Umboniso weefoto zikaReinhard Hohler uya kuboniswa kuMgangatho weMezzanine weSofitel Centara Grand Bangkok, ukususela ngeCawa, ngoJuni 1, 2008. Ingqokelela yeefoto ezikhethekileyo inoMlambo iMekong, owona mlambo mde kuMzantsi-mpuma Asia, onguwo. ngakumbi nangakumbi ukoyikiswa zizakhiwo zamadama kunye nezicwangciso zophuhliso lwemizi-mveliso.
Ngeefoto zakhe, uMnumzana Hohler uzama ukunika isivakashi imbono enzulu kwiinkalo ezahlukeneyo zejografi, zembali kunye nezoqoqosho zoMlambo iMekong, ohamba phakathi kwe-Indo-China. Umlambo kufuneka ukhuselwe ngokufanelekileyo.
Iifoto ezingama-72 zibalaselisa imbonakalo-mhlaba kunye nembonakalo entle ebonwe ebudeni bohambo lukaNovemba ka-2002, olwaqala eSipsong Panna, eYunnan/China, ludlula eMyanmar, eLaos, eThailand naseKhambodiya, ngaphambi kokuba luphele kwisiXeko saseHo Chi Minh, eVietnam. Lo mboniso uquka iifoto eziphawula utyelelo lweqela kwingcwaba lomhloli odumileyo ongumFrentshi uHenri Mouhot eLuang Prabang, ukudluliselwa kweqela le-hovercraft elijikeleze iKhon Falls ebukekayo kumda weLao-Khambodiya, kunye nohambo olusecaleni ukuya kumanxuwa. Angkor. Xa olu hambo lwada lwafika kwiDelta yaseMekong yaseVietnam, kwabakho uhambo lokuqala oluqhubekayo loMlambo iMekong olugqitywe ngempumelelo.
U-Reinhard Hohler, oneminyaka eyi-57, ungumlawuli wezokhenketho onamava kunye nomcebisi wokuhamba kweendaba kwi-Greater Mekong Sub-region. Wazalelwa eKarlsruhe, eJamani, izibuko elikuMlambo iRhine waseYurophu. Emva kokufunda i-geology kwidolophu yakowabo kunye ne-ethnology, i-geography kunye nesayensi yezopolitiko kwiYunivesithi yaseHeidelberg, uMnumzana Hohler wafudukela eChiang Mai, eThailand apho ahlala khona ukususela ngo-1987.
Indawo kunye nehotele “yegqabi eliluhlaza” iSofitel Centara Grand Bangkok ikwindawo yoshishino yaseBangkok eLard Prao kunye nemizuzu nje engama-30 ukuya kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya iDon Muang. Kukho ukufikelela ngokulula kwindlela ekhawulezayo, uloliwe we-BTS Sky kunye nomgaqo ongaphantsi we-MRT. Ihotele ikwajongene nemarike eyaziwayo yeChatuchak yangaphandle. I-complex yonke idibanisa ihotele, enika amagumbi e-deluxe angama-607, i-Central Plaza Shopping Mall kunye ne-Bangkok Convention Centre (BCC) yonke phantsi kophahla olunye.
