A ci gaba da balaguronmu mai wuyar tafiya ta yankin Baja California, mun bar jakuna da hanya a ƙafa don ci gaba da kashi na biyu ta hanyar hawa dutse, don neman hanyoyin da waɗancan masu nasara na ruhaniya masu ƙarfin zuciya suka kafa, mishan mishan na Jesuit waɗanda suka dasa rayuwa a cikin wannan busassun da kuma ƙasa mai daraja.
A ci gaba da balaguronmu mai wuyar tafiya ta yankin Baja California, mun bar jakuna da hanya a ƙafa don ci gaba da kashi na biyu ta hanyar hawa dutse, don neman hanyoyin da waɗancan masu nasara na ruhaniya masu ƙarfin zuciya suka kafa, mishan mishan na Jesuit waɗanda suka dasa rayuwa a cikin wannan busassun da kuma ƙasa mai daraja.
Kamar yadda mai karatu zai tuna, a makalarmu ta baya mun kammala matakin tafiya a ƙauyen kamun kifi na Agua Verde; A can mun sake haɗuwa da Tim Means, Diego da Iram, waɗanda suka kula da tallafi da kayan aiki na balaguron, suna tura kayan aiki (kekuna, kayan aiki, kayayyaki) zuwa inda muke buƙata. Duk cikin rangadin keken hawa dutse muna ɗaukar motar tallafi tare da duk abin da muke buƙata don mai da hankali kan ƙwallon ƙafa da ɗaukar hoto.
BARKA RUWA-LORETO
Wannan ɓangaren farko yana da daɗi ƙwarai, tun da hanyar ƙazanta tana tafiya daidai da gaɓar tekun, hawa da sauka duwatsu, daga inda kuke da ra'ayoyi masu ban mamaki game da Tekun Cortez da tsibirai, kamar Montserrat da La Danzante. Hawan da ba shi da iyaka ya fara a garin San Cosme, yawo bayan yawo sai muka hau har zuwa faɗuwar rana, muna ci gaba da nisa da bakin teku; lokacin da muka isa ƙarshen hawan an bamu lada tare da hangen kyakkyawar wuri mai faɗi. A ƙarshe mun kai ga babban burinmu da muka daɗe muna jira, babbar hanyar da ta buɗe hanya, kuma daga nan muka je Loreto, inda muka kammala ranar farko ta keken. Mun yanke shawarar ba za mu taka birkin 'yan kilomitocin da ke rufe mahadar da hanyar ba saboda a can' yan tirela suna sauka cikin sauri.
LORETO, CAPITAL OF CALIFORNIAS
Arba'in da biyu sun kasance mishaneri na ƙasashe daban-daban waɗanda suka bincika yankin tsibirin: Francisco Eusebio Kino daga Jamus, Ugarte daga Honduras, Link daga Austria, Gonzag daga Croatia, Piccolo daga Sicilia da Juan María Salvatierra daga Italiya, daga cikinsu.
Shekarar 1697 ce lokacin da Uba Salvatierra, tare da rakiyar sojoji biyar da 'yan asalin ƙasa guda uku, suka tafi cikin teku a cikin wani jirgi mai rauni da nufin cinye ƙasar da ko Cortés da kansa bai iya mamaye shi ba.
A ranar 19 ga Oktoba, 1697 Salvatierra ya sauka a gabar teku inda ya samu karbuwa sosai daga Indiyawa kusan hamsin da ke zaune a wurin, wanda suke kira Concho, wanda ke nufin "jan mangrove"; A can membobin tafiyar sun kafa wani sansani, wanda ya kasance a matsayin sujada, kuma a ranar 25th hoton Lady dinmu na Loreto ya sauko daga shagon, tare da gicciyen da aka kawata shi da furanni. Tun daga wannan lokacin sansanin ya ɗauki sunan Loreto kuma wurin daga baya ya zama babban birnin Californias.
Yankin yankin
Wata manufar ziyararmu ita ce ziyartar yankin da ke karkashin kasa, wadanda suka hada da Loreto, San Miguel da San José de Comundú, La Purísima, San Ignacio da Mulegé, don haka bayan shirye-shiryen karshe mun tashi a kan kekunanmu zuwa aikin San Javier, wanda yake a cikin maɗaukakiyar ƙasar Sierra de La Giganta.
Don zuwa wannan muna ɗaukar hanyar ƙazanta wacce ke farawa daga Loreto.
Bayan mun yi tafiyar kilomita 42 mun isa gabar tekun San Javier, wanda yake shi ne ƙaramin gari wanda rayuwarsa ta kasance koyaushe game da aikin, wanda shine ɗayan kyawawan kyawawan abubuwa kuma mafi kyawu a cikin Californias. Fada Francisco María Piccolo ne ya gano wannan shafin a shekarar 1699. Daga baya kuma, a shekarar 1701, aka tura aikin ga Uba Juan de Ugarte, wanda ya kwashe shekaru 30 yana koyar da Indiyawa sana’o’i daban-daban, da kuma yadda za su noma ƙasar.
Da muka dawo kan hanyoyi masu ƙura sai muka ci gaba da motsa jikinmu kuma mun ci gaba da zurfafawa cikin hanjin Sierra de La Giganta don neman mafi kyaun wurin shakatawa a cikin teku. Mun ci gaba da nisan kilomita 20 har sai da dare ya yi, don haka muka yanke shawarar zango a gefen hanya, tsakanin cacti da mesquite, a wani wuri da aka sani da Palo Chino.
Da wuri sosai mun sake fara wasan motsa jiki tare da ra'ayin cin gajiyar lokutan sanyaya na safe. Tare da karfin feda, a karkashin wata rana mara tsawa, muka tsallaka plateau kuma muka hau da sauka kan hanyoyin duwatsu, tsakanin dazuzzuka da dazuzzuka.
Kuma bayan hawa mai tsayi koyaushe yakan zo mai tsayi mai ban sha'awa, wanda muke sauka a kilomita 50 a awa ɗaya kuma wani lokacin da sauri. Tare da adrenaline da ke sauri ta cikin jikinmu, muna guje wa matsaloli, duwatsu, ramuka, da sauransu.
Bayan wannan gangaren, nisan kilomita 24 a kan mun isa saman gaci mai ban sha'awa wanda kasansa ya rufe da koren kayataccen itacen dabino, itacen lemu, zaitun da gonaki masu dausayi. A ƙarƙashin wannan koren dome rayuwar shuke-shuke, dabbobi da maza sun shuɗe ta hanya mai ban sha'awa albarkacin ruwan da yake malalowa daga wasu maɓuɓɓugan ruwa.
An rufe mu da datti da ƙura, mun isa Comundús, San José da San Miguel, garuruwa biyu masu nisa da nesa a yankin teku, waɗanda suke a tsakiyar La Giganta.
A cikin wadannan garuruwan lokaci ya kasance cikin tarko, babu abin da ya shafi birni ko manyan garuruwa; A nan kowane abu yanayi ne da rayuwar ƙasa, mazaunansa suna rayuwa ne daga lambunan gonakinsu masu albarka, waɗanda ke ba su 'ya'yan itatuwa da kayan marmari, kuma daga dabbobinsu suna samun madara don su sami cuku mai daɗi; a zahiri sun wadatu. Mutane na fita daga lokaci zuwa lokaci don siyar da kayayyakinsu; Matasa sune waɗanda suka fi fita karatu da sanin duniyar waje, amma tsofaffi da manya waɗanda suka girma a can sun gwammace su zauna ƙarƙashin inuwar bishiyoyi, cikin cikakkiyar nutsuwa.
MANUFAR SAN JOSÉ DE COMONDÚ
A cikin tafiye-tafiyensu daban-daban ta cikin sashin teku, neman wuraren da za a samu manufa, addinin ya gano na Comundú, mai nisa daga Loreto wasanni 30 zuwa arewa maso yamma, kuma yana tsakiyar duwatsu, kusan nisan da ke tsakanin tekun biyu.
A San José ne ragowar aikin da Uba Mayorga ya kafa a shekara ta 170, wanda ya iso wannan shekarar tare da Uba Salvatierra da Ugarte. Uba Mayorga yayi aiki tuƙuru a kan aikin, ya mayar da dukkan Indiyawa zuwa Kiristanci kuma ya gina gine-gine uku. A halin yanzu abin da ya rage kawai shi ne ɗakin sujada da wasu ganuwar da aka rusa.
Don rufe ranar, za mu shiga cikin zurfin itacen dabino kuma mu ziyarci garin San Miguel de Comondú, wanda ke da nisan kilomita 4 daga San José. Wannan uba mai ban sha'awa, wanda Uba Ugarte ya kafa shi a shekarar 1714 tare da nufin samar da kayayyaki ga maƙwabtan San Sanja.
MAFIFITA
Washegari mun ci gaba da tafiya ta cikin Sierra de La Giganta, muka nufi garin La Purísima. Da barin sanyin gabar a bayan, sai muka bi ta bayan gari muka sake haduwa da kyawawan wurare na hamada wadanda ke dauke da nau'ikan cacti da yawa (saguaros, choyas, biznagas, pitaharas) da karkatattun ciyawar launuka masu ban mamaki (torotes, mesquites da ironwood).
Bayan kilomita 30 mun isa garin San Isidro, wanda ke da alamun aikin hannu na dabino, kuma daga 5 kilomita daga baya sai mu isa ga gaba na gaba, La Purísima, inda, sake, ruwa ya wartsake kuma ya ba da rai ga hamada mara kyau. . Tudun El Pilo mai kayatarwa ya ja hankalin mu saboda yanayin kamalarsa wanda ya ba shi bayyanar dutsen mai fitad da wuta, kodayake ba haka bane.
Wannan rukunin yanar gizon ya kuma tashi tare da wata manufa, ta Tsinkayen Tsarkakewa, wanda Jesuit Nicolás Tamaral ya kafa a 1717, kuma da wuya akwai sauran duwatsu.
Tafiya cikin gari mun gano mafi girman bougainvillea da muka taɓa gani; abin birgewa ne kwarai da gaske, tare da rassansa cike da furanni masu shunayya.
RANA TA BIYAR TA BUGA
Yanzu idan alheri yana zuwa. Mun kai lokacin da hanyoyi suka ɓace daga taswirori, raƙuman jeji suka cinye, raƙuman ruwa da ɗakunan gishiri; Motoci 4 x 4 da motocin tsere na Baja 1000 ne kawai zasu iya shawo kan waɗannan hanyoyi masu wahala da guguwa masu mamaye yanayi da kuma El Vizcaíno Desert. Rashin gibin da ke gabar tekun Pacific kusan ba zai yiwu a takaita godiya ga sanannen dindindin ba, inda zirga-zirgar manyan motoci a kan ƙasa mai yashi ke samar da abubuwan adana abubuwa wadanda idan za a fara yin sako-sako da haƙora, don haka muka yanke shawarar tafiya cikin abin hawa 24 kilomita zuwa La Ballena Ranch, inda muke sauka daga kekuna mu ci gaba. A wannan rana mun kwashe sa'o'i da awanni muna bin gadon mara daɗi na wani rafi, wanda azaba ce ta gaske; a sassan munyi tafiya a kan yashi mai laushi wanda kekuna ke makale a ciki, kuma inda babu yashi to akwai duwatsun kogi, wanda ya sa ci gabanmu ya zama da wahala.
Haka muka yi ta tafiya har dare ya yi. Mun yada zango kuma yayin cin abincin dare mun sake duba taswirar: mun tsallaka kilomita 58 na yashi da duwatsu, babu shakka rana mafi wahala.
KARSHEN
Washegari mun dawo kan kekunanmu, kuma bayan 'yan kilomitoji sai yanayin ya canza sarai, tare da hawa da sauka waɗanda suka zigzagag ta cikin tsaunukan tsaunuka na La Trinidad; a wasu sassa hanyar ta zama ta zama mai fasaha, tare da gangarowa masu kaifi da kuma kaifi masu kaifi, inda dole ne mu ajiye babur din don kar mu fice daga hanyar mu fada cikin daya daga cikin kanunun da muka tsallaka. A daya gefen tsaunin tsaunin titin ya kasance mai fadi ne tare da dogayen hanyoyi da kuma dindindin mai ban haushi da ya sanya muka tashi daga wannan karshen hanyar zuwa wancan, muna neman sassan da suka fi kyau da wuya, amma alkawarin kaiwa ga burinmu ya kama mu kuma a ƙarshe Bayan kilomita 48, mun isa mahaɗar tare da babbar hanyar da ta buɗe, wanda mun riga mun ƙetare kwanaki kafin a Loreto. Mun yi tafiyar wasu 'yan kilomitoci a kan hanyar har sai da muka isa kyakkyawar manufa ta Mulegé, inda muka ji daɗin kyakkyawar mahallin kyakkyawan wurin kuma mun ƙare mataki na biyu na wannan balaguron balaguron, wanda ba shi da yawa, amma ƙasa da ƙasa, gama shi.
A cikin matakinmu na gaba zamu bar ƙasar a baya don yin tafiya a cikin jirginmu, kamar jiragen ruwa da keɓaɓɓun lu'u-lu'u waɗanda sau ɗaya suka yi tafiya zuwa Tekun Cortez, don neman burinmu na ƙarshe, Loreto.
Source: Ba a san Mexico ba No. 274 / Disamba 1999
Mai daukar hoto na musamman a cikin wasannin motsa jiki. Ya yi aiki na MD sama da shekaru 10!
