Pfupisa nyaya yacho:  Zvirongwa zvechimbichimbi muLaos zvakawana mutumbi mukutsvaka Johanna Powell, wokuCardiff. Mudzimai uyu ane makore makumi matatu nemanomwe anotyiwa kuti akanyura pazororo kuLaos mushure mekunge chikepe chevashanyi chaaifamba nacho chakarova dombo ndokunyura murwizi rweMekong. Mutumbi wakawanikwa mukutsvaka mushandi weBBC akanga asipo, uyo anotyiwa kuti akanyura apo akanga ari muzororo rehope kumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumabvazuva kweAsia. Johanna Powell, mupepeti wemifananidzo anoshandira BBC Wales, akanzi akashaya musi weMugovera mushure mekunge chikepe chevashanyi chaaiva nacho chakarova dombo ndokunyura'mukati meminiti'. Uyu murume ane makore 37 akanga achifamba nechikepe chechinyakare chematanda nomurwizi rweMekong muLaos neshamwari dzake nhatu apo chakabatwa nedombo murwizi. Vashandi, mutungamiriri wevashanyi navamwe vafambi - kubatanidza shamwari dzake - vose vakazoshambira vakachengeteka, asi Mai Powell, vanobva kuCardiff, vakanyangarika mumhepo ine simba. Vanunuri vakatanga kutsvaka kwakakura mumakiromita 20 erwizi kuti vaedze kumuwana, mune imwe yenzvimbo dziri kure zvikuru dzenyika yacho. Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) yakasimbisa kuti mutumbi wakawanikwa, asi hausati wazivikanwa. Mutauriri weBBC Wales akati: 'Tinoziva kuti mutumbi wakawanikwa munharaunda umo Jo akarasika pashure pechiitiko chechikepe musi woMugovera. 'Mifungo yedu inoramba iri nemhuri yake, shamwari uye vaaishanda navo munguva iyi yakaoma.' Mai Powell - avo vaisanganisa kushanda paBBC nokubatsira kutarisira hotera - vakanga vari munyika sechikamu chezororo revhiki nhatu, kutanga muBangkok. Mumwe womuboka rake akanga achipemberera zuva rokuberekwa kwavo rechi 40. Mai Powell vakanga vachifamba nechikepe chakadai ichi vachifamba nomurwizi rweMekong, apo chakawira padombo riri mumupata wemvura. Nepo vamwe vose vaiva mubhazi vakakwanisa kushambira vakachengeteka, iye akanyangarika pasi pemvura. Mutauriri weBBC Wales, uko Mai Powell vaishanda somupepeti wemifananidzo, vakati vakanga 'vanonetsekana zvikuru' pamusoro peshamwari yavo yakanga isipo. Bazi rezvekunze rakasimbisa kuti mugari weBritain ave kunzi asipo. Vakapedza manheru oChishanu vari muchikepe chakarendwa, uye vakapedza usiku hwose vari paDP...
Johanna Powell wokuCardiff anotyiwa kuti akanyura murwizi rweMekong. Mupepeti wemifananidzo weBBC Wales akanga ari parwendo rwe'upenyu hwose' kuLaos neshamwari dzake. Ngarava yakabhururuka yakarova dombo mumupata wemvura yakadzika ndokunyura mumaminiti mashomanana. Kutsvaka kukuru kwakatangwa pamusoro pemakiromita 20 orwizi kuedza kuwana mukadzi asipo.