Nhoroondo yePattaya
Vhiki rino ndainakidzwa necappuccino muchitoro chekofi pandakangoerekana ndashamiswa nemufananidzo wekare wePattaya kana sezvaimbonzi: Tappaya.
Muchokwadi, Pattaya yakanga isipo makore makumi matanhatu nematatu apfuura. Kwaingova nemisha midiki midiki yekuredza pamahombekombe pakati peSri Racha neSattahip uye mhuri shoma dzekubata hove dzaigara mu'Pattaya' bay.
Ivava vaigara pano nokuda kwemvura yakadzikama uye chengeteko yebay, yakadzivirirwa nemisoro yokuchamhembe neyokumaodzanyemba uye makomo ari shure kwavo. 'Vavakidzani' vepedyo vaigara nechekuchamhembe kwavaiita munyu (Naa klua = minda yemunyu).
Vanhu vaifamba netsoka kana nengoro dzemabhuru. Kunze kwemugwagwa weBangkok-Sattahip, pakanga paine nzira dzakaipa. Nzvimbo yacho nechitsuwa chiri pedyo zvaipa hove dzakanaka uye dzisina ngozi, saka vanhu vakawanda vakauya kuzogara ikoko. Zvishoma nezvishoma musha wakagadzirwa unonzi: Taphraya kana Tappaya.
Nzvimbo iyi yakagamuchira zita rayo rakajairika mushure mekunge Pharaya Taksin adzika musasa nevateveri kuti asunungure Thailand kubva kumaBurmese. Akauya kubva kuAyutthaya kuenda kuChanthaburi nguva pfupi yapfuura humambo hweAyutthaya husati hwadonha muna 1767.
Musha uyu wakakura uye vanhu vakada kuzivikanwa kwavo, saka vakasarudza zita rekuti Pattaya, rakatumidzwa zita remhepo ine simba kubva kumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumadokero nguva yega yega yekunaya kwemvura isati yasvika.
Kumhanya kwehupenyu kwainonoka; kunze kwevaenzi vashoma, yakaramba yakanyarara. Asi sezvo vanhu vakawanda vakatanga kushanyira nzvimbo yacho, vanhu vakanzwisisa kuti nokutengesa hove nokuvhura resitorendi, vaigona kuita mari yakati wandei. Vanhu vanobva kuGroong-thayp (Bangkok) vakatangawo kushanyira iyi bay yakanaka pakupera kwevhiki, kutyaira kwemaawa matatu kusvika mana mumazuva iwayo.
Yakanga iri panguva uye shure kweHondo yeVietnam uye kusvika kwevaAmerica (U-Tapoa) apo zvinhu zvose zvakachinja zvikuru. Muna 1964 Pattaya yakapihwa chinzvimbo cheguta uye muna 1979 Tesaban Nahkon (Municipality = horo yeguta) ine basa rayo reguta.
Nhamba iripo yevashanyi iri pakati pe8 uye 10 mamiriyoni evanhu pagore kubva kumativi ose enyika.
Yakatumirwa naLodewijk Lagemaat.
Zvinosekesa kuti mafonetiki echirungu angakurasisa sei. Ndaigara ndichifunga kuti Na Klua aireva น่ากลัว kana 'kutyisa, kutyisa'. Sezvineiwo, Lodewijk akandipa shanduro chaiyo. Ndiyo 'minda yemunyu'. Nekutenda.
Takanga tiriko muna 1972 uye zvakanga zvakanaka uye zvine rugare. Ndichiri kurangarira resitorendi "Dolf Ricks", murume wechiDutch aive neatery umo, seri kwegirazi, makati emusango aifamba. Panguva iyoyo taigara mu "Rose Garden" pakati peBKK neNakhom Pathom uye takaita mabasa edu muKanchanaburi, Nakhom Pathom, Sri Racha uye Bang Saen. Nguva dzinoshamisa munyika yakanaka kwazvo kwatakagara kweanenge makore maviri…uye takashandira TOT (kambani yenhare).
Ehe, Dolf Riks aive nemukurumbira, aisangova nerestaurant yake chete, kwaaive netafura yemupunga seyakakosha neSvondo, asi aivewo nechikamu chake nezvechikafu mumutauro weChirungu Bangkok Post, uye aive muenzi wenguva dzose paThai TV.
Muna 1966 ndaive muPattaya kekutanga apo hupenyu hwehusiku hwaive hushoma asi huchinakidza,
zvese zvaifamba nema gestures akawanda then mutauro wechirungu wainge uchangobva kuunzwa nemaAmericans
avo vaisvotwa zvakanyanya panguva iyi, vaigara vachida kutariswa zvese, kunzwisisa kune rimwe divi, vaisazivawo kuti vaizobudazve here mwedzi waitevera.
Pattaya yakura asi haina kumbobvira yachinja, ndichiri kuda kuendako