Ziyarar Jungle a Soppong (Mae Hong Son)
Idan kuna son sha'awar ingantacciyar ƙwarewar Arewacin Thai, tafiya zuwa arewa daga Chiang Mai zuwa Soppong shawarar.
Kusan sa'o'i uku suna tafiya a kan tituna masu karkata zuwa cikin tsaunuka, wanda sannu a hankali ya tabarbare, amma hawan gwaninta ne a kanta. Tabbas yanayin zafi yana raguwa musamman da daddare a tsaunukan arewa kuma siginar wayar hannu shima yana raguwa a hankali amma tabbas yana raguwa. Amma ba shine abin da muke so ba, don mu rabu da rayuwar yau da kullun?
Soppong
Na je wurin tare da abokai uku don haka sansaninmu na kwana uku shine garin Soppong mai barci a lardin Mae Hong Ɗan. Wani yanki ne na gundumar Pang Mapha, inda kusan mutane 8000 ke zaune a kauyuka takwas. Ana iya isa duk ƙauyukan a cikin kusan mintuna 30 daga Soppong, amma hanyoyin zuwa gare su sun bambanta daga mummuna zuwa mummuna.
Yawan kabilar tuddai a yankin ya ƙunshi galibin Karen, Lisu, Lahu, Shan, rabon Thai kusan kashi 20%. Akan samar da rayuwarsu ta hanyar noma, masara, shinkafa, ginger, sesame da taro, yayin da wasu kuraye da kaji ke yawo suna raba rayuwarsu da karnuka da kuraye. Gidajen na iya zama na yau da kullun, amma tasa tauraron dan adam da ke kan rufin da kuma tuƙi mai ƙafa huɗu a gaban ƙofar ba su ɓace ba. Tabbas dole ne ku sanya abubuwan da suka fi muhimmanci a rayuwa.
Yawon shakatawa na daji
Tawagarmu ta mutane hudu, karkashin jagorancin wani jagoran Karen, sun nufi cikin tsaunuka don tafiyar kilomita 20 ta tsaunuka zuwa Myanmar. Mun yi tafiya a kan filayen shinkafa, muka haye rafukan da ba su da zurfi, muka ratsa cikin daji mai yawa, budurwa ta cikin laka da yawa kuma muka yada zango da yamma a hanya. Kafin nan muna da jagoranmu Karen, tun daga farko ya gina bukka da bene, bango da rufin gora. Ba bukka kadai ba, hatta duk kayan girki - cokali, faranti, tudu, komai - duk an yi da bamboo daga daji. An dafa shayin Karen a cikin tulun bamboo kuma an yi amfani da shi a cikin kwalabe na bamboo, dukanmu an yi mana da hannu yayin da rukuninmu ke kallo kuma suna mamakin yadda rayuwa za ta kasance mai sauƙi.
Gidajen abinci na Soppong River Inn
Akwai yuwuwa a yankin fiye da yawon shakatawa na daji kawai. Soppong ba ta da nisa da "duniya mai wayewa", amma duniya ce ta daban da al'adun kabilanci da al'adunta. Kyakkyawan tushe mai dadi don ziyarar ita ce Soppong River Inn, inda za ku iya samun bayanai da taimako don wasu balaguro, ziyarci ɗaya daga cikin kogo masu yawa, koyi game da hanyoyin fasaha na gida da halaye na cin abinci.
Kogin Soppong River Inn kanta yana da babban ɗakin dafa abinci don abinci mai daɗi na gida, Thai da abinci na "farang". Tabbatar duba babban gidan yanar gizon su www.soppong.com
Daga labarin Tim Newton a cikin Labaran Phuket.
Kasance a nan a cikin 2007, kuma ya zauna a Kogin Inn, kyakkyawan ƙwaƙwalwar ajiya.
Idan kana cikin Soppong, ziyarci kyakkyawan kogon Tham Lot, tare da Cave Lodge na kusa a matsayin cikakken dole: http://www.cavelodge.com/
Na gode da hanyar haɗin gwiwa, Fran. Ban sha'awa sosai.
Na taba yin doguwar tafiya a wajen karkashin jagorancin wani jagoren Lahu mai dogon gashi wanda ya ba ni labari da yawa game da tarihin yankin ('filayen opium ya kasance a nan'). Kyakkyawan yanayi.
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Mun haura wani tsãni mai banƙyama tare da katangar dutse mai tudu zuwa wani kogo mai tsayin mita 50 (?) inda aka adana manyan akwatunan katako na shekaru dubu biyu.
Dawowa daga dogon rangadi a yankin. Labari mai ban sha'awa game da Soppong yana nufin dole in sake tafiya ta wannan hanyar. Thailand tana da abubuwa da yawa don bayarwa!