Hoʻokahi makahiki kaʻahele, nā manawa maikaʻi loa.
I kēia mahina ke hele nei au no 12 mahina, e like me 365 lā! ʻŌlelo mau wau, e hele au e ʻike i ka lōʻihi. ʻAʻohe oʻu pahuhopu e noho lōʻihi. Makemake wau e hele a makemake wau e hana.
ʻO kēia kaʻu huakaʻi ʻeke nui mua loa a hiki iaʻu ke ʻōlelo ʻaʻole ʻo ia kaʻu mea hope loa. I koʻu noʻonoʻo ʻana i ka makahiki i hala, he pupule. I kekahi manawa, ʻōwili wau i kaʻu Facebook a i ʻole Instagram a ʻike i kēlā mau hoʻomanaʻo a pau! I kekahi manawa, he mau hoʻomanaʻo maikaʻi ko ke kiʻi ʻino! Ua aʻo nui au e pili ana iaʻu iho, nā poʻe a puni a me ka honua. ʻAʻole hiki i kekahi ke lawe mai iaʻu.
"ʻAʻole pau ka poʻe holo kuhihewa."
Ma kēia blogpost makemake wau e kaʻana like i kekahi mau manawa o ka makahiki i hala. A kaʻana like i kekahi huaʻōlelo huakaʻi kaʻu i ʻike ai ma kaʻu huakaʻi huakaʻi.
Hiki iaʻu ke hoʻomanaʻo i koʻu lā mua e like me ia i nehinei. Ua ʻōlelo maikaʻi nā hoaaloha iaʻu ma Amsterdam a ua lele wau ma Beijing. Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia koʻu hale hoʻokipa mua, ua wehe ʻia ke koena! Mai ia manawa i hoʻomaka ai au i kaʻu Ka mooolelo Instagram no Gobackpackgo.
Ma Kina, ua kama'āina au i ka backpacking, hostels a me nā huakaʻi ʻē aʻe. Hele i nā hui, nā paka kūlohelohe a hana mākaʻikaʻi. ʻO ka manawa maikaʻi loa ma Kina ʻO ka mauna ʻo Hua Shan a me ka Walk Plank!
A laila, lele au i Thailand, ua ʻike au i nā mea he nui ma Bangkok ma ka hele wāwae a nalowale. Lawe ʻo ia i kaʻu palapala ʻāina pūnaewele a hele wāwae i koʻu hale hoʻokipa. He mea weliweli. No laila ʻike ʻoe iā Bangkok maoli. E ʻai i ka meaʻai alanui a hui me nā kānaka. Ma hope o Thailand, hele au i ka minibus i Kamabodia. Ma ka palena ua ʻike au i ka scam nui mua. ʻO ka scam o ka palena ʻo Poipet. I koʻu noho ʻana ma Cambodia ua kipa au ʻO Angkor Wat a hoʻolauleʻa kalikimaka ma Phnom Penh. Ma hope o ka Kalikimaka, hele au i Koh rong ina au e noho 3 po. I ka lā ʻumi, ma hope o koʻu lā hānau, ahiahi makahiki hou a me ka pāʻina mahina piha wau i haʻalele ai i ka mokupuni. A ʻo kēia ke kumu:
Ma Koh Rong ua hālāwai au i ʻekolu mau kāne maikaʻi mai Aotearoa. Ua haʻi aku au iā lākou i kaʻu papahana no ʻO Vietnam e kūʻai i kaʻa kaʻa a makemake lakou e hana pela. Holo mākou mai Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) a hiki i Hanoi. ʻO kahi ʻike maikaʻi loa e ʻike i nā wahi ma Vietnam a me ka manuahi e like me ka manu!
"ʻAʻole ʻike ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi i ko lākou wahi i hele ai, ʻaʻole ʻike ka poʻe huakaʻi i ko lākou wahi e hele ai."
Mai Hanoi mākou i hele ai Halong Bay a me Sapa. Lawe mākou i kahi kaʻa kaʻa kūloko 17 hola mai Sapa i Laos. Kahi mākou i hoʻokuʻu ʻia ai ma kahi kauhale liʻiliʻi. Mai kēlā kauhale mākou i hoʻomaka ai e kiʻi i ka moku hōʻikeʻike i Muang Ngoy a i kekahi lā aʻe i Nong Khiaw. No ke komo ʻana i Luang Prabang ua hana mākou i ka heihei. ʻO wau a me ʻelua mau kaikamahine Kelemania e kūʻē i nā kāne o Aotearoa. Lawe lākou i ke kaʻa, mākou hitchiked i Luang Prabang ma Laos. Ua eo mākou akā ua nui ka lā! Mai Luang Prabang mākou i huakaʻi hou aku ai i Vang Vieng kahi i hele ai mākou i Tubing. A i ka lā hope loa me nā kāne mai New Zealand ua lawe mākou i ka Baluna ea wela ma Vang Vieng.
Aia ma Laos ʻelua mau puka kaʻa kaʻa. Ua hana au i ka Loko kaʻa kaʻa ʻo Thakhek a me ka Pakse kaʻa kaʻa loop. He nani a ʻokoʻa nā mea ʻelua! Akā ma hope o ka loop Pakse ʻike wau i kahi e hele mai ai nā unicorn.
Mai nā puka lou i hele aku ai au i nā mokupuni 4000. Ma hea wau e hoʻoholo ai e hoʻāʻo i kahi scam. ʻO ka Don Det kaulana 4000 moku holoi lole scam. Ma hope o ʻelua mau lā o ka hoʻomaha ʻana, lawe au i kahi kaʻa kaʻa 34 hola me kahi pahuhopu. Hoʻokahi pule o Aʻo Muay Thai ma Chiang Mai. He mea weliweli. He paʻakikī akā i loko o hoʻokahi pule ua manaʻo wau ua ʻoi aku ka wikiwiki a me ka ikaika.
Ma hope o ka pule o Muay Thai ua hoʻoholo wau e hoʻomaha i hoʻokahi pule, e ʻoliʻoli i ka meaʻai alanui nani Chiang Mai ma mua o koʻu lele ʻana i Myanmar. No ka hooikaika iki, ua hana au i kekahi holo paikika mauna iho a me ka bungeejump ma Chiang Mai. He manaʻo kūlohelohe kēlā. Akā, e alo i kou hopohopo a lele! Aia ma kaʻu papa inoa he 200+ mika lele.
Ma hope o koʻu hoʻonohonoho ʻana i kaʻu e-visa no Myanmar Ua lawe au i ka mokulele mai Chiang Mai a i Mandalay. He kanaka maikaʻi a he ʻāina nani ʻo Myanmar. WAUW! Manaʻo wau i ka puka ʻana o ka lā me ka nā uila uila ma Bagan ʻO ka ʻike maikaʻi loa i loaʻa iaʻu ʻo Myanmar akā paʻakikī ke koho. He ʻokoʻa loa me Tailani kahi a'u i hele mai nei!
Mai Yangon i Mianmar ua lele au i Kuala Lumpur ma Malaysia. He kapikala nui ma ke komohana. Hele au i waho a ʻike i nā mea koʻikoʻi akā pono wau e hoʻi ma hope a mālama i kekahi mea ma hope. Ua kūʻai au i kahi busticket i Penang. He mokupuni ma ke kapakai hikina o Malaysia. Ua noho au i loko ʻO Georgetown ka mea kaulana i ke kiʻi alanui a me nā meaʻai alanui.
Mai Penang mai ua lawe au i ka waapa i kekahi mokupuni ma ke kapakai hikina me ka inoa ʻO Langkawi. Mai Langkawi hele au i ka paradaiso me ka inoa Paeaina Perhentian. Ua loaʻa iaʻu ʻo Nemo a snorkeled me nā manō!
Mai ka mokupuni ʻo Perhentian, ua hoʻi au i Kuala Lumpur i ke kaʻa aʻu i hālāwai ai me Bram. He hoaaloha mai Netherlands mai. Hoʻoholo wau e hoʻolimalima i kahi ʻO Airbnb Apartment ma Kuala Lumpur. Ma muli wale nō o kekahi mea maikaʻi loa. ʻO ka loko wai infinity ma luna o ka hale!
Mai Kuala Lumpur au i lele ai i Netherlands. ʻO kekahi o kaʻu mau hoa male kāna male ʻana a ua hoʻoholo wau e kāhāhā iā lākou. ʻEkolu wale nō ka poʻe i ʻike e hoʻi ana au i ka home. Ua kāhāhā mua au i koʻu mau hoaaloha ma Amsterdam, ma hope o koʻu makuahine a me koʻu kaikuahine, ka male male a me koʻu mau hoaaloha. Ua lilo ka tiketi i ke kālā akā ʻaʻole kūʻai ʻia ka hopena o lākou a pau!
Ma hope o kēia male mua, ua koe he 5 mau mahina no kahi male hou e hiki mai ana. Ua hoʻoholo wau e pōʻai ʻEulopa a hoʻāʻo e hōʻea i Helene ma Scandinavia a me ʻEulopa Hikina. ʻO 10.000km i 5 mau mahina ka hoʻolālā. Ma hope o 3000km o ka mākaʻikaʻi ʻana, ka hoʻomoana ʻana a me ke kaʻa kaʻa i ʻōlelo mai koʻu kino e ʻike i ke kauka. Ua ʻōlelo ke kauka e hoʻōki. He mea pono anei? E ʻike i nā kiʻi ma kaʻu Instagram. Inā hoʻopaʻa wau ua pau kaʻu moe? ʻOiaʻiʻo! E ʻōlelo wau ʻAe i kēlā me kēia minuke!
Ma hope o ka ʻōlelo ʻana mai o ke kauka iaʻu e hoʻomaha, ua hoʻolālā wau. Pehea wau e hoʻomaha ai i koʻu mau wāwae a ʻike iā ʻEulopa? Ma hope koke o ka lele ʻana mai Norewai, kāhea wau i koʻu hoaaloha ʻo Peter. Hoʻokahi pule ma hope mai, aia mākou ma kahi huakaʻi hele ma Scandinavia a huakaʻi alanui ma nā mokuʻāina ʻo Baltic. Noʻu ka mea nui o ka huakaʻi alanui Preikestolen ma Norewai.
Ma hope o ko mākou hoʻi ʻana mai hoʻokahi mahina roadtrippen ua hoʻopau mākou i kā mākou hopena pule hope ma Maastricht e hoʻolauleʻa ai i ka pāʻina bachelor o Andre. ʻO ke kāne mare o ka male e hiki mai ana. He hopena pule maikaʻi loa ia me nā hoa a pau. Ma hope o ka hopena pule e ʻimi ana au i tikiki i Helene a i Sepania akā ua ʻike au i kahi tikiki hoʻi i Thailand. No laila ua hoʻopaʻa wau! ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o ke ola, ʻoi aku ka mahana o ka wā, no ke aha! Ua noho au ma Chiang Mai e hoʻomaʻamaʻa hou, hana i kekahi pule Muay Thai a holo kaʻa i ka mauna i ʻelua mau manawa e hoʻāʻo i koʻu mau wāwae!
Mahalo nui wau i hiki iaʻu ke hele nui i kēia makahiki. Ke loaʻa ka moeʻuhane i kou poʻo a makemake ʻoe e hana. Hana iā ia! E hoʻoikaika i kaʻu mau moʻolelo a me nā kiʻi? E ʻike a hahai i kaʻu moʻokāki Instagram ma aneʻi.
"I ka hopena, mihi wale mākou i nā loli a mākou i lawe ʻole ai"
E hoʻomanaʻo i kēia!
"Maikaʻi nā mea a pau i ka hopena, inā ʻaʻole maikaʻi ʻaʻole ia ka hopena."
ʻAe, ua hoʻoikaika au i Paris no kaʻu huakaʻi aʻe – makemake mau ʻo Vietnam e hoʻi a hana i koʻu ala i ke kahakai hikina a laila Cambodia loas a me kekahi mau hana manawaleʻa etc. ʻIke wau ua hana ʻoe i kahi mea maikaʻi. . I kēia manawa… ʻike wau ʻaʻole ʻoe i ʻike iaʻu a ʻaʻole paha akā mahalo wau i kekahi mau huaʻōlelo hilinaʻi mai iā ʻoe haha e huakaʻi hoʻokahi ana wau a noʻonoʻo i ka holo scooter…. Hmm akā ʻaʻole maopopo i kaʻu mau koho ma waho aʻe o ka lele a me ka naʻauao palekana… Manaʻolana ʻaʻole ia e hoʻonāukiuki iā ʻoe e nīnau ana!! 🙂
Inā lohe au i hope kupaianaha inā ʻaʻole paha.
Hele palekana!!!!!
E maikaʻi ʻoe, nui nā backpackers e hana nei i ke ala like. Hiki iā ʻoe ke maʻalahi i nā hoaaloha a hele pū. Maikaʻi nō hoʻi e makemake i kekahi mau kaiāulu ma Facebook i hiki iā ʻoe ke nīnau i nā nīnau a i ʻole e ʻimi i nā hoa hele.: Like https://www.facebook.com/groups/SouthEastAsiaBackpacking/ a https://www.facebook.com/groups/ThailandCambodiaLaosVietnamBackpacker/
E hauʻoli iā Emily! 🙂