Ma kahi wanaʻao anuanu i kēia wahi kupaianaha a me kahi mehameha o kēia manawa, ua kīloi nā backpackers ʻEulopa maikaʻi a me nā poʻe mākaʻikaʻi ʻAmelika heʻe kuʻikuʻi i kā lākou kūlana kī pū.
ʻO kahi fusillade o ka uila, nā kāmela jostling a me nā videocams e hoʻomaka i ka manawa o nā mōneka Buddhist e hele wāwae wāwae ʻole mai kā lākou mōneka i kahi manawa maʻamau. Wāwahi kahi neʻe i mua i ka laina o nā aahu ʻōmaʻomaʻo-melemele, a aneane hehi i nā wahine Lao e kukuli ana e hāʻawi ana i ka meaʻai i nā mōneka.
Ma hope mai ia lā, ua kūʻē kekahi aliʻi o ke kapikala aliʻi o mua e mālama i ka hoʻoilina moʻomeheu o kona kaona: "No nā poʻe mākaʻikaʻi he nui, ke hele mai nei i Luang Prabang e like me ka hele ʻana i ka safari, akā ʻaʻole kā mākou mōneka nā moʻo a me nā buffaloes."
Aia ʻo ia i loko o ke awāwa ʻo Mekong, ʻoki ʻia mai ka hapanui o ka honua e ke Kaua Vietnam, ʻokoʻa loa ʻo Luang Prabang i ka wā aʻu i ʻike ai ma 1974.
ʻO Fraying ma nā kae, ʻae, akā naʻe, he hui hoʻokalakupua o nā hale Lao kuʻuna, ka hoʻolālā kolone Farani a ʻoi aku ma mua o 30 monasteries aloha, kekahi e hoʻi ana i ka 14 mau kenekulia. ʻAʻole ia he hale hōʻikeʻike, akā kahi kaiāulu, pono, kaiāulu ola.
ʻO ka wikiwiki i ka makahiki 2008: Ua haʻalele ka hapa nui o nā ʻohana kahiko, kūʻai aku a hoʻolimalima paha i ko lākou mau home i nā mea kūwaho waiwai i hoʻolilo iā lākou i hale hoʻokipa, nā cafe pūnaewele a me nā hale pizza. Heʻuʻuku nā mōneka no ka mea ʻaʻole kākoʻo nā mea hou i nā mōneka. A ke piʻi nei ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi i ka lani, ke kaona palupalu o 25,000 e lawe nei i kahi o 300,000 o lākou i hoʻokahi makahiki.
Ma Laos holoʻokoʻa, ua piʻi ka makaʻala i 36.5 pakeneka ma 2007, i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me 2006, me ka nui o 1.3 miliona mau malihini kipa i 10 mau mahina mua o ka makahiki, e like me ka Pacific Asia Travel Association.
Ua hala kekahi mau manawa ma hope o nā wahi i hele i nā ala nui o ʻAmelika - Hong Kong, Singapore, Bangkok a me nā mea ʻē aʻe - i hana mua i kēia komo ʻana, ʻoiai, ʻo ka mea kupanaha, ʻoiai lākou e hoʻokalakupua ana a hana i ka skyscrapered ma luna o ke ʻano pono, ka lewa a me ka mōʻaukala nāna i hoʻokipa ka poʻe kipa ka lele jumbo.
I kēia manawa, ʻo ka huli kēia o nā wahi i hoʻokaʻawale ʻia e nā paio, nā aupuni ʻenemi a me nā ʻāina ʻē aʻe "off-road" kahi a nā huakaʻi wiwo ʻole wale nō i ʻimi mua ai.
A ʻoiai nā pōhaku makamae hope loa o ʻAsia, kekahi ma hope o kekahi, hāʻule i ka hopena maloʻo o ka mākaʻikaʻi, aia nā ʻehaʻeha maoli i loko o koʻu puʻuwai, me kahi huina o ka lili manaʻo pilikino e like me ke aloha e pono ai i kekahi e kaʻana like me nā mea he nui.
"ʻO Siem Reap paha kekahi o nā wahi kikoʻī e pili mau i nā koena o ka wā kahiko o Kambupila, ma mua o ke kaua, ma mua o ka luku ʻia ʻana," kākau wau i loko o kaʻu puke moʻomanaʻo ma 1980, e hoʻi ana i kēia kaona komohana komohana ʻo Kambupila he mau mahina wale nō ma hope o ka hāʻule ʻana o ka mea pepehi kanaka Khmer Rouge.
Weliweli ka nui o nā kānaka, akā ua hoʻomanawanui ʻo Siem Reap iā ia, kāna pālākiʻi liʻiliʻi, a palupalu hoʻi, ka mākeke Farani kahiko, kahi ʻano noʻeau e kūpono i ke kaiāulu ma ka lihi o nā hana nui a Kambodia, nā luakini kahiko o Angkor.
Ma Angkor Wat, ua hāʻawi aku kekahi mau kāne ʻelima mau kālā ʻole i ka wai kō kōma mehana mai kahi kīʻaha ʻoiai ʻo kekahi mau koa e alakaʻi iaʻu, ʻo ka huakaʻi huakaʻi wale nō, ma o nā keʻena weliweli o ka luakini nani loa o lākou āpau.
Ma kahi kipa hou aku nei i Siem Reap, ua hālāwai wau me kahi kahua hana puehu lepo i puhi ʻia e ka lepo. ʻO nā hōkele Multistorey me nā puka aniani kīʻaha e kupu aʻe ana ma kapa o ka muliwai ʻo Siem Reap palaualelo, kahi i hoʻoheheʻe ʻia ai ka lepo mai nā lekeona o nā hale hoʻokipa. ʻOi aku ka nui o nā kī i ka mākeke ma mua o Las Vegas.
ʻO ka traumatized ʻuhane hiki i kēia manawa ke hoʻopaʻa i nā kau hoʻōla pākahi i hoʻokahi ma nā hoʻihoʻi makamae me "nā kumu aʻo ola" i lele ʻia mai United States, a ʻo "Angkorean" ʻōwili ʻōpū o ka lau lotus a me ka laiki mahana.
ʻO nā koa paha, me ka luhi o ka luakini, ke kīloi nei i nā grenade lima a me nā pū kī hōʻeuʻeu no $ 30 i haki ma ka Pū Kūlana Koa. ʻO ka Phokeethra Royal Angkor Golf a me Spa Resort, ka mea e kaena ai i ke alahaka 11th kenekulia ma waena o nā lua 9th a me 10, i lawe mai i ka pāʻani a nā keonimana i ka Wonder Wewalu o ka Honua.
ʻO ke ala ʻeono kilomita mai Siem Reap a hiki i kēlā mea kupaianaha, i ka manawa e ku ana nā alaloa maluhia me nā kumulāʻau nunui, ua kūkulu ʻia i pūʻali o nā hōkele a me nā hale kūʻai maikaʻi ʻole e like me nā mall - ʻo ka hapa nui o lākou e ʻaʻe ana i nā kānāwai zoning.
I koʻu ahiahi hope loa, ua manaʻo wau e holo ʻia kahi Grand Prix. Ke ʻākoakoa nei nā huakaʻi ʻōpio no ka pāʻina o ka napoʻo ʻana o ka lā ma ka wā i lawe aku ai nā pahi i nā poʻe mākaʻikaʻi Kina i ke alaloa nui o Angkor Wat, i ulana ʻia e ka piʻi ʻana o ka uwahi.
Maliʻa paha o nā pūʻulu pūʻulu a me nā mea hoʻomaha hoʻomaha kiʻekiʻe, me kā lākou mau koina mālama nui, waiho i kahi wāwae wāwae nui aʻe ma mua o nā backpackers. Akā ma ʻAsia, ua lawelawe nā backpackers ma ke ʻano he hui kipa o ka ʻoihana, e komo ana i nā ʻāina kuaʻāina e noho i nā wahi idyllic a e hoʻomākaukau i ke ala no ka poʻe huakaʻi hele kiʻekiʻe. Kāhea ʻia ka pōʻai pancake maiʻa, ma hope o kekahi o kā lākou koi.
Lawe iā Pai, kahi kauhale i hoʻokomo ʻia i loko o ke awāwa ākea a puni mauna o ka ʻākau o Thailand. He pakele nui ia i loko o kahi ao maʻalahi, exotic, me nā noho ʻana o ka ʻohana i puehu ʻia i nā puʻu, a hiki i ka manawa o ka ʻohana neʻe ʻana o ka honua i ka nui, huki i kāna moʻomeheu ponoʻī.
Hoʻopili ʻo Bamboo a me nā hale huakaʻi huakaʻi i nā kahawai ʻo Pai River a hiki i ka maka ke ʻike aku, e piʻi ana i nā waiki a piʻi i luna nā puʻu ma kona kapa hema. Ma ke kapa kūpono, ua hoʻomaka nā hōkele kumukūʻai kiʻekiʻe i mushroom.
Hoʻopili ʻia ke kahakai kaona pōkole me Apple Pai a me ʻeiwa mau hale pūnaewele ʻē aʻe, nā wikiō a me nā peʻa kiʻi, nā kī, nā yoga a me nā papa kuke, nā hale kūʻai he nui a me kahi hale ʻaina e hōʻike ana i nā ʻeke a me ka waiū kirima.
Aia kekahi nūpepa ʻōlelo ʻEnelani, i paʻi ʻia e Joe Cummings, kahi mea kākau o kēlā mau Baibala o ka huakaʻi wāwae wāwae, nā alakaʻi o ka Lonely Planet, ʻo ia paha ka mea i hana i nā mea āpau e kau iā Pai ma ke kaapuni. I loko o ka moeuhane hewa, hōʻohewa wau iā Joe e ʻai wale ana i ka pancakes maiʻa a me ka lawe ʻana i kahi ʻeke 500-paona a mau loa.
ʻOiai ka poʻe e noho ana mai ka mākaʻikaʻi mākaʻi e kūmākena nei no ka ulu ʻana.
“Ua hoʻomohala ʻia i kēia manawa. ʻO ka nui loa o nā pōhaku ma nā wahi āpau, nui loa nā hale hoʻokipa, "wahi a Watcharee Boonyathammaraksa, ʻo ia, i koʻu hui mua ʻana me ia i ka makahiki 1999, ua heʻe aku mai ka honua hoʻolaha nui o Bangkok e hoʻomaka i kahi cafe, All About Coffee, i kahi o nā hale lāʻau kahiko wale nō. waiho i ke kaona.
Ua ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o Luang Prabang i ka haehae ʻole ʻana i nā mea i hala. Ua kiaʻi pono ʻo UNESCO ma hope o ka hoʻolaha ʻana ma ke ʻano he kahua hoʻoilina honua ma 1995. Ua wehewehe ka ʻoihana i ka momi kūlanakauhale ma ke ʻano he "kūlanakauhale mālama maikaʻi ʻoi loa o Hikina Hema."
Eia nō naʻe, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ka loea a me kahi kamaʻāina o UNESCO, ʻo Francis Engelmann: "Ua mālama mākou i nā hale o Luang Prabang, akā ua lilo ko mākou ʻuhane."
Ke hoʻoheheʻe nei ke kaiāulu kuʻuna i ka ala ʻana o ka mākaʻikaʻi, me ka poʻe e lawe ana i nā hale kahiko i makemake i ka loaʻa kālā ma mua o ke kākoʻo ʻana i nā mōneka, nā mea nui i nā makana a ka poʻe kūpaʻa.
ʻO kekahi mōneka, wahi a Engelmann, ua pani ʻo ia i lalo a hoʻopiʻi nā abbots o nā mea ʻē aʻe i ke komo ʻole ʻana o nā mākaʻikaʻi i ko lākou wahi e kiʻi ai i nā kiʻi "kūpono i ko lākou ihu" ke hoʻopaʻa a noʻonoʻo paha lākou.
Hōʻike ke kahunapule kiʻekiʻe i nā lāʻau, ka moekolohe a me nā hewa liʻiliʻi, i ka manawa kokoke ʻike ʻole ʻia, ma waena o nā novice ʻōpio e like me nā mea i lawe ʻia mai a me nā titillations e hoʻopuni ana i nā puka o ko lākou luakini.
"Pono, hoʻokele, hoʻokele kaʻapuni" - nā mākaʻikaʻi mākaʻikaʻi ma Laos a me nā wahi ʻē aʻe ma Asia e oli nei i kēia mau mantera ʻano hou. Akā kā lākou mau papa hana e hoʻokau nei i ka “more, more, more.”
ʻAʻohe mea e komo i nā aupuni a me nā mea kūʻai aku i kahi leʻaleʻa hohonu ma mua o ke kulu o ka hōʻea ʻana mai no ke kai eʻe.
Ma Luang Prabang, ma ka helu kūhelu, ʻoi aku ma mua o 160 mau hale hoʻokipa a me nā hōkele i kēia manawa i ka ʻoihana, me nā Kina a me nā Korea e hoʻolālā ana i kekahi mau mea nui maoli no ke kālepa nui.
Ma ka poloka lōʻihi o ke alanui ʻo Sisavangvong, ma ke kiko o ke kaona kahiko, hāʻawi nā hale āpau i nā mea nānā i kekahi ʻano a i ʻole. He mea hauʻoli e ʻike hope loa i kahi mea ʻole, ʻoiai inā he hale ia o ka Luang Prabang Provincial Federation of Trade Unions. ʻO kahi wīwī, ʻelemakule, ʻaʻohe kāmaʻa, a ʻaʻahu ʻia i ka lole ʻulaʻula uliuli, he mea maʻamau ia i nā makahiki i hala aku nei. I kēia manawa, ʻoiai ʻo ia e hoʻololi ana ma o Sisavangvong, ma waena o nā kāmaʻa trekking a me nā parka hanohano, me he mea lā he malihini i kona ʻāina ponoʻī.
Ma kahi kokoke, ma ka Cultural House Puang Champ, ke manaʻo nei kaʻu hoaloha ʻo Prince Nithakhong Tiaoksomsanith e hana ma ke ʻano he alahele o ka moʻomeheu Lao maoli ma waena o ka hanauna globalizing a me ka mea e hala ana.
ʻO kona hale lāʻau kuʻuna, kau ʻia ma luna o nā paepae, lawelawe ma ke kikowaena kahi e aʻo ai nā haku kahiko i nā mele, nā hulahula, nā kuke ʻana, nā mea humuhumu gula a me nā mea hana ʻē aʻe.
Wahi a Nithakhong, hiki iā ia ke pale aku i kā Luang Prabang hopena e hiki mai ana: “Disneyland.”
No laila, i ke awakea awakea, ʻehā mau ʻōpio ma lalo o ke alakaʻi a kahi mea hoʻokani mele i hana mua i ka hale aliʻi, hana. Ma nā ʻaha a me ke kēpau, hoʻokani lākou iā The Lao Full Moon, kahi mele kanikau, aloha.
Akā ʻoi aku ka palupalu o kēia hui pilikino. Ke pāʻani nei nā ʻōpio, hoʻāʻo kahi mākaʻikaʻi e komo i loko. A ʻo wai lā ma luna o ka paia, e ʻoki nei i ko lākou ʻāʻī?
ʻO nā mākaʻikaʻi hou aku, ke kaomi ʻana i nā kāmela i ka lima.
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