E-PHO KYAR, Myanmar — Ithole lendlovu elinelukuluku Iwayini i-Suu Khaing Thein kufanele ibe inkanyezi yendawo egcina indawo ezungezile i-Pho Kyar ezansi nomgwaqo onamatshe ohla lwezintaba olucezile maphakathi neMyanmar.
Ingane enonyaka owodwa ubudala ingomncane kunazo zonke ezindlovuni ezingaba ngu-80 ezizulazula kulesi siqiwi esigcwele izihlahla ze-teak esinamashumi eminyaka zikhona futhi zigcwele ingoma yezinyoni.
Nokho naphezu kwesithembiso sokugibela izindlovu nohambo lwasehlathini, izivakashi ze-eco ikamu elifuna ukuziheha abezi esizweni esibuswa amasosha, ingasaphathwa eyokuthatha uhambo olunzima oluya kude e-Pho Kyar.
Abavakashi abafika eMyanmar bebelokhu behla kusukela ngesikhathi kuchithwa igazi ngo-2007 imibhikisho emelene ne-junta, kanti isishingishane sangonyaka odlule kanye nengcindezi evela emaqenjini asekela intando yeningi phesheya kwezilwandle ukuthi adube izwe nakho kuvimbe abavakashi bamaholide.
“Sinezivakashi ezimbalwa manje,” kusho imenenja ye-Asia Green Travels and Tours Company ehlela ukuvakashela epaki iPho Kyar, ocele ukungadalulwa njengoba engagunyaziwe ukukhuluma nabezindaba.
“Akungenxa yezinto zokuhamba eziya kule ndawo kodwa kungenxa yokwehla kwenani lezivakashi kulezi zinyanga ezedlule.”
Ngosuku i-AFP evakashe ngayo, bezingekho izivakashi zakwamanye amazwe noma zakuleli endaweni engamahektha angu-20 (amahektha ayisishiyagalombili) e-Pho Kyar ochungechungeni lwezintaba zase-Bago, naphezu kokuba ubude benkathi yezivakashi, eqala ngo-Okthoba kuya ku-April.
Esikhundleni salokho, okuwukuphela kokunakwa u-Wine Suu Khaing Thein akutholayo ukushaywa ngoqalo ngomunye wabaphathi bezindlovu, abaziwa njengabanakekeli.
“Akumele ugijime lapha nalaphaya. Hlala eceleni kukanyoko,” kumemeza indoda, ibuyisela inkonyane emndenini wayo njengoba belinde ukuhlolwa kudokotela wezilwane.
Indawo yokulondoloza imvelo iqhele ngamakhilomitha angama-200 ukusuka endaweni yezohwebo nezokuthutha, iYangon, eduze nenhloko-dolobha entsha yombuso wezempi iNaypyidaw, idolobha elithe thuthu, elicashile izivakashi ezingavunyelwe ukulivakashela.
I-Myanmar ibibuswa yizinhlaka ezahlukene zamasosha kusukela ngo-1962, kanti umholi weqembu eliphikisayo u-Aung San Suu Kyi uvalelwe ngaphandle futhi uboshelwe endlini isikhathi esiningi kule minyaka engamashumi amabili edlule.
Wake wanxusa abantu bakwamanye amazwe ukuthi baqhelelane neMyanmar - eyaziwa ngokusemthethweni ngokuthi iBurma - ukuthi banqabele ababusi bezempi imali etholwa kwezokuvakasha, yize njengoba evamise ukuthuliswa yi-junta akucaci ukuthi imibono yakhe isishintshile yini.
Ukuthi ukuhlola amathempeli asendulo ase-Myanmar, amadolobha abhidlikayo namahlathi akude kuseyinkulumompikiswano eshubile phakathi kwabahambi, nochungechunge lwezokuvakasha lwe-Rough Guide lungashicileli ngisho nencwadi ekhuluma ngesizwe ngenxa yokubhikisha.
Ngaphandle kwezingxabano zokuziphatha, ukuwohloka komnotho emhlabeni jikelele kanye nezigigaba zakamuva eMyanmar zishaye ihlombe imboni ngesikhathi ithola izinyawo zayo.
Izithombe zezindela zamaBuddha zibalekela ukuqhuma kwezibhamu emigwaqweni yaseYangon phakathi nemibhikisho ngoSepthemba 2007 kanye nezidumbu ezikhukhumele zigcwele amasimu e-paddy endaweni eseningizimu ngemuva kweCyclone Nargis ngoMeyi odlule azizange zikhuthaze izivakashi ukuzethemba.
Umnyango kahulumeni wamahhotela nezokuvakasha uthe bangu-177,018 abantu bakwamanye amazwe abafika eYangon International Airport ngo-2008, cishe ngamaphesenti angama-25 phansi kwabasuka kwamanye amazwe abangama-231,587 abafika ngo-2007.
“Izivakashi ezifikayo zehlile ngenxa yeCyclone Nargis. Abavakashi bacabanga ukuthi sinesimo esibi kakhulu futhi abalokothi basivakashele ukuze baphumule,” kusho uKhin, umphathi wenkampani yezokuvakasha yaseYangon.
Ukuthi bangaki ngempela abantu abafika ekamu lezindlovu i-Pho Kyar, elamiswa eminyakeni engu-20 edlule, akucaci njengoba lesi siqiwi singawagcini amarekhodi.
Izindlovu ezingaphezu kwesigamu kule nkambu ziyizilwane ezisebenzayo ezisasetshenziswa i-Myanma Timber Enterprise embonini yokugawula imithi, futhi zichitha inkathi eyomile zigawula izihlahla ehlathini.
Woza inkathi yemvula - noma uma indlovu isindala kakhulu ukuthi ingasebenza - ama-pachyderm abuyela endaweni yokulondoloza ukuze ajabulise noma yiziphi izivakashi ezifikayo.
"Ikamu lezindlovu i-Pho Kyar lihamba phambili ezweni," kusho udokotela wezilwane ovela kumnyango wezamahlathi ongathandanga ukudalulwa. “Sihlala sinakekela izindlovu.”
IMyanmar inezindlovu eziningi kakhulu eNingizimu-mpumalanga ye-Asia, enezilwane ezilinganiselwa ku-4,000 kuya ku-5,000, kusho umbiko wakamuva weqembu lezilwane zasendle i-TRAFFIC oxwayise lesi silwane sisongelwa ukuzingela ngokungemthetho.
Izazi zemvelo kuleli zwe ziye zathi futhi njengoba ibutho laseMyanmar landisa ukugawulwa kwemithi emahlathini omthokha, izindlovu zasendle ziyabanjwa futhi ziqeqeshelwe imisebenzi yokusika ecekela phansi izindawo zazo zokuhlala.
Abaphathi ekamu i-Pho Kyar banethemba lokuthi bangasiza ekufundiseni izivakashi ngokugcina izindlovu zaseMyanmar, uma nje kungafika abenzi bamaholide.
