Tafiya tare da gabar tekun Emerald, arewacin tashar jirgin ruwa ta Veracruz da fewan mintuna daga garin Palma Sola, mun isa gidan gonar Boca de Loma, inda zamu fara zagayen dawakai.
Farawa daga dunes waɗanda suke bakin teku zuwa daji mai kauri kuma wucewa ta yankin bakin teku don ziyarci ɓoyayyun wuraren kiwon bakin, La Mesilla, el naranjo, Santa Gertrudis, Centenario, El Sobrante da La Junta. Wadannan wuraren kiwo sun mamaye yanki na 1 000 ha, wanda 500 daga cikinsu sun ayyana a matsayin ajiyar su ta hanyar tsohon mai su, Rafael Hernández Ochoa, wani majagaba na ilimin halittu a yankin kuma tsohon gwamnan kungiyar. Tafiya tare da bakin teku na Emerald, arewacin tashar jirgin ruwa ta Veracruz da 'yan mintoci kaɗan daga garin Palma Sola, mun isa gidan gonar Boca de Loma, inda za mu fara tafiyarmu a kan dawakai fara daga dunes da ke bakin teku daji mai kauri da wucewa ta yankin bakin teku don ziyartar wuraren buyayyar bakin, La Mesilla, el naranjo, Santa Gertrudis, Centenario, el Sobrante da La Junta. Wadannan wuraren kiwo sun mamaye yanki na 1 000 ha, wanda 500 daga cikinsu sun ayyana a matsayin ajiyar su ta hanyar tsohon mai su, Rafael Hernández Ochoa, wani majagaba na ilimin halittu a yankin kuma tsohon gwamnan kungiyar.
Babban ayyukan tattalin arziki a yankin su ne kiwon shanu, samar da cuku da kirim da kuma sayar da shanu, amma a wannan zamani ba su samar da wadatattun kayan aiki don kula da wuraren kiwo, kuma saboda wannan halin da ake ciki an sare daji. Akwai yakinin karya cewa yawancin makiyaya zasu haifar da samun kudin shiga, amma abinda kawai yake faruwa shine ta wannan hanyar an lalata hekta da hekta da ciyayi. Koyaya, saboda yanayin yanayinsa, wannan yankin cikakke ne don haɓakar yanayin ɗabi'a da yawon buɗa ido, wanda zai iya zama sabon madadin tattalin arziki don kiyaye gandun daji da haɓaka ƙimar rayuwar mazaunanta.
Hakanan an yi niyya don ƙaddamar da ayyukan kimiyya kamar nazari da duban tsuntsaye, saboda gabar wannan yanki ita ce wurin da ake yin ƙaura mai mahimmanci na masu fyade kamar su falgor ɗin ɓarke wanda ya fito daga Kanada da arewacin Amurka kuma ya tsaya a wannan yankin yayin watannin Oktoba da Nuwamba don ci gaba da zuwa Kudancin Amurka.
Sauran nau'ikan da za'a iya gani a gabar teku da kuma a cikin mangroves sune masunta, sararin samaniya, redfish, cormorants, ducks na ruwa da ospreys. Amma waɗannan tsuntsayen ba su kaɗai ba ne, tun da lokacin da muka shiga cikin daji za mu iya yaba da toucans, parakeets, matuƙan jirgin ruwa, snouts, chachalacas da pepes, na ƙarshen suna da sunan sautin da suke fitarwa. Don sha'awar waɗannan nau'in, an yi niyya ne don ƙirƙirar ɓuya ta musamman wacce ke ɓoye mai kallon daga kallon ruwa da ƙwarewar mazaunan sama.
Wani muhimmin aiki kuma shine na maganin ganye da magungunan ɗan adam, waɗanda ke da kyakkyawar makoma a wannan yankin mai arziki.
Yawon shakatawa tare da Don Bernardo, mai kula da rancho el Naranjo, za mu fara wata tafiya mai ban sha'awa ta cikin tsirrai na yankin na mai amfani da magani:
"Muna amfani da guava da copal don ciwon ciki, da huaco tare da alama don cizon nauyaca, ganye mai daɗi don zubar da ciki da kuma thyme don tsoro. Na yi amfani da na baya bayan nan domin karamin yarona ya fara rashin lafiya kuma baya son cin abinci kuma abin da ya faru shine na yi masa tsawa lokacin da muke zuwa daga Santa Gertrudis saboda ya fado daga kan dokinsa, amma na ba shi shayi ya sha sai ya cire ta'addanci. "
Duk waɗannan tsire-tsire ƙananan ƙananan fure ne kawai, sauran kuma an gina su ne da babbar ceibas, itacen ɓaure, sandunan mulatto, fararen sanduna da ƙari da yawa. Kuma irin waɗannan gidaje da yawa fauna masu yawa waɗanda suka hada da armadillos, opossums, badgers, barewa, ocelots, tepescuincles da lizards, kodayake dole ne a ce an gabatar da na ƙarshen ne tunda waɗanda ke wurin sun ƙare.
Yankin ya zama cikakke ga balaguro marasa iyaka irin su yawon buɗe ido, hawan dawakai na kwana ɗaya zuwa biyar, tafiye-tafiyen tsira na daji, tafiye-tafiye ta jirgin ruwa ta cikin bishiyoyin mangroves da ayyukan racho kamar su shayarwa, yin cuku da kiwo.
Da yake magana da Don Bernardo yayin da yake shayarwa kuma mun sha ɗayan mafi kyawun girgiza a duniya da aka yi da ɗan madara, iri da sukari, ya bayyana mana lokacin da ya kamata a yi wa dawakai doki da yadda dabbobi ke alama:
“Lokacin da wata ya yi laushi, bai kamata a sanya masa siriri ba saboda dabba na daurewa, amma idan muka sanya masa wata mai karfi to zai ci gaba da zama mai karfi. An kuma yi alama; Idan muka yi musu alama da wata mai ƙarfi alamar ba ta girma, idan muka yi ta da wata sabuwa alamar tana da matsala; Ba a kuma sa alamar lokacin da kuma akwai arewa saboda dabbobin suna rashin lafiya. "
Da yamma, serla ta zama waƙar kida daga tsuntsayen dare, crickets da cicadas, da sauransu. Kuma idan duhu ya faɗi, mutane sukan shiga gidajensu kuma ba sa fita saboda sun yi imani da fatalwowi, mugayen ruhohi, 'yan iska da ƙattai waɗanda suke tafe cikin dare. Kattai, bisa ga almara, su uku ne.
Daya daga cikinsu yana sanye da bakar fata kuma yana hawan doki, wani kuma yana sanye da riga shudiya kuma yana sanye da hula, na ukun kuma yana barin inuwarsa kawai. Ana ganin waɗannan a cikin daji, a ƙarshen hanyoyi da maraice a cikin ɓarna, amma ba su yin komai, kawai suna kallon ku, ko kuma don haka mutane ke faɗi.
Kamar fatalwowi, kada mu kalli dazukan mu mu da kan mu mu hallaka kan mu, kuma mu kare wannan kyakkyawan yankin don ya wanzu da gaske kamar yadda yake yanzu.
Source: Ba a san Mexico ba No. 208 / Yuni 1994
Mai daukar hoto na musamman a cikin wasannin motsa jiki. Ya yi aiki na MD sama da shekaru 10!
