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ʻO Overview o Banjara Orchard Retreat
He kūlana maikaʻi no nā mea helehelena kiʻi,ʻo Banjara Orchard Retreat ke kūlana o ke kauhaleʻo Thanedhar, ma ka puʻu o ka'ō'ō'ōleʻa a Himachal Pradesh. ʻO kahi wale nōʻelua hora (80 kilomita) ma ka'ākau hikina o Shimla, ma waho o ke alanui Highway 22 (iʻikeʻia hoʻiʻo ka Hind Hindan Republic Tibet Road). E hele wāwae i ke alahele mai ke alanui a hiki i kahi wānana e hiki ai iāʻoe ke kahihi i nā māla a me ke kahawai Satluj, ma 7,250 kapuaʻi ma mua aʻe o kaʻilikai.
ʻO Thanedhar kekahi hapa o ka Triangle Naniʻo Healana, he ala e pili pū me Sangla a me Sojhaʻole iʻikeʻoleʻia, ma loko o nā mauna. He kūlana waiwai ko Banjara Camps ma nā wahiʻekolu, kahi e hoʻoulu ai i ka poʻe hele. ʻO Banjara Orchard Retreat kahi kūlana kaulana no ka poʻe e hele ana i Sangla.
ʻO ka Retreat ka hale kupuna o Mr. Prakash Thakur. Ua hoʻoponopono houʻo ia i ka hale e noho nei a ua hoʻololi iā ia i hale noho malihini. Eia hou, ua kūkuluʻiaʻo iaʻelua mau kaola lāʻau no nā malihini e noho ai, a he hale'ē aʻe'ē aʻe e hale nei i nā lumiʻaina a me nā lumi pāʻani.
Ma waho aʻe o nā manaʻo nani, ke kū nei ka lawelawe ma Banjara Orchard Retreat. He waiwai lokomaikaʻi, me ka poʻe hoʻolohe pono a maikaʻi. ʻO ka mea pili iā Mr. Thakur i nā manawa a puni e hoʻokipa a hoʻolauna me nā malihini, e hoʻoulu hou iā lākou i nā moʻolelo hoihoi. Ma hope o kona heleʻana i nā'āina i nā manawa he nui, uaʻikeʻo ia i nā koi o nā malihini a me nā malihini'ē aʻe. ʻO kānaʻike nui o kaʻike a me kaʻike ulu.
ʻAi
ʻO nā kīʻaʻina a pau kahi kīʻaha, lawelaweʻia ma loko o ka lumiʻaina. ʻAʻole kahi lawelawe hale akāʻo nā manaʻo kūʻokoʻa mai ka lumiʻaina e hōʻoia i ka manawaʻoi o kaʻaiʻana. ʻOiai au ma laila,ʻo ka'enela Indian ka mea,ʻoiai heʻano likeʻole kēia me kaʻaeʻana i ka'āina Continental i ka manawa e loaʻa ai nā malihini mai nā malihini. ʻO ka mea mahalo, uaʻike wauʻaʻole ka meaʻai a me ka hinu.
Hāʻawiʻia i kaʻaina kakahiakaʻo nā mea kōkua kūikawā o ka hema ( idli, sambar ) a me nā hua i hanaʻia, e hele pū me ka'ōmole a me nā mea ho'āʻo o nā hua'ōmaʻa hou (apricots and cherries) mai nā lāʻau. Ua koho wau i ka bhurji ( nāʻano'ohua Pīpīpī ), he meaʻono me nā parathas .
Nā hana
E hoʻopiʻiʻo Banjara Orchard Retreat i ka poʻe hana aloha i ke hele a me ka hele wāwae. He mau helehelena he nui, i alakaʻiʻia e nā limahana, nā lōʻihi a me nā haʻawina o ka ikaika i hiki ke hana. ʻO kēia mau mea heʻelua hola e hele ai ma ka wao naheleʻo Saroga, he 45 mau minuke huakaʻi a me ka heleʻana o ke kauhale, a heleʻo ia i ka halepuleʻo Kotgarh, kahiʻo Tani Jubbar, a me ka Halepuleʻo Parmjyotir. Hiki i nā Trekkers ke hele i Hatu Peak, ka mauna kiʻekiʻe loa ma ka'āina.
Ke hele
Hoʻomanaʻia ka mahana eʻApelila. ʻO ka manawa kūpono no ka poʻe hoʻokipa India he May a me Iune. ʻO ka manawa mua o ka mahina o ka mahinaʻo Iune i kēlā me kēia makahiki. Hoʻomoe ka lā a hiki i ka hopena o Sepatemaba,ʻo Iulai aʻoʻAukakeʻo ia nā mahina māmā, aʻaʻole hiki i kekahi o nā helehelena ke hiki i kēia manawa inā paʻalina. ʻO ka'ōkō'ōmaʻono e mālamaʻia no nā mahinaʻeono, mai ka uluʻana oʻApelila i ka hōʻiliʻiliʻana iʻAukake a me Setema. ʻOʻOkakopa a me Nowemapa he mea kūpono ia no ka hoʻomehana maluhia ( peʻaʻole i nā lā kula o Diwali ). I Kekemapa, hoʻonohonoho ka hoʻoilo, ma ka laweʻana i ke anuanu a hiki paha i ka hau.
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Hōʻuluʻulu
ʻO Banjara Orchard Retreatʻaʻole ia he waiwai nui, akā, he nui loa kona'āina. ʻO nā mea a pau,ʻewalu lumi a me nā suites ka hale hoʻokipa, aʻelua nūpepa i hoʻohuiʻia i loko o nā kumu lāʻau.
ʻO nā kūke waʻa lola heʻano kūlana. Kūkuluʻia nā hana i ka hale kālai me nā lofts (kahi e moe ai nā keiki), a me nā pāpale aliʻi nani e hoʻokuʻu me ka waha i ka wā i weheʻia ai nā puka. I loko, ua hoʻonani maikaʻiʻia nā hale loma i ka mea kahiko, ka mea i hana pono i ka lāʻau me ka momona - nā moe me nā papa hauʻoli nui, nāʻaʻahu o ke kau, nā noho a me ka papaʻaina, i ke aniani nui, a me ke kāʻei. He nui nā bala a me ka wai wela nui,ʻoiai lākou he hale holoi maʻamauʻo Indian me ka paleʻole.
ʻO ka mea nui e hoʻomaopopoʻia, aia nā papa lāʻau i kaʻaoʻao ma hope o ka waiwai i nā lumi a me nā suites. Hāʻawi kēia i ka hūnā a me ka pilikino mai nā mea'ē aʻe. E mālama iāʻoe no ka meaʻo Banjara Orchard Retreat ke loaʻa i nā hui kūkaʻikaʻi nui hiki ke hoʻokipa.
Ua waiwai wau e noho ma kekahi o nā waʻa loina a makemake au e hoʻi hou i kaʻoluʻolu o ia. ʻAʻole loa wau i uluhua i ka inuʻana i ka inu, me ke kuhiʻole.
Ma ka awakea o koʻu lā hope loa ma laila, ua hoʻopauʻia ka lā o ka lā e nā kapuaʻi kapuaʻi. Ua noho wau ma luna o ka pāpāma, e nānā ana iā lākou e'ōwili i loko a hoʻopuni i nā kuahiwi e pili ana e like me ka hekili i kahi lōʻihi. I ka paeʻana, i ka pōʻeleʻeleʻana o ka lani, uaʻike au i ka'ōpala o ka ua ma koʻu lae. Ua ukaliʻia e nā'ōpiopio paʻakiki a me keʻala o ke anuenue o ka lepo. Ua kokoke mai ka hopena o Iune, aʻo ia hoʻi ka ua mau. ʻO kēlāʻano pilikino kūlana!
ʻO nā uku
Makemakeʻoe e uku i 7,900 rupei i ka pō no ka pālua i loko o ka hale lohi, me nāʻai a pau. He mea waiwai ke imiʻoe i kahi kaʻawale! ʻO nā kumukūʻai no nā lumi mai 5,900 a hiki i 6,400 rupei i ka pō no ka pālua, e like me nāʻai a pau. Ohana (me nā moʻalua lua) e kūʻai aku i 6,900 rupei i ka pō me kaʻai.
E palapala a loaʻa nā uku maikaʻi ma Tripzuki. ʻO ka Tripzuki nā papa inoa o nā hōkūhohoʻo India a hoʻokipa pono lākou i kēlā me kēia mea e hōʻoia i nā kūlana kiʻekiʻe.
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Kahiki Walk Saroga
ʻO ka holaʻeluaʻo ka heleʻana o ka wao naheleʻo Saroga kekahi o nā helehelena kaulana loa i mālamaʻia ma Banjara Orchard Retreat, a no kaʻike. ʻO kēia ululāʻau nui aʻole i hoʻopukaʻoleʻia ma ka puʻu e kū pono ana i ka waiwai a ma lailaʻoe eʻike ai i ka pua nani o nā Himalayas o loko (4,500 a 13,500 kapuaʻi ma mua aʻe o kaʻilikai).
Ua hele pūʻo Mr. Thakur me aʻu ma ke kaʻa a wehe i kahi'āpana honua o nā mea kanu lāʻau lapaʻau. Ua hauʻoli au i kaʻikeʻana a me ka aʻo e pili ana i kahi'ōpiopio healana Healayan i hoʻohanaʻia e hoʻohana i kaʻauhau, kahi lāʻau lapaʻau e mālama ai i ka maʻi kanesa.
ʻO kaʻano nui o ka lāʻau i loko o ka nahele,ʻo ia ke deodar kiʻekiʻe, i kapaʻiaʻo "lāʻau lāʻau". Kūlanaʻia ma ka Himalayas, hoʻohanaʻia kona wahie ma ka hana puja (worship) a hana pū kekahi me he mea hōʻeha no nā wā.
ʻO nā kumu'ē aʻe i loaʻa i loko o ka nahele,ʻo ia hoʻi nā blue pine nui (me nā paipūʻelimaʻelima, ke kū'ē i nā mea maʻamauʻekolu, keʻokeʻo me ka uliuli), nā lāʻau spruce, a me nā manu.
ʻAʻole wau iʻike i nā holoholona hihiu,ʻoiai he nui nā'ōwelewele liʻiliʻi a me nā pūpū e nānā aku ai!
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ʻO ka huaʻai a me ke kaiāulu
Ua kaulanaʻo Thanedhar no kona'ola apple. Ua hoʻolaunaʻia ka ulu'ōlaʻi apple ma kahi o ka makahiki 1900 i ka wā i hakuʻia ai kahi kanakaʻAmelika,ʻo Samuel Evans Stokes, kahi hale kūʻai a lawe mai i nāʻano'ōleʻa likeʻole.
ʻO ka hua a me ka heleʻana o ke kai he 45 mau minuke ma kahi o nā māla ma lalo o Banjara Orchard Retreat. E hahai ana ia i kahi helehelena, kahi ala liʻiliʻi e lele mai ana i nā hale a me kahi hale. Hoʻopiliʻia ka ala me ka'ōlaʻi maikaʻi a me nā kumulāʻau, nā lau nahele ulu, nā pua maka, a me ka ulu lāʻau wīwīʻano nui.
Noho nā'ōpia a me ka uhi o nā pua keʻokeʻo maʻApelila a ua hoʻopihaʻia me ka'ōlaʻau'ōpiopio iʻAukake.
Hiki i ka pīpī Apple ke hiki!
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