ʻO ka ululāʻau Chiapas kekahi o nā wahi hoihoi loa e mākaʻikaʻi: he wahi ia o nā kahawai e kahe ana a me he mea lā ʻo Chac, ke akua o ka ua, noho i kēia wahi ulu nui 200,000 km2 e hana i kahi māla wai nunui.
ʻO ka Pachila a i ʻole Cabeza de Indios, e like me ka mea i kapa ʻia ai ma aneʻi, ʻo ia kekahi o nā muliwai maikaʻi loa ma ka honua ma hope o ka hoʻokumu ʻana i ʻelima mau wailele nani e ninini ana i kona mau wai polū opalescent i loko o ka Xumulá ʻōmaʻomaʻo a pohihihi hoʻi.
ʻO ka mea mua a mākou e hana ai e hoʻomākaukau i kā mākou huakaʻi e lele ma luna o ka papa Xumulá e aʻo hou ai e pili ana i kona kumu, ʻoiai ʻike wale mākou ma Chol kona inoa ʻo ia hoʻi "nui ka wai e puka mai ana mai ka mauna", a ʻoiai mai ka lewa mākou Hoʻomaopopo mākou ua ʻoki kēia kahawai i ka mauna i ʻelua, lilo i pahu a nalowale koke me he mea lā ua ale ʻia e kahi lua nui e kū aʻe i mua o ka ʻōpū o ka honua a hana i nā kahawai e lawe i ka nui o ka wai o 20 m3 i kekona, a holo kiki lākou i loko o kahi ana i kūlohelohe i hiki ʻole ke kiʻi ʻia.
I hoʻokahi faile, alakaʻi ʻia e nā Tzeltals o kēlā wahi, hele mākou i lalo i kahi pali e ʻoi aku ka ʻoi a me ka ʻoi a koi iā mākou e hoʻohana i nā machetes me ka ikaika nui aʻe. I kekahi mau hola ma hope o ka hala ʻana i ke kaona ʻo Ignacio Allende a ma hope o ka hele wāwae paʻakikī ua hōʻea mākou i ka piko o ke kahawai kahi a ka muliwai Xumulá i hū ai me ka huhū mai kahi pōhaku ai kahi pōhaku ma mua o ka holo ʻana i lalo. Ma laila mākou e hoʻomaʻemaʻe ai i kahi hoʻomaʻemaʻe e kūkulu i kahi hoʻomoana kahi e noho ai mākou no 18 mau lā o ka ʻimi a me ke kiʻi ʻana.
ʻO ka mea mua a mākou i hana ai ma hope o ka noho ʻana, e ʻimi i kahi ala e hiki ai i ka muliwai a no kēia mea ua iho mākou i nā paia kū i luna o ke awāwa, me ka mālama nui ʻana ʻaʻole e huikau ke kaula e kākoʻo iā mākou me nā kumu waina a mākou e ʻoki ai i mua. hana ikaika i loko o kahi wela a mehana. A laila piʻi mākou i ka muliwai a ma hope o ka hala ʻana i kahi piʻo hiki mākou i ka boquerón, a mākou e hoʻāʻo ai eʻauʻau, akā ʻo ke au, ʻino loa, keakea iā mākou, no laila hiki mākou i kahakai me ka ʻike ʻole he hiki ʻole ke ʻimi ma kēia ʻaoʻao.
I ka lua o ka hoʻāʻo e loaʻa kahi i hiki ai mākou ma luna o kahi alahaka pōhaku kahi 100 m ma lalo o ka Xumulá e komo ai i ka honua. Ma ka papa waena o ke alahaka, ninini kahi kahawai i kona wai e like me ka pale wai i ka papa nui, a noho aliʻi ka noe a me ka mahana ma ia wahi. Paheʻe ke kaula i ka pulley a i ko mākou iho i lalo e piʻi ka uwo, lilo i kuli, a pīpī ka wailele ma ka paia o ka punawai nui. Aia mākou ma ka puka o ka hale i lalo: ka waha o gehena ... I mua, i kahi ʻano ipuhao 20 m ke anawaena, a ʻū ka wai a pale iā mākou mai ka hele ʻana; ma ʻō aku o kēlā, hiki ke ʻike ʻia kahi puka ʻeleʻele: ma laila e hoʻomaka ai ka mea ʻike ʻole. Mahalo mākou, pehea ka lōʻihi e lawe ai kēia wai kūpikipiki iā mākou?
Ma hope o ke kaʻina o nā pendulum keʻa, ua hiki iā mākou ke ʻike iā mākou iho ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe o ka ipuhao diabolical, ma ke komo ʻana i ke ana ʻeleʻele a me ka uahi kahi e omo ai ka ʻino kolohe i nā kulu a paʻakikī iā mākou e ʻike i nā mea e hiki mai ana ma o ka wai e hoʻokuʻi iā mākou. Nānā mākou i ke kaupaku, ʻike mākou i kekahi mau lāʻau kū i ke kiʻekiʻe o 30 mika a hoʻomaka ko mākou manaʻo e hana i ka mea e hiki ke hana inā loaʻa kahi ua i uka: kahi kaiāulu o kēia nui a lilo mākou i mau mea lana ʻole ʻike ʻole ʻia.
Me ke akahele, ua hele mākou i ka muliwai. Hoʻopili ʻia ka nui o ka wai i loko o kahi alahaka ʻelua mika ākea, kahi leʻaleʻa ma waena o nā paia kū ʻelua. E noʻonoʻo i ka ikaika o kēia manawa e hoʻonani ana i ka papa o ka wai. Ke kānalua nei mākou, hoʻopiʻi ka walaʻau iā mākou, hala mākou i nā kaula hope loa o ke kaula palekana a huki ʻia mākou e like me ka pūpū o ka wōnati. Ma hope o ka manaʻo mua ua hoʻāʻo mākou e haki akā ʻaʻole hiki iā mākou no ka mea laumania a paheʻe hoʻi nā paia; lele ke kaula i ka wikiwiki a i mua o mākou aia wale ka pouli, ka ʻike ʻole ʻia.
Ua holomua mākou e hoʻohana i ka 200 m o ke kaula a mākou e hali ai a mau ka muliwai. Ma kahi mamao aku, lohe mākou i ka halulu o kahi wailele ʻē aʻe e like me ka hoʻonui ʻia ʻana o ka hale hōʻikeʻike. Manaʻo mākou ke kani nei ke poʻo o mākou no ka walaʻau a pulu ko mākou kino; ua lawa no kēia lā. I kēia manawa, pono mākou e hakakā kūʻē i ke au, ʻike i kēlā me kēia hahau e lawe mai iā mākou i ka mālamalama.
Hoʻomau ka ʻimi ʻana a ʻaʻole hoʻomaha iki ke ola i loko o kahi hoʻomoana e ʻōlelo ai, no ka mea, i kēlā me kēia lā e hāpai ʻia ka 40 liters o ka wai o ka muliwai ma o 120 m o nā paia kū kiko. Mālama wale nā lā ua iā mākou mai kēia hana, akā ke hoʻomau ia, huli nā mea āpau i lepo, ʻaʻohe mea maloʻo a pala nā mea āpau. Ma hope o hoʻokahi hebedoma i loko o kēia aupuni hoʻomehana loa, decomposed nā kiʻi ʻoniʻoni a ulu nā fungi ma waena o nā aniani o nā pahuhopu pahupaʻikiʻi. ʻO ka mea wale nō e kūpaʻa ka ʻuhane o ka hui no ka mea i kēlā me kēia lā e lawe hou kā mākou mau mākaʻikaʻi iā mākou i kahi hale hōʻikeʻike ulu mau. Kupanaha ka hoʻokele e like me kēia ma lalo o ka ululāʻau! ʻAʻole ʻike iki ʻia ke kaupaku a mai kēlā manawa a kēia manawa ke hoʻoweliweli nei ke kani o ke kahawai iā mākou, akā he mau kahawai wale nō lākou i hāʻule i nā māwae i ke ana.
I ka pau ʻana o kā mākou kaula he 1000 m, lawe mākou, pono mākou e hele i Palenque e kūʻai hou aku i mea e hoʻohana ai ke kūʻē i kēia au, a i ko mākou hoʻi hou ʻana i kahi hoʻomoana, he kipa kipa ko mākou: nā kamaʻāina o ke kūlanakauhale hoʻomaha loa o La Esperanza, aia ma kēlā ʻaoʻao o ke awāwa, ke kali nei lākou iā mākou me ka makaukau me nā machetes a me nā pū kī; nui loa lākou, ua huhū lākou a kakaikahi ka poʻe i ʻōlelo Paniolo. Hōʻike mākou iā mākou iho a nīnau iā lākou no ke aha lākou e hele mai ai. Ua haʻi lākou iā mākou aia ka puka o ka lua hohonu ma ko lākou ʻāina a ʻaʻole ma nā mea o ke kaona ʻē aʻe e like me kā lākou i haʻi mai ai iā mākou. Ua makemake lākou e ʻike i ka mea a mākou e ʻimi nei ma lalo. Ua haʻi mākou iā lākou i ka mea a mākou pahuhopu a liʻiliʻi iki lākou i ke aloha. Ua kono mākou i kekahi e iho pū me mākou, a he mea ʻakaʻaka kēia, a ua hoʻohiki mākou e hāʻawi iā lākou i ko lākou kauhale ke pau ka ʻike.
Hoʻomau mākou i kā mākou forays a hoʻokele hou i ka hale kiʻi hiki ʻole. Hahai kekahi mau waʻa ʻelua i kekahi me nā faila kāmela e hiki ke ʻike ʻia ma o ka pale o ka noe. Hiki koke mākou i kahi kikoo kahi e mālie ai ke au a ʻoiai mākou e kau ana i ka pouli e wehe ana mākou i ke kaula a mākou kaula umbilical. Koke, nānā mākou no ka mea lohe ʻia nā rapids i mua a makaʻala mākou. Ma o ka walaʻau, lohe ʻia ka uē ʻano ʻē e hopu i kā mākou nānā: he ale lākou! ʻAʻole ʻike iki ʻia kahi hoe hou a me kahi kukui bluish i kahi mamao. ʻAʻole hiki iā mākou ke manaʻoʻiʻo ... ka puka Hooray, ua hala mākou!
Kani kā mākou ʻuwā i loko o ka lua a e piholo koke mākou me ka hui holoʻokoʻa. Hoʻonani ʻia mākou e nā kukuna o ka lā, a lele mākou a pau i loko o ka wai me ka pīhoihoi a me ka pīhoihoi.
No 18 mau lā, hana ka muliwai Xumulá iā mākou i nā manawa pīhoihoi a paʻakikī hoʻi. He ʻelua pule lākou o ka ʻimi a me ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni ʻana i kēia muliwai lalo honua, ka mea kupaianaha loa ma Mekiko. Ma muli o ka nui o ka huʻihuʻi a me ka nui o ka mahu ʻaʻole mākou ʻike i ka mea i kiʻi ʻia, akā lana ka manaʻolana ua mālama mākou i kekahi mea me ka ʻinoʻino ʻole.
Hele mai nā ʻalalā e aloha iā mākou no ka manawa hope loa. Hauʻoli mākou no ka mea ua hiki iā mākou ke kiʻi i ka Xumulá e hōʻike i kāna mea i pale pale maikaʻi ʻia. ʻAʻole i liʻuliʻu, e hoʻopiha hou ʻia ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe o kā mākou kahua hoʻomoana me nā mea kanu a ʻaʻohe mea hou o kā mākou alahele. Āhea? I kēia manawa e noʻonoʻo e pili ana i ka pāʻina me ka poʻe o La Esperanza. Pehea e haʻi ai iā lākou i ka waiwai i loaʻa i ka wā i kō ai ka moeʻuhane? ʻAʻole hoʻopunipuni ke akua ua iā mākou Mahalo e Chac!
