Ifumaneka entliziyweni yeGreater Mekong Sub-region (GMS), idolophu yangaphambili yaseLao yaseLuang Prabang sesona siseko sifanelekileyo sokuhlola umlambo omkhulu iMekong, nowona mlambo mkhulu we-12 wehlabathi kunye nentloko yawo egcwele ikhephu elele phezulu. iThafa laseTibetan kwiPhondo laseQinghai eTshayina.

Ubude bayo obuziikhilomitha ezimalunga nama-4,200, iMekong ephilayo iqengqeleka kwimiwonyo enzulu ukuya kungena kwiPhondo laseTshayina leYunnan elineentaba eDeqin eShangri-La, idlula ummandla waseDali yaye ijija indlela yayo kwiTropical Xishuangbanna. Usuka eJinghong, eyayifudula ibizwa ngokuba yiChiang Hung, lo mlambo ufikelela kumbindi womzantsi-mpuma weAsia ugudle imida yeShan State yaseMyanmar neLaos, ngaphambi kokuba ufikelele kwiGolden Triangle edume kakubi apho idibana khona imida yeThailand, iMyanmar neLaos.

Ukusuka kwidolophu yakudala yaseChiang Saen, idlula indawo emfutshane emantla eThailand, ngaphambi kokungena eLaos kwaye ifikelele kweso sixeko sasebukhosini saseLuang Prabang kunye nekomkhulu langoku iVientiane. Emva kokumisa umda ophakathi komzantsi weLaos nomntla-mpuma weThailand, iMekong yantlitheka phezu kweeNgxangxasi zaseKhon Phapheng ezimangalisayo ize idlulele eKhambodiya, apho ingena kwithafa lezikhukula ize iye kufika kwikomkhulu iPhnom Penh nakwintlambo yayo enkulu ekumazantsi eVietnam. .

Ukuhamba kuMlambo iMekong ngokwesitayile, akukho ndawo ingcono yokukhetha kuneLuang Prabang, efikeleleka lula ukusuka eChiang Mai ngenqwelomoya eneLao Airlines. Njengondwendwe lwe-Luang Prabang-based Mekong River Cruises www.cruisemekong.com, ndamenywa ukuba ndijoyine ubuvulindlela kunye nolunye uhambo olukhethekileyo lweentsuku ezintathu zasemlanjeni ngoJulayi 18-20, 2009. Kwibhodi yenqanawa esanda kwakhiwa, i-RV. I<em>Mekong Sun, idrama yonqulo nenkcubeko yamazwe akufutshane nomlambo iyenzeka, kunye nedrama yeendlela ezahlukeneyo zokuphila zabantu abaxubene ngokutyebileyo.

Olu hambo lweentsuku ze-3 / ubusuku be-2 lundithatha ukusuka kwidolophu ye-UNESCO yeLifa leMveli yeLifa leMveli yaseLuang Prabang kunye neendawo zayo ezingaphezu kwe-30 zetempile zamaBuddha ukuya kuMlambo iMekong ukuya kwiPhondo laseBokeo - malunga neekhilomitha ezingama-400. E-Huai Xai, yidolophu encinci yaseLao, apho ukwazi ukuwela umda ngephenyane ukuya eChiang Khong kwiPhondo laseChiang Rai, eThailand.

I-RV Mekong Sun enekhabhinethi zayo ezili-14 yeyona nqanawa itofotofo ikwaziyo ukulawula iindawo zasendle zoMlambo i-Upper Mekong. Phakathi kweLuang Prabang kunye neGolden Triangle, iMekong Sun iyona kuphela i-cabin cruiser ekhoyo. Indawo yokuhlala kunye nenkonzo ikwinqanaba eliphezulu kwaye iindwendwe zonwabela uhambo olukhethekileyo kodwa oluqhelekileyo ngelixa zihlala kwiikhabhathi ezitofotofo kwaye zimangaliswe yimimangaliso ebikade ingafikeleleki yeMekong. Ukhetho lokutya kwe-Asia kunye nelizwekazi linikezelwa kulo lonke uhambo lokuhamba ngenqanawa. Iwayini kunye nebhiya, kunye neziselo ezinxilisayo, ziyafumaneka. Ithala leencwadi elinezinto ezininzi lisebhodini ukuvumela ixesha libaleke ngokukhawuleza.

Usuku 1 (Julayi 18): Luang Prabang - Pak Ou - Hmong Ek Village
Njengoko ukhwelo lwalungo-8:00 kusasa ekuseni, ufika kwisikhululo sokumisa i-RV Mekong ngomzuzwana, xa izikhitshane zokuqala ezincinci ezicothayo zezibuko elixakekileyo eLuang Prabang zihamba kuhambo lwazo lwemihla ngemihla lokubuka indawo. Kuthatha iyure enye ukwenza isikhephe silungele ukuhamba, esiqhutywa yinjini enkulu yedizili yaseTshayina, kodwa ingxolo iyadamba kwaye ayiphazamisi kwaphela kubakhweli abakhwelayo.

Umlawuli olawulayo uMnu. Oth, 48, oyinzalelwane yasePak Xe kumazantsi eLaos, uze nosapho lwakhe kunye kwaye unoxanduva lwabasebenzi be-16, kuquka umphathi kunye nomqhubi wenqwelo yomlambo. Kanye emva kokuhamba, kubonakala ngasekunene, umbono we-Wat Xieng Thong, onokufikelelwa ngezitepsi ezigadwe yingonyama. Uphahla lwayo olongezelelekileyo kwilanga lasekuseni bububungqina bokuba eli litye linqabileyo lonqulo lingumzekelo omhle wokwakhiwa kwetempile yaseLao.

Saya emantla malunga neeyure ezimbini saza safika kwimiqolomba edumileyo yaseTham Ting, apho amawaka emifanekiso eqingqiweyo kaBuddha yayimi ngaphakathi kwemiqolomba. Le ndawo ingcwele yokundwendwela ibekwe ecaleni komlomo obanzi weNam Ou-River, ekukholelwa ukuba yindlela endala yokufudukela kwabantu baseLao abavela emazantsi eTshayina ngaphezulu kweminyaka eyi-1,000 eyadlulayo. Ukuphumla kumgangatho we-RV Mekong, unokufunxa indawo engekachukunyiswa kwaye engenaxesha.

Ukuhamba komlambo ngequbuliso kuyancipha njengoko uqhubeka unyuka, kwaye ungonwabela iintaba ezintle ezigudle umlambo, ngoku oqukuqela ukusuka empuma ukuya entshona. Amahlathi ashinyeneyo e-bamboo kunye namasimi erayisi okulima okuguquguqukayo anokubonwa kumacala omabini omlambo. Kuvela iilali zezizwe ezahlukeneyo zamaLao. Iilali ezincinci zaseLao Lum (abantu bokwenyani baseLao) ezinezindlu ezakhiwe ngamaplanga kufutshane nomlambo, kunye neLao Theung (ubukhulu becala iKhamu) ifihlwe kancinane ngasentla okanye iLao Sung (Hmong) indawo yokuhlala emhlabeni, ziyatshintshana.
Xa ilanga lalitshona, sagqiba kwelokuba sichithe ubusuku kwindawo ethe qelele kwisanti ekufutshane nelali yaseHmong Ek. Abakhweli banokuyonwabela indawo yokuphumla ekumgangatho ophezulu apho iimuvi zinokubukelwa kwiscreen esikhulu. Kungenjalo, ungaphumla nje kwigumbi lakho labucala.

USUKU 2 (Julayi 19): Hmong Ek Village – Pak Beng – Indawo yeBarbecue
Ukuhamba kwakusasa ngentsimbi yesi-7:00 kusasa, isidlo sakusasa saseMelika sanikwa iyure nje enye kamva, kodwa unokuthelela abantu balapho ukuze utye irayisi nentlanzi encangathi. Ukwahlukahlukana kweendawo zomhlaba kuyamangalisa, ngoku kutyibilika kwiindlela ezimxinwa zamatye, emva koko kutyibilika phakathi kweenduli ezinamahlathi. Ngasemva, uva iintaka zomlingo kunye nokukhala kweenkawu zasendle. Ecaleni kweendonga zesanti ezithe tyaba, amanye amabhinqa aselula ayexakekile ehlamba igolide. Ndandisonwabela inzolo esemantla eLaos, ukurhoxa ngokwenene kubuphithiphithi bobomi bemihla ngemihla.

Emin’ emaqanda, samisa iyure enye kwindawo yentengiso yasePak Beng. Ixesha elichithwe apho lalivumela iqaqobana labasebenzi ukuba baye kuthenga kwimarike ekufutshane. Ndindwendwele iPak Beng Lodge, emelene nenkampu yeendlovu esandula ukusekwa, ukujonga imiyalezo yam ye-imeyile ye-Intanethi engenayo.

Ngokwenyani, iPak Beng iya kuphuhliswa njengendlela ebalulekileyo yokunqumla kuMlambo iMekong. Kukho i-National Route 2, edibanisa i-Pak Beng kunye ne-Oudom Xai, ikomkhulu lephondo, ukusuka apho abantu banokuqhubeka ukuya e-Boten kumda wase-China okanye e-Dien Bien Phu enqumla umda we-Lao-Vietnamese e-Sobhoun. Kwelinye icala lePak Beng nangaphaya komlambo, indlela iyaqhubeka ukuya eMuong Ngeun kwiPhondo laseSayabouri ukudibanisa neNan eThailand. Indawo yesikhephe efunekayo kuMlambo iMekong, iikhilomitha ezimbalwa ukuya phezulu ePak Beng, sele ikwinkonzo.

Ukuhamba ngenqanawa emva kwemini kwaqhubeka kwiinduli eziluhlaza kunye namahlathi anzima de umlambo uqalise ukuya emantla kwakhona ukuya ngasePak Tha apho uMlambo iNam Tha ufumana indlela yawo eMekong. Ngaphambi kokuba sifike apho, samisa iphenyane lethu kunxweme lwesanti oluthe qelele ukuze senze itheko lezonka zothando elaqhubeka de kwasa. ILao Beer yahanjiswa kunye neLao Lao, utywala berayisi basekhaya, kunye nerayisi encangathi kunye nentlanzi eyojiweyo, inyama yehagu kunye nenkukhu. Abanye babasebenzi abonwabileyo bazifica ngokudlala umculo wasekuhlaleni kunye nokudanisa iramwong edumileyo. Kamva, kwanezinye iinkwenkwezi zavela phezu kwethu kwisibhakabhaka esinamafu, kodwa zikhazimla ngokwaneleyo ukuba sizibukele. Enjani yona imeko, ndacinga, kwaye kunzima ukulala.

USUKU 3 (Julayi 20): Indawo yeBarbecue – Pak Tha – Huai Xai/Chiang Khong
Ukuhamba ngenqanawa kuqale kwakhona kusasa nje emva kokuphuma kwelanga. Emva kwesidlo sakusasa esincinci kunye nokomeleza iLao Coffee, ixesha lahamba ngokukhawuleza. Malunga nemini emaqanda, sadlula ePak Tha, apho amanzi aba ludaka. Ndaxelelwa ukuba amaTshayina akhuthaza ukukhulisa amasimi erabha angakumbi nangakumbi kwiPhondo laseLuang Nam Tha yaye umphumo kukuwohloka kwamahlathi, ukhukuliseko nodaka lodaka.

Emva kwesidlo sasemini sokugqibela sasekhaya, yayilixesha lokuvalelisa kubasebenzi baseLaotian. Mgama, ndabona iNtaba yePhu Chi Fa kwiPhondo laseCiang Rai. Ukuphuma kunye nokwehla kulandele emva kwemini malunga ne-4: 00pm. Ngethamsanqa, kwakusekho ixesha elaneleyo lokudlula kwindawo yokujonga iLao Immigration eHuai Xai. Ukusuka apho, uwela uMlambo omkhulu iMekong ngephenyane elincinane elinomsila omde (40Baht pp) ukuze udlulele kwindawo yokuhlola umda waseThai eChiang Khong, edla ngokuvala ngentsimbi yesi-6:00 ngokuhlwa. Inqanawa yokuhamba ngenqanawa iqhubekile yaya kuNxantathu weGolide, apho amaTshayina aza kuvula indawo entsha yekhasino kungekudala ngaselunxwemeni loMlambo iMekong. Ngaba esi iya kuba sisiqalo sohlaselo lwaseTshayina oluza emazantsi, ndazibuza?

Uhambo lwam lokubuyela eChiang Mai lwaququzelelwa ngabantu abalungileyo baseNam Khong Guesthouse, abakwaqhuba iofisi yokhenketho eChiang Mai eneenkonzo zokundwendwela eLaos, eMyanmar, eTshayina naseViet Nam. Ukufuduswa ukusuka eChiang Khong ukuya eChiang Mai ngebhasi encinci yale mihla (250B pp) ihambe ngo-7:00 pm ifike eChiang Mai ezinzulwini zobusuku.

Ukhenketho oluchukumisayo luphelile, kwaye ngokuqinisekileyo ndiza kulinda olulandelayo.

U-Reinhard Hohler ungumlawuli wezokhenketho onamava kunye nomcebisi wokuhamba we-GMS Media esekelwe eChiang Mai. Ngolwazi oluthe vetshe, unokufumaneka nge-imeyile: [imeyile ikhuselwe].