U-Tapao, eThailand - Kwanamantombazana adanisayo abonelelwa yihotele yendawo anokuvuyisa amawaka abahambi njengoko bezama ukubaleka iThailand eyayiqhanqalaze ngeli xesha le-airbase yaseVietnam.
“Eli lixesha lam lokuqala eThailand kwaye mhlawumbi andizukubuya,” utshilo uGlen Squires, umkhenkethi oneminyaka engama-47 osuka eNgilani, ebeke iliso elibi kwizihlwele.
“Into abayenzileyo kukuzidubula ezinyaweni.”
Ukusukela ngolwesiHlanu, isiseko senqanawa sase-U-Tapao kumgama oziikhilomitha ezili-190 (iikhilomitha ezili-118) kumzantsi-mpuma we-Bangkok ibiyeyona ndlela yodwa yokungena okanye ephumayo yelizwe kubakhenkethi abavaleleke kuthintelo oluchasene norhulumente kwizikhululo zeenqwelomoya eziphambili.
Abahambi abafike apha bafumene izihlwele zabakhweli abadiniweyo nabanomsindo, oonogada abaxhobileyo, iimfumba zenkunkuma, iintaba zemithwalo-kunye nomoya obandayo kunye ne-surreal.
Yakhelwe ngoo-1960 ngumkhosi womoya wase-US kwaye ixhotyiswe ngeskena esinye se-X-reyi seengxowa, i-airbase inokusingatha kuphela malunga neenqwelomoya ezingama-40 ngosuku, xa kuthelekiswa nomthamo weenqwelomoya ezingama-700 wesikhululo seenqwelomoya esikhazimlayo saseBangkok saseSuvarnabhumi.
Kodwa ngenxa yemiboniso, yiyo yonke into enokunikelwa yiThailand.
“Ndicinga ukuba bubudenge,” utshilo uDanny Mosaffi, oneminyaka engama-57, osuka kwisiXeko saseNew York. “Babulele ukhenketho kweli lizwe, abasemagunyeni mabahambe baye kwenza okuthile. Akukho mntu uza kuza apha.”
Abasemagunyeni baseThai bathi bangaphezulu kwe-100,000 abahambi - bobabini baseThai nabangaphandle - baye barhoxiswa iinqwelomoya ukusukela oko kwahlala iSuvarnabhumi ngoLwesibini kwinto abaqhankqalazi bayibiza ngokuba "yidabi labo lokugqibela" ngokuchasene norhulumente.
Abanye abahambi ngebhasi bakhwelisa abakhweli ukuya e-U-Tapao, ekufuphi nendawo yabakhenkethi yasePattaya, kodwa ngolwazi olubonisa ukuba kunzima ukufika eBangkok, abanye beza bodwa ngethemba kunokuba bekulindelwe.
Ukuxinana kwezithuthi okukhulu kuye kwakhiwe ngaphandle kwendawo ethe saa. Amajoni aseThailand anemipu ye-M16 agade isango lokungena kwisikhululo seenqwelo-moya ukuze athintele abaqhankqalazi abachasene norhulumente ukuba bafikelele, njengoko abahambi befaka iibhegi zabo phantsi kwelanga.
Nje ukuba ingene kwi-terminal, yayiyindawo yokuma kuphela. Abakhenkethi babengaqinisekanga ukuba bafanele bangene phi. Imigca emide yayijikeleza kweso siskena somthwalo esasisodwa, apho amajoni ayezama ukubathintela loo zihlwele.
“Yisiphithiphithi esipheleleyo kunye ne-pandemonium,” utshilo uBonnie Chan, oneminyaka engama-29, waseSan Diego, eCalifornia.
“Sinikwe ulwazi olungachanekanga kwiinkampani zeenqwelomoya. Ummeli waseMelika uthi abanakusinceda. Siphezulu kwaye somile. Iinqwelomoya zihlala zisinika ithuba lokubaleka. ”
Ngaphandle kwebhodi yokuhamba, abasebenzi beenqwelo moya baphakamise imiqondiso ethi "Umnxeba wokugqibela wokukhwela, eMoscow," ngelixa abanye abasebenzi bemi ngaphakathi kwendawo yokhuseleko becinezela imiqondiso kwifestile yeglasi bebiza abakhweli ukuba bakhwele inqwelomoya eya eHong Kong.
Ngaxa lithile, iqela labakhweli abangalawulekiyo batyhala ngomnyango kwindawo yokhuseleko emva kokuba umsebenzi wesikhululo seenqwelomoya ebhengeze umnxeba wokugqibela wokukhwela inqwelomoya eya eTaipei.
Elinye ibhinqa, elabanjwa kulu gonyamelo, laqalisa ukukhala, aza amajoni azivala iingcango.
“Sinyange abaguli abathandathu namhlanje,” utshilo uNan Soontornnon, 24, weSibhedlele saseBangkok ePattaya, emi nogqirha kunye nomongikazi kwikliniki yexeshana.
“Abakhweli baye baqaqanjelwa yintloko, ukudinwa, nezinye iingxaki ezinjengokufelwa. Kodwa le ndawo inokhuseleko kumajoni - iSuvarnabhumi ayinalo,” utshilo.
I-U-Tapao ekuphela kwendawo yokuthengisa yayixa abasebenzi ababhinqileyo besuka kwenye ihotele yasePattaya, bethatha ithuba labaphulaphuli ababethinjiwe, badlala umdaniso wesintu waseThai.
Abafazi kamva banxiba iilokhwe ezibomvu nezesilivere ngeentsiba, becula: “Uza kuthandana ePattaya. Ayikho enye indawo ebhetele yokuya.”
Le meko ibangele inkxalabo kumazwe ngamazwe.
Umphathiswa Wezangaphandle wase-Australia uStephen Smith uthe ngeCawa le meko "iyadanisa", wongeza ukuba abanye abantu base-Australia abaxineneyo "babenoxinzelelo olungakumbi kwaye siyayiqonda loo nto."
Kodwa asingabo bonke ababengonwabanga.
Amadoda amathathu aseRashiya aqalisa ukudanisa aza asangana ngaphandle kwesakhiwo. Ababini bebenxibe ihempe omnye engenabhlukhwe, ngelixa bonke bebonakala ukuba banxilile.
“Yonke into ihamba kakuhle,” yatsho enye yala madoda, engazange ivume ukuchaza igama layo. “Ngaphandle kokuba akukho nto iselwayo. Akukho ngesondo. Akukho kutya. Akukho mali,” wancuma.
