Ukwamukela izivakashi ngokusemthethweni lokhu kwekwindla kuyindawo eyimfihlo yokubalekela e-Himalayas - Amaya. Uhambo oluhle lomgwaqo oluya e-Amaya luya kancane lubheke ehlathini eliphethwe abantu ngabanye futhi eliphethwe ngendlela efanele endaweni engonakalisiwe engamamitha angu-4600 enokubukwa okuphawulekayo kwezintaba eziwohlokayo neziqongo ezimbozwe yiqhwa buqamama. Kumhambi ocabangayo, oqaphela ubuthakathaka bentaba ye-Himalaya ehlobene nokushintsha kwesimo sezulu kanye nokucindezela komuntu, i-Amaya ehlanzekile nencane indawo yayo kanye nesibopho sokubuyisela nokugcina ihlathi layo langasese elingamahektha angu-25 liyinguquko e-India. Igama elithi Amaya linemvelaphi yalo ngesi-Sanskrit futhi lisho 'ukuba lula'. Ukukhanga kwendawo yokungcebeleka okuncane kodwa okuhle kakhulu kusenhliziyweni yazo zonke izakhiwo eziklanywe ngokucatshangelwayo kanye nolwazi olukhethiwe.
Umbono ohlaba umxhwele wenhlonipho nomthwalo wemfanelo mayelana nezinto zokwakha, abantu kanye nemvelo kuyabonakala endaweni nokuklama kuka-Amaya. U-Deepak Gupta, umsunguli we-Amaya, uyabelana, “Bengihlale ngicabanga ukwakha indawo engcwele eqhubekayo e-Himalayas lapho umuntu angabaleka khona ukuze ehlise ijubane futhi ajabulele ubuhle bezintaba nomoya wazo ohlanzekile opholile. I-Amaya ingumphumela walokhu kulangazelela kanye nohambo lweminyaka engu-7 lokutholwa, ukusungula izinto ezintsha nokusebenzisana. Kuwubufakazi futhi bokuthi indawo yokuhlala ingaba yendabuko nesimanje, idolobhana lesimanje elisezintabeni elihlanganisa imvelo nobuhle bayo obukhazimulayo esikhundleni sokuyisusa.”
U-Bijoy Jain ungumdwebi oyinhloko we-Amaya, ungumsunguli we-Studio Mumbai edume umhlaba wonke. Yena nethimba lakhe bafunde indawo enamahlathi ngokuvakashela kaningi futhi basebenzise kancane ingxenye yamathala akhona, ake afuywa ezizukulwaneni ezedlule, ukuze bakhe isethi yezindlu eziyingqayizivele ngaphandle komthungo egqumeni. Ukujula nokuvuselela ukuxhumana naleli gugu lokwelusa, isakhiwo ngasinye sesimanje esizwela imvelo sakhiwe ngobunono ngesandla kusetshenziswa izinto zasendaweni - ukhuni, umcako, namatshe. Banikeza izihambeli indawo ecebile yamasiko ejulisa umuzwa wazo wendawo ngenkathi zinikeza indawo ethule ukuze ziphinde zixhumane nabathandekayo ngisho nangaphezulu, nazo ngokwazo. Ngemva kokucabangela ngokucophelela imvelo yendawo, intuthuko igcinwe incane e-Amaya futhi izikhala ziye zavunyelwa ukuba zihlangane ngokuvumelana nehlathi likaphayini elizizungezile.
I-Amaya ihlanganisa inhlanganisela ethokozisayo yama-chalets, ama-suites nama-villas. Indlu ngayinye kulawa ma-villas ayisihlanu inesitudiyo sokufunda noma somculi, indawo yokudlela neyokuhlala, ikhishi elihlome ngokuphelele kanye namakamelo okulala amathathu azimele aphakathi nendawo azungeze umpheme ozungezayo ogona isakhiwo ngasinye kanye namathala ane-engeli. Kuya ngokuthi abahambi ababonayo bathanda kanjani ukuhlala ngesikhathi beseholidini, kukhona ukukhetha kwezindlu zokulala eziyisishiyagalolunye kanye nama-suites ayisithupha ahlanganisa igumbi lokulala kanye nesifundo. Ingaphakathi le-Amaya likhethwe yi-Viewport Studio, London futhi libonisa umqondo we-minimalism eqhubekayo kanye ne-Nordic design. Izakhiwo kanye nengaphakathi linikeza ubuhle besimanje ezikhaleni futhi ifenisha, okhaphethi, izibani nezinto ezifakwayo zidalwe ngokucatshangelwayo kusetshenziswa ubuchwepheshe babaklami bamazwe ngamazwe, kanye nabaluki basekhaya nabakhi.
Lo mklamo ogxile kumuntu ocophelelayo ugcina ukuxhumana okuseduze umuntu akuzwayo nokwakheka kwezwe kusukela ngesikhathi sokufika kungasheshi. Isimo sentaba esimangalisayo siyashintsha usuku lonke njengoba umuntu ezindla ebuka umkhathizwe ephethe inkomishi yetiye noma yekhofi esandleni. Inkungu egingqikayo ezigodini ezingezansi, ikhorasi yasekuseni nengoma yezinyoni zakusihlwa kuhambisana nesithombe esihle kakhulu sokuphuma nokushona kwelanga.
Imikhiqizo yesizini kanye nezithako zasendaweni zihamba phambili ekuhlangenwe nakho okuhlukile kwe-culinary e-Amaya. Ngokuzibophezela kuka-Amaya ekunciphiseni izinga layo lekhabhoni kanye nokutshala kabusha amahlathi amaningi asele, lindela insizakalo enhle kanye ne-haute cuisine endaweni yokudlela eklanywe kahle, i-panoramic etafuleni. U-Amaya uhlanganyele noChef odumile u-Prateek Sadhu ukuze baqhube imingcele enambitheka ekhanyayo neqanjiwe egxile emikhiqizweni yesizini neyesifunda. Lapho ukhuphuka uye endaweni yokudlela uphethe izindlela zokuhamba zetshe ezinyakazayo, ubona abalimi abangongoti bezolimo bekhulisa ikhishi nezingadi zezitshalo ezigcwele izithelo nemifino ephilayo.
Ngokuya ngesizini yokuvakasha kwakho, ungajabulela i-apula elikhule epulazini, ipheya, iplamu, umalibhele, umkhiwane, upelepele, upelepele, i-kale nokunye okuningi. Ukuxhumana okunamandla nabenzi bakashizi besifunda, izinkwa zenhlama emuncu, izithelo ezifakwe emanzini anosawoti nemifino kanye neziphuzo ezivutshiwe zivala umbono wendawo wokuziphilisa, umhlaba osekude nedolobha.
Njengoba kunesikhala esiningi esiyimfihlo esingalahleka ngenhloso, inhliziyo yesipiliyoni somphakathi iphezulu endaweni eyimfihlo ehlanganisa indawo yokudlela nendawo yokudlela, ama-saunas ase-Finnish aklanywe ngobuhle abantu abadala, umtapo wezincwadi omuhle kanye nendawo ewisa imihlathi, emise okweqatha lezinyembezi, icwecwe ngokwemvelo, ichibi lokubhukuda elishisayo elenelisa ngokuphelele ukulangazelela komuntu ukuphumula nokuphumula eholidini. I-Amaya inikeza indlela entsha yokuphila ehlanganisa indawo nenkululeko yezwe elicezile namathuba okuxhumana okuzenzakalelayo nokuthakazelisayo nezwe lanamuhla. Abavakashi abaya e-Amaya bangajabulela izinhlobonhlobo zezinto ezikhethiwe, uhambo oluyigugu oluya endaweni eseduze ye-Darwa, ukudla okuyimfihlo eziqongweni zezintaba ezicashile, ukuvakasha komkhiqizo wendawo kanye nokulima kwezitshalo, amapikiniki asemfuleni kanye nohambo lwasentabeni.
I-Amaya itholakala ngaphansi kwamahora amabili nje ukusuka esikhumulweni sezindiza i-Chandigarh esitholakala kalula kuwo wonke amadolobha amakhulu ezweni. Isiminyaminya esiphansi, umgwaqo womfundisi ohamba phezu kwamagquma uyathandeka, futhi ubuhle bamakhilomitha angama-64 ngekhava yehlathi evala amafasitela emoto yakho njengoba umhlaba wasemadolobheni uncipha futhi uwohloka futhi uphumule ngokujulile. Uhambo lokubuyisela lulindele izivakashi ezifuna ukuzizwisa okungapheli ukuze zihlole kusukela ekwakhiweni kuya endaweni yokudlela, imvelo kuye kwamasiko, nangale kwalokho.
I-Amaya yileso sikhala: i-commune, ifilosofi, i-ejenti ye-symbiosis enothisa izimpilo zabo bonke abahlala kuyo, kodwa futhi nomhlaba owakhiwe phezu kwawo.
