MUSCAT, Oman - No Franz Terzer, he kaʻa kaʻa Austrian, ʻo ka hele ʻana i nā ʻāina i ʻike ʻole ʻia he pāʻani keiki. E uhi ana i 9,000 kms ma kahi kaʻa kaʻa Honda wale nō ma kahi o ʻeono pule ma Oman, ʻike hou ʻo Franz. Ua hoʻomaka ka wiwo ʻole mai kona wahi hānau i kapa ʻia ʻo Pottenstein ma lalo o ʻAuseturia, a i nā pule ʻelua i uhi ʻia iā Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia, Makedonia, a me Helene ma mua o ke komo ʻana i Tureke. Mai Turkey, komo ʻo Franz iā Iran, UAE, a hope loa iā Oman.
Ma ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka ʻaoʻao hope o kāna huakaʻi kaʻa, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Franz: "He ʻike ʻokoʻa maoli nō ia, ʻoiai ʻo ka moʻomeheu a me ka hoʻomana e hoʻokaʻawale i kēia ʻāina. Ua loaʻa iaʻu kahi ʻike mua i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo o ke ao holoʻokoʻa he kaulana nā Arab no ka hoʻokipa lokomaikaʻi. Ke hele nei au ma ke kaʻa kaʻa, aʻo wau e pili ana i nā moʻomeheu a hoʻāʻo e hālāwai me nā poʻe he nui e hoʻokipa mai iaʻu me ka ʻakaʻaka.
Hoʻopili ʻia e ka mystique o Iran ua hoʻohui ʻo ia: "He mea kupanaha nā wahi ma Iran. Hāʻawi ʻo Isfahan i kekahi o nā monuments maikaʻi loa a me nā hale. ʻO Shiraz kekahi wahi moʻomeheu-nani. Ke lawe nei kēia mau kūlanakauhale nani iā ʻoe i kahi au i hala.
Kaʻana like ʻana i kekahi mau mea i ʻike ʻia ʻo Franz i ʻōlelo ai: “ʻAʻole hoʻokipa wale nā Iranian, e kipa aku lākou iā ʻoe, ʻoiai nā keʻena ʻōlelo. I kona ʻike ʻana mai iaʻu e hoʻokele ana i ka ua nui, ua hāʻawi mai kekahi mea hale ʻaina iaʻu i wahi e noho ai. He ʻokoʻa loa kēia i ka hana a ka poʻe ma ke Komohana, no ka mea, manaʻo lākou e hoʻopau ʻia nā pilikia o ke kanaka iā lākou iho.
Pono ʻo ia e kau i ka moku e hōʻea ai i Sharjah mai Bander Abbas ma Iran. Ua komo ʻo Franz i Musandum ma Oman a hoʻi hou i UAE a laila komo i Oman. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ua kāhāhā ʻo ia i ka topography mauna o Oman a me ka hoʻokele ʻana ʻoiai he ʻano leʻaleʻa a hoʻohiwahiwa ka ʻāina. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia he manawa maikaʻi loa kona hele ʻana ma Wadi Bani Awf. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Franz: "ʻO ka iho ʻana i kahi pali pali ma luna o kahi kaʻa kaʻa 600cc ʻo ia kekahi o nā hauʻoli nui. I ka wā i hāʻule ai kaʻu kaʻa kaʻa, akā ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ʻaʻole i loaʻa iaʻu nā ʻeha nui, akā he mau ʻeha ma koʻu lima.
ʻOiai ʻo ia ma luna o kahi mauna ma Oman, ua paʻakikī ʻo ia e ʻimi i kahi e hiamoe ai, ʻoiai ʻaʻole holo ʻo Franz i ka pō. Ua hoʻomanaʻo ʻo ia: “Ua lokomaikaʻi kekahi mau ʻohana Bangladeshi e lawe iaʻu i ko lākou hale noho a hāʻawi mai iaʻu i kahi e noho ai a me kahi meaʻai e ʻai ai. He poʻe kupanaha ma kēia ʻāpana o ka honua, no ka mea, ʻaʻole i loaʻa nā ʻano like ʻole ma ke Komohana.
Ua holo ʻo Franz ma kahi o 650 kms ma kahi ākea a hiamoe i nā hola pō. Ua hele ʻo ia i nā huakaʻi he nui ma mua, e like me kāna huakaʻi hope loa i Morocco.
ʻO kāna manaʻo mua ʻo ia ka holo ʻana ma ke ala like, akā i kēia manawa me ka piʻi ʻana o ka wela i kēlā me kēia lā, ua haʻalele ʻo ia i ka manaʻo ma nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo a nā hoaaloha a lele i Austria i hoʻokahi lā a ʻelua paha.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- His original plan was to ride back through the same route, but now with the baking heat rising every day, he has dropped the idea on friends' advice and will fly to Austria in a day or two.
- While on top a mountain in Oman, he was struggling to find a place to sleep, as Franz does not ride at night.
- He says that he was amazed at the mountainous topography of Oman and driving though the terrain is a delightful and adventurous experience.
