Hiki i nā lā ʻehiku ma Tibet ke lilo i ʻike ʻike pīhoihoi

ʻO ia ka wā i lawe aku ai kahi mākaʻi iā lākou ma nā ʻanuʻu o ka luakini ʻo Jokhang 7th ma Lhasa i ʻike ai ka ʻohana Taylor i ka nui o ka naʻau o ka lilo ʻana i waena o nā mākaʻikaʻi mua i ʻae ʻia i Tibet.

"Aia mākou ma luna o ka hale o Jokhang kahi e ʻike ai ʻoe i ka ʻike panoramic o ka Hale Aliʻi ʻo Potala a me Barkhor Square a kahi e lawe ai kēlā me kēia mākaʻikaʻi i nā kiʻi," wahi a Chris Taylor, he kumu mōʻaukala expatriate ma Hong Kong.

“ʻAʻohe pilikia o ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi Pākē, akā i ko mākou iho ʻana i lalo, aia kahi mākaʻi ʻaʻahu ʻaʻahu maʻemaʻe i nānā i kā mākou pahupaʻikiʻi, ʻaʻole ʻo ia i nānā wale akā ua hoʻonui a nānā i nā wahi liʻiliʻi o kēlā me kēia kiʻi.

"Ua kū ʻo ia ma kahi kiʻi kahi ʻelima a ʻeono mau koa ma waena o ka mamao aʻu i ʻike ʻole ai. Ua aloha loa ka makai no ia mea, akā, ʻaʻohe nīnau e pili ana iā ia – pono mākou e holoi i ke kiʻi.

I ka hōʻea ʻana i Lhasa i ka lā 6 ʻApelila, ʻo nā Taylors kekahi o nā poʻe mākaʻikaʻi haole mua i ʻae ʻia i loko o ka panalāʻau pilikia ma hope o ka pāpā ʻana ʻelua mahina ʻoiai he mau makahiki koʻikoʻi ko Tibet.

Ma hope o ka makahiki haunaele i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ai ka mākaʻikaʻi, ua wehe hou ʻo Beijing i ka ʻāina pilikia i nā haole a manaʻo e huki i ʻekolu miliona mau mākaʻikaʻi Kina a me nā haole i ka makahiki 2009.

No Taylor, kāna wahine kumu ʻo Justine, a me kāna mau kaikamahine ʻo Molly, 8, a me Martha, 10, he lā hoʻomaha ia i ʻoi aku ma mua o hoʻokahi makahiki i ka hoʻolālā.

Ua hoʻāʻo mua lākou e kipa i ka Easter 2008 akā ua hoʻopau nā haunaele o Malaki i kā lākou huakaʻi huakaʻi - a me nā lā wale nō e hele ai ma mua o ko lākou kipa ʻana i kēia mahina, ʻike ʻia e pani hou ʻia lākou.

“I ka Pōʻakahi ma mua o ko mākou haʻalele ʻana, ua haʻi ʻia mai e ko mākou ʻelele huakaʻi. 'A'ohe manawa e komo ai 'oe.' A laila i ka pō Poalua ua loaʻa iaʻu kahi leka uila e ʻōlelo ana 'Aia ʻoe,'” wahi a Taylor.

Ua wehe hou ʻia ʻo Tibet i nā mākaʻikaʻi haole i ka lā 5 ʻApelila.

"Ua hele mākou e hele e ʻike [mauna] Everest no ka mea ʻo ia ka manawa maikaʻi loa o ka makahiki e ʻike ai i ka mauna ke ʻoi aku ka māmā o ka ea," wahi a Taylor, he 41 makahiki Pelekane. "Akā makemake mākou e ʻike iā Lhasa i ka pōʻaiapili o nā mea i hana ʻia i nā makahiki ʻelua i hala.

“… He mau kānalua liʻiliʻi koʻu no ka pono o ka hele ʻana i laila. Akā ma ke ʻano o ka pilikia pilikino, manaʻo wau ʻoi aku ka palekana i kēia manawa ma mua o ka wā e hiki mai ana.

"Ma Lhasa, aia kahi pūʻali koa nui a aia nā pilikia nui e pili ana i kēlā, ʻaʻole wau e lawe māmā. Akā, pono ʻoe e lilo i Tibetan wiwo ʻole e hana i kekahi mea i kēia manawa no ka mea aia nā pūʻali koa i nā wahi āpau.

ʻO ka pōʻino nui loa o kā lākou hoʻomaha ʻana, ʻo ia ka lewa a me ke ola ʻole o nā monasteries. "I kekahi mau hihia, ua like ia me ka nānā ʻana i kahi hale hōʻikeʻike nani kahi i noho ai nā mōneka," wahi a Taylor.

“Maikaʻi ka Hale Aliʻi Potala ma Lhasa, akā ua make loa. Loaʻa iā ʻoe ka manaʻo he wahi haipule koʻikoʻi kēia ma mua, akā hele wale ʻoe i kahi mea ola ʻole. A laila ʻoi aku ka lōʻihi o kou hele ʻana mai Lhasa, ʻoi aku ka ola o nā monasteries.

ʻO ka nele o ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi i hāʻawi iā Tibet i kahi manaʻo mehameha. “Ua auwana mākou a puni Lhasa. a ʻaneʻane ʻaʻohe kanaka ma laila koe wale nō ka poʻe Tibet a me nā malihini a me nā pūʻali koa holoʻokoʻa, ʻoiaʻiʻo, "wahi a Taylor.

"Ma waho o Lhasa, ʻaʻohe mea ma nā alanui. ʻAʻole mākou i ʻike i kahi kaʻa ʻē aʻe a ua loaʻa iā mākou [Everest] Base Camp iā mākou iho, aʻu i manaʻo ai he mea maʻamau. Hoʻohui ia i ka manaʻo o ka mamao. "

ʻO Taylor ka mea ʻōlelo Mandarin - nāna i alakaʻi i kahi hui o kāna mau haumāna i North Korea - ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ʻaʻole maopopo i ka mea e manaʻo ai iā Tibet ma hope o ka hoʻomaha, ʻoiai ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei ʻo ia inā he mea i ʻoi aku ke aloha iā ia i ka manaʻo o Beijing.

"Ua hoʻopaʻa paʻa ʻia ʻo Lhasa, no ka mea he nui ka hiki ke ala i waena o nā mōneka," wahi āna. "ʻO ka hele ʻana aku mai Lhasa, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka pau ʻana o ia mea. No ka poʻe ma waho o ka ʻāina, he nīnau ia no ke ola ʻana, a ʻoi aku paha ka mea nui iā lākou e loaʻa nā alanui maikaʻi a me nā hale maikaʻi.

"He ʻoiaʻiʻo ua hoʻokomo ʻo Kina i nā kālā he nui, a he ʻoiaʻiʻo nō hoʻi ʻaʻole hiki iā Kina ke ʻike i nā pilikia ʻē aʻe kekahi," wahi āna. "ʻAʻole loaʻa iā lākou kēlā mau mea āpau. Akā, ua loaʻa iaʻu ka manaʻo ua ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ke ola no ka poʻe mahiʻai ma ke kuaʻāina.

ʻO ka mea i waiho i ka manaʻo hohonu loa iā Taylor, ʻaʻole naʻe nā koa, nā mōneka, a i ʻole nā ​​pilikia kālai'āina kākalaioa akā ʻo ka hana keaka o ka hiʻohiʻona - he ʻāina nani i hoʻohauʻoli i ka poʻe huakaʻi no nā kenekulia a ua ola i nā moʻokūʻauhau aupuni lehulehu.

"ʻAʻole au i manaʻo ua hele au i kahi i mihi nui ai au i ka haʻalele ʻana," wahi a Taylor. "Ua like ia me kahi honua ʻē aʻe, a i kou haʻalele ʻana, manaʻo ʻoe makemake maoli ʻoe e hoʻi hou i kahi mamao loa."