Leʻaleʻa i kahi ahiahi o ka uhi ao a me ka ua ma kahi mahiʻai me kahi hale hoʻokipa ma ka savanna.He ʻike hoʻokipa a he kumu hoʻolauleʻa.
ʻO ka muliwai ʻAlani, e kahe haʻahaʻa, ʻo ia kekahi o ka muliwai lōʻihi loa ma ʻApelika Hema.ʻO ia ka palena ma waena o ʻApelika Hema a me Namibia.
Leʻaleʻa i kahi ahiahi o ka uhi ao a me ka ua ma kahi mahiʻai me kahi hale hoʻokipa ma ka savanna.He ʻike hoʻokipa a he kumu hoʻolauleʻa.
ʻO ka muliwai ʻAlani, e kahe haʻahaʻa, ʻo ia kekahi o ka muliwai lōʻihi loa ma ʻApelika Hema.ʻO ia ka palena ma waena o ʻApelika Hema a me Namibia.
ʻO ka lele ʻana he 10 mau hola ma luna o ke ākea uliuli nui o ka ʻAkelanika Hema i hāʻawi hope loa i ka pae.Ke nana mai nei i ko'u noho pukaaniani hema, mai 35,000 kapuai, he waonahele panoa o Aferika Hema, i ko'u mau maka e ike ai.
Ua hōʻea ʻia ma ke kaʻa kaʻa i ke kikowaena o Cape Town, he ʻeke ʻeke liʻiliʻi wale nō ma hope.He ʻokoʻa loa me ʻAmelika Latin: Kokoke e like me ka nui o nā hale - a me Ferraris, Maseratis, Bentleys - e like me Beverly Hills.Eia nō naʻe, i ka manawa like, hele mai ka poʻe hustler alanui i oʻu nei e like me nā zombies, he nui nā mea ʻaʻahu lole, ma ʻaneʻi mai ka ʻilihune o kekahi o nā kūlanakauhale kokoke.
He honua hou kēia a paʻakikī loa.Ua hoʻopaʻa pono ʻia ke kaʻa kaʻa i loko o kahi hale kaʻa lōʻihi ma Uruguay.Aia wau e hele wāwae i ka paikikala ma ʻApelika.
Ua hōʻea kekahi i loko o kahi pahu pahu nui, mai Boise mai.ʻO Frank Leone a me ka hui ma George's Cycles i hoʻohui pono i ko lākou mau poʻo.Ua noʻonoʻo i kā lākou ʻike kaʻa kaʻa holoʻokoʻa, kēlā me kēia pilikia alanui maoli, a hōʻuluʻulu i kēia mīkini.Hoʻoponopono maikaʻi ʻia nā mea a pau, me kekahi mau mea paʻa paʻa a me nā ʻāpana koʻikoʻi koʻikoʻi, e like me nā waha, kahi kaulahao, kahi kaʻa, kahi kaula shifter, sprockets, a me nā mea hou aku.ʻO kēlā me kēia kelepona paʻakikī, hoʻāʻo a hoʻonohonoho ʻia.
ʻO ka pō hope loa ma Cape Town, ma kahi hale pāʻani Irish, he wahine me ka Afro ka nui o ke kahakai a me ka helehelena maikaʻi i hopu i koʻu maka i kona hala ʻana.Ua hele wāwae ʻo ia a noho kokoke iaʻu ma ka pā.Ua hāʻawi au e kūʻai i mea inu iā ia a ua ʻae ʻo ia.A laila ʻōlelo ʻo ia e neʻe mākou i kahi papaʻaina a hana mākou.He mau kamaʻilio maikaʻi kā mākou;ʻO Khanyisa kona inoa, ʻōlelo ʻo ia i ka ʻApelika, ʻano like me ka Dutch akā kokoke loa i ka Flemish o ka ʻākau o Belgium.Ma luna o kēlā, ʻo ke kolu o ka ʻōlelo ʻōiwi, ʻaʻole hiki iaʻu ke hoʻomanaʻo, he nui nā leo "click", aʻo wau i kekahi mau huaʻōlelo hōʻino akā poina iaʻu.
Ma hope o hoʻokahi hola, hāʻawi ʻo ia i kekahi o nā lawelawe mai ka "ʻoihana kahiko."ʻAʻole au i hoihoi akā ʻaʻole wau makemake e nalowale iā ia, no laila ua hāʻawi aku au iā ia i kekahi mau South African Rand (kālā kūhelu o ʻApelika Hema) e noho wale a kamaʻilio, a koi ʻo ia.
ʻO koʻu manawa kēia e nīnau ai i nā nīnau, nā mea aʻu i makemake ai e ʻike.He ʻokoʻa ke ola ma kēlā ʻaoʻao.Paʻakikī, e kau mālie.Ma waena o kaʻu mau nīnau hala ʻole, ua nīnau au inā makemake ʻo ia e lilo i wahine keʻokeʻo maikaʻi ʻole a i ʻole ka wahine ʻeleʻele nani ʻo ia, ma kēia ʻāina me ka moʻolelo kaumaha o Apartheid.Ua maʻalahi ka pane iā ia.ʻIke maopopo loa ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī o ka like ʻole o ka nani ma mua o nā kenekulia o ka hoʻomāinoino colonial, me ka hoʻohui ʻana i nā like ʻole o ka hoʻokele waiwai.
He ʻoiaʻiʻo ʻo ia a kūpono hoʻi e mahalo ʻia.ʻO Steely hoʻi, me he mea lā, ʻaʻohe mea makaʻu koe wale nō ka loaʻa ʻole o ke kālā no ka uku ʻana i nā uku kula a kāna keiki.ʻO kēlā pono aia kekahi mea e noʻonoʻo ai.
Nui nā poʻe ma ʻaneʻi, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo Khanyisa, makemake nui i kaʻu huakaʻi.ʻO kēlā me kēia ʻApelika Hema me ka ʻole o ka ʻokoʻa he manawaleʻa me ko lākou manawa.Aia kēia ma luna o ka lokomaikaʻi ʻole o ʻAmelika Latin.Manaʻo pinepine au i kekahi ʻano kanaka, e like me ke ao holoʻokoʻa e like me ka "wave hello" maʻalahi, kahi mahalo i hoʻopili ʻia no "ka mea huakaʻi" i ʻike ʻia ma mua o ka hoʻomana, ka lāhui, ka lāhui, a me ka moʻomeheu.
Me ka manao ole, ua hoomaka au e kaa i ke kakahiaka nui o ka Poalima, Feb. 7. Me ka hooikaika ole, ua hookele au i 80 mile ma na puu olokaa o ke alanui kahakai komohana o Aferika Hema.ʻAʻole maikaʻi no ke kāne i noho liʻiliʻi ma luna o kahi noho paikikala i nā mahina he 10 i hala.
He aha ka mea hoihoi e pili ana i kēlā helu 80 mile… ʻo ia ka 1% o ka 8,000 mau mile i manaʻo ʻia i Kairo.
Ua ʻeha koʻu hope.ʻO nā wāwae hoʻi.ʻAʻole hiki iaʻu ke hele wāwae, no laila ua hele i ka lā aʻe e hoʻomaha a hoʻomaha.
ʻOi aku ka nani, maikaʻi ke holo i ka circus o ka ʻāina ʻo Cape Town.ʻO ʻApelika Hema he 57 mau pepehi kanaka i kēlā me kēia lā.Ma ke kumu o kēlā me kēia kapita, ʻano like me Mexico.ʻAʻole ia e faze iaʻu, no ka mea, kūpono wau.Ke hopohopo nei ka poʻe, e haʻi mai iaʻu mahalo lākou i koʻu "koa".Manaʻo wau e pani lākou, i hiki iaʻu ke holo me ka naʻaupō a me ka maluhia.
Ma ka ʻākau, ʻike ʻia he palekana.ʻO ka ʻāina aʻe, ʻo Namibia, kona palena ʻē aʻe he 400 mau mile ma mua, ua mālie hoʻi.
He mea leʻaleʻa ka holo ʻana ma mua o nā hale hoʻokele kinoea.ʻAʻole pono e kūʻai hou i kēlā mea ʻino.Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia au.
ʻO nā wili makani kila kahiko i ka hana ʻana i nā hana holoholona ma ʻaneʻi ma ka ʻāina steppe maloʻo, nā hiʻohiʻona lepo lepo e hoʻomanaʻo ana i ka "Grapes of Wrath," ʻo John Steinbeck ka haku o ka Dust Bowl o ʻAmelika.Ostriches, springboks, kao, kai paʻakai i ka lā a pau.Hoʻomaopopo kekahi i nā mea hou aʻe mai ka noho o ke kaʻa.
He mea hoʻomanaʻo ʻo Doringbaai i ke kumu maʻamau ʻole wau e hoʻolālā, kahe wau.ʻO ka ʻike ulia wale nō, ʻo kēlā mau mile he 25 i hala ma ke one a me ka papa holoi i kēlā lā, i ka wā i hele mai ai kahi kukui keʻokeʻo kiʻekiʻe a me kahi hale pule a me kekahi mau kumulāʻau i ka lewa, e hōʻea ana me he oasis.
Ua huki au i loko o ka nani o ka la, ʻaʻa i ka lā, a liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi, aloha ʻia e nā ʻale aloha i koʻu kaʻa mālie ʻana i mua.
ʻO ka hapa nui o kēia noho ʻana o ke kai, he poʻe ʻulaʻula me ka malu hoʻokahi a i ʻole kekahi, e noho ana i nā hale i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i ka wā, ua mae wale, a puni nā kihi.Ma kahi o 10 pakeneka he keʻokeʻo, a noho lākou i nā hale ʻālohilohi ma kekahi kihi o ke kaona, ke kihi me nā hiʻohiʻona kai maikaʻi loa.
Paʻa ka mana i kēlā ahiahi.Ua hoʻonohonoho ʻo ʻApelika Hema i nā ʻeleʻele, kokoke i kēlā me kēia lā.Aia kekahi pilikia e pili ana i nā mea kanu uila.Underinvestment, a legacy of some past corruption, I ohi.
ʻElua mau hale kūʻai, maʻemaʻe a maʻemaʻe, a, maikaʻi, kuʻo.E like me nā hōʻailona alanui, ʻōlelo mau ka poʻe barkeeps i ka ʻōlelo ʻApelika ma mua iā ʻoe, akā e hoʻololi lākou i ka ʻōlelo Pelekania me ka ʻole o ka nalo ʻana, a ʻaʻohe kānalua ma ʻaneʻi he nui ka poʻe i hiki ke hoʻololi i ka ʻōlelo Zulu me ka ʻole o ka nalo ʻana.E ʻohi i ka ʻōmole Castle no 20 Rand, a i ʻole ma kahi o US$1.35, a mahalo i nā hae a me nā pepa hoʻolaha ma ka pā.
ʻO kēlā mau kāne hulking, e kīkī ana kekahi i kekahi e like me ka gladiators, koko.ʻO wau, ʻōlelo ʻole, poina i ka makemake o kēia haʻuki.ʻIke wale wau ʻo ka hana koʻikoʻi ke ʻano o nā mea āpau i kekahi poʻe.
Aia ma luna o ke kula kiʻekiʻe he kahua rugby ma ka nānā ʻana i kēlā hale kukui hoʻokalakupua, aia ma luna pono o ka lawaiʻa, ʻo ia ka mea hana nui o Doringbaai.I koʻu ʻike ʻana, hoʻokahi haneli poʻe kala e hana ana ma laila, paʻakikī loa.
Ma hope aʻe, ʻelua mau waʻa lio e omo ana i ke kai, e ʻohi daimana.ʻO kēia mau wahi kahakai, mai ʻaneʻi a ma ka ʻākau a hiki i Namibia, ua waiwai i nā daimana, ua aʻo wau.
ʻO nā mile he 25 mua i paʻi ʻia, he makani huelo liʻiliʻi, ʻoiai ʻo ka ʻole o ka noe o ke kai kakahiaka he ʻōlelo aʻo ia.Manaʻo wau e ikaika ana au, wikiwiki, no laila he aha ka hopohopo.ʻElima mau ʻōmole wai kaʻu e lawe nei akā ʻelua wale nō i hoʻopiha no kēia lā pōkole.
A laila hele mai kahi hui.ʻO ke ala i Nuwerus ka ʻiliʻili a me ke one a me ka papa holoi a me ke one.Huli hoʻi kēia alanui i uka, a hoʻomaka e piʻi.
E chugging ana au i luna o kahi puʻu me ka ʻāʻī ʻana i koʻu wai a pau i ka wā i hele mai ai kahi kaʻa hana nui ma hope.Lele ke keiki wiwi i ka noho kaʻa (aia nā huila hoʻokele ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻākau), he helehelena aloha, hoihoi, ua mimed ʻo ia i ka "inu wai" i kekahi mau manawa.Ua hoʻōho ʻo ia ma luna o ka ʻenekini diesel, "Pono ʻoe i ka wai?"
Ua hoʻoluliluli au iā ia.He 20 mile wale no.ʻAʻohe mea.Ke paʻakikī nei au, ʻeā?Ua ʻānai ʻo ia a luliluli kona poʻo i ko lākou holo ʻana.
A laila ua piʻi hou aʻe.Hahai ʻia kēlā me kēia me ka huli ʻana a ʻike ʻia kekahi piʻi ʻana i ka lewa.I loko o 15 mau minuke ua hoʻomaka wau e make wai.Makewai loa.
Hoʻomoe ʻia nā hipa he ʻumi ma lalo o kahi hale malumalu.ʻO ka lua wai a me ka pā wai kokoke.Ua lawa au i ka makewai e pii i ka pa, a laila e ike i ka inu ana i ka wai hipa?
Ma hope, he hale.He hale maikaʻi loa, paʻa i luna, ʻaʻohe kanaka a puni.ʻAʻole naʻe au i make wai no ka uhaʻi ʻana, akā naʻe, ʻo ka haʻihaʻi ʻana a me ke komo ʻana mai i koʻu noʻonoʻo he mea weliweli.
Nui koʻu manaʻo e huki a mimi.I ka hoʻomaka ʻana e kahe, manaʻo wau e mālama, e inu.No laila liʻiliʻi i puka mai.
Komo au i loko o ke one, ua hele koʻu huila a ua hoʻohiolo maoli au.ʻAʻohe mea nui.Ua maikaʻi ke kū pololei.Nānā hou aku au i kaʻu kelepona.ʻAʻohe lawelawe.Eia nō naʻe, inā loaʻa iaʻu kahi hōʻailona, e kelepona paha kekahi iā "911 no ka pilikia" ma ʻaneʻi?ʻOiaʻiʻo e hiki koke mai kahi kaʻa….
Ua hele mai kekahi mau ao.Nā ao i ka nui a me ke ʻano maʻamau.ʻO ka hele wale ʻana i hoʻokahi a i ʻole ʻelua mau minuke he ʻokoʻa.ʻO ke aloha nui mai nā kukuna laser o ka lā.
pupule kolo.Ua loaʻa iaʻu iaʻu iho e ʻōlelo ana i kekahi mau ʻōlelo ʻino, me ka leo nui.Ua maopopo iaʻu ke hele hewa nei, akā ʻike wau ʻaʻole hiki ke lōʻihi loa ka hopena.Akā, pehea inā ua hana hewa wau?Pehea inā loaʻa iaʻu kahi kaʻa paʻa?
Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia kahi huelo.E ʻike ʻoe i nā makana liʻiliʻi loa i kekahi manawa.Kaʻawili ʻia kekahi ao.ʻO ka hope, lohe au i kahi kaʻa kaʻa e neʻe mai ana ma hope loa.
Kū wau a hoʻokuʻu i luna, me ka miming "wai" i kona kokoke ʻana.Ua lele mai kekahi ʻApelika Hema naʻaupō ma ka huila o kahi Land Cruiser kahiko a nānā mai iaʻu, a laila komo i loko o ke kaʻa a hāʻawi i ka hapalua o ka ʻōmole cola.
ʻO ka hope, pēlā nō.ʻAʻole nui iā Nuwerus.Aia kahi hale kūʻai.Kolo aku au i loko, ma mua o ke keʻena kūʻai a ma luna o ka papahele sika i loko o ke keʻena kūʻai anuanu.Ua lawe mai ka lede kahu kuai lauoho hina ia'u i ka ipu wai.ʻO nā keiki o ke kūlanakauhale, nānā nui mai iaʻu mai ke kihi.
He 104 degere ma waho.ʻAʻole au i make, manaʻolana ʻaʻohe pōʻino puʻupaʻa, akā ua aʻo ʻia nā haʻawina.E hoʻopaʻa i ke koena wai.E aʻo i ka lewa a me nā loli kiʻekiʻe.Inā hāʻawi ʻia ka wai, LAWE IA.E hana hou i kēia mau hewa cavalier, a hiki iā ʻApelika ke hoʻouna iaʻu i ke ao pau ʻole.E hoʻomanaʻo, ʻoi aku wau ma mua o kahi ʻeke ʻiʻo i hoʻopaʻa ʻia e ka iwi a hoʻopiha ʻia me ka wai makamae.
ʻAʻole pono au e noho ma Nuwerus.Ma hope o nā hola o ka wai hou, ua hiamoe maikaʻi au.Ua noʻonoʻo wau e kau wau i kahi kūlanakauhale neoneo, hoʻokahi lā.ʻO ka inoa o ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Afrikaans, ʻo ia hoʻi, "Hoʻomaha Hou," no ke aha ʻaʻole.
ʻO kekahi mau hale nani, e like me ke kula.ʻO nā kaupaku metala, nā waihoʻoluʻu kūʻokoʻa me nā kāʻei pastel mālamalama a puni nā puka makani a me nā eaves.
ʻO ka flora, ma nā wahi a pau aʻu e nānā ai, he mea kupanaha.ʻO nā ʻano meakanu wao nahele paʻa ʻaʻole hiki iaʻu ke inoa.No ka fauna, ua loaʻa iaʻu kahi alakaʻi alakaʻi no nā Mammals o ʻApelika Hema, kahi i hōʻike ʻia he mau kaukani holoholona weliweli.ʻAʻole hiki iaʻu ke inoa ma mua o kekahi o nā mea maopopo loa.ʻO wai ka mea i lohe i kahi Dik-Dik?Kudu?ʻO Nyala?Rheboka?Ua ʻike au i ka make alanui aʻu i ʻike ai i ka lā aʻe, me ka huelo puʻupuʻu a me nā pepeiao nunui.He ʻano nui kēlā ʻo Bat-Eared Fox.
Ua mālama ʻo Belinda i ka "Drankwinkel" i koʻu kī.Hele hou au i ka hale kūʻai e ʻōlelo mahalo no ka mālama ʻana iaʻu.Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia he ʻino koʻu nānā ʻana, a laila.ʻAʻole maikaʻi ʻo ia ua kokoke kāhea i ka lāʻau lapaʻau ma ke kūlanakauhale.
ʻAʻole nui ka hale kūʻai, ma ke ala.ʻO nā wai i loko o nā ʻōmole aniani, ka nui o ka pia a me ka waina, a me kahi huna o Jägermeister.ʻO ka lumi hale kūʻai maʻalili ma hope, kahi aʻu i hoʻomaha ai ma ka papahele, ʻaʻole ʻoi aku ka nui o ka mālama ʻana ma mua o nā pahu pia kahiko a me nā pahu pia ʻole.
Aia kekahi hale kūʻai ʻē aʻe ma kahi kokoke, ʻelua ia e like me ka hale leka, hāʻawi i kekahi mau mea hale.Elima haneri kanaka noho keia kulanakauhale.Hoʻākoakoa au i hoʻokahi pule i ka pule kaʻa lākou i Vredendal no nā lako.ʻAʻohe mea kūʻai aku ma ʻaneʻi.
ʻO ka Hardeveld Lodge, kahi aʻu i hoʻomaha ai i koʻu mau kāmaʻa, he wai ʻauʻau pōʻai liʻiliʻi, lumi ʻaina kāne a me kahi lumi hoʻokipa e pili ana me ka nui o ka lāʻau nani a me ka ʻili ʻili.Hoʻoholo ʻo Fey i ka hui.Ua make kāna kāne i kekahi mau makahiki i hala.Ua loaʻa naʻe ʻo ia i ka hahau ʻana i kēia wahi, kēlā me kēia nook, immaculate, kēlā me kēia ʻai, succulent.
Hoʻi hou i ka wili, aloha ke ala nui e hele ana i Northern Cape, ka ʻāina nui loa o ʻApelika Hema me ka hōʻailona ma nā ʻōlelo ʻehā: ʻApelika, Tswana, Xhosa, a me ka ʻōlelo Pelekania.He 11 mau ʻōlelo kūhelu ʻo ʻApelika Hema, a puni ka ʻāina.ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o kēia lā he 85 mau mile.Alanui kalo, piʻi haʻahaʻa, uhi ao, haʻahaʻa ka manawa.
ʻO ʻAukake a me Sepatemaba ka manawa kiʻekiʻe, ka wā puna ma ka Hema Hema.ʻO ia ka wā e pahū ai ka ʻāina me nā pua.Aia kekahi laina hot pua.E like me ka hōʻike hau e haʻi iā ʻoe i nā pali ski ʻoi aku ka momona, aia kahi helu āu e kelepona ai e kiʻi i ka mea hou loa ma ke kiʻi pua.I kēlā kau, hoʻopiha ʻia nā puʻu i 2,300 mau ʻano pua, haʻi ʻia iaʻu.I kēia manawa, i ka piko o ke kauwela… ʻaʻole loa.
Noho nā "ʻiole wao nahele" ma ʻaneʻi, nā poʻe keʻokeʻo kahiko, e hana ana i nā hana hana a me nā papahana ma kā lākou waiwai, aneane āpau me ka ʻōlelo makuahine ma Afrikaans, he nui nā mamo Kelemania me nā pilina lōʻihi me Namibia, e haʻi aku nā mea a pau iā ʻoe e pili ana i ia mea a ʻoi aku.He poʻe hoʻoikaika lākou, he Karistiano, ʻEulopa ʻĀkau a hiki i ke kumu.Aia kekahi hōʻailona ma ka ʻōlelo Latina kahi aʻu i noho ai, “Labor Omnia Vincit” (“Nana Ka Hana Hana”), e hōʻuluʻulu ana i ko lākou ʻano i ke ola.
ʻAʻole wau e ʻoiaʻiʻo inā haʻalele wau i ka haʻi ʻana i ke ʻano o ke kūlana kiʻekiʻe keʻokeʻo aʻu i ʻike ai, ʻoi aku hoʻi ma ʻaneʻi i ka neoneo.Nui loa ka anomali;ke kaʻana like nei kekahi i ka crackpot neo-Nazi propaganda.ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻole kēlā me kēia kanaka keʻokeʻo, he nui ka poʻe i ʻoluʻolu a pili pū me ko lākou mau hoalauna o ke kala, akā ua lawa iaʻu e hoʻoholo pololei i kēlā mau manaʻo ʻeleʻele e holo ikaika nei ma ʻApelika Hema, a e manaʻo i ke kuleana e ʻike i kēia.
Ua kapa ʻia kēia ʻāina pua ʻo "Succulent," aia ma waena o nā wao nahele Namib a me Kalahari.He wela loa.Manaʻo ka poʻe he mea ʻē aʻe wau ma ʻaneʻi, i kēia manawa, i ka wā hoʻokipa maikaʻi ʻole.ʻO kēia ka mea e hana ai inā nui ka "holo" a liʻiliʻi a ʻaʻohe "hoʻolālā."ʻO ka ʻaoʻao: ʻO wau wale nō ka malihini, kokoke i nā wahi āpau aʻu e pae ai.
I kekahi ʻauinalā, ua ʻoi aku ka ua ma kahi o ʻelima mau minuke, paʻakikī loa, hiki ke hoʻololi i nā ʻauwai o kēia mau alanui pali i mau awāwa e kahe ana o ka wai.He mea hoʻohauʻoli loa ia no ka hele ʻana aku o kekahi poʻe kamaʻāina ma luna o ko lākou poʻo no ke kiʻi.Aia lākou i kahi maloʻo nui no nā makahiki.
Nui nā hale i nā ʻōnaehana paipu e hoʻokahe i ka ua mai nā hale metala a i loko o nā lua wai.He manawa kūpono kēia cloudburst e hoʻokiʻekiʻe i nā pae.Ma nā wahi a pau aʻu e noho ai, noi lākou e pōkole ka ua.E ho'ā i ka wai a pulu.E hoʻopau a hoʻomaʻemaʻe.A laila e hoʻā hou e holoi.
He kahua hoʻomaha ʻole a kala ʻole kēia.I kekahi lā ua lawe au i ʻehā mau ʻōmole wai piha no hoʻokahi māhele 65 mile, a ua nele loa au me ʻelima mau mile e hele ai.ʻAʻole i kani nā bele hoʻāla, e like me ka manawa i hala.ʻAʻohe pupule kolo.Ua lawa nā kaʻa a puni e hāʻawi iaʻu i ka hilinaʻi e hiki iaʻu ke holo i ka huahekili, a i ʻole ka liʻiliʻi o ka wai, ʻoiai e piʻi ana ka mahana i 100 degere i koʻu hakakā ʻana i luna a me ka makani.
I kekahi manawa ma ka piʻi lōʻihi e kauo ana, i loko o kēlā poʻo makani, me he mea lā hiki iaʻu ke holo wikiwiki ma mua o koʻu hele wāwae ʻana.I koʻu hōʻea ʻana i Springbok, ua kuʻi au i ka ʻōmole aniani ʻelua lita o Fanta, a laila hue ma hope o ka hue wai no ke koena o ka lā.
Ma luna aʻe, ʻelua mau lā hoʻomaha nani i hoʻopau ʻia ma ka Vioolsdrift Lodge, ma ka palena.Ma ʻaneʻi, ua ʻimi au i nā bluffs wao nahele nui a me nā māla waina a me nā mango nani ma ka muliwai ʻo Orange, ʻo ia ka palena squiggly ma waena o ʻApelika Hema a me Namibia.E like me kāu e manaʻo ai, e kahe ana ka muliwai.Haʻahaʻa loa.
He ʻāina wao nahele nui he 2.6 miliona kānaka wale nō, ʻo Namibia ka lua o ka ʻāina kakaʻikahi loa ma ka honua, ma hope wale nō o Mongolia.E lōʻihi ana nā ʻāwaha ma waena o nā lua wai, ma kahi o 100 a 150 mau mile.ʻO nā lā mua, piʻi.ʻAʻole au ma luna o ka hailing i kahi kaʻa i ka hui aʻe.Inā pēlā e hōʻike wau ma ʻaneʻi, ma ka ʻōnaehana hanohano.
ʻAʻole pili kēia huakaʻi ʻApelika i ka haʻuki, ma ke ala.E pili ana i ka auwana.Ma ia kumuhana ua hoʻolaʻa loa au.
E like me ke mele hoʻopaʻapaʻa hiki ke hoʻihoʻi iā mākou i kahi manaʻo i kekahi wahi i ka manawa, ʻo ka hoʻopaʻa ʻia ʻana ma ke kaʻa kaʻa paʻakikī e hoʻihoʻi iaʻu i 30 mau makahiki, i koʻu wā ʻōpio ma ke awāwa waiwai.
ʻO ke ala o kahi ʻeha liʻiliʻi, hana pinepine ʻia, hoʻonui iaʻu.Hiki iaʻu ke manaʻo i ka lāʻau lapaʻau, endorphin, kahi opioid i hana maoli ʻia, e hoʻomaka ana e kī i kēia manawa.
ʻOi aku ma mua o kēia mau manaʻo kino, hoʻi wau e ʻike i ke ʻano o ke kūʻokoʻa.I ka wā i ikaika ai koʻu mau wāwae ʻōpio e lawe iaʻu i 100 a 150 mau mile i ka lā hoʻokahi, ma nā puka lou a i ʻole ma waena o nā kūlanakauhale ma waho o ka ʻāina aʻu i ulu ai, nā wahi me nā inoa e like me Bruneau, Murphy, Marsing, Star, ʻO Emmett, Horseshoe Bend, McCall, Idaho City, Lowman, ʻo ia hoʻi ka hoʻokūkū ʻehā ʻehā iā Stanley.A he nui hou aku.
Pakele i na hale pule a pau a me na kanaka ekalesia, pakele i ka hapa nui o na mea kula lapuwale, na aoao opiopio, pakele i ka hana hapa manawa a me na pahele bourgeois liilii a pau e like me na kaa a me na uku kaa.
He ikaika ka paikikala, akā, ʻoi aku ma mua o kēlā, ʻo ia kaʻu i ʻike mua ai i ke kūʻokoʻa, a noʻu, he manaʻo nui aʻe o ke "kūʻokoʻa."
Hoʻopili ʻo Namibia i nā mea āpau.ʻO ka hope, e hoʻomaka ana i nā hola ma mua o ka wanaʻao e paʻi i ka wela, ua hoʻokuke au i ka ʻākau, me ka piʻi mau ʻana i ka wela wela a me ka makani makani me ka ʻole o nā lawelawe ma ke ala.Ma hope o 93 mau mile, holo au i Grünau, ma ka moku ||Karas o Namibia.(ʻAe, pololei kēlā ʻōlelo.)
Ua like ia me kekahi honua honua.ʻO nā wao nahele mai kou manaʻo hihiu loa.E kiʻi liʻiliʻi a ʻike ʻia nā uka mauna me nā piko wili o nā cones ice cream palupalu.
He mea liʻiliʻi wale nō o ke kaʻa akā ʻaneʻane hāʻawi ka poʻe a pau i kekahi mau toot aloha o ka pū a me kekahi mau pamu lima i ko lākou hele ʻana.ʻIke au inā e pā hou au i ka pā, ua loaʻa iā lākou koʻu kua.
Ma ke alanui, loaʻa kahi malu ma kekahi mau wahi puʻuhonua i kekahi manawa.He papaaina wili poepoe wale no keia e kau ana maluna o ke kahua kuikea huinahalike, me ka hale metala huinaha maluna o ke poo, i kokuaia e na wawae kila wiwi.Ua kūpono kaʻu hammock i loko, i ka diagonal.Piʻi au i luna, hoʻokiʻekiʻe ʻia nā wāwae, ʻokiʻoki i nā ʻāpala, ʻokiʻoki i ka wai, snooze a hoʻolohe i ke mele no ʻehā hola pololei, i malu ʻia mai ka lā o ke awakea.He mea kupanaha no ia la.E ʻōlelo wau ʻaʻohe mea e like me ia, akā ke manaʻo nei au ua loaʻa iaʻu he mau kakini i mua.
Ma hope o ka ʻahaʻaina a me ka pō i hoʻomoana ai ma ka hui alahao ma Grünau, ua holo au.Ua loaʻa koke nā hōʻailona o ke ola ma ke alanui.ʻO kekahi mau kumulāʻau, ʻo kekahi me ka pūnana manu nui loa aʻu i ʻike ai, nā pua melemele, nā kaukani ʻeleʻele mānoanoa me he ilo ʻeleʻele e hele ana ma ke ala.A laila, he ʻalani ʻalani "Padstal," he hale kūʻai alanui wale nō i waiho ʻia i loko o kahi pahu metala.
ʻAʻole pono e inu, kū wau a hoʻokokoke i ka puka makani.“Aia kekahi ma ʻaneʻi?”Ua ʻike ʻia kekahi wahine ʻōpio mai kahi kihi ʻeleʻele, kūʻai mai iaʻu i kahi inu ʻoluʻolu anuanu no 10 Namibian Dollars (US 66 keneta)."Ma hea ʻoe e noho ai?"Ua nīnau au.Hāpai ʻo ia ma luna o kona poʻohiwi, "ka mahiʻai," nānā au a puni, ʻaʻohe mea ma laila.Pono ma luna o ka hump.Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ma ka leo ʻōlelo Pelekania nui loa, e like me ke kamāliʻiwahine, he leo i hiki ke hele wale mai i ke ola o ka ʻike ʻana i kāna ʻōlelo ʻōiwi ʻApelika, ʻo Khoekhoegowab paha, a me ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻo ʻApelika.
I kēlā ʻauinalā, hiki mai nā ao ʻeleʻele.Ua hāʻule nā mahana.Ua haki ka lani.No ka aneane hoʻokahi hola, ua hoʻomau ʻia ka ua.I koʻu hōʻea ʻana i kahi hale hoʻokipa ma kapa alanui, hauʻoli pū wau me ka poʻe mahiʻai, ua ʻālohilohi ko lākou mau helehelena.
ʻO kēlā mele hypnotic mai ka 1980s band Toto, "Bless the Rains Down in Africa," i kēia manawa ua ʻoi aku ka noʻonoʻo ma mua o ka manawa.
A 1992 graduate of Meridian High School, Ted Kunz’s early life included a lot of low-paying jobs. Later, he graduated from NYU, followed by more than a decade in institutional finance based in New York, Hong Kong, Dallas, Amsterdam, and Boise. He preferred the low-paying jobs. For the past five years, Ted has spent much of his time living simply in the Treasure Valley, but still following his front wheel to places where adventures unfold. ”Declaring ‘I will ride a motorcycle around the world’ is a bit like saying ‘I will eat a mile-long hoagie sandwich.’ It’s ambitious, even a little absurd. But there’s only one way to attempt it: Bite by bite.” Ted can be reached most any time at ted_kunz@yahoo.com.
Ka manawa hoʻouna: Mar-11-2020