Ponena za ulendo wopita kutali ndi kovuta pamwamba pamwamba pa Mongolia . Ku Central Asia, dzikoli lizunguliridwa ndi Russia kumpoto, ndipo China kum'mwera ndi chikhalidwe chake chochuluka ndi mbiri yake ndizochitika zambiri monga zovuta zambiri.
Pali makampani angapo oyendayenda omwe amapereka maulendo okonzedwa ku Mongolia, koma ochepa ali ndi zofanana ndi zomwe Tusker Trail yaika palimodzi.
Kwa zaka 10 zapitazo, kampaniyo ikutsogolera ku Mongolia Trek yomwe ili yabwino kwambiri yomwe idatchulidwa kuti ndi imodzi mwa maulendo a kunja kwa chaka. Ndikhala ndikuyenda ulendo wanga mu Julayi chaka chino, koma ndisanapite ku Asia ndinakhala ndi mwayi wokambirana ndi bwana wa Tusker Eddie Frank kuti mudziwe zambiri zokhudza chochitika ichi chodabwitsa.
Ulendowu Ulinso Wotani
Ulendowu ukuyamba mumzinda wa Ulaanbaatar wa ku Mongolia, womwe umakhala ngati ulendo komanso ulendo wa maulendo ambiri padziko lonse. Kukhala komweko kuli kochepa, komabe, sikudzakhalitsa makasitomala a Tusker akugwira ulendo wina wopita ku Bayan Ulgii, tawuni yakutali yomwe imayandikira pafupi ndi malire a China kumadzulo kwa Mongolia. Kuchokera kumeneko, ndikupita ku malo otchedwa Altai Tavn Bogd National Park, malo osungirako zachilengedwe akunja omwe ali ndi mapiri omwe amapezeka m'mapiri, mapiri aatali, ndi mapiri asanu omwe anthu ambiri amawaona kuti ndi opatulika.
Eddie Frank akunena kuti malingaliro odabwitsa awa amapezeka panthawi yonse yaulendo, koma makamaka ngati gulu limanga msasa usiku uliwonse. Amandiuza kuti makampu ndi zina mwazikuluzikulu za ulendo, ndi zina zochititsa chidwi kuposa zomaliza. Oyendayenda amakhala m'matenti okongola kwambiri a m'mapiri komanso amtundu wa Chimongoli akamayenda tsiku linalake pamene akuyang'ana nyanja zamchere komanso malo otchuka kwambiri m'dzikoli.
Kunyumba kwa anthu okwera akavalo okongola kwambiri omwe anakhalako, Mongolia ndi malo ambirimbiri otsetsereka komanso malo odyera. Ndi njira yabwino yotani yofufuzira dera limenelo kusiyana ndi mahatchi? Franks akunena kuti ambiri mwa makasitomala amakhala ndi chidziwitso chochepa chokwera mtunda wautali pamene iwo akulembera paulendo, koma posakhalitsa amakhala omasuka kwambiri m'thumba. Iye watumiza anthu ku Australia atanyamula zingwe zomwe zimapangitsa kuti azikhala olimbitsa poyerekeza ndi omwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito ndi anthu a ku Mongolia, koma mapulumu olimba, otsimikizika amamera ndi kulumikizidwa kudutsa malo akutali a mapiri a Altai.
Ulendo M'malo mwa Kuyenda Mahatchi
Kwa iwo omwe sakusankha kukwera, nthawizonse amakhala ndi mwayi wokwera makilomita 8-10 omwe amapezeka tsiku ndi tsiku. Kaya ali paulendo kapena pamahatchi, apaulendo amayenda njira yomweyo ndikugawana zomwezo. Sikuti amachoka kumsasa womwewo koma nthawi zambiri amadya chakudya chamasana panthawi yomweyo ndikufika kumisasa ya usiku yomwe ili pafupi nthawi yomweyo.
Eddie wakhala akuchita ulendo umenewu kwa zaka zopitirira khumi ndipo akuti ngakhale malowo ali okongola, ndipo zowoneka bwino, ndi anthu osamukira kumalo omwe amakumana nawo omwe amathandiza kuti ayende ulendo wopatulapo zochitika zina.
Iye anati, "Kuchereza alendo kumakhala kosavomerezeka," akutero, podziwa kuti ndi mwambo wa steppe kuti akalowe aliyense amene amabwera pakhomo pawo, akuwapatsa malo ogona komanso chakudya chamadzulo.
Amakasitomala a Tusker sadzadandaula ndi zina mwazinthuzo. Kuwonjezera pa kukhala m'misasa yabwino kwambiri, iwo adzalandira bwino. Ngakhale njirayi idzakhala yophweka, chakudya chimakhala chochuluka ndipo chokonzedwa ndi ophika omwe amaphunzitsidwa ndi Culinary Institute of America, chinachake chomwe ndinachiwona choyamba pamene ndinakwera Kilimanjaro ndi Tusker chaka chatha. Chakudya paulendowu chinali chabwino kwambiri, ngakhale pamene tinamanga msasa pamphepete mwa madzi okwera mamita 18,000.
Dera la Altai Tavn Bogd National Park limati ndi lodziwika ndi anthu obwera m'mbuyo, ngakhale kuti magulu ambiri a Tusker akukumana ndi alendo ena ochepa pamene ali panjira.
Ndipo popeza palibe makampani ena oyendayenda omwe akugwira ntchito m'deralo, kusungulumwa ndi kukhala payekha ndi mbali imodzi mwazochitikira, ndikupangitsa kuti ulendowu ukhale woyenera kwa iwo amene akuyang'ana kuti achoke kwa iwo onse.
Ndiye ulendo uwu ndi wabwino motani? Eddie Frank, wodziwa bwino kwambiri komanso wotsogolera, akuti "Ngati ndikanangotenga ulendo umodzi pachaka, izi ndizo." Izi zikuyenera kukupatsani chisonyezero chokhalira chodabwitsa chomwe ulendo uno wa Tusker uli. Ndizodziwikiratu kamodzi pa nthawi ya moyo kuti muone gawo la dziko lomwe liri kutali, lachilengedwe, ndipo silingasinthe kuchokera momwe linalili zaka zambiri zapitazo.