Royal Palace e Bangkok

I-Thailand yindawo enhle, kunye nembali yayo ekhangayo kunye nezokwakha. Akunakwenzeka ukucinga uhambo lwezokhenketho ngaphandle kokukhawuleka kwezinto ezikhangayo, enye yeyona nendlu yasebukhosini eBangkok.

Inxalenye ethile yembali

Ukutyelela oku okanye loo ndawo, kufuneka ukwazi imbali yemvelaphi yayo kunye nenkolelo yokuba ithatha ngaphakathi kuyo kubemi.

Inqaba yaseGrand Royal eBangkok, kwisiThai ebizwa ngokuba yi "Phrabaromaharadchavang", ayikho isakhiwo esisodwa kuphela, kodwa siyinkimbinkimbi. Ngowe-1782, ukwakhiwa kwesi sakhiwo kwaqala, emva kokumkani waseRama ndathutha inkunzi enkulu eBangkok. Ukujonga konke ubukhulu bendlu yobukhosi baseBangkok, kunzima ukucinga ukuba ekuqaleni kwakuyizakhiwo ezimbalwa eziqhelekileyo zokhuni. Kwaye zijikelezwe ngodonga olude, ubude balo babuyii-1900 iimitha (becinga ubukhulu bommandla?). Kwaye emva kweminyaka emininzi, ibhotwe lifumene ubukhulu apho luvela khona phambi kwamehlo endwendwe.

Asikho isizukulwana esinye esasisebenzisa ibhotwe elikhulu eBangkok njengendawo yokuhlala yobukumkani bonke bookumkani. Kodwa, emva kokufa kukaRama VIII, umntakwabo, uKumkani uRama IX, wanquma ukufudula indawo yakhe yokuhlala isigxina eKitraladu Palace. Nangona, ngeli xesha lethu, isakhiwo esibukrakra asisayi kulibalelwa yintsapho yasebukhosini. Kukho imikhosi eyahlukeneyo yobukhosi kunye nemibhiyozo yombuso. Kwaye abahlali bendawo, iitempile zale ndawo ziyindawo eyingcwele kunazo zonke eThailand.

Indlu yeKumkani yaseBangkok kule mihla

Ukongeza kwimibhiyozo yobukhosi kunye nemimangaliso, isigodlo sivulelekile kwiindwendwe eziqhelekileyo. Yinto engabonakaliyo kwiindlela ezininzi zokutyelela. Ngaphambi kokuba siqale ukuthetha malunga nobuhle bendawo, siza kuphuma ngokukhawuleza ukubamba umthetho osebenzayo kwintsimi malunga nokubonakala. Abo bazama ukungena ngaphakathi akufanele bagqoke iingubo ezinqabileyo: iifutshane, i-mini, izicucu ezinzulu kunye nezicathulo zaselwandle azivunyelwe. Kodwa, inkonzo yinkonzo. Kwibhotwe kukho indawo yokuqeshisa impahla apho ungayifumana ingubo yokukhululeka. Vumelana, i-trifle, kodwa inhle.

Intsimi yebhotwe yasebukhosini, njengoko sele ikhankanywe ngaphambili, iyinkimbinkimbi yezakhiwo. Ukuhlola konke, kuya kuthatha ubuncinane ngosuku. Iiyure zokuvula iindwendwe ezivela ku-8: 30 ukuya ku-16: 30. Ukuhamba ngesango eliphambili, amehlo akho aya kubonakala yonke imikhosi yemikhosi, enqwenela ukukuqhuba, kukulungele ukuwahoywa kwaye ulandele ngqo kwiiofisi zetikiti. Kwaye ngokukhawuleza isiluleko: musa ukuthenga ithikithi ukusuka esandleni, kuphela kwi-checkout. Le yilapho unokufumana izikhokelo zamahhala kunye neencwadana zeehalawutsha mahhala.

Abakhenkethi baya kubona izakhiwo, iithempelini, iihholo zetrone ezizityebi, iimyuziyam kunye neempawu zemihla ngemihla. Phantse yonke into inokufotshwa iphinde ifotwe, ngaphandle kweNdlu ye-Emerald Buddha, nayo inembali yayo. Kwaye kwakhona, xa ungena eetempileni, kuya kufuneka uthathe izicathulo zakho.

Ndingafika njani kwibhotwe lobukhosi eBangkok?

I-Royal Palace itholakala kwiPeninsula yaseRatanaknosin. Ngelishwa, kufuphi nayo ayidluli kwindlela engaphantsi komhlaba, ngoko kufuneka ufike kwindawo oya kuyo usebenzisa amanzi okanye iibhasi zothutho. Kwaye iteksi, akukho mntu wakukhansela. Indlela encinci ibhekwa njengeendlela zebhasi, kuphela zona, njengomthetho, zide kakhulu.

Ukuba ngabazimeleli abazimeleyo, gcinani nikhumbule ukuba kufuphi neendwendwe zebhotwe bayabingelwa ngabaqhubi be-tuk-tuk abayichukumisayo, ngokukhanda okanye ngokukhwela, baya kubeka iinkonzo zabo zokuhanjiswa kwelinye ivenkile, ngelixa besithi ibhotwe ivalwe namhlanje. Ungangeniseli kwiinkonzo zabanqabileyo. Ngamanye amaxesha uphela ngokugqithiseleyo.

Kwaye, ekugqibeleni, enye ingongoma: ngaba ufuna ukufumana unonwabo olukhulu ekundwendwe iindlu? Emva koko uvuke kusasa kwaye ufike ekuvulekeni, ngeli xesha kukho iindwendwe ezimbalwa kwaye kukho ithuba lokwenene lokubhekisisa yonke into.