- Wāhi: Stueng Hav, Cambodia (16 km mai Sihanoukville)
- Ka Discovery: 1960
He kūlana nani a no ke kūlana kūikawā i nā kau likeʻole, i hoʻopuniʻia e nā ululāʻau hilahilaʻole,ʻo ka waileleʻo Kbal Chai kahi wahi punahele no nā mea mākaʻikaʻi a me nāʻohana Khmer i hele mai i Sihanoukville .
Nā hua'ōlelo e pili ana i ka wailele
Aia ka wailele o Kbal Chhay ma Khan Prei Nup ma ka muliwai Prek Tuk Sap. Mai ke kikowaena o Sihanoukville a hiki i ke kahawai, pono iāʻoe ke hele i kahi alaʻekolu 15 km i ka'ākau.
ʻO ka moʻolelo o kaʻauwaiʻo Kbal Chhai ke kumuhana i 1960. Iʻekolu mau makahiki ma hope o kona weheʻana, ua hanaʻia ka hana e hana i kahi wai i ka wai inu no nā mea e pono ai ka poʻe noho o Sihanoukville. Akā,ʻaʻole i pau kēia mau hana, i ka hoʻomakaʻana o ke kaua aupuni, a ua lilo kēia wahi i puʻuhonua no nā poʻe noho'āina.
1997 he wahi hoʻomanaʻo no Kbal Chhay, no ka mea,ʻo ia ka manawa i wehe houʻia ai ka wailele i nā malihini. I hoʻokahi makahiki ma hope mai, ua kauohaʻiaʻo Kok A Company e kūkulu i alanui i ka wailele a hoʻomohala i kona kaulana i nā poʻe haʻuki e hele mai maʻaneʻi. I kēia manawa , ua hoʻoholo hou ke Aupuni o Cambodia e hoʻohana iā Kbal Chhay i kumu wai maikaʻi maʻemaʻe no ka pono o Sihanoukville.
He aha ka meaʻoluʻolu Kbal Chhai?
No ka poʻe noho'āina - Khmers - waterfalls, me Kbal Chhai, he wahi ho'āno. Nolaila, maanei, e like me ko lakou mau hale, kukulu lakou i na halepule, kahi i hoonohoiaʻi na kii o na akua. He nui nāʻohana Khmer i hele mai iā Kbal Khai no ka hopena o ka hebedoma e hoʻomaha ai mai ka hopena a hoʻomaha ma lalo o ke kani o ka wai a me ka'ō'ō o nā lau. Ma hope o nā mea a pau, aia kahiʻano hauʻoli a me kaʻoluʻolu ma Kbal Chae. Akā, ua'ōleloʻia ka poʻe hele wāwae e hele mai maʻaneʻi i nā lā hebedoma,ʻoiaiʻaʻoleʻo Kbal Chae i paʻi, he mea nui eʻimi i ke kūlike me keʻano.
ʻO ka heleʻana ma ke kahawai ka nani loa a me ka hoihoi. ʻO ka piha o ke kahe e pili pono ana i ka wā i Cambodia . Eia kekahi laʻana, i loko oʻApelila, hiki ke kahawaiʻo Kbal Chai i ke kahawai kūpono, a kahe e kahe ana, i kekahi manawa me nā waiʻeleʻele. A ināʻoe e kipa i ka wailele i loko o ka wā ua nui (ʻo ia nōʻo Iulai aʻOkakopa), eʻikeʻoe i kahi kaha nui, kahe kahe i kēia mau mea e hoʻonāukiuki ai i ka mahalo no kona nani a me ka makaʻu, no ka mea, he uila a puhi i nā mea a pau ma kona ala. Ua kahe ka wai o Kbal Chhaya i ka nani o ka lā. ʻO nā pōhaku i kekahi manawa he pahee aʻoi loa, a no ka heleʻana i laila, ponoʻoe e makaʻala.
ʻO ka waileleʻo Kbal Chai he mau kīpuni, kahi kiʻekiʻe o ke kiʻekiʻe mai 3 a 5 mika,ʻo ka kiʻekiʻe loa o nā rapids, i kapaʻiaʻo Popkok Wil, hiki i kahi kiʻekiʻe o 25 mau mika. ʻO nā wai o Kbal Chhaya ka mea i puka mai i nā kahawai mauna. ʻO ka mea pōʻino, hiki i nā mākaʻikaʻi keʻike iʻekolu wale nō o lākou. Ma kahi lā lā, hiki iāʻoe ke nānā i nā māhele kūlike o ke kahawai anuenue. Ma ke kazebo ma ka puʻu, mahalo nuiʻia e hālāwai i ka napoʻoʻana o ka lā, heʻike kēia no ka nani nani.
Aia ma ka Kbal Chae he mau hale hoʻomaha no ka hoʻomahaʻana me ka wāwae e hoʻomaha ai i loko o lākou, kahi hiki iāʻoe ke moe i lalo a hoʻomaha iki i hope o ka heleʻana ma ke kahawai. Eia maʻaneʻi hiki iāʻoe ke hoʻonohonoho i kahi pikinikano, nā meaʻai a pau e pono ai, nā hua, ka ice cream a me nā mea inu e hiki ai iāʻoe ke kūʻai maʻaneʻi. Ua hoʻokomoʻia ka inoa o Kbal Chhayu i ke kaha kiʻiʻana o ka hīnaʻi kiʻiʻo The Giant Snake. Mai 2000 a hiki i kēia lā,ʻo kēia kalamele ka lei o ka kinima Cambodia hou.
Pehea e kipa ai?
Hiki iāʻoe ke hōʻea i ka helunaʻo Kbal Chai maʻelua wale nō ala - ma ka kaʻa kaʻa a kaʻa paha. ʻAʻohe alaleʻa lehulehu i ka wailele. ʻO ke alanui mai Sihanoukville a hiki i ka wailele e lawe iāʻoe i kahi hola hola hola.
No laila, e hele i ke kahawaiʻo Kbal Chai, ponoʻoe e hele ma ke alanui High 4, kahi e lawe iāʻoe mai ke kikowaena o Sihanoukville i ka'ākau. ʻO ka mea nui ma ke ala e hiki ai i ka waileleʻo ka manawa i ka hema, kahi i kahaʻia e kahi alaina pū me kahi hōʻailona o 217 mile. Eia hou, ma hope o ka hoʻololiʻana, heleʻoe ma kahi o 4.5km ma ka alanui lepo i kahi paepae, a ma laila e hiki ai iāʻoe ke hanu liʻiliʻi, no ka mea, ua kokokeʻoe. Ma kahi pae'āina no ka heleʻana i ka palena o kaʻauwai, ua ukuʻia kahi uku no kahi $ 1. Ma hope o ka hoʻoholoʻana i ka helu uku, e heleʻoe i 3.5 mau mile. Hiki iāʻoe ke alanui i kahi kahi lepo nui, kahi e hiki ai iāʻoe ke haʻalele i ke kaʻa a kaʻa paha no ke kaʻawale. No ke kaʻa e pili ana i ka wailele, e ukuʻia nā kaʻa.
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