Hoʻokaʻawale ʻia nā kualono o ka Hikina Hikina ʻAsia o Golden Triangle i ʻelua honua.
Ma kekahi ʻaoʻao, ma Thailand, ʻoluʻolu nā mea mākaʻikaʻi heeled maikaʻi i ka nani o nā hōkele ʻo Anantara a me ʻEhā Seasons. Ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe, ma Mianmar, ʻo nā kaʻa miula i hoʻopiha ʻia me ka opiuma, nā pōhaku makamae a me ka jade e hele mau ana i nā ala mauna huna. Ua hūnā ʻia ka nui o ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi ʻoi loa ma kēia ʻāina ulu opium kahi e hui ai nā palena o Myanmar, Thailand a me Laos.
Akā hoʻokahi mea huna i hāʻawi ʻia ʻo ia ka mea i kapa ʻia ʻo Lost Army, nā koa Kina i haʻalele ʻia i ka makahiki 1949 e ko lākou alakaʻi ʻo Chiang Kai-shek i holo i Taiwan ma hope o ka lanakila ʻana e kāna nemesis Communist Mao Zedong ma ka ʻāina nui o Kina.
Hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma ka ʻaoʻao hema hema o Yunnan, ua hoʻokau ka pūʻali koa o ka Māhele 93 o Chiang i kahi hoʻi kaua i loko o ka Triangle gula e pili ana, kahi i hoʻomaka ai lākou i nā hoʻāʻo makehewa e hoʻouka hou i ko lākou ʻāina hānau Kina. ʻO ka mea hope loa, ua kuʻikahi ka poʻe i pakele me ka Thais: ua ʻae ʻia lākou e hoʻokumu i kahi mokuʻāina ʻokoʻa no ka pale ʻana i nā palena ʻākau o Thailand mai nā kipi komunista kūloko.
ʻO ke kahua a lākou i koho ai, he piko mauna i kapa ʻia ʻo Mae Salong, he 15 mau kilomita mai ka palena Burmese, kahi i uhi ʻia ai nā pali me nā poppies ʻulaʻula a me ke keʻokeʻo. Ua noʻonoʻo ʻo General Lei Yutian, ka luna ola hope loa o ka Pūʻali Nalo, i ka hoʻololi ʻana o ka Triangle Golden mai ka lāʻau lapaʻau i kahi wahi mākaʻikaʻi.
Nā pū i nā helu helu
"ʻO ka mea mua mākou i hele mai ai me nā pū," wahi a Lei, 93, ʻoiai ʻo ia e inu ana i ke kī i loko o kahi māla pua i hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻia ʻo ia ke kahua parade kahi āna i wili ai i kahi pūʻali koa pilikino 20,000. “A laila lilo mākou i mau mahiʻai. I kēia manawa, hoʻohana mākou i nā calculators.
Ua paʻa loa kēlā mau calculators i ka helu ʻana i nā pōmaikaʻi o ka mākaʻikaʻi ʻoiai ke kūkulu nei nā mea hoʻokele e like me Anantara i nā hōkele e hoʻokipa ai i ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi waiwai e komo hohonu ana i loko o nā mauna i uhi ʻia i ka noe o ka triangle, kahi palena kānāwai ʻole kahi e hui ai nā palena o Thailand, Myanmar a me Laos. .
Hāʻawi ka 77 lumi ʻo Anantara i nā hoʻomaʻamaʻa spa, nā ʻahaʻaina Thai a me nā lumi he $400-a-pō me nā balconies e nānā pono ana i ka muliwai Mekong ma kahi kikoʻī e hui ai nā ʻāina ʻekolu. Ma kahi kokoke, ua hoʻokumu ka hui hōkele ʻo Four Seasons i kahi hoʻomoana o ka ululāʻau hōkū ʻelima, ʻo kēlā me kēia hale lole $2,000-a-pō i hoʻolako ʻia me kāna ʻauʻau keleawe ponoʻī.
Hāʻawi nā hōkele ʻelua i ka poʻe malihini i ka manawa e kamaʻilio me kahi pūʻulu ʻelepani a hoʻomaʻamaʻa e lilo i mahout. Ma kahi kokoke, haʻi ka Hale ʻOpiuma i ka moʻolelo ʻoniʻoni a me ka ʻino o ke kālepa lāʻau lāʻau o ka triangle gula.
"ʻO ka mea hoihoi ma ʻaneʻi he ʻano ʻano maoli," wahi a Bodo Klingenberg, ka luna nui o ka Anantara i hānau ʻia ma Kelemania i ko mākou ʻai ʻana i waho ma ka ʻaoʻao o kahi pā laiki ma ka muliwai, nānā ʻia e kahi bufalo wai keʻokeʻo a me kāna keiki bipi maka. "Akā ʻo ia hoʻi ka mystique o ka Triangle Golden."
Kina ma Thailand
Ua lilo ke alakaʻi o ka Lost Army i kēlā manawa, ʻo General Duan Shiwen, i mea kaua lāʻau lapaʻau, e like me ka puke a Alfred W. McCoy i ka makahiki 1972 "The Politics of Heroin in Southeast Asia," a hana hou i kahi ʻāpana o Kina ma mua o ke kipi ʻana i loko o Thailand - nā luakini a me nā hale me ke ʻano ʻokoʻa. ʻO nā hale Pākē curved, nā hale ʻaina e lawelawe ana i ka meaʻai Yunnanese maikaʻi a me ka heluna kanaka, ʻoiai ka male ʻana me nā ʻohana puʻu kūloko a me nā Thais, hoʻomau i ka ʻōlelo Mandarin Chinese a me nā ʻōlelo Yunnan like ʻole.
Ua make ʻo Duan i ka makahiki 1980. Ua hōʻole kona hope, ʻo General Lei, i kona komo ʻana ma hope o ke kālepa lāʻau lapaʻau, akā ua hoʻomau ʻo ia i ke kaua ʻo Lost Army me nā poʻe kipi komunista.
Ma ke ʻano he uku, ua hāʻawi aku ka poʻe Thai iā Lei a me kāna mau kānaka. Ua kapa hou ʻia ʻo Mae Salong ʻo Santikhiri, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo Hill of Peace, ʻoiai ʻo ka hapa nui e hoʻohana nei i ka inoa kumu. Ua kūkulu ke aupuni i ke alanui holoʻokoʻa e pili ana iā Chiang Rai, ke kapikala o ka ʻāina ʻākau loa o Thailand. Ua komo mai ka Pūʻali Nalo mai ke anu.
Ulu Ti
Ma lalo o Lei, ua hana nā koa kahiko a me kā lākou mau mamo i nā hana ʻoihana licit. Ua apo ʻo Chamroen Cheewinchalermchot, 52, ke keiki a kahi kolonela, i ka mākaʻikaʻi a me ka ulu kī. Hoʻokele ʻo ia iā Mae Salong Villa, kahi hale hoʻokipa maʻemaʻe a ʻoluʻolu me nā lumi he $30-a-pō e nānā ana i nā mea kanu e hana ana i ke kī oolong kiʻekiʻe.
Ua lōʻihi ka lōʻihi o ka triangle ma ka huakaʻi o ka poʻe backpackers a me nā mea hele wāwae e pakele ai i nā hale hoʻokipa hema o Thailand no ka ea mauna mauna ʻākau, ʻoi aku hoʻi i ka wā maloʻo ma waena o ʻOkakopa a me ka waena o ʻApelila Thai New Year Festival, i kapa ʻia ʻo Songkran.
I kēia manawa, ʻike ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi e koi ana i ka nani a me ka hiki a me ka huakaʻi hiki iā lākou ke loaʻa i kēia mau mea āpau ma ka holo ʻana i hoʻokahi hola mai Bangkok a i Chiang Rai.
Aia ma laila, hiki ke kiʻi ʻia nā hōkele ʻo Anantara a me ʻEhā Seasons, a me nā wahi mākaʻikaʻi e like me Mae Salong i loko o 90 mau minuke ma ke alanui.
Waapa Huelo loihi
Ua koho au e hōʻea ma ke ʻano keaka. Ma Chiang Saen, he awa muliwai waiwai i ka mōʻaukala, ʻo ia ke kapikala o ke aupuni kahiko, ua kau au ma luna o ka hang yao, a i ʻole ka ʻano ʻano Thai ʻano waʻa huelo lōʻihi, ka mea i hoʻolalelale i ka Mekong, e huli ana ma waena o nā ʻaoʻao Thai a me Lao e alo. nā kapa one, ma mua o ka waiho ʻana iaʻu ma kahi wao nahele.
Ma laila, ua puka mai kekahi elepani lāʻau mai ka ulu lāʻau e hoʻolako i ka halihali ma ka wāwae hope i Anantara resort.
Ke hele nei i loko o ka ululāʻau keak hāmau, ʻaʻole i ʻokoʻa ka Golden Triangle mai ka wā i ʻimi mua ai ka Pūʻali Nalo i ka puʻuhonua. Ma waho aʻe o ia manawa, ʻaʻohe spas a i ʻole ʻauʻau ʻauʻau keleawe e noho ai ma ka hopena o ka huakaʻi. A ʻo nā aliʻi kaua o ia mau lā i lawe i nā pū, ʻaʻole i ka helu helu.
