- Idilesi: Stueng Hav, eCambodia (16 km ukusuka eSihanoukville)
- Ukufumanisa: 1960
Eyona nto imnandi kwaye iyingqayizivele kumaxesha ahlukeneyo, ijikelezwe ngamahlathi angaqondakaliyo, imvula yamanzi i-Kbal Chai yindawo eyintandokazi kubakhenkethi nakwiintsapho zaseKhmer eziza eSihanoukville .
Amagama ambalwa malunga nempompo
Impompo yeKbal Chhay itholakala kuKhan Prei Nup emfuleni i-Prek Tuk Sap. Ukusuka kwisibini saseSihanoukville ukuya kwimpompo, kufuneka wenze umzila kuphela kwi-15 km ukuya ngasentla.
Imbali yamangxuma eKbal Chhai ivela ngo-1960. Kwiminyaka emithathu emva kokuvula kwayo, umsebenzi wenziwa ukudala amanzi kunye namanzi okusela iimfuno zabahlali baseSihanoukville. Kodwa le mi sebenzi ayigqityiwe, njengoko imfazwe yombutho yaqala, kwaye le ndawo yindawo yokukhusela yabahlali bendawo.
Ngowe-1997 yayiyindawo ephawulekayo yeKbal Chhay, ngenxa yokuba kwakuye kwavulwa kwakhona imvula yamanzi kwiindwendwe. Ngomnyaka kamva, inkampani yaseKok An Ikomiti yathunyelwa ukuba yakha indlela eya emanzini yamanzi kunye nokuphuhlisa ukuthandwa kwayo kubakhenkethi abaza apha. Ngoku uRhulumente waseCambodia uye waphinda wagqiba kwelokuba wasebenzisa iKbal Chhay njengomthombo wamanzi ahlambulukileyo kwiimfuno zaseSihanoukville.
Yintoni enomdla uKbal Chhai?
Kubahlali basekuhlaleni - i-Khmers - iiphango, kuquka iKbal Chhai, indawo engcwele. Ngoko ke, apha, kunye nasemakhayeni abo, bayakha iindawo ezingcwele, apho kugcinwa khona izithixo zezithixo. Iintsapho ezininzi zaseKhmer ziza eKbal Khai ukuphela kweveki ukuphumla kwindawo ephumayo kwaye ziphumle phantsi kwesandi samanzi kunye nokugqithisa kwamagqabi. Emva kwakho konke, kukho umoya onoxolo kunye noluthando kwiKbal Chae. Abavakhenkethi, nangona kunjalo, bacetyiswa ukuba bafike apha ngeveki, xa i-Kbal Chae ingekho kakhulu, ebaluleke kakhulu ukufumana ukuvisisana nendalo.
Ukuhamba ecaleni kwempompo kuyamdla kakhulu kwaye kuyonwaba. Ukuzaliswa kokuhamba kuxhomekeke ngqo kwixesha laseCambodia . Ngokomzekelo, ngo-Ephreli, imvula yamanzi iKbal Chai yinto elula kakhulu kwaye ihamba kakuhle, ngamanye amaxesha ngamanzi aphuzi okwephuzi. Yaye ukuba uthe tyelela impompo ngexesha lemvula (ngokuqhelekileyo ukususela ngoJulayi ukuya kuOktobha), uza kubona umlambo onamandla, oqhaqhaqhaqhayo apha obangela ukubonga ubuhle bawo noloyiko, njengoko kukhwankqisayo kwaye kushaya yonke into endleleni. Amanzi aseKbal Chhaya awela phantsi kwindawo ehle kakhulu ematye ilanga. Amatye maxa wambi athabile kwaye abukhali, ngoko xa uhamba apha, kufuneka uqaphele.
Impompo yeKbal Chai iqulethwe ngamanani amaninzi, ubude bayo buvela kwi-3 ukuya kwi-5 mitha, i-rapids ephezulu, ebizwa ngePopkok Wil, ifinyelela ubude beemitha ezingama-25. Amanzi eKbal Chhaya avela kwimithombo eyahlukileyo yeentaba. Ngelishwa, abakhenkethi banokubona ezintathu kuphela. Ngomhla okhanyayo, unokwazi ukugcina ngokugqibeleleyo imihlaba yemvula yamanzi. Kwi-gazebo kwinduli kuphakanyiswa kakhulu ukuhlangabezana nokutshona kwelanga, oku kukubonakalisa ubuhle obuyingqayizivele.
Kwi-Kbal Chae kukho iindidi ezininzi zokuphumla kunye neengqungquthela ezinqunyanyelwe kuzo, apho ungakhola khona kwaye uphumule emva kokuhamba emanzini. Kwakhona ulapha unakho ukulungiselela ipikinikini, ukutya okufunekayo, iziqhamo, i-ayisikriki kunye neziphuzo onokuzithengela apha. Ukubaluleka kweKbal Chhayu kwongezwa ukudubula kwefilimu i-Snant Snake. Ukususela ngo-2000 kuze kube namhlanje le filimu yithsaba ye-cinema yeCambodia yanamhlanje.
Ndokutyelela njani?
Unokufika kwindawo yamanzi yaseKbal Chai ngeendlela ezimbini kuphela - ngebhayisikili eqeshwayo okanye imoto. Kukho nje ukuba akukho zithuthi zendlela kawonkewonke ezisezantsi. Indlela esuka eSihanoukville ukuya emanzini yamanzi iya kukuthatha malunga nesiqingatha seyure.
Ngoko ke, ukuba ufike emanzini yamanzi iKbal Chai, kufuneka uhambe ngeNdlela ehamba phambili 4, ekuthabathela kwiziko laseSihanoukville ukuya ngasentla. Eyona ndlela ibaluleke kakhulu kwindlela eya emanzini yamanzi yi-turn to the left, ephawulwe ngumqondiso wendlela kunye nomqondiso weekhilomitha ezingama-217. Ngaphezu koko, emva kokujika, uhamba malunga ne-4.5 km ecaleni kwendlela engcolileyo ukuya kwindawo yokujonga, kwaye apho uya kukwazi ukuphefumula ngokukhululekile, kuba sele ulapho. Kwimeko yokukhangela ukuhambela intsimi yamanzi yamanzi, kukho imali engama-$ 1. Emva kokudlula iphuzu lokuhlawula, kuya kufuneka uhambe 3.5 km. Indlela iya kukuthatha kwindawo enkulu yokungcola, apho ungashiya imoto okanye ibhayisikili inkululeko. Kwizothutho kufuphi nempompo, ukupaka kuhlawulwa kwakhona.
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