Mufananidzo: Wikipedia
Rakatanga kubudiswa muna 1887, rakava pepanhau rezuva nezuva muna 1900. Rakanga rine mapeji 6, zvikamu zvitatu muzvina zvakazadzwa nezviziviso.
Paive nenhau dzepasi rose, dzakaita seHondo yeBoer, hutano hwamambo weChina, kuurayiwa kweMutungamiriri weAmerica McKinley uye kufa kwaMambokadzi Victoria, asi zvakare maive nenhau dzakawanda dzemuno nezvimwe zvinovaraidza, nhau pfupi. Zvese izvi zvinopa muono wakanaka muhupenyu hwezuva nezuva, kunyanya nezve zvinonetsa uye kusachengeteka kwevakabuda panguva iyoyo, kwete zvakanyanya kusiyana nanhasi. Ngatinyorei zvimwe pasi. Igore ra1900 kana kuti 1901.
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Kunyange zvazvo nzanga yeEurope isina kuuya kuchiteshi chengarava kuFar East, zvakadai seBangkok, kuzoona upenyu netsika zvevanhu vechiSiamese, zvichiri kuda kuziva kuti tinoratidza fariro shoma sei muupenyu hwevanhu vakatipoteredza. Isu tinosimbisa tsika dzedu pachedu mudenderedzwa redu diki uye tinozvibvisa kubva munharaunda yakakura. Isu maFarang hatitombozivi chero chinhu nezvehupenyu hwevaSiamese. Isu tinoshanyira exuberant Siamese varaidzo, yakarongedzwa nerimwe kana rimwe dhipatimendi, asi tinoona vashoma veSiamese ipapo, nepo chinhu chose chakamiswa zvinoenderana neEuropean zviyero.
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Takashanyirwa naVaGMSchilling vakatiudza kuti vakabheja kuti vaizofamba nenyika vasina kana sendi muhomwe. Chitsotsi ichi takambonzwa uye takaonawo vakawanda vasingabhadhare.
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Mapurisa akazopedzisira aita chiito kuvakadzi vanotsvaka mhuka yavo usiku paNieuwe Weg (zvino Charoen Krung Weg). Chief Inspector vakatumira varume vane chitsama vakasunga vakadzi vana nemurume vapinda mudare nhasi. Izvo hazvifanirwe kuve zvakaoma kumisa rudzi urwu rwekudzidzira muBangkok.
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Zvinotarisirwa kuti, maererano nemitemo mitsva yekanzuru yeguta, muridzi wembwa inochema, yakasungirirwa mumba make, achapfurwa akafa.
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Hazvitore nguva kuti munhu achangosvika kuBangkok aone kuti traffic inotyisa sei. Muguta saizi uye kukosha kweBangkok uye uko nzira dzemumativi dzisipo zvachose, mitemo yemafambiro emotokari chinhu chinodiwa chose. Paunofamba-famba, taura muNzira Itsva, hauzive nzira yekunzvenga ese ma rikshas, ngoro nemaponi anomhanya, ndoda "Bangkok Express", tram yemuno. Tichifunga nezvekukurumidza kukura kweBangkok, zvakakosha kuti kune mimwe mitemo. Nekukurumidza zviri nani.
Charoen Krung Road muChinatown Bangkok (1912)
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Nezuro manheru maviri eEurope akadhakwa akakonzera mhirizhonga huru pakutanga kwe "Oriental Lane". Vakaratidza kudanana kuburikidza nokushandisa mahara tsvimbo neamburera.
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Mudhudhudhu wakapinda muBangkok.
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Mumazuva mashanu apfuura, Windmill Street (Silom) yakave nekufa kwevashanu kubva pachibhokisi uye kwave kune dzimwe nyaya gumi nemaviri mumugwagwa mumwe chete, kunyanya vana. Kunewo nyaya yekorera. Ehe, Bangkok inogara iine zviitiko zvechibhokisi, asi panoratidzika kunge paine imwe mhando yedenda izvozvi.
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Nenguva dzekuma 4 mangwanani emusi weMuvhuro, mapurisa akasunga mumwe murume aifamba nebhende raive nerevolver rainge rakatakura, madhaga, zvekuboorera, magora nemazango ane chitsama sembavha. Akaudza mapurisa kuti akanga achangodzitenga pane imwe chitoro. Mapurisa akafunga kuti yaiva nyaya yaasinganzwisisike achibva amutora ndokuenda naye.
Murume uyu akazove Amai Chao, mwanakomana wemuchinda, vanonakidzwa neropafadzo dzinovadzivirira kuti vasabatwe kana kutongwa pasina mvumo. Mvumo iyi yakumbirwa uye tinofungidzira kuti yapihwa.
Machinda nevamwe vanokudzwa vanonakidzwa neropafadzo kwese kwese, asi hazvingave zvakadaro kuti izvi zvinovasunungura kubva kumhosva dzekupara mhosva.
Amai Chao ava vakamboshanda makore gumi.
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Munharaunda yeKhorat, vanhu vaiva muchitima vakaona ingwe ichikweva mhembwe. Injiniya yakaridza muridzo wayo, dindingwe ndokudonhedza mhuka yaro ndokutizira musango richivhunduka.
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Kwakabva: Steve van Beek, Bangkok, Then and Now, Ab Plubications, Bangkok 2002 (ichiri kuwanikwa)
Zvinoshamisa kuti zvishoma zvachinja chaizvo. Chinhu chakanaka, Tino. Ndakaverenga/kuona bhuku raSteve van Beek. Yakanaka mifananidzo.
Musiyano chete ndewekuti Grand Palace yakavharwa panguva iyoyo. 😉
Chimedu chakanaka kwazvo Tino. Kwakanga kwatove kubatikana muBangkok panguva iyoyo. Hatichagoni kufungidzira kuti upenyu hwaiva hwakaita sei kare ikako. Zvingave zvakaita sei mumakore zana?
Panguva iyoyo vakanga vane ushamwari zvikuru nemhuka uye vakanga vachiri kuranga avo vane mhaka. Ndinodzokorora: "Zvinotarisirwa kuti, pasi pemitemo mitsva yekanzuru yeguta, muridzi wembwa inochema, yakasungirirwa mumba make, ichapfurwa." Namamwe mashoko, “pasi pemitemo mitsva, mwene wembwa inochema yakasungirirwa mumusha make achapfurwa. Imbwa iyoyo inochema ichasunga tenzi wayo kuti isanzvenga chirango chake chakarurama here? Handy mhuka!