlā ma nā hale kūʻai kokoke. E hōʻoia ka hōʻike hope loa a kikoʻī i ka huakaʻi no nā lā e hiki mai ana, e nānā hou i nā kaʻina hana palekana, a e hōʻoia i nā hoʻonohonoho hope loa.

Ka aina kakahiaka, ka aina awakea, ka aina ahiahi

Hotel

5-10 km

1,300 m / 4,265 kapuaʻi

8-9 hola

I kēia lā, e haʻalele ʻoe i ke kapikala a lele i ke komohana i Nepalgunj. Ma hope o ka ʻaina kakahiaka nui, e hele ʻoe i ke kahua mokulele kūloko o Tribhuvan International Airport no kāu lele pōkole i Nepalgunj, kahi kūlanakauhale kokoke i ka palena ʻo India. ʻO ka lōʻihi o ka lele ʻana ma kahi o 50 mau minuke, e hāʻawi ana iā ʻoe i kahi hiʻohiʻona lewa o nā puʻu waena o Nepal a me nā pāpū ʻo Terai. I kou pae ʻana, he mea paʻakikī ke haʻalele i nā loli koke o ke aniau; lilo ka ea anuanu o Kathmandu i makani mahana a pulu o Nepalgunj.

ʻO Nepalgunj ke ala nui i ke komohana o Nepal a me ka ʻāina ʻo Dolpo. Ma hope o ka nānā ʻana i loko o kou hōkele, e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka manawa e hoʻomaha ai a ʻimi i ka ʻāina. Hiki iā ʻoe ke kipa aku i ka Mini Zoo, ka Luakini ʻo Bageshwori, a i ʻole e hele wale ma nā alanui. I ke ahiahi, e hāʻawi kāu alakaʻi iā ʻoe i kahi pōkole pōkole e pili ana i ka lele ʻana o ka lā ʻapōpō i ke kahua mokulele mauna ʻo Juphal, kahi e wehe ai i ka puka i Upper Dolpo.

Ka aina kakahiaka, ka aina awakea, ka aina ahiahi

ʻO Teahouse

519 ei

150 m / 492 kapuaʻi

50 minuke

Hoʻomaka kēia kakahiaka me ka ʻaina kakahiaka mua a me kahi mokulele pōkole mai Nepalgunj a i Juphal. ʻO kēia mokulele ka ʻāpana koʻikoʻi o ka ʻike no ka mea hāʻawi ia i nā hiʻohiʻona nani o nā pae mauna ʻo Dhaulagiri a me Annapurna i kou neʻe ʻana mai ka ʻāina pālahalaha ʻo Terai a i ka Himalayas. He kahua mokulele ʻiliʻili kona, a ua hoʻonohonoho pinepine ʻia nā mokulele i ke kakahiaka ma muli o ke kūlana o ka makani. Maanei, e hālāwai ʻoe me ke koena o kāu poʻe hele wāwae.

Hoʻomaka ka wāwae mua o ka huakaʻi mai Juphal. Ma waena o nā mahina ʻai a me nā kauhale kūloko kahi e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke nānā i ke ola o kēlā me kēia lā o ka poʻe kamaʻāina, e hahai ʻoe i kahi ala liʻiliʻi e hiki aku ana i ka muliwai ʻo Thulo Bheri. He maʻalahi ka hele wāwae a he mea hoʻomehana maikaʻi ia a he mea hoʻomaʻamaʻa i ka ʻāina.

I ke awakea, e hōʻea ʻoe i Dunai, ke keʻena nui o ka ʻāpana ʻo Dolpo. ʻO Dunai ke kūlanakauhale nui loa ma ka ʻāina, nona nā keʻena aupuni, kahi mākaʻi mākaʻi, a me nā hale kūʻai liʻiliʻi. E hoʻonohonoho ʻoe i kahi hoʻomoana a hoʻopau i kou lā mua o ka hele wāwae ma ka ʻāina ʻo Dolpo.

Ka aina kakahiaka, ka aina awakea, ka aina ahiahi

anainoe

381 ei

2,140 m / 7,021 kapuaʻi

35 mau minuke (lele) | 2-3 hola (hele wāwae)

Hoʻomaka kou lā hele wāwae piha mua me ka ea kakahiaka hou. Ma hope o ka ʻaina kakahiaka ma Dunai, e hoʻomaka ʻoe e hele wāwae i ka ʻākau ma ke kapa o ka muliwai ʻo Phoksundo (Mukuwai ʻo Suligad). Ma hope o kahi hele wāwae pōkole, e hōʻea ʻoe i ka Pāka Lahui ʻo Shey Phoksundo, ʻo ia ka pāka aupuni nui loa ma Nepal. Maanei, e nānā ʻia kāu mau palapala ʻae ma ke keʻena o ka pāka ma mua o ke komo ʻana o ke ala i loko o ka nahele.

Piʻi ke ala i nā kauhale ʻo Magar lāua ʻo Thakuri, kahi i kūkulu ʻia ai nā hale mai ka pōhaku a me ka lāʻau, a ke ola nei nā kānaka i nā nohona kuʻuna. I ke awakea, e hōʻea ʻoe i ke kauhale ʻo Chhepka, kahi i hoʻopuni ʻia e ka nahele a me nā mahina ʻai pāpaʻi. Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻimi i nā mahina ʻai a kamaʻilio paha me nā kamaʻāina i ʻike ʻia no ko lākou hoʻokipa maikaʻi a me nā moʻolelo e pili ana i nā awāwa o luna.

Ka aina kakahiaka, ka aina awakea, ka aina ahiahi

ʻO Teahouse

19 ei

2,838 m / 9,311 kapuaʻi

6-7 hola

Ma hope o ka hoʻolilo ʻana i hoʻokahi pō ma Chhepka, e hoʻomau ʻoe ma hope o ka muliwai ʻo Phoksundo i kahi ʻāina mamao loa i kēia lā. E lilo ana ka huakaʻi i ʻoi aku ka piʻi ʻana ma nā ʻāpana, me nā piʻi piʻi paʻakikī i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me ka lā ma mua. E hele ʻoe i nā ululāʻau kedera, fir, a me nā lāʻau paina, a lilo ke ʻano i mea hihiu a wiwo ʻole me nā ʻano pōhaku a me nā wailele ma ke ala.

E hala ʻoe i nā huina ala liʻiliʻi a me nā hale inu kī ma Rechi, kahi wahi hoʻomaha maʻamau. Aia kahi kokoke i kahi keʻena mālama ola kino kuʻuna (Halemai ʻAmchi), ʻo ia ke ʻano o ka inoa o ia wahi. I ke awakea, e hōʻea ʻoe i Chunuwar, kahi wahi hoʻomaha kokoke i ka hui ʻana o nā muliwai ʻo Phoksundo lāua ʻo Pungmo Khola. E hoʻomoe ʻoe i kou pō ma ʻaneʻi.

Ka aina kakahiaka, ka aina awakea, ka aina ahiahi

ʻO Teahouse

17 ei

3,120 m / 10,236 kapuaʻi

6-7 hola

Piʻi mua ke ala ma waena o ka ululāʻau birch a me ke kedera, me nā hiʻohiʻona e wehe ana i kou piʻi ʻana i ke kiʻekiʻe. Hāʻawi ka ʻāpana hope i kou ʻike mua ʻana i ka loko ʻo Phoksundo. E hala ʻoe i ka wailele kiʻekiʻe loa o Nepal, ka wailele ʻo Jharana (a i ʻole Suligad), kahi e kahe ana ma luna o 167 m i loko o ka muliwai ma lalo.

A laila iho ke ala ma waena o ka ululāʻau birch a hiki i ke kauhale kuʻuna ʻo Bon ʻo Ringmo, aia ma luna o kahi pā wai ʻāina ma ka ʻaoʻao hema o ka loko. Mai ʻaneʻi, e lawe ʻia ʻoe i kahi hele wāwae pōkole i ke kahakai o ka loko ʻo Phoksundo. E hoʻonohonoho ʻoe i kahi hoʻomoana a hoʻomaha me ka mahalo i ka nani mālie o ka loko.

Ka aina kakahiaka, ka aina awakea, ka aina ahiahi

anainoe

7 ei

3,611 m / 11,847 kapuaʻi

3-4 hola

He lā hoʻomaʻamaʻa a hoʻomaha kēia lā ma ka loko ʻo Phoksundo. He wahi hoʻomaha pono ia ma mua o kou komo ʻana i nā ʻāpana kiʻekiʻe a mamao loa o Upper Dolpo. Akā, ʻaʻole ia he lā palaualelo. ʻO ka mea mua hiki iā ʻoe ke hana, ʻo ke kipa ʻana i ke kauhale kuʻuna o Tibetan Bon o Ringmo. Hiki iā ʻoe ke nānā i ke ʻano o ka nohona kūloko, nā hale kuʻuna, a me nā mahina ʻai pālahalaha ma laila.

Hiki iā ʻoe ke hele wāwae i ka Hale Mōneka kahiko ʻo Bon Tshowa, aia ma ke kualono e nānā ana i ka loko. Hāʻawi kēia hale mōneka 900 makahiki i kahi ʻike i ka moʻomeheu Bon-Po, kahi hoʻomana Tibet ma mua o ka Buddhist, a me nā hiʻohiʻona panoramic o ka ʻāina a me Kanjirowa Himal.

E hoʻohana i kēia lā e hopu i nā hiʻohiʻona, e noʻonoʻo pono, a e hoʻomaha wale paha ma ke kahua hoʻomoana. He lā kūpono ia e hoʻōla ai, e noʻonoʻo pono ai, a e hoʻomākaukau no ka wāwae aʻe o kāu huakaʻi.

Ka aina kakahiaka, ka aina awakea, ka aina ahiahi

anainoe

0 ei

3,611 m / 11,847 kapuaʻi

0 hola

ʻO ka loli o ke kiʻekiʻe i kēia lā he mea liʻiliʻi loa ia ma ka loaʻa ʻana o ka ʻupena (he 8-9 m wale nō ke kiʻekiʻe ma mua o ka loko), akā pili ke ala i nā piʻi a me nā iho nui. Ua manaʻo ʻia kēia ʻāpana ʻo ia kekahi o nā ʻāpana hoihoi a paʻakikī loa o ka huakaʻi hele wāwae ʻoiai e pili ana i ke kapa komohana o ka loko ʻo Phoksundo. Pono ia i kahi wāwae akahele i kou hele ʻana ma kekahi mau ʻāpana pali. E kōkua pū ana kā mākou hui iā ʻoe i nā ʻāpana paʻakikī.

Ma hope o hoʻokahi hola o ka hele wāwae ʻana, e hōʻea ʻoe iā Sallaghari, ʻo ia hoʻi ka "Pine Forest". He wahi liʻiliʻi a pālahalaha kēia kahua hoʻomoana i loko o ka ululāʻau paina juniper ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻākau loa o ka loko. E hoʻomaha ʻoe ma kahi hoʻomoana o Sallaghari, mākaukau e hoʻomau i ka ʻāina ʻo Dolpo i ka lā aʻe.

Ka aina kakahiaka, ka aina awakea, ka aina ahiahi

anainoe

11 ei

3,620 m / 11,877 kapuaʻi

5-6 hola

Haʻalele ka huakaʻi i ka ʻāpana loko nui a hele i loko o kahi awāwa hau haiki. Hahai ke ala ma ke ala o ka muliwai ʻo Tuk Kyaksa Khola, e hele ana ma waena o kekahi mau ʻāpana ululāʻau ma ke ala. Hoʻomaka ka ʻāina e loli mai nā ululāʻau paina momona i ka ʻāina kakaikahi, maloʻo, a me ka pōhaku me nā lāʻau liʻiliʻi i kou piʻi ʻana i ke kiʻekiʻe.

Me 6-7 mau hola o ka hele wāwae ʻana i ka lā, e hōʻea ʻoe iā Phoksundo Bhanjyang, i kapa ʻia hoʻi ʻo Nagdalo La High Camp a i ʻole Kang La Base Camp. E hoʻonohonoho kā mākou hui i kahi hoʻomoana ma hope koke iho o ko lākou hōʻea ʻana i laila. ʻO kēia kahua hoʻomoana i hoʻonohonoho pono ʻia he wahi hoʻonohonoho koʻikoʻi ia e kū pono ana ma lalo o ke ala paʻakikī ʻo Kang La (Nagdalo La) āu e hele ai i ka Lā 11.

Ka aina kakahiaka, ka aina awakea, ka aina ahiahi

anainoe

10 ei

4,700 m / 15,420 kapuaʻi

5-6 hola

E hana ʻoe i kekahi o nā ʻāpana paʻakikī loa o ka huakaʻi i kēia lā: ke hele ʻana ma ke ala kiʻekiʻe ʻo Nagdalo La Pass (5,360 m). Hoʻomaka ka lā i kakahiaka nui e hoʻokele i ke ala paʻakikī a me ka hau paha. E hoʻomaka ana mai kahi hoʻomoana kiʻekiʻe ma Phoksundo Bhanjyang, e piʻi ʻoe no kekahi mau hola e hiki ai i ke ala.

Ua kapa ʻia hoʻi ke ala hele ʻo Kang La. Mai kona piko mai, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i ka ʻāina holoʻokoʻa ʻo Dolpo, me ka Crystal Mountain (Shey Shikhar), a me ka pae ʻāina ʻo Tibet. He paʻakikī like ke ala ma kēlā ʻaoʻao o ke ala hele. E iho lōʻihi ʻoe ma kahi pali ma mua o ka hiki ʻana i nā kula mauʻu. ʻO ka wāwae hope loa o ka huakaʻi e alakaʻi iā ʻoe i loko o ka ʻāina ʻo Shey Gompa, i ʻike ʻia hoʻi ʻo ka Crystal Monastery. He pilina hohonu kēia hale mōneka i nā kuʻuna Buddhist Bon a me Tibet.

Ka aina kakahiaka, ka aina awakea, ka aina ahiahi

anainoe

17 ei

4,390 m / 14,403 kapuaʻi

6-7 hola

Hoʻomaka kekahi lā kiʻekiʻe a hoʻoulu manaʻo i kou haʻalele ʻana iā Shey Gompa ma hope. Hoʻomaka ka huakaʻi ma ka hahai ʻana i ke kahawai ʻo Sephu Khola no kekahi mau hola ma mua o kou hoʻomaka ʻana i ka piʻi lōʻihi i ke ala. Mai ka piko o Sela La i ka ʻākau, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i nā ʻāina o ka pae ʻāina ʻo Tibet, ma ka hikina, ʻike ʻia ka ʻāina ʻo Mustang me nā piko o Kanjirowa, Kagmara, a me Crystal Mountain.

Ma hope o ka hauʻoli ʻana i nā hiʻohiʻona, e iho lōʻihi ʻoe i lalo i ke awāwa aʻe e hōʻike ana i nā hale pōhaku i hoʻopuehu ʻia a me nā kaʻa yak. ​​Mai laila mai, e hōʻea ʻoe iā Namgung Gompa, i kūkulu ʻia me ka pōhaku ʻulaʻula. ʻO ia kekahi o nā wahi hoʻomana kaʻawale o Dolpo, kahi home o nā mōneka e ola maʻalahi i hoʻolaʻa ʻia no ka noʻonoʻo a me ka pule.

Ka aina kakahiaka, ka aina awakea, ka aina ahiahi

anainoe

12 ei

4,430 m / 14,534 kapuaʻi

5-6 hola

ʻO ka huakaʻi o kēia lā, ua emi iki ka piʻi ʻana o ke kiʻekiʻe, mai Namgung Gompa a i lalo i Namduna Gaun. Hahai ke ala i ke ala o kahi kahawai liʻiliʻi, akā, ʻaʻole ia he ala pālahalaha. E hele ʻoe ma nā ʻāina lepo, ʻōlohelohe, a maloʻo e like me ke kahua paʻa o Tibet. He mau puʻu ʻōlohelohe a me nā mea kanu kakaikahi ka ʻāina, e hōʻike ana aia ʻo Upper Dolpo ma kahi maloʻo a ua-malu.

I kou hele wāwae ʻana, e hala ʻoe i kekahi mau chortens a me nā paia mani, e hōʻike ana i ke alo o ka Buddhism Tibet a me ka moʻomeheu Bon. Hāʻawi nā ʻāina ākea i nā manawa kūpono e ʻike ai i nā holoholona hihiu kūloko, e like me nā hipa polū, nā marmots, a me nā manu ʻai holoholona like ʻole ma nā wahi kiʻekiʻe.

ʻO kahi e hele ai, he kauhale liʻiliʻi kuʻuna me nā hale pōhaku palahalaha i hui pū ʻia. ʻO ka mea nui o ke kauhale ʻo ia ka Hale Mōneka ʻo Namduna, he gompa kahiko i lilo i kahua moʻomeheu ma ia wahi. E hoʻonohonoho ʻoe i kahi hoʻomoana kokoke i ke kauhale a e hoʻolōʻihi i ka manawa e ʻimi ai i ka hale mōneka kahiko e hoʻokuʻu i ke kaumaha.

Ka aina kakahiaka, ka aina awakea, ka aina ahiahi

anainoe

10 ei

4,200 m / 13,780 kapuaʻi

5-6 hola

ʻO ka huakaʻi o kēia lā e pili ana i ka piʻi ʻana i luna a ukali ʻia e ka iho ʻana i loko o ka muliwai ʻo Namga Khola. Ma hope o ka haʻalele ʻana iā Namduna Gaun, piʻi ke ala i kahi pali ʻōlohelohe no kekahi mau hola. Ke hiki ʻoe i kahi kiʻekiʻe, e ʻike ʻoe i ke Kauhale ʻo Saldang e pālahalaha ana ma kahi pāpū ma lalo. ʻO ka hapa hope o ka huakaʻi, ʻo ia ka iho ʻana i ke kauhale.

ʻO Saldang ke kauhale nui loa ma ka ʻāpana o loko o Dolpo, me kahi o 80 mau ʻohana i kūkulu maikaʻi ʻia a me ka heluna kanaka ma kahi o 600 mau kānaka. Ua hoʻoikaika nui ʻia ke kauhale e ka moʻomeheu Tibet, mai ke kuhikuhipuʻuone a hiki i ka ʻōlelo a me ke kapa o nā kamaʻāina. Aia ma ke ala kālepa i Tibet, ua lilo ʻo Saldang i wahi mahiʻai a me ke kālepa waiwai no nā kenekulia.

Ka aina kakahiaka, ka aina awakea, ka aina ahiahi

anainoe

12 ei

3,700 m / 12,139 kapuaʻi

5-6 hola

I kēia lā, e hele wāwae hou aku ʻoe i loko o nā ʻāina kiʻekiʻe a me ka ʻōlohelohe o Upper Dolpo, e neʻe ana i ka ʻākau mai Saldang a hiki i Yangze Gompa. Hahai ke ala i ka Nagon Khola (muliwai) ma ke kuhikuhi ʻākau. E hala ʻoe i nā wahi noho liʻiliʻi a mehameha o nā kauhale ʻo Marang a me Ki ma ke ala. Pili pū ka huakaʻi i ke keʻa ʻana i kahi kahawai o ka muliwai ʻo Panzang ma mua o kou hiki ʻana i Yangze Gompa.

Ua kapa ʻia ka ʻāina ma hope o ka hale mōneka kahiko ʻo Bon ma laila. E loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi manawa kūpono e ʻimi ai i kekahi o nā wahi i kipa ʻole ʻia o Nepal a me ka moʻomeheu Bon kuʻuna. He mālie ke ahiahi ma ʻaneʻi, e hāʻawi ana i kahi manawa e hoʻomaha ai a hoʻomākaukau i ka noʻonoʻo a me ke kino no ke kahua aʻe o kāu huakaʻi i nā ala kiʻekiʻe a me nā kauhale mamao aku.

Ka aina kakahiaka, ka aina awakea, ka aina ahiahi

anainoe

15 ei

3,980 m / 13,058 kapuaʻi

6-7 hola

Ma hope o kou noho ʻana ma Yangze Gompa mamao, pono ʻoe e hoʻololi i ke kuhikuhi i kēia lā o ka huakaʻi ma Upper Dolpo e hoʻomau i kahi kū aʻe o ka huakaʻi. Ma kahi o ka neʻe ʻana i mua i ka ʻākau, e hoʻi hou ʻoe i kou mau kapuaʻi i ka hema ma mua o ka hele ʻana i ka hikina i ke Kauhale ʻo Namdo. Mai laila mai, alakaʻi ke ala ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka muliwai ʻo Nam Khola ma o nā mahina ʻai, nā chortens, a me nā pā mani, ma mua o ka hiki ʻana i ke Kauhale ʻo Namdo.

ʻO ia kekahi o nā wahi noho paʻa nui loa ma Upper Dolpo. Loaʻa iā ia kahi hale mōneka liʻiliʻi, kekahi mau hale kī, a me nā hale pōhaku i kūkulu ʻia ma ke ʻano kuʻuna. He kikowaena ka kauhale no nā hana moʻomeheu a me nā hana hoʻomana, me nā ʻohana kūloko e hana ana i ka mahi bale, ka hānai ʻana i ka yak, a me ke kālepa ʻana i ka hulu hipa a i ʻole ka paʻakai. Maanei, e hoʻomaha ʻoe, e hoʻomaʻamaʻa, a e hoʻomākaukau no nā huakaʻi hou aku.

Ka aina kakahiaka, ka aina awakea, ka aina ahiahi

anainoe

18 ei

3,780 m / 12,402 kapuaʻi

6-7 hola

I kēia lā, ʻaʻole ʻoe e hele ma ke ala ʻo Jeng La Pass ponoʻī akā e hele wāwae mai Sibu a i ke kahua hoʻomoana kiʻekiʻe ma lalo o ke ala, i ʻike ʻia ʻo Jeng La Phedi. Hoʻomaka ka lā ma ka hahai ʻana i ka muliwai ʻo Nam Khong Khola no kekahi manawa, no laila e hele ʻoe i ka hikina. I ka hopena, haʻalele ke ala i ke awāwa nui o ka muliwai a hoʻomaka i kahi piʻi ʻana i kahi wahi hānai holoholona ma lalo o ke ala. Hiki i ke ala ke pōhaku a paʻakikī.

He mea maʻamau ma kēia ʻāpana ke hālāwai me nā kaʻa huakaʻi yak e halihali ana i nā waiwai ma nā ala kālepa kahiko e pili ana i ka palena ʻo Tibet. ʻO Jeng La Phedi (ʻo ia hoʻi "ka wāwae o ke alahele"). He wahi hānai kiʻekiʻe a hōʻike ʻia kēia kahua hoʻomoana. He mea nui ke kiʻekiʻe o ke kahua hoʻomoana no ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana ma mua o ka hele ʻana i ke alahele i ke kakahiaka ʻapōpō.

Ka aina kakahiaka, ka aina awakea, ka aina ahiahi

anainoe

14 ei

4,200 m / 13,780 kapuaʻi

5-6 hola

E hoʻomaka koke ʻoe i ka lā e hoʻomaka i ka piʻi ʻana ma kahi o ʻelua hola i ka piko o ke ala ʻo Jeng La. He ʻinoʻino a he pōhaku ke ala, akā hiki ke hoʻokele ʻia ka piʻi ʻana o ke kiʻekiʻe mai kahi hoʻomoana kiʻekiʻe. Mai ka piko o ke ala, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i ka ʻaoʻao ʻākau o Dhaulagiri I (8,167 m).

Ma hope o ke ala hele, e hele wāwae ʻoe i lalo i ke awāwa ʻo Tarap. ʻO ka ʻāina ma lalo e wehe ʻia i nā pāpū a me nā wahi lau nahele e kū ana ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka muliwai ʻo Tarap Chu. Ma hope o kahi huakaʻi pōkole, e hōʻea ʻoe i Tokyu Gaon, ʻo ia kekahi o nā wahi noho kanaka kiʻekiʻe loa ma ka Himalayas a he kauhale nui me kekahi mau hale mōneka, me kahi hale mōneka ʻo Bon-Po.

Ka aina kakahiaka, ka aina awakea, ka aina ahiahi

anainoe

15KM

3,950 m / 12,959 kapuaʻi

6-7 hola

I kēia lā, e hele wāwae ʻoe mai Tokyu a i Dho Tarap, kekahi o nā kauhale mamao loa o Upper Dolpo. Ma hope o ka ʻaina kakahiaka, hoʻomaka ke ala me ka piʻi ʻana ma luna o ka ʻāina pōhaku a me nā kualono haiki. E hala ʻoe i nā chortens a me nā paia mani, e hōʻike ana i ka moʻomeheu Buddhist/Bon ikaika e laha nei ma ʻaneʻi.

E hōʻea ʻoe i ke kauhale ʻo Tarap i ke awakea ma muli o ka pōkole loa o ka huakaʻi. ʻO ia kekahi o nā wahi noho mau ma ka ʻāina ʻo Dolpo, kahi i noho ʻia i ka makahiki āpau. He kauhale waiwai ia i ka moʻomeheu e kū ana ma ka hui ʻana o nā kahawai ʻelua. Hana kēia kauhale ma ke ʻano he wahi kūʻai a me ke kikowaena hoʻomalu no ka ʻāina a puni.

Hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻolilo i ke awakea e ʻimi ana i ke kauhale, e kipa aku ana i nā hale mōneka liʻiliʻi, a e launa pū me nā kamaʻāina, i ʻike ʻia ʻo ka poʻe Dolpopa. He waiwai ka ʻāina i ka mōʻaukala a me nā hana kuʻuna.

Ka aina kakahiaka, ka aina awakea, ka aina ahiahi

anainoe

12KM

3,860 m / 12,664 kapuaʻi

5-6 hola

ʻO ka pahuhopu nui o kēia lā, ʻo ia ka hoʻomaha a me ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ikaika ʻana e kōkua i kou kino e hoʻōla a hoʻomaʻamaʻa i ke kiʻekiʻe. He kikowaena moʻomeheu ʻo Tarap. Hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻolilo i ka manawa e holoholo ana i ke kauhale, e nānā ana i ke ola o kēlā me kēia lā o ka poʻe Dolpopa, nāna i mālama i kā lākou moʻomeheu i hoʻohuli ʻia e Tibet no nā kenekulia. ʻO ke ʻano kuʻuna o nā hale he mea koʻikoʻi.

ʻO ka ʻāina a puni ʻo Dho Tarap kahi home o kekahi mau hale mōneka koʻikoʻi, e like me Ribo Bhumpa Gompa lāua ʻo Shiwar Shartshang Gompa. Hiki iā ʻoe ke kipa aku iā lākou. He manawa kūpono loa kēia e launa pū ai me nā ʻohana kūloko, e kaʻana like paha i kahi kīʻaha su-cha (kī pata Tibet), a e aʻo e pili ana i ko lākou ʻano ola kū hoʻokahi ma nā wahi kiʻekiʻe, me ka hānai ʻana i nā yak a me ke kālepa ʻana me Tibet.

No ka poʻe e manaʻo ikaika ana, hiki i kahi huakaʻi pōkole i luna i nā puʻu a puni ke kōkua i ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana ("piʻi i luna, hiamoe haʻahaʻa") a hāʻawi i nā hiʻohiʻona nani o ke awāwa ʻo Tarap holoʻokoʻa.

Ka aina kakahiaka, ka aina awakea, ka aina ahiahi

anainoe

0 ei

3,860 m / 12,664 kapuaʻi

0 hola

Hoʻomaka kou lā ma ka hahai ʻana i ke kahawai ʻo Tarap Chu i lalo, kahi e komo ai i loko o kahi awāwa haiki. Ma ke ala e hele ana nā lāʻau juniper mānoanoa a me nā rose hihiu i kou hele ʻana i mua. E hōʻea ʻoe i ka hui ʻana o nā muliwai ʻo Tarap Chu lāua ʻo Lang Khola kahi e iho ai ʻoe.

I kou hele ʻana i lalo, e hoʻomaka ana nā ʻāina maloʻo a kiʻekiʻe e hāʻawi i nā mea kanu mānoanoa. Hāʻawi ka ʻāina ākea i kahi manawa kūpono e ʻike ai i nā hipa polū. ʻO kou wahi e hele ai ʻo ia ke kula o Kamakharka, kahi wahi nani kokoke i Tarap Khola, kahi e hoʻonohonoho ai ʻoe i kou kahua hoʻomoana no ka pō.

Ka aina kakahiaka, ka aina awakea, ka aina ahiahi

anainoe

14 ei

3,650 m / 11,975 kapuaʻi

5-6 hola

E hoʻomau ʻoe i ka iho ʻana mai ka ʻāina kiʻekiʻe a i nā wahi haʻahaʻa a ʻoi aku ka ululāʻau. Hahai ke ala i ke awāwa ʻo Tarap Khola (muliwai) i kona hoʻomaka ʻana e emi mai kahi awāwa ākea a i kahi ʻauwai hohonu. Hiki i ke ala ke lilo i mea hoʻohiwahiwa a paʻakikī, me nā papa pōhaku, nā alahaka lāʻau, a hiki paha ke hele wāwae i ke kahawai inā holoi ʻia a hōʻino ʻia paha nā alahaka.

Hoʻololi nui ʻia ke ʻano o ka ʻāina i kou iho ʻana i nā aniau mehana a me nā mea kanu hou aʻe. Hiki paha iā ʻoe ke hālāwai me nā kahu hipa kūloko e lawe mai ana i kā lākou mau hipa i nā wahi hānai haʻahaʻa no ka hoʻoilo. ʻO kou wahi e hele ai, ʻo ia ka ʻāpana kauhale liʻiliʻi o Khanigaon, kahi wahi mālie kokoke i ka muliwai kahi e hoʻomoana ai ʻoe no ka pō.

Ka aina kakahiaka, ka aina awakea, ka aina ahiahi

anainoe

18 ei

3,200 m / 10,499 kapuaʻi

6-7 hola

Ma muli o ke alahele, ʻo ka huakaʻi ka mea nui ma ke ala o ka Tarap Khola (muliwai), kahi e pono ai ʻoe e hele i nā pali piʻi a me nā ala haiki. I kou iho ʻana i lalo, lilo ka ʻāina maloʻo a pōhaku o Upper Dolpo i mau awāwa ʻōmaʻomaʻo i piha i nā lāʻau paina a me nā lāʻau juniper. Ma ke ala, e hālāwai ʻoe me nā chortens a me nā paia mani like ʻole, e hōʻike ana i kahi mana hoʻomana Buddhist a me Bon-Po.

Ma hope o nā hola, e hōʻea ʻoe i ke Kauhale ʻo Tarakot. ʻO ke kauhale ke kapikala o ke Aupuni kūʻokoʻa kahiko ʻo Tichorung. ʻO kona inoa, ʻo "Tarakot," ʻo ia hoʻi "pā kaua" a i ʻole "hale kākela," a ua kūkulu ʻia ma luna o kahi puʻu liʻiliʻi ma luna o ka muliwai no ka pale ʻana mai nā aupuni ʻē aʻe.

E hoʻomoana ʻoe ma kahi hānai ma lalo o ke kauhale nui ʻo Tarakot, kokoke i nā kapa muliwai, kahi e noho ai ʻoe i kou pō.

Ka aina kakahiaka, ka aina awakea, ka aina ahiahi

anainoe

16 ei

2,750 m / 9,022 kapuaʻi

5-6 hola

Hoʻi hou ke ala i kahi ʻāpana o ke ala āu i hele ai ma nā lā 4 a me 5, akā i kēia manawa e hele wāwae ana ʻoe ma lalo o ka ʻōnaehana muliwai ʻo Bheri. Ua hōʻailona maikaʻi ʻia ke ala a ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi ma mua o nā ala kiʻekiʻe o Upper Dolpo. Ke neʻe aku ʻoe i lalo, lilo ka ʻāina i mea mehana, ʻōmaʻomaʻo, a piha i nā kauhale mahiʻai a me nā mahina ʻai i hoʻolālā ʻia.

E hala ʻoe i kekahi mau kauhale liʻiliʻi a me nā kauhale liʻiliʻi, kahi e hāʻawi ai i ka manawa hope loa e nānā i ke ʻano o ka nohona kuʻuna o ka poʻe ma waena o ka puʻu o ka ʻāina ma mua o ka hiki ʻana i Dunai. ʻO Dunai ke kauhale nui loa a me ke kikowaena hoʻomalu o ka ʻāpana ʻo Dolpo. E ʻike ʻoe i nā pono maikaʻi iki ma ʻaneʻi ma mua o nā kauhale mamao o Upper Dolpo.

Ka aina kakahiaka, ka aina awakea, ka aina ahiahi

ʻO Teahouse

20 ei

2,140 m / 7,021 kapuaʻi

6-7 hola

He pōkole a maʻalahi hoʻi ka huakaʻi hele wāwae, kahi e hele ai ʻoe ma ke awāwa haʻahaʻa o ka muliwai ʻo Bheri. E hala ʻoe i kekahi mau wahi noho liʻiliʻi a me nā mahina ʻai pālahalaha, me nā kauhale e like me Dhupichaur, Rupgad, Kalagaonda, a me Motipur. ʻO ka hana hope loa e pili ana i kahi piʻi iki i luna i kahi kahua mokulele o Juphal.

I kou hōʻea ʻana, e nānā ʻoe i loko o kahi hale inu kī kūloko a hoʻomaʻemaʻe no ke ahiahi. ʻO kēia ahiahi kahi manawa no ka hoʻomaha, ka noʻonoʻo ʻana, a me ka hoʻolauleʻa ʻana i ka hoʻopau pono ʻana o ka huakaʻi kaapuni ʻo Upper Dolpo me kāu alakaʻi a me ka hui porter.

Ka aina kakahiaka, ka aina awakea, ka aina ahiahi

ʻO Teahouse

19 ei

2,590 m / 8,497 kapuaʻi

6-7 hola

Ua hiki i ka manawa e hoʻomaka ai i kā mākou huakaʻi hoʻi i Kathmandu a lawe i ʻelua mau mokulele pōkole - mai Juphal a i Nepalgunj a laila i Kathmandu. Hoʻonohonoho pinepine ʻia nā mokulele mai Juphal (Dolpo Airport) i ke kakahiaka nui no ka mea hiki ke lilo nā kūlana makani ma nā ʻauwai mauna i mea hiki ʻole ke wānana ma hope o ka lā. E kau ʻoe i kahi mokulele liʻiliʻi me ka ʻole o ke kaomi (ʻo ia hoʻi he Twin Otter a i ʻole Dornier) no kēia huakaʻi. Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i ka ʻike hope loa o nā pae Himalayan āu i hele ai.

Ma hope o ka pae ʻana ma Nepalgunj, e hoʻololi ʻoe i ka mokulele no ka lele kūloko nui aʻe i Kathmandu ma hope o kahi hoʻomaha pōkole. Lawe ka lua o ka lele iā ʻoe ma nā wahi like ʻole o Nepal, e neʻe ana mai ke kula wela a pālahalaha ʻo Terai o Nepalgunj a hoʻi i ke awāwa ʻo Kathmandu.

Ka aina kakahiaka, ka aina awakea, ka aina ahiahi

Hotel

716 km (lele)

1,300 m / 4,265 kapuaʻi

1 hola 30 mau minuke (lele)

Ua hiki i ka manawa e lele ai i ka home! E aloha aku iā Nepal a me kou mau hoa hele wāwae! E lawe aku kahi ʻelele mai kā mākou hui hele wāwae iā ʻoe i ke kahua mokulele ʻo Tribhuvan International (TIA). E hoʻomau ʻoe ma o ke kau inoa ʻana, nā dute, a me ka neʻe ʻana no kāu lele ʻana i ka home.

ʻO ka kakahiaka kakahiaka

Hotel

0 ei

1,400 m / 4,593 kapuaʻi

0 hola