Idan mukayi tunanin shimfidar kasar Mexico, abu na farko da yake zuwa zuciya shine rairayin bakin teku, dala, biranen mulkin mallaka, hamada. A cikin Huasteca potosina mun gano taska tsakanin dazuzzuka da ruwa mai haske.
Kadan ne suka san Huasteca a cikin zurfin, ƙasar da za a gano don ɗan Mexico da baƙon. Ya mamaye wani yanki na jihohin Veracruz, San Luis Potosí da Puebla, kuma ya banbanta da sauran kasar domin ba ya jiran lokacin damina, a tsaunukan Huasteca ana ruwan sama a kai a kai duk shekara, don haka koyaushe yana da kore kuma an rufe shi ta hanyar ciyawar daji.
A dalilin haka, a nan ne muke samun matattarar koguna da rafuka a kasar; Kowane ƙaramin gari, kowane kusurwa ana haye shi ta koguna biyu ko uku masu tsafta tare da tsaftataccen ruwa mai kyau, kuma wannan yana da ƙwarewa a matsayin abin al'ajabi mai yalwa a cikin wannan Mexico, galibi ƙishirwa da busassun koguna.
Daga jeji zuwa aljannar firiya
Daga gefen hamada na tsaunukan tsakiyar ƙasa mun yi tafiya arewa. Zamu je neman aljannar ruwa da muke ji sosai. La Huasteca tana ɓoye abubuwan al'ajabi da yawa na halitta cewa yana da mahimmanci kuma har yanzu ba a bayyana shi ba don ayyukan da yawa. Wasu kamfanonin yawon buda ido sun fara gano damar wannan yankin: rafting da kayak, rappelling a canyons, spelunking, binciko koguna, koguna da ginshiki, wasu shahararrun duniya kamar Sótano de las Golondrinas.
Don siffanta mafarkin
Bayan da muka koya kaɗan, sai muka yanke shawara game da balaguron balaguro zuwa Tamul Waterfall, babu abin da ya fi ƙarancin ambaliyar ruwa a Meziko. An kafa shi ne ta Kogin Gallinas, tare da koren ruwan da yake gudana, wanda ya faɗo daga tsayin mita 105 akan Kogin Santa María, wanda ke gudana a ƙasan siririn kankara mai zurfin gaske tare da jan bango. A kololuwarta, faɗuwar na iya kaiwa mita 300 a faɗi.
Taron tashin hankali na kogunan biyu ya haifar da na uku, Tampaón, tare da wuce yarda ruwan turquoise, inda ake amfani da mafi kyawun rafting a cikin ƙasar, in ji masana.
A cikin neman kyaftin
Mun shiga jihar San Luis Potosí, kan hanyar zuwa Ciudad Valles. Manufar ita ce isa garin La Morena, 'yan awanni kaɗan a cikin cikin gari bayan da aka kauce hanya a kan wata hanyar ƙura.
Kwarin da ke tsakanin tsaunuka yanki ne na shanu, mai wadatar gaske. A kan hanya mun haɗu da maza da yawa a kan dawakai sanye da kayan ado kamar yadda ya dace da fasahar su: takalmin fata, kayan amfanin gona, hular ulu da aka matse, kyawawan fata da sirdin ƙarfe, da kuma kyakkyawar tafiya da ke magana game da dawakan da suka kware. A La Morena mun tambayi wanda zai iya kai mu ga ruwan Tamul. Sun nuna mana gidan Julián. A cikin mintuna biyar mun yi shawarwari game da hawan jirgin ruwa zuwa hawan ruwan, balaguron da zai dauke mu duk rana. Sonansa mai shekaru 11, Miguel, zai kasance tare da mu.
Farkon kasada
Jirgin ruwan ya yi tsawo, katako, daidaitacce, sanye take da oars na katako; mun ci gaba a gefen babban kogin zuwa ga bakin kogin. A halin yanzu abin da ke faruwa a yanzu yana da santsi; daga baya, idan tashar ta rage, ci gaba zai zama da wahala, kodayake daga Oktoba zuwa Mayu yana yiwuwa a iya yiwuwa (daga baya kogin ya yi girma sosai).
Mun shiga cikin kwazazzabon tare da karamar kwale-kwalenmu. Yanayin shimfidar wuri ne. Kamar yadda a wannan lokaci na shekara kogin yana da ƙasa, an nuna mita da yawa daga gefen: fasalin farar ƙasa na nunannun lemu wanda kogin ya sassaka kowace shekara da ƙarfin ruwansa. A samanmu ganuwar can ta shimfiɗa zuwa sama. A nutse muke a cikin wani yanki mai ban mamaki mun koma kan wani kogin turquoise tsakanin bangon da ya ragargaje, a hankali aka huda cikin ramuka masu ruwan hoda inda fern na wani kusan koren kyalli yake girma; muna ci gaba tsakanin tsibirai na zagaye na dutse, wanda aikin na yanzu ke gudana, tare da dunƙulen dunƙule, karkatattu, ganyayyaki. Julián ya ce: "Gefen kogin yakan canza kowane yanayi," in ji Julián, kuma hakika muna da ra'ayin motsawa ta jijiyoyin wata babbar kwayar halitta.
Haduwa da warkewa
Wadannan ruwan da aka cika da laka sun sake jujjuya nasu a cikin dutsen, kuma yanzu gadon da kansa yana kama da rafin wani ruwa mai ƙoshin gaske, tare da alamomin eddies, tsalle, hanzarin layin ƙarfi. Julian ta nuna wani mashigin ruwa zuwa ga kogin, ƙaramin cove tsakanin duwatsu da fern. Muna hawa kwale-kwalen zuwa dutse sannan mu sauka. Daga rami marmaro ne na tsarkakakken ruwan karkashin kasa, magani kamar yadda suke fada. Mun sha yan abubuwan sha a daidai wurin, muka cika kwalaben, muka koma kwale-kwale.
Kowane lokaci sau da yawa za mu riƙa yin tuƙi. Rashin fahimta halin yanzu ya ƙaru. Kogin yana motsawa a kusurwa kusurwa, kuma kowane lanƙwasa shine mamakin sabon wuri. Kodayake har yanzu muna nesa, sai muka ji ƙarar nesa, tsawa ta dindindin ta cikin daji da gaci.
Fagen jirgin da ba za a iya mantawa da shi ba
A wannan lokacin da rana muna zafi. Julián ya ce: “A kan tsaunukan akwai koguna da koguna da yawa. Wasunmu ba su san inda suka ƙare ba. Wasu kuma cike suke da tsarkakakken ruwa, sune maɓuɓɓuga na halitta ”. Akwai wasu a nan kusa? "Na'am". Ba tare da yin tunani sosai game da shi ba, mun ba shi shawarar ya huta ya ziyarci ɗayan waɗannan wuraren sihiri. "Ina kai su Cueva del Agua", in ji Julián, kuma Miguel ya yi farin ciki, ya sa mana farin ciki. Ya yi magana sosai alamar rahama.
Mun tsaya a inda rafi ya gudana daga dutsen. Mun tsallake kwale-kwalen kuma muka fara hawa kan wata kyakkyawar hanyar da ta hau kan rafin. Bayan minti 40 sai muka isa ga asalin: buɗe baki a fuskar dutsen; ciki, fili mai fadi. Mun leƙa cikin wannan “alofar”, lokacin da idanunmu suka saba da duhu, wani wuri mai ban al'ajabi ya bayyana: babban kogon dutse, kusan kamar coci, mai rufin rufi; wasu stalactites, launin toka da kuma bangon dutse na zinariya a inuwar. Kuma duk wannan sararin yana cike da ruwa mai shuɗin shuɗin yaƙutu mai yuwuwa, ruwa mai kamar wanda aka haskaka daga ciki, wanda ya fito daga maɓuɓɓugar ƙasa. Kasan ya bayyana da zurfin gaske. Babu "gefen" a cikin wannan "wurin waha", don shiga cikin kogon dole ne ku yi tsalle kai tsaye cikin ruwa. Lokacin da muke iyo, mun lura da sifofin dabarun da hasken rana ke haifarwa akan dutse da kuma cikin ruwan. Kwarewa da gaske wanda baza'a iya mantawa dashi ba.
Tamul a gani!
Lokacin da muka ci gaba da "tafiya" mun shiga cikin mawuyacin hali, saboda akwai wasu hanzari waɗanda dole ne a shawo kansu. Idan na yanzu ya yi karfi da za mu iya tafiya da jirgin ruwa, to ya kamata mu sauka mu ja kwale-kwalen zuwa gefen teku. Tuni sautin aradu ya yi kusa. Bayan zagayen kogin, a ƙarshe: ruwan Tamul. Daga saman bakin kwarjin ya fantsama cikin wani farin ruwa mai cike da ruwa, ya cika dukkan fadin kwazazzabon. Ba za mu iya kusantowa da yawa ba, saboda ƙarfin ruwan. A gaban babbar tsalle, “abin nadi” da ke samar da faduwar da aka tono, cikin ƙarnuka da yawa, gidan wasan amphitheater mai zagaye, kamar faɗar ruwan. Kwance a kan dutse a tsakiyar ruwa muna da abun ciye-ciye. Mun kawo burodi, cuku, wasu 'ya'yan itatuwa; wani dadi idi kammala wani karaya kasada. Dawowar, tare da farin cikin halin yanzu, ya kasance da sauri da annashuwa.
