IPakbeng ingabizwa ngokuthi yi-wackback evamile evamile, futhi ukube bekungeyona indawo yakhe ogwini lweMekong, khona-ke akekho oyokwazi ngakho. Indawo ethule, ezolile futhi elele, efika empilweni kuphela ngokufika kwabavakashi ngokulandelayo eLuang Prabang noma ngaphesheya kwe-HUAI Ksai. Kungabavakashi futhi kwanikeza umfutho ohlobene ekuthuthukisweni kwaleli dolobhana. Isihlobo, ngoba eLaos, konke kwenziwa kancane futhi kahle. Kulokhu, ukuthola abantu bendawo lapha, abakhuluma isiNgisi, kuyinkinga enkulu, futhi yize kuneqiniso lokuthi amathegi entengo amaningi (ezihlangu) futhi kumenyu ahlanganiswa kakhulu. Kuyasiza kakhulu lapho kuchazwa ngezivakashi namakhekhe.
Amathiphu, anjalo ePakbenge lapho, ngoba cishe wonke amanani afakiwe lapha asebenzisa ukuxoxisana. Kepha uma ukhokha kancane, ikhwalithi yenkonzo iba ngcono kakhulu. Ngendlela, mayelana namanani ezinsizakalo ezithile ePakbenga kumele kuxoxwe ngaphambi kwesikhathi, ngalokho okuhlala njalo! Noma ngabe unikezwa ukusiza ukuletha imithwalo kusuka ePier kuya endlini yezivakashi, okuhambisana neqiniso lokuthi umgwaqo uya entabeni ethambile futhi uphathe izinto eziya emgodini.
Ukuhamba, abahlali bendawo bathandeka kakhulu futhi banobungane, kanye nakuzo zonke izinhlobo zeLaos, kodwa ubudlelwano babathengi busagcizelelwa ukuthi akumangazi ukuthi akumangazi, ngoba izivakashi ziyimali enkulu yaledolobhana yabelusi. Kungenzeka ngakho-ke amanani ePakbeng aphakeme kunawo wonke ezweni.
Lapho ukhetha indawo yokuhlala ubusuku bonke, futhi awukwazi ukuhlala ePakbeng isikhathi esingaphezu kobusuku obuningi, naka ukuthi uzoba ne-heater yamanzi egumbini noma cha. Isimo siyesilandelayo. Maye, kepha iningi lezivakashi lihlome ngohlelo oluphakathi lokushisa kwamanzi, futhi uma ufike sekwephuzile, khona-ke uma nje ungabi namanzi ashisayo anele. Endabeni ye-heater yamanzi ngayinye, uzogwema le nkinga. Ngendlela, ugesi kuleli dolobha uvele nje muva nje futhi alikho icala lokunqanyulwa ngemuva kuka-22: 00, futhi elingalimazi ukukhumbula.
Ukusuka endaweni yokubuka kokuphepha komuntu siqu, izivakashi ePakbeng azinalutho okufanele zesabe ngokujwayelekile, ubugebengu obumelene nomuntu, ngombono wami, ngokujwayelekile, iLaos ayikho egazini, kodwa nansi inkohliso, yinto evamile , kufaka phakathi i-pakbenge. Kuliqiniso, nansi ukugxila kwayo okuhambisana nokusondelana kwendawo ku- "Unxantathu wegolide owaziwa emhlabeni wonke, indawo ochwepheshe abaningi ababheka ngayo isikhungo sokukhiqizwa kwezidakamizwa zomhlaba. Azikho izimo ezingavamile lapho izivakashi ezafika lapha zinikezwa i-cocaine, opium, insangu noma ezinye izidakamizwa. Futhi uma, noma kunjalo, unesilingo sokuthola okuthile kulokhu, xosha le micabango ekhanda lami ngokushesha. Okokuqala, ukusetshenziswa kwezidakamizwa ngokwakho kuyisiwula futhi kuyingozi, okwesibili, kuqinisekisiwe ukuthi ngemizuzu engama-20-30 kuwe iphoyisa (noma umuntu onesithonjana sephoyisa (ngeke aqonde) futhi azoyiqonda) futhi azodinga 30-50 amadola ase-US ukuze angakuvuli noma ukungabizi ehhovisi lamaphoyisa. Ngakho-ke kulezi ziphakamiso, wenqaba ngokushesha.