Kuyenda pa Mekong mwanjira

Ili pakatikati pa Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS), tawuni yakale yachifumu ya Lao ya Luang Prabang ndi malo abwino owonera mtsinje waukulu wa Mekong, womwe ndi mtsinje wautali wa 12 padziko lonse lapansi wokhala ndi chipale chofewa chomwe chili pamwamba pake. Chigawo cha Tibetan m'chigawo cha Qinghai ku China.

Mtsinje wa Mekong womwe uli ndi utali wa makilomita 4,200, umadutsa m’zigwa zakuya n’kukalowa m’chigawo chamapiri cha Yunnan ku China ku Deqin ku Shangri-La, kudutsa dera la Dali n’kudutsa m’madera otentha a Xishuangbanna. Kuchokera ku Jinghong, komwe kale kunkatchedwa Chiang Hung, mtsinjewu umakafika kum’mwera chakum’mawa kwa Asia m’malire a chigawo cha Shan ku Myanmar ndi Laos, n’kufika kudera lotchuka kwambiri la Golden Triangle kumene malire a Thailand, Myanmar, ndi Laos amakumana.

Kuchokera ku tawuni yakale ya Chiang Saen, imadutsa dera laling'ono kumpoto kwa Thailand, isanalowe Laos ndikufika ku mzinda wakale wachifumu wa Luang Prabang komanso likulu lakale la Vientiane. Atapanga malire a kum’mwera kwa Laos ndi kumpoto chakum’maŵa kwa Thailand, mtsinje wa Mekong unagwa pa mathithi ochititsa chidwi a Khon Phapheng kenako n’kudutsa ku Cambodia, kumene umalowa m’chigwa chachikulu cha madzi osefukira kuti ukafike ku likulu la Phnom Penh ndi mtsinje wake waukulu womwe uli kum’mwera kwa dziko la Viet Nam. .

Kuti muyende pamtsinje wa Mekong mosiyanasiyana, palibe malo abwino oti musankhe kuposa Luang Prabang, yomwe ndi yosavuta kufikako kuchokera ku Chiang Mai ndi ndege ndi Lao Airlines. Monga mlendo wa Luang Prabang-based Mekong River Cruises www.cruisemekong.com, ndinaitanidwa kuti ndikalowe nawo upainiya komanso wapadera wamasiku atatu pamtsinje wapamadzi pa July 18-20, 2009. Paulendo wa sitima yapamadzi yomangidwa kumene, RV Mekong Sun, sewero lachipembedzo ndi chikhalidwe cha madera omwe ali m'mphepete mwa mtsinjewo, komanso sewero la moyo wosiyanasiyana wa anthu osakanikirana.

Ulendowu wamasiku atatu / 3 usiku unanditenga kuchokera ku tawuni ya UNESCO World Heritage ya Luang Prabang ndi malo ake opitilira 2 akachisi achi Buddha kumtunda kwa mtsinje wa Mekong kupita ku Province la Bokeo - pafupifupi 30 km. Ku Huai Xai, ndi tawuni yaying'ono ya Lao, komwe mumatha kuwoloka malire ndi boti kupita ku Chiang Khong m'chigawo cha Chiang Rai, Thailand.

RV Mekong Sun yokhala ndi zipinda zake 14 ndi sitima yabwino kwambiri yomwe imatha kudziwa bwino madera akutchire a Upper Mekong River. Pakati pa Luang Prabang ndi Golden Triangle, Mekong Sun ndiye malo okhawo omwe amapezeka. Malo ogona ndi ntchito ndi zapamwamba kwambiri ndipo alendo amasangalala ndi ulendo wapaulendo koma wamba pomwe amakhala m'zinyumba zabwino komanso ochita chidwi ndi zodabwitsa zomwe sizinafikikepo kale za Mekong. Kusankhidwa kwa zakudya zaku Asia ndi kontinenti kumaperekedwa panthawi yonseyi. Vinyo ndi mowa, komanso zakumwa zoziziritsa kukhosi, zilipo. Laibulale yodzaza bwino ili m'bwalo kuti nthawi iyende mwachangu.

Tsiku 1 (Julayi 18): Luang Prabang - Pak Ou - Hmong Ek Village
Pamene kukwera kunali 8:00 am m'mawa kwambiri, mumafika pamalo okwerera sitima ya RV Mekong pakanthawi kochepa, pomwe mabwato ang'onoang'ono oyenda pang'onopang'ono padoko la Luang Prabang akunyamuka ulendo wawo watsiku ndi tsiku wokaona malo. Zimatengera ola limodzi kuti botilo likonzekere kunyamuka, lomwe limayendetsedwa ndi injini yayikulu ya dizilo yaku China, koma phokosolo limacheperachepera komanso losasokoneza ngakhale pang'ono kwa okwera.

Managing Director Bambo Oth, 48, mbadwa ya Pak Xe kumwera kwa Laos, wabweretsa banja lake pamodzi ndipo ali ndi udindo wa ogwira ntchito 16, kuphatikizapo woyendetsa ndi woyendetsa mtsinje. Atangonyamuka, kumanja kumawoneka, kuwona kwa Wat Xieng Thong, komwe kumatha kufikika ndi masitepe otetezedwa ndi mkango. Madenga ake aakulu m’bandakucha ali ndi umboni wakuti mwala wachipembedzo umenewu ndi chitsanzo chabwino cha kamangidwe ka kachisi wa ku Lao.

Tinayenda ulendo wa kumpoto kwa pafupifupi maola awiri ndikufika ku Mapanga otchuka a Tham Ting, kumene mafano ang'onoang'ono ambirimbiri a Buddha anali ataima mkati mwa mapanga. Malo opatulikawa ali moyang'anizana ndi mtsinje waukulu wa Nam Ou-River, womwe umakhulupirira kuti ndi msewu wakale wa anthu a Lao ochokera kumwera kwa China zaka 1,000 zapitazo. Kupumula pamtunda wa RV Mekong, mutha kuvina malo osakhudzidwa komanso osasinthika.

Mitsinje imachepa mwadzidzidzi pamene mukupita kumtunda, ndipo mukhoza kusangalala ndi mapiri okongola omwe ali m'mphepete mwa mtsinjewo, womwe tsopano ukuyenda kuchokera kum'mawa kupita kumadzulo. Nkhalango zokhuthala za nsungwi ndi minda ya mpunga zolimidwa mosinthasintha zimatha kuwonedwa mbali zonse za mtsinje. Midzi yamitundu yosiyanasiyana ya Lao imawonekera. Midzi ing'onoing'ono ya Lao Lum (anthu enieni a Lao) yokhala ndi nyumba zomangidwa pafupi ndi mtsinje, ndi Lao Theung (makamaka Khamu) yobisika pamwamba kapenanso ku Lao Sung (Hmong) yokhazikika pansi, imasinthanasinthana.
Dzuwa litalowa, tinaganiza zogona m’mphepete mwa mchenga wakutali pafupi ndi mudzi wina wa Hmong Ek. Apaulendo amatha kusangalala ndi malo ochezera omwe ali pamwamba pamtunda pomwe makanema amatha kuwonera pazenera lalikulu. Kapenanso, mutha kungopumula m'nyumba yanu yachinsinsi.

TSIKU 2 (Julayi 19): Hmong Ek Village - Pak Beng - Malo a Barbecue
Ponyamuka m’bandakucha pa 7:00 am, chakudya cham’mawa cha ku America chinaperekedwa ola limodzi lokha pambuyo pake, koma mungagwirizane ndi anthu akumaloko kudya mpunga wawo womata ndi nsomba. Kusiyanasiyana kwa malowa n’kodabwitsa, ndipo tsopano akudutsa m’miyala yopapatiza, kenako n’kutsetsereka pakati pa mapiri a nkhalango. Kumbuyoko mumamva mbalame zamatsenga komanso kulira kwa anyani akutchire. M’mphepete mwa mchenga wotuluka, atsikana ena anali otanganidwa ndi kutsuka golide. Ndinali kusangalala ndi bata lakumpoto kwa Laos, kuthaŵirako kwenikweni kwa chipwirikiti cha moyo watsiku ndi tsiku.

Cha m’ma XNUMX koloko masana, tinaima kwa ola limodzi kumsika wa Pak Beng. Nthaŵi imene anakhala kumeneko inaloleza antchito angapo kukagula zinthu kumsika wapafupi. Ndinapita ku Pak Beng Lodge, moyang'anizana ndi msasa wa njovu womwe wangokhazikitsidwa kumene, kuti ndikaone mauthenga anga a imelo omwe akubwera.

M'malo mwake, Pak Beng idzapangidwa ngati mphambano yofunikira pamtsinje wa Mekong. Pali National Route 2, yomwe imalumikiza Pak Beng ndi Oudom Xai, likulu lachigawo, komwe anthu angapitirire ku Boten kumalire a China kapena kupita ku Dien Bien Phu kudutsa malire a Lao-Vietnamese ku Sobhoun. Kumbali ina ya Pak Beng ndikuwoloka mtsinjewo, msewu ukupitilira ku Muong Ngeun m'chigawo cha Sayabouri kuti ulumikizane ndi Nan ku Thailand. Malo ofunikira pamtsinje wa Mekong, makilomita ochepa kumtunda kwa Pak Beng, ayamba kale kugwira ntchito.

Ulendo wa masana udapitilira m'mapiri obiriwira komanso okhala ndi nkhalango zambiri mpaka mtsinjewo ukuyambanso kulowera chakumpoto ku Pak Tha komwe mtsinje wa Nam Tha umalowa mumtsinje wa Mekong. Tisanakafike kumeneko, tinaimitsa bwato lathu loyenda panyanja pamphepete mwa mchenga wakutali kuti tichite phwando lachikondi lowotcha nyama lomwe linapitirira mpaka usikuwo. Lao Beer idaperekedwa ndipo Lao Lao, chakumwa champunga chakomweko, pamodzi ndi mpunga womata ndi nsomba yokazinga, nkhumba, ndi nkhuku. Ena mwa ogwira nawo ntchito osangalala anadziloŵetsa m’kuimba nyimbo za kumaloko ndi kuvina ramwong yotchuka. Pambuyo pake, ngakhale nyenyezi zina zinatulukira pamwamba pathu kumwamba kwa mitambo, koma zowala kwambiri moti n’kutha kuzionera. Ndinaganiza choncho, ndipo zinali zovuta kuti ndigone.

TSIKU 3 (Julayi 20): Malo Odyeramo nyama - Pak Tha - Huai Xai/Chiang Khong
Kuyenda panyanja kunayambanso m'bandakucha dzuwa litatuluka. Pambuyo pa kadzutsa kakang'ono ndi kulimbikitsa Lao Coffee, nthawi inathamanga mofulumira. Cha m’ma XNUMX koloko masana, tinadutsa Pak Tha, kumene madzi amakhala amatope. Ndinauzidwa kuti anthu a ku China amalimbikitsa kulima minda ya labala yowonjezereka m’chigawo cha Luang Nam Tha ndipo zotsatira zake ndi kuchepa kwa nkhalango, kukokoloka kwa nthaka, ndi matope.

Pambuyo pa chakudya chamasana komaliza, inali nthawi yotsazikana ndi gulu la Laotian. Chapatali, ndinawona Phiri la Phu Chi Fa m'chigawo cha Ciang Rai. Kutuluka ndi kutsika kunatsatira pambuyo pake masana cha m'ma 4:00 pm. Mwamwayi, panalibe nthawi yokwanira yodutsa malo a Lao Immigration ku Huai Xai. Kuchokera pamenepo, mumawoloka mtsinje waukulu wa Mekong m'bwato laling'ono lalitali (40Baht pp) kuti mupite kumalo oyendera malire a Thailand ku Chiang Khong, komwe nthawi zambiri kumatseka 6:00 pm. Sitimayo idapitilira mpaka ku Golden Triangle, komwe aku China adzatsegula malo atsopano a kasino posachedwa kumphepete mwa Mtsinje wa Mekong. Kodi ichi chidzakhala chiyambi cha kuwukira kwa China kubwera kumwera, ndidadabwa?

Ulendo wanga wobwerera ku Chiang Mai unalinganizidwa ndi anthu abwino a Nam Khong Guesthouse, amenenso amayendetsa ofesi yoyendera alendo ku Chiang Mai yokhala ndi ma visa a Laos, Myanmar, China, ndi Viet Nam. Kusamutsa kuchokera ku Chiang Khong kupita ku Chiang Mai mu minibus yamakono (250B pp) idanyamuka nthawi ya 7:00 pm kuti ifike ku Chiang Mai pakati pausiku.

Ulendo wochititsa chidwi kwambiri watha, ndipo ndidikirira wotsatira.

Reinhard Hohler ndi wodziwa bwino ntchito zoyendera komanso mlangizi wa GMS Media wokhala ku Chiang Mai. Kuti mudziwe zambiri, angapezeke ndi imelo: [imelo ndiotetezedwa].