Olona hambo lokugqibela lokubaleka eThailand lubonelela ngendalo yasendle kunye ne-detox yedijithali

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Ibhalwe ngu Linda Hohnholz

Elinye lawona maqela akwiziqithi ezikude nezikwanti, kufutshane neThailand, kodwa ubukhulu becala kungenakufikelelwa kuyo, kukuvuleleke kwihlabathi. Senza ukuba eli nqaku lifanelekileyo lifumaneke kubafundi bethu longeza i-paywall.

Enye yezona ziqithi zikwanti, amaqela eziqithi akude, kufutshane neThailand, kodwa engafikelelekiyo ubukhulu becala, sele ivuleleke kwihlabathi.

Indawo yokuqala eco-resort eco-resort kwi-eco-resort yokuqala kwi-eco-resort yaseMergui esemazantsi-mpuma ye-Asia, iya kuvulwa kamva kulo nyaka, inikezela ngobubodwa, intuthuzelo, kunye nokuzonwabisa okuthambileyo kwindawo entsha engakhange ichukunyiswe.

Ifumaneka kunxweme lwaseMyanmar naseThailand, Wa Ale Resort, isetelwe ukwamkela iindwendwe zayo zokuqala ngo-Okthobha 2018. Tagged by National Geographic kunye neWall Street Journal's 'Far & Away' njengeyona ndawo ilindelweyo yokufihla isiqithi ekuvulweni kulo nyaka, i-intimate eco-resort inogxininiso kulondolozo kunye nokunganxibanga zihlangu. ubunewunewu kunye nokwenza indawo ecocekileyo yetropiki ifikeleleke ngakumbi kubakhenkethi abaqondayo.

Indawo ekuchithelwa kuyo iiholide 'yokubuyela kwindalo', ingqondo yeBenchmark Asia's Christopher Kingsley, yiprojekthi yabucala yokhenketho lwendalo, ebekwe ngaphakathi kweLampi Marine National Park. "Injongo yethu kukumema iindwendwe ukuba zive ubuhle bendalo be-Myeik Archipelago kwinkampu yokunethezeka ekhuthaza ukunakekelwa okunoxanduva kunye nokugcinwa kokusingqongileyo. IWa Ale yindawo ecetywe kakuhle yolondolozo evumela abahambi ukuba bafikelele kwenye yezona ndawo zingonakaliswanga emhlabeni okokuqala ngqa.”

Ibizwa ngokuba 'yiparadesi yokugqibela yesiqithi', iMergui Archipelago yindawo enkulu yesiqithi engaphuhliswanga, ingenamida kubo bonke kude kube mva nje. Eyenziwe ziziqithi ezingama-800 ubukhulu becala ezingahlali bantu ezisasazeke kumgama oziikhilomitha ezingama-600 kuLwandle lwaseAndaman, iindwendwe eziya kwisiqithi esikwanti ziya kuba phakathi kwabokuqala ukuphonononga intlango ecocekileyo, babeke unyawo elunxwemeni olunentlabathi emhlophe, ukugwedla phakathi kwamahlathi amandulo kunye nokundwendwela iilali zaselwandle. abantu baselwandle baseMoken.

I-Mergui Archipelago ayaziwa ngokubanzi, naphakathi kweengcali zokuhamba, ngenxa yendawo ekude 'ekude ne-beaten-track' kunye nokungabikho kweziseko zophuhliso kunye nezixhobo. Iqela lesiqithi elingaqhelekanga, elingaqondakaliyo kwiBay of Bengal liboniswe kwiincwadi zeBiggles ukusukela ngeminyaka yoo-1930s kwaye lakhankanywa ngo-1965 ngo-1997 uJames Bond owayeyintlola echwayitisayo iThunderball, kodwa ukuya kuthi ga ngo-XNUMX zange bandwendwelwe nangabo nabaphi na abantu basemzini kangangesiqingatha senkulungwane.

Njengoko zimbalwa izikhephe zokuntywila eziye zavunyelwa ukuba zingene zisuka ePhuket yaseThailand kule minyaka ingamashumi amabini idlulileyo, indawo ekunzima ukuya kuyo yaziwa ngokuntywila kubomi bayo baselwandle obumangalisayo, kubandakanya imitha ye-manta kunye nookrebe. Uphando oluthe kratya lwasendle, oluhlala lwenziwa zizazinzulu zangaphandle njengoko iMyanmar ivula ihlabathi emva kwamashumi eminyaka yolawulo lwasemkhosini, ibonakalise iindidi ngeendidi zezityalo nezilwanyana, kuquka neentlobo ezinqabileyo nezisemngciphekweni.

Ukusuka kwindawo yokujonga iindwendwe, iziqithi zilungele ukuntywila, ukuntywila, ukukhwela inqanawa, i-kayaking, i-paddle-boarding, ukuhamba kwendalo, ukubukela iintaka kunye nezilwanyana zasendle kunye ne-beach safaris, kunye nenqaku elikhethekileyo lomahluko kukungabikho kwabanye abakhenkethi.

Ukunqongophala kophuhliso lo mmandla xa kuthelekiswa nePhuket ekufutshane kubangelwe ikakhulu kukungakhathali kwezopolitiko kunye nolawulo lomda - kwaye nakwigama layo njengendawo echasene nomthetho kubaphangi kunye nokuloba ngokungekho mthethweni. Ukusuka kumagunya ezizwe ezibini, i-95% yeziqithi ziwela ngaphakathi kwemida yaseMyanmar, kunye neziqithi ezingama-40 kuphela kwikhonkco laseThailand.

Kuphela kule minyaka imbalwa idlulileyo kuye kwenzeka ukuba abatyeleli bahlale ubusuku bonke kwisiqithi saseMacleod kwindawo yokuqala yokuphumla kwiziqithi, EMyanmar Andaman Resort, kwaye ngo-2017 i I-Eco-Resort yaseBoulder Bay yavulwa kwesinye seziqithi ezingaphandle, kunye ne-safaris yesiqithi esikhwele kuyo Ulwandle Gipsy ukuthatha iindwendwe kwisiqithi-ukutsiba-tsiba. Ukuvulwa okuthambileyo kweWa Ale Resort ekuqaleni kwexesha lonyaka elomileyo kulo nyaka kuya kuba luphuhliso lwesithathu kulo mmandla.

Isasazwe ngaphezulu kweendawo ezintathu ezifihlakeleyo, iWa Ale Island Resort ikwindawo ekhuselweyo eyaziwa ngamazwe ngamazwe, malunga neeyure ezimbini ngephenyane elikhawulezayo kunxweme lwaseMazantsi eMyanmar. I-36-square-kilometer (i-9,000-acre) isiqithi saseWal Ale yinxalenye yepaki yelizwe yaseMyanmar kuphela, iLampi, kunye ne-1,000 yeentlobo ezahlukeneyo zezinto eziphilayo ezikhokelela ekufakweni kuluhlu lwe-UNESCO yeLifa leMveli yeHlabathi.

Ukubonelela ngamava. Uhambo oluthambileyo lwe-adventure emhlabeni nasemanzini, iWa Ale resort ijolise ekubuyiseleni abatyeleli kwindalo, baphonononge iingqaqa zekorale, amahlathi ashinyeneyo ahlala eluhlaza, iibhedi zengca yolwandle, kunye nemithi yemithi yamandulo, ngamathuba okudibana nezilwanyana zasendle, kubandakanywa ufudo lwaselwandle, iidugong, idolphin, iimanta ray, iikingfisher, iimacaques, hornbills, brahminy kites, parrot fish kunye nesnapper. Ixhotyiswe ngeendawo zokuntywila kunye neengcali ezithetha isiNgesi zokuntywila kwiindawo zokuntywila ezingafikelelekiyo ngaphambili kunye nemiqolomba yolwandle, indawo yokuphumla ilungele abo bafuna uhambo lwasemanzini phakathi kwamanzi aluhlaza, kunye nabo basemva koxolo noxolo kude noxinzelelo. kubomi banamhlanje.

Isikhitshane esitsha sobunewunewu siza kuthatha iindwendwe ezisuka kwizibuko laseKawthaung, kufutshane nedolophu yaseThailand yaseRanong, ukuya kwisiqithi saseWa Ale, sifike kwindawo ekuchithelwa kuyo iiholide kwindawo engasemva ephahlwe ziimango. Iimathiriyeli ezisetyenzisiweyo neziphinde zasetyenziselwa injongo yale ndawo ekuchithelwa kuyo iiholide, kubandakanywa amaplanga amadala esikhephe asetyenziselwa indlela yokuhamba phakathi kwehlathi elishinyeneyo elishinyeneyo ukuya kwindawo yolwamkelo kunye nendawo yokutyela, emi kwindawo enesanti ejonge ulwandle. Ngegadi yayo yasekhitshini ephilayo, ukutya kwaselwandle okuvuniweyo ngokuzinzileyo, kunye nompheki oneenkwenkwezi ezintlanu wase-UK, indawo ekuchithelwa kuyo iiholide iyazingca ngokuvelisa ukutya okusempilweni, okutsha, okutsha kwe-Asia-Meditera, kunye nokutya kwindawo evulekileyo yeplanga enephaneli ekuphela kwayo. amadinga ngeentsuku ezizele yintshukumo okanye eziqhutywa ngokukhululekileyo ezilawulwa ngamaza olwandle kunye notyekelo lweendwendwe. I-rustic café kunxweme oluphambili lwenziwe ngezivalo ezindala kunye nemithi egciniweyo evela kwizakhiwo ezidiliziweyo kulo mmandla, kwaye kuya kubakho indawo yokuzivocavoca ehlathini, kunye ne-spa enikezela i-massage usebenzisa iimveliso zasekhaya.

Kwindawo edibeneyo enesanti yesanti, efikelelekayo kumaza aphantsi ngaselunxwemeni, okanye kwindlela yemoto yombane phezu kwenduli encinci, iivillas ezili-11 ezinentente ezithe saa kumgama oziikhilomitha ubude zibonelela ngeyona ndawo yokuhlala iphambili, eneendawo ezintathu zokufihla intloko ezinika abahlali imvakalelo. ngokuba sehlathini. Iivillas ezihlala elunxwemeni ezinentente zabucala, ezidityaniswa nokusingqongileyo kwendawo kwaye zihonjiswe ngokwemibala yendalo, zinika eyona nto iphambili kwintuthuzelo kunye noyilo, ngokuqwalasela iinkcukacha kunye nocwangciso olucingisisiweyo oluvumela iindwendwe ukuba ziphumle kwaye zivuselelwe yimekobume yetropikhi eguqukayo, isandi. Ulwandle ludanisa abahambi abadiniweyo ebuthongweni obunzulu. Iivillas ezinobungakanani bosapho zinokuthatha isibini okanye ukuya kuthi ga kwi-4 abantu, ngelixa ezona zindlu ziphezulu zomthi zisondelelene kakhulu ziyilelwe ezimbini.

Ngabasebenzi abaphambili bamazwe ngamazwe nabakhethiweyo basekhaya, i-Wa Ale inikezela ngenkonzo yeenkwenkwezi ezintlanu, nangona imingeni yokuzimela kunye nokude. Iiphaneli zesola kunye nejenereyitha yokugcina ibonelela ngombane, amanzi amponthwa ukusuka kumthombo osezintabeni, kunye nekhonkco lesathelayithi libonelela nge-wi-fi, nangona iindwendwe ezininzi zinokukhetha ulonwabo lokubaleka 'lokungabikho zihlangu, akukho ndaba'.

Ulwandle olunesanti emhlophe kunxweme oluphambili lwaseWa Ale likhaya lofudo lwaselwandle olusemngciphekweni wokuphela, kunye nendawo yokuphumla ikhusela iindawo zabo zokuhlala kunye nokudala indawo yokuqandusela iifudo. Iindwendwe ziyakwazi ukubona izidalwa eziluhlaza, i-hawksbill kunye ne-leatherback ziza ebusuku ngamaxesha athile onyaka. Indawo ekuchithelwa kuyo iiholide iya kuvulwa ukusuka ngo-Okthobha ukuya kuMeyi minyaka le, elona xesha lilungileyo lokutyelela, ngaphambi kwexesha lemvula elineemvula elenza ukuba ulwandle lube magingxigingxi kwaye amanzi abe nesiphithiphithi.

Isiqingatha sesihlanu senzuzo evela kwi-Wa Ale Resort iya ngqo kwi-Lampi Foundation, kunye nokwenza iiprojekthi zokulondoloza ukuxhasa i-marine national park, ikwasebenzisana noluntu lwasekuhlaleni kwiiprojekthi zempilo, imfundo kunye nokuziphilisa. Abakhenkethi banokundwendwela iindawo ezincinci ezikufutshane nonxweme, kubandakanya iilali zaseMoken kunye neenkampu zokuloba, eziye zahlala zisisigxina njengoko uMoken ekhuthazwa ukuba azinze unyaka wonke, kunye nokuthontelana kwabalobi kunye nabarhwebi baseBurma. I-Moken, okanye i-gypsies yolwandle, isekela ubomi babo kwiinqanawa zokhuni, kwaye ingabazingeli abahambahambayo kunye nabaqokeleli, befuna iiperile, iintaka zeentaka, iikomkomere zaselwandle, amaqokobhe kunye nonina-weperile. Kukho uluntu oluhlanu olusisigxina kwisiqithi saseLampi, kunye ne-Wa Ale Resort kunye ne-Lampi Foundation baye basebenza kunye nemibutho eyahlukeneyo karhulumente kunye nee-NGOs, kuquka i-Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) kunye ne-Global Medical Volunteers.

UWa Ale ukhuthaza ukhathalelo olunoxanduva noluzinzileyo lokusingqongileyo, utshilo umphathi we-Wa Ale Resort phambi kwendlu, u-American Alyssa Wyatt. Ukuhlala kwindawo ekuchithelwa kuyo iiholide akuncedi nje umzimba nomphefumlo, kukwanceda nezilwanyana zasendle kunye nabemi abakhethekileyo.

Omnye wabatyeleli bokuqala, umlawuli olawulayo weSampan Travel uBertie Lawson, wayechukumisekile bububanzi benkampu etofotofo esehlathini, enika intlango kunye nokuzola. "Ibalasele ngokuzibophelela kwayo kunye nentlonipho kwindawo eyingqongileyo, ukuqaphela kwayo ixabiso lendawo engenanto, kunye nokuqwalaselwa kwayo kwiinkcukacha."

Omnye wabakhenkethi bokuqala uPeter Steyn, uMhleli oyiNtloko weMagazini yeGlobeRovers, uthi le ndawo intsha yokuchithela iholide eyonwabele indalo incedisana nendawo engonakaliswanga, engekaphononongwa kwaye ikude.

Iindwendwe zinokufikelela kwisango laseKawthaung ngendlela eyayisakuba likomkhulu laseMyanmar iYangon, ngeenqwelomoya ezininzi zemihla ngemihla ukuya eKawthaung, okanye ngeRanong (ngeenqwelomoya ezisuka eBangkok ezibonelelwa yiAirAsia neNokAir) emantla ePhuket, ngohambo olufutshane lwephenyane oluwela umlambo ukuya. Kawthaung. I-visa yabakhenkethi, okanye i-e-visa efunyenwe ngokulula, iyafuneka ukungena eMyanmar. Kukho uhambo olucwangcisiweyo phakathi evekini ukusuka eKawthaung ukuya eWa Ale, okuthetha ukuba kwiiyure nje ezimbalwa iindwendwe ezisuka kwenye indawo eAsia, okanye kude nangaphezulu, zinokukhululeka ngasese, kwenye yezona ndawo zikude nezikwanti ekuchithelwa kuzo iiholide emhlabeni.

INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:

  • Kuphela kule minyaka imbalwa idlulileyo kuye kwenzeka ukuba iindwendwe zihlale ubusuku bonke kwisiqithi saseMacleod kwindawo yokuqala yokuchithela iiholide, iMyanmar Andaman Resort, kwaye ngo-2017 i-Boulder Bay Eco-Resort yavulwa kwesinye seziqithi ezingaphandle, kunye ne-safaris yesiqithi ngaphakathi. I-Sea Gipsy ithatha iindwendwe kwisiqithi-ukutsiba-tsiba.
  • Yenziwe ziziqithi ezingama-800 ubukhulu becala ezingahlali bantu ezisasazeke kumgama oziikhilomitha ezingama-600 kuLwandle lwase-Andaman, iindwendwe eziya kwisiqithi esikwanti ziya kuba phakathi kwabokuqala ukuphonononga intlango ecocekileyo, babeke unyawo kunxweme olunentlabathi emhlophe, ukugwedla phakathi kwamahlathi amandulo kunye nokundwendwela iilali zaselwandle. abahambi ngolwandle besizwe samaMoken.
  • Iqela lesiqithi elingaqhelekanga, elingaqondakaliyo kwiBay of Bengal liboniswe kwiincwadi zeBiggles ukusukela ngeminyaka yoo-1930s kwaye lakhankanywa kwi-1965 James Bond spy thriller Thunderball, kodwa ukuya kuthi ga ngo-1997 zange bandwendwelwe nangabo nabaphi na abantu basemzini kangangesiqingatha senkulungwane.

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