U-Tapao, Thailand - ʻAʻole hiki i nā kaikamahine hula i hoʻolako ʻia e kahi hōkele kūloko ke hoʻohauʻoli i nā tausani o ka poʻe huakaʻi i ko lākou hoʻāʻo ʻana e holo i Thailand i hoʻopilikia ʻia ma o kēia kahua mokulele o Vietnam.

"ʻO kēia kaʻu manawa mua ma Thailand a ʻaʻole paha wau e hoʻi hou mai," wahi a Glen Squires, he 47 mau makahiki mākaʻikaʻi mai ʻEnelani, e nānā ana i ka maka o ka lehulehu.

"ʻO ka mea a lākou i hana ai, ua pana lākou iā lākou iho ma ka wāwae."

Mai ka Pōʻalima, ʻo ka U-Tapao naval base 190 kilometers (118 miles) hikina hema o Bangkok ʻo ia wale nō ke ala i loko a i waho paha o ka ʻāina no ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi i hoʻopaʻa ʻia e kahi poloka anti-aupuni o nā mokulele nui o ke kapikala.

Ua ʻike ka poʻe huakaʻi i hōʻea i ʻaneʻi i ka lehulehu o nā poʻe kaʻa luhi a huhū, nā kiaʻi kaua, nā puʻu ʻōpala, nā mauna o nā ukana - a me kahi ea e piʻi aʻe nei.

I kūkulu ʻia i ka makahiki 1960 e ka US air force a hoʻolako ʻia me hoʻokahi scanner X-ray no nā ʻeke, hiki i ke kahua mokulele ke lawelawe ma kahi o 40 mau mokulele i kēlā me kēia lā, ke hoʻohālikelike ʻia me ka 700-lele ka nui o ke kahua mokulele honua ʻo Suvarnabhumi.

Akā, mahalo i nā hōʻikeʻike, ʻo ia wale nō ka mea a Thailand e hāʻawi ai.

"Manaʻo wau he naʻaupō ia," wahi a Danny Mosaffi, 57, mai New York City. "Ua pepehi lākou i ka mākaʻikaʻi ma kēia ʻāina, pono nā luna e hana i kekahi mea. ʻAʻohe kanaka e hele mai i ʻaneʻi.

Ua ʻōlelo nā luna Thai ma mua o 100,000 mau huakaʻi - ʻo Thai a me nā haole - ua hoʻopau ʻia nā mokulele mai ka noho ʻana ma Suvarnabhumi i ka Pōʻalua i ka mea a ka poʻe kūʻē e kapa nei i kā lākou "kaua hope" kūʻē i ke aupuni.

Ua lawe kaʻa kaʻa kekahi mau huakaʻi huakaʻi i U-Tapao, kahi kokoke i ka hale mākaʻikaʻi o Pattaya, akā me ka paʻakikī o ka ʻike ma Bangkok, ua hele mai kekahi me ka manaʻolana.

Nui nā kaʻa kaʻa i kūkulu ʻia ma waho o ka pā ākea. Ua kiaʻi nā koa Thai me nā pū M16 i ke komo ʻana i ke kahua mokulele no ka pale ʻana i ka poʻe kūʻē kūʻē i ke aupuni mai ka loaʻa ʻana o ke komo ʻana, ʻoiai ka poʻe huakaʻi e huki ana i kā lākou mau ʻeke ma lalo o ka lā.

I loko o ke kahua hoʻokele, he lumi kū wale nō. ʻAʻole maopopo i ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi kahi e nānā ai lākou.

"He haunaele a me ka pandemonium," wahi a Bonnie Chan, 29, mai San Diego, Kaleponi.

"Ua hāʻawi ʻia iā mākou ka ʻike pololei mai nā mokulele. Ua ʻōlelo ka ʻelele US ʻaʻole hiki iā lākou ke kōkua iā mākou. Kiʻekiʻe mākou a maloʻo. Ke hāʻawi mau nei nā mokulele iā mākou i ka holo a puni. "

Me ka loaʻa ʻole o ka papa haʻalele, ua paʻa nā limahana mokulele i nā hōʻailona e ʻōlelo ana "Kahea hope hope, Moscow," aʻo nā limahana ʻē aʻe e kū ana i loko o ka wahi palekana a kaomi i nā hōʻailona ma ka puka aniani e kāhea ana i nā poʻe holo e holo i Hong Kong.

I kekahi manawa, ua neʻe aku kahi pūʻulu o nā poʻe kaʻa ʻole i ko lākou ala ma ka puka i ka wahi nānā palekana ma hope o ka hoʻolaha ʻana o kahi limahana o ke kahua mokulele i ke kāhea hope loa no ka lele ʻana i Taipei.

Hoʻokahi wahine, i hopu ʻia i ka piʻi ʻana, hoʻomaka ʻo ia e uē, a pani nā koa i nā puka.

"Ua mālama mākou i ʻeono mau maʻi maʻi i kēia lā," wahi a Nan Soontornnon, 24, o ka Halemai Bangkok ma Pattaya, e kū pū ana me ke kauka a me ke kahu hānai ma kahi keʻena makeshift.

"Ua loaʻa i nā poʻo poʻo o ka poʻe hele, luhi, a me nā pilikia ʻē aʻe, e like me ka maule. Akā he palekana kēia wahi mai nā koa - ʻaʻole ʻo Suvarnabhumi, "wahi āna.

ʻO kahi mea kūʻai aku ʻē aʻe a U-Tapao, ʻo ia ka wā i hana ai nā limahana wahine mai kahi hōkele ʻo Pattaya, me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka poʻe pio, e hoʻokani i ka hula Thai kuʻuna.

Ua hāʻawi nā wahine i nā lole ʻulaʻula a me ke kālā me ka hulu manu, e hīmeni ana: "E aloha ʻoe i Pattaya. ʻAʻohe wahi maikaʻi aʻe. "

Ua lilo ke kūlana i mea hopohopo honua.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ke Kuhina Haole o Australia ʻo Stephen Smith i ka Lāpule he "hoʻopilikia" ke kūlana, me ka hoʻohui ʻana o kekahi poʻe Australia i hoʻopaʻa ʻia "e ulu nui ana ka pilikia a maopopo iā mākou."

Akā ʻaʻole hauʻoli nā kānaka a pau.

Ua hoʻomaka ʻekolu mau kāne Lūkini e hula a pūliki kekahi i kekahi ma waho o ka hale hoʻokele. ʻElua ʻaʻohe pālule a hoʻokahi ʻaʻohe pālule, ʻoiai ua ʻona nā mea a pau.

"Ua maikaʻi nā mea a pau," wahi a kekahi o nā kāne, ka mea i hōʻole e hāʻawi i kona inoa. “Koe wale ka mea inu. ʻAʻohe wahine. ʻAʻohe meaʻai. ʻAʻohe kālā," ʻakaʻaka ʻo ia.