The only Vietnamese scientist meets the mysterious

GS. Vo Quy and his friends had to climb the mountain for two days to reach the tribe that was supposed to be the remnant descendant of South America's oldest civilization.

GS. Vo Quy is one of the leading biologists in Vietnam. Already 80 years old, a life of science but a unique trip with the ancient tribe is still in him as a fresh memory.

GS.Vo Quy.

The fate of taking him to visit the Kogi came from his business trip in Venezuela. GS. The quarter said, "In February 1992, I was invited to attend the Fourth International Conference on Nature Reserve and National Park in Caracas, Venezuela. At the conference I gave my opinion, I wanted to manage it. Good management of nature conservation areas, participation of local communities and conservation areas must bring practical benefits to them, and my opinions are approved by many delegates, especially the great ones. expression of developing countries ".

After listening to GS. Quy said, a Colombian delegate, is a permanent member of the IUCN's Council for Protection of Endangered Species (SSC) - TS. Juan Mayer Maldonado greatly appreciated the opinion of GS and expressed his interest in inviting him to visit Colombia to know how the inhabitants of Colombia's protected areas live. Right then, GS. Vo Quy happily accepted the invitation even though he did not know where the trip was. The only information that Colombian friend revealed is that he will have to walk for several days. That makes GS. Vo Quy is excited.

Right after the Conference ended, GS. Vo Quy was on his way to visit Colombia. Going with him, besides TS. Juan also has an American TS. Richard. Go to Bogota airport, Colombia Capital, GS. Vo Quy was extremely surprised by the feelings of the people here.

Voice of GS. The quarter suddenly choked: "On February 22, 1992, when I just handed over the passport to the police for immigration procedures, he shouted:" You are the first Vietnamese to come to Colombia! ". Many people standing near me came to greet me very warmly. "Hooray Vietnam. Ho Chi Minh Hooray. Hooray Vo Nguyen Giap ". I can't say all the emotion in my heart. It has been welcomed a few times by foreigners, but I have not always been touched and proud at that time."

After leaving the airport, GS. Vo Quy and his friends rested in the small city of Santa Marta located close to the foot of Sierre Nevada. Meanwhile, TS. New Juan said, he will be visiting the Kogi tribe. He said the Kogi know a lot of natural mysteries that make scientists rethink issues related to the environment and the universe. The power of their spiritual life is very strange and modern people seem to be unable to understand. Very few Colombians know who they are and how they live. They always call themselves "big brother" and call all people "little ones".

The land of mystical prophecies

Before the trip, this Colombian scientist also introduced briefly to GS. You hear about ethnic Kogi and Sierra Nevada - the place where this tribe lives. The forest around the Sierra Nevada is nearly intact for thousands of years. Very few people set foot in this place. For the people of this region, the Sierra Nevada is considered sacred, containing many mysteries. Legend of this land said that it was the residence of the gods, responsible for the protection of the people, where the people of South America, even though they were so violent, did not dare to come to them because they feared that the gods here would punish. .

The Kogi village looks from above.(photo: NVCC).

The Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta is also the world's tallest coastline mountain range, close to North-West South America, with steep walls, with dense forest covering the foot of the mountain. The mountain has snow all year round at an altitude of 5,775m above the sea. The Sierra Nevada Mountains are also home to the Kogi tribe. They live in isolation, not communicating with anyone, separated from today's civilizations for centuries. They were very suspicious of the tribesmen. The Kogi do not want anyone to come to their neighborhood. They do not seem to want to contact or contact any stranger. They often retreat to the high mountains, settle in deep forests, where fanciful clouds and mist cover the year to help them separate from others.

The world known to the Kogi tribe is also a coincidence. In 1974, a pilot flew astray in the North Sierra dense forest discovered below, looming in the forest a figure shaped like a pyramid. However, this pyramid is not like the Egyptian pyramid or other pyramids often found in South America.

Hear the introduction of this special tribe, Prof. Vo Quy seems to just want to start his journey right away. The next morning, Juan took the group to the Sierra Nevada mountain. It took nearly a day of climbing cars, the whole team just arrived in a small town, the last place with a motorway, at an altitude of about 4,000m. Here people are very sparse, mostly Colombians. To reach the place where the Kogi live, it takes two days of hard climbing.

First day, GS. You and your road friends must climb the mountain for at least 10 hours continuously to reach the place where you can safely camp overnight in the forest. The next day, they had to go 6 hours. Along the mountain road, ice forest, GS. You just understand why as soon as you invite Dr. Juan only asks if you can walk. He was more or less used to walking, climbing mountains, working in the forest, but never before did he experience such a difficult and difficult journey. Because at that time GS. The quarter that is over 60 should be prioritized to ride a donkey. However, he did not dare to ride on the donkey's back because of the steep, rocky road, very easy to fall. Only when he came to a place on the mountain that was relatively flat, did he dare to climb on the donkey's back for a moment to support his legs.

On the way, sometimes the group will meet some dirt floors or some small uninhabited huts. Ask the guide, GS. The new quarter is the place where the Kogi have left to go farther, higher, when white people appear. Entering the second day, the road was steeper, harder to walk, and the legs were aching and painful. You did not dare to sit down. He had to cut a pair of sticks, each hand to fight to walk .

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