Uvile ngokuqinisekileyo umlambo mekong kwiimovie ezininzi. Lo mlambo udumileyo ubuyindawo yamadabi amaninzi kunye nokusukelwa, kodwa kunye nokuhamba ngesikhephe kwamanye amazwe kumacandelo anokuhamba kuwo, ngaphezulu kweekhilomitha ezingama-4.000 zendlela. Ukusukela ekuzalweni kwakhe kwithafa laseTibetan Quinghai, uhambe amazwe e-China, Burma, Tailandia, Lawos, Cambodia kunye neVietnam.
Umlambo iMekong ngomnye wemilambo emikhulu ehlabathini, kodwa umahluko omkhulu kumaxesha onyaka onyaka, ubukho beengxangxasi kunye neengxangxasi zenza kube nzima ukuhamba ngolwandle. Isiqingatha sohambo lwaso sidlula kumazwe amaTshayina, apho kwaziwa njengeLancang River okanye iTurbulent River. Ukuqhubela phambili, uMlambo iMekong wenza umda phakathi kweMyanmar neLaos kangangeekhilomitha ezingama-200, apho uMlambo iRuak udibana khona nomjelo wawo. Yiyo kanye le ndawo yokwahlula phakathi kwe-Upper kunye ne-Lower Mekong. Emva kokuhlamba imihlaba yamazwe aliqela kunye nefuthe kubomi babantu abangaphezu kwezigidi ezingama-90, uMlambo iMekong ugalela kuLwandle lwase China.
Kwihlobo elidlulileyo, ekugqibeleni ndandihamba emanzini aseMekong; into endandiyivuyela kakhulu ixesha elide. Kufana nokunyuka kweSitampu soKhuseleko eNew York, ukuhamba ngeSeine EParis okanye ubone Uben omkhulu en Londres.
Olu hambo lunomdla lokuhamba ngeMekong lwenzeka ngexesha lohambo oluya ELuang Prabang, (eLaos), isixeko esingenakuthelekiswa nanto, esenza intlambo entle phakathi koMlambo iMekong noMlambo iKhan. Ngaphandle kwemvula engapheliyo eye yawa ngaloo mini, imbonakalo yomhlaba yayingalingani, iluhlaza okomhlaza kwaye iphila. Ndingathanda ukuba, imvula iwuphucule umboniso njengoko uyenzile ukuba ibe yeyokwenyani kwaye inike umdla. Ukongeza, amaphenyane sele elungiselelwe ngophahla lwentsimbi, ukuzikhusela kumanzi emvula, into ayiqhelileyo kwaye anetyala lazo kutyani olukhulu kwaye lihle.
Ukuhamba ngephenyane emlanjeni kukunika ithuba lokonwabela izixeko okanye iidolophu ezisemlanjeni ukusuka kolunye uluvo nokuzola okuziswa kukumbombozela nokuqengqeleka kwamanzi.
Ungalibali ikhamera kwaye wonwabe!