- Nthawi: Makilomita 20,000
Laos ndi boma lokhala ndi mbiri yosasangalatsa. Ndipo pamodzi ndi mayina achilendo ngati "ngale ya Mekong", palinso "mutu" wokhumudwitsa wa dziko loponyedwa mabomba padziko lonse lapansi. Mipikisano yambiri ya nkhondo siidapitako popanda anthu a Laos, kapena chikhalidwe chake: pali zojambula zambiri zokongola komanso zochititsa chidwi zomwe zakonzekera kukumbukira kukumbukira nthawi za chisokonezo. Mmodzi wa iwo ndi Ho Chi Minh Trail.
Kodi Ho Chi Minh Trail ndi chiyani?
Ndipotu, malo a chizindikiro ichi amapitirira kutali ndi gawo la Laos. Panthawiyi, asilikali a ku America adasankha njira zoyendetsa magalimoto, kuphatikizapo madzi, omwe adagwiritsidwa ntchito ndi Democratic Republic of Vietnam kuti apititse asilikali ku South Vietnam. Kutalika kwa maulendo awa ndi makilomita zikwi makumi awiri, ndipo ali m'dera la Laos ndi Cambodia.
Popanda kufotokozera mbiri yokhudzana ndi kuphulika kwa mabomba ndi nkhanza za nthawi imeneyo, tiyenera kuzindikira kuti Trail yakhala yosungidwa bwino. Izi zinatsatiridwa ndi anthu oposa 300 ochokera m'midzi yambiri.
Lero kuyenda pamalangizo awa kumabweretsa malamulo ambiri. Pano mungathe kuona zida zambiri zankhondo, zida ndi zipolopolo. Pakati penipeni pali phiri lopanda njuchi, ndipo pang'onopang'ono pathanthwe la Vietnamese likupulumuka pa mabwinja - ndi malo odziwika bwino pa Ho Chi Minh Trail.
Kodi mungayende bwanji ku Ho Chi Minh Trail?
Njira imadutsa m'malire a Lao-Vietnamese. Ku Vietnam, maulendo okaona malowa amayamba ku Hanoi. Ku Laos, palibe malo enieni omwe amachitira mwambo umenewu - aliyense amasintha njira yake. Alendo ambiri omwe ali ndi cholinga choyenda ku Tropez amabwera ku mzinda wa Saravan ndi chigawo chake. Kuwonjezera apo, ndibwino kuyendera chizindikiro ichi ngati gawo la ulendo wokawona malo - zitsogozo, monga lamulo, dziwani malo okondweretsa kwambiri, ndi ofunika, malo otetezeka.