Ukonwabela imvakwemini yesigqubuthelo samafu kunye neeshawa kwifama enendlu yeendwendwe kwi-savanna.Umbono owamkelekileyo kunye nesizathu sokubhiyozela.
Umlambo i-Orange, nowehlayo, ngomnye weyona mide eMzantsi Afrika.Yenza umda phakathi koMzantsi Afrika kunye neNamibia.
Ukonwabela imvakwemini yesigqubuthelo samafu kunye neeshawa kwifama enendlu yeendwendwe kwi-savanna.Umbono owamkelekileyo kunye nesizathu sokubhiyozela.
Umlambo i-Orange, nowehlayo, ngomnye weyona mide eMzantsi Afrika.Yenza umda phakathi koMzantsi Afrika kunye neNamibia.
Inqwelomoya yeeyure ezili-10 phezu kwesibhakabhaka esikhulu esiluhlaza saMazantsi eAtlantiki ekugqibeleni yanikezela indlela yokumisa.Ndijonge isihlalo sam sefestile esikwicala lasekhohlo, ukusuka kwiinyawo ezingama-35,000, akukho nto ngaphandle kwentlango yaseMazantsi eAfrika, ukuya kuthi ga apho amehlo am ayenokubona khona.
Ifike ngeteksi kumbindi weKapa, kukho nje ibhegi encinci ye-duffel.Ngokuchaseneyo neLatin America: Phantse iindawo zokuhlala ezininzi - kunye neFerraris, Maseratis, Bentleys - njengeBeverly Hills.Ukanti kwangaxeshanye, abantu abandlongondlongo besitrato beza kum njengeezombies, abaninzi benxibe amadlavu, apha bevela kwintlupheko yayo nayiphi na ilokishi ekufutshane.
Eli lihlabathi elitsha nelididayo.Isithuthuthu ngoku sivalelwe ngokukhuselekileyo kwigaraji yexesha elide e-Uruguay.Ndilapha ukuze ndinyothule ibhayisekile ukutyhubela iAfrika.
Omnye wafika ekwikhadibhodi enkulu, esuka eBoise.UFrank Leone kunye neqela leGeorge's Cycles babeka ngokucacileyo iintloko zabo.Bagqabaze ngawo onke amava abo okukhwela ibhayisekile, yonke into eyenzeka ngokwenyani yendlela, kwaye bahlanganisa lo matshini.Yonke into ilungelelaniswe ngokugqibeleleyo, kunye nezixhobo ezixineneyo kunye neendawo ezininzi ezibalulekileyo, njengee-spokes, ikhonkco lekhonkco, itayara, intambo yokutshintsha, i-sprockets, nokunye okuninzi.Ukucofa ngalunye olubuthathaka, kuvavanywa kwaye kusetiwe.
Ngobusuku bokugqibela eKapa, kwindawo yentselo yaseIreland, inkosikazi enebhola elingana nolwandle iAfro kunye nobuso obubukekayo banditsala amehlo njengoko wayedlula.Uye wangena wahlala ecaleni kwam ebhayi.Ndiye ndacela ukumthengela idrink wavuma.Emva koko wathi masihambe siye etafileni senza.Saba nencoko emnandi;igama lakhe nguKhanyisa, uthetha isiBhulu, esifana nesiDatshi kodwa sisondele ngakumbi kwisiFlemish sakumantla eBelgium.Ngaphezulu koko, ulwimi lwesithathu lwenkobe, andikhumbuli, lwalunezandi ezininzi zokuthi “cofa”, ndifunde namagama esiqalekiso kodwa ndawalibala nawo.
Emva kweyure wanikela ngezinye zeenkonzo “zowona msebenzi udala.”Ndandingenamdla kodwa ndandingafuni ukulahlekelwa nguye, ngoko ndamnika iiRandi ezimbalwa zaseMzantsi Afrika (imali esemthethweni yaseMzantsi Afrika) ukuze nje ahlale nokuthetha, kwaye wavuma.
Eli yayilithuba lam lokubuza imibuzo, nantoni na endandifuna ukuyazi.Ubomi bahlukile kwelo cala.Kunzima, ukuyibeka ngobulali.Phakathi kwemibuzo yam emsulwa, ndabuza ukuba angathanda na ukuba libhinqa elimhlophe elingatsali mdla okanye inzwakazi emnyama ayile, apha kweli lizwe linembali elusizi yoCalucalulo.Impendulo yafika lula kuye.Kucace gca ukuba ukungalingani komtsalane kunokuba rhabaxa ngakumbi kuneenkulungwane zokuphathwa gadalala kobukoloniyali, kunye nokungalingani kwezoqoqosho.
Wayenyanisekile ngokumangalisayo kwaye efanelwe yimbeko.U-Steely, naye, wayebonakala engoyiki nto ngaphandle nje kokungabi nayo imali yokuhlawula iindleko zesikolo zonyana wakhe.Ikhona kanye into ekufuneka uyicingisise.
Abantu abaninzi balapha kuquka noKhanyisa banomdla onyanisekileyo kuhambo lwam.Wonke umntu waseMzantsi Afrika, ngaphandle kokukhetha, unesisa ngexesha lakhe.Oku kungaphezulu kwaso sonke isisa esingenasiphelo saseLatin America.Ndihlala ndisiva isimilo somntu, esinje jikelele “njengokubulisa kwamaza,” intlonipho engaphakathi “kumhambi” obonakala egqitha inkolo, ubuzwe, uhlanga, kunye nenkcubeko.
Ngokungakhathaliyo, ndaqalisa ukunyothula emva kwexesha ngentseni yangoLwesihlanu, ngoFebruwari 7. Ngaphandle komzamo wokwenene ndakwazi ukuphumelela iimayile ezingama-80 kwiinduli zendlela yonxweme olusentshona yoMzantsi Afrika.Akulunganga kumfana ongakhange ahlale kwisitulo sebhayisekile kwiinyanga ezili-10 ezidlulileyo.
Yintoni enika umdla malunga neemayile ezingama-80… kwenzeka ukuba yi-1% ye-8,000 eqikelelwayo yeemayile ukuya eCairo.
Umva wam wawubuhlungu, nangona kunjalo.Imilenze, nayo.Ndandingakwazi ukuhamba, ngoko ke ngosuku olulandelayo ndaya kuphumla ndaza ndachacha.
Ibukeka intle, kulungile ukubaleka isekisi yommandla weKapa elikhulu.UMzantsi Afrika uphakathi kwabantu abangama-57 ngosuku.Ngokwesiseko somntu ngamnye, phantse ngokufanayo neMexico.Ayindikhathazi, kuba ndinengqondo.Abantu bayoyika ngayo, bandixelele ukuba bayayixabisa “inkalipho” yam.Ndinqwenela nje ukuba bayivale, ukuze ndikhwele ekungazini noxolo.
Ngaphaya emantla, nangona kunjalo, kuyaziwa ukuba kukhuselekile.Ilizwe elilandelayo, iNamibia, umda walo usezinye iikhilomitha ezingama-400 ngaphambili, nalo lizolile.
Ukukhwela kwizikhululo zegesi ezidlulileyo kuluyolo, ngendlela.Akusekho mfuneko yokuba uthenge izinto ezimbi.Ndikhululekile.
Iifestile zomoya zentsimbi yakudala ziyaphambuka kwiifama ezisebenzayo apha kwilizwe elingumqwebedu, imiboniso enothuli ekhumbuza “Iidiliya zeNgqubu,” umsebenzi wobugcisa kaJohn Steinbeck weMelika's Dust Bowl.Iinciniba, iispringboks, iibhokhwe, iimbono zolwandle olunetyuwa imini yonke.Umntu uqaphela okuninzi ngakumbi kwisihlalo sebhayisekile.
I-Doringbaai sisikhumbuzo sokuba kutheni ndidla ngokungacwangcisi, ndiyahamba.Ukufunyaniswa nje ngempazamo, ezo zagqibela iimayile ezingama-25 entlabathini nakwibhodi yokuhlamba ngaloo mini, xa isibane ende esimhlophe kunye nenqaba yecawa kunye nemithi ethile yafika elundini phayaa, yafika ekugqibeleni njenge ndawo yokuphumla.
Ndangena ndishwabene, nditshiswe lilanga, ndinesiyezi kancinci, ndabuliswa ngamaza anobuhlobo njengoko ndiqengqeleka ndisiya phambili.
Uninzi lwale ndawo yokuhlala yolwandle ngabantu abanemibala enomthunzi omnye obukekayo okanye omnye, abahlala kumakhaya axineneyo, onke aphelileyo, arhabaxa emacaleni.Malunga neepesenti ezili-10 abamhlophe, kwaye bahlala kwiindlwana ezikhazimlayo kwenye ikona yedolophu, ikona eneembono ezingcono zolwandle.
Ayephelile amandla ngaloo mvakwemini.UMzantsi Afrika ucwangciselwe ukucima umbane, phantse yonke imihla.Kukho ingxaki ngezityalo zombane ezibaswa ngamalahle.Utyalo-mali olungaphantsi, ilifa lorhwaphilizo oludlulileyo, ndiyaqokelela.
Kukho ii-pubs ezimbini, zombini zicocekile kwaye zicwangcisiwe, kwaye, kakuhle, zilungile.Njengemiqondiso yendlela, oonobhaka basoloko bethetha isiBhulu kuqala kuwe, kodwa baya kutshintshela kwisiNgesi bengaphoswanga nelimdaka, kwaye ngaphandle kwamathandabuzo apha phandle baninzi abantu abanokuthi batshintshele kulwimi lwesiZulu bengaphoswanga.Gulp phantsi ibhotile Castle for 20 Rand, okanye malunga US $ 1.35, kwaye uthabathe iiflegi iqela lombhoxo kunye neepowusta eludongeni.
Loo madoda abhuqayo, atyhoboza omnye komnye oku kwabadlali bokulwa, evuza igazi.Mna, ndingathethi, ndingayihoyi inkanuko yalo mdlalo.Ndiyazi nje ukuba isenzo esiqatha sithetha yonke into kwabanye abantu.
Ngaphaya kwisikolo samabanga aphakamileyo kukho ibala lombhoxo xa kujongwe laa lighthouse imnandi, imi kanye phezu koshishino lokuloba, ekucacayo ukuba ngoyena mqeshi weDoringbaai.Ngokokubona kwam, ikhulu labantu bebala abasebenza apho, bonke besebenza nzima kulo.
Kanye emva koko, izikhephe ezibini zamahashe zifunxa ezantsi kolwandle, zivuna idayimani.Le mimandla yonxweme, ukusuka apha ukuya emantla ukuya eNamibia, ityebile ngeedayimani, ndifundile.
Iimayile zokuqala ezingama-25 zazigangathiwe, zinomoya omncinci, nangona ukungabikho kwayo nayiphi na inkungu yaselwandle yasekuseni kufanele ukuba ibe sisilumkiso.Ndiziva ndisomelela, ndikhawuleza, yintoni ixhala.Ndiphethe iibhotile zamanzi ezintlanu kodwa ndigcwalise ezimbini kuphela ngolu suku lufutshane.
Emva koko kwavela isiphambuka.Indlela eya eNuwerus yayiyenye yegrabile nesanti edla amandla nesanti kunye nebhodi yokuhlambela nesanti.Le ndlela nayo yajika yangena emhlabeni, yaqalisa ukunyuka.
Ndithe chu ndinyuka induli sele ndiwakhahlelele phantse onke amanzi am xa kwathi gqi ilori enkulu yomsebenzi ngasemva.Umntwana we-Skinny uxhomekeke kwisitulo somgibeli (amavili okuqhuba akwicala lasekunene), ubuso obunobuhlobo, obunomdla, walinganisa "amanzi okusela" amaxesha ambalwa.Wakhwaza phezu kwenjini yedizili, “Ufuna amanzi?”
Ndamphakamisa ngesidima.Yizinye iimayile ezingama-20 kuphela.Ayonto leyo.Ndiya ndiba lukhuni, akunjalo?Uye wanyusa amagxa wanikina intloko xa bebaleka.
Emva koko kwabakho iindawo zokukhwela ezingakumbi.Nganye ilandelwa kukujika ize enye inyuke ibonakale elundini phayaa.Kwimizuzu nje eyi-15 ndaqalisa ukunxanwa.Ukunxanwa ngamandla.
Ishumi elinesibini leegusha laligodle phantsi kweshedi elinomthunzi.Iqula kunye nomkhombe wamanzi kufutshane.Ndinxanelwe ukukhwela ecingweni, ndibone ngokusela amanzi egusha?
Kamva, indlu.Indlu entle entle, ivaliwe yonke, kungekho mntu ukufutshane.Ndandinganxanwanga ngokwaneleyo ukuba ndingagqobhoza, kodwa oko kuqhekeza nokungena kwafika engqondweni yam kwakusothusa.
Bendisuke ndanesifuthufuthu ndatsho ndachama.Yathi iqalisa ukuqukuqela ndacinga ukuyigcina, ndiyisele.Kwaphuma kancinci.
Ndazijula kumdaka wesanti, aphuma amavili ndawa nyani.Hayi mkhulu.Ndive kamnandi ukuma nkqo.Ndaphinda ndajonga iphone yam.Okwangoku akukho nkonzo.Ngapha koko, nokuba ndinophawu, ngaba umntu unokucofa u-“911 ngexesha likaxakeka” apha phandle?Ngokuqinisekileyo imoto iza kufika kungekudala….
Kwavela amanye amafu endaweni yoko.Amafu kubukhulu obuqhelekileyo kunye nokumila.Ukudlula nje enye okanye emibini imizuzu embalwa kwenza umahluko.Inceba exabisekileyo evela kwimitha yelanga yelaser.
Ubugeza oburhubuluzayo.Ndazibhaqa ndithetha isigezo, ndikhwaza.Ndandisazi ukuba kuya kusiba kubi, kodwa ndandisazi ukuba isiphelo asinakuba kude kakhulu.Kodwa kuthekani ukuba ndiye ndajika?Kuthekani ukuba ndigqabhuke itayara?
Kwakhatywa isandi somsila.Uyakuqaphela ezona zipho zincinci ngamanye amaxesha.Kwaqengqeleka elinye ilifu.Ekugqibeleni, ndeva ilori isiza ngasemva.
Ndema ndehla, ndilinganisa “amanzi” njengoko esondela.Ummi waseMzantsi Afrika olivila ekwivili leLand Cruiser endala watsiba waphuma wandijonga, emva koko wafaka isandla kwikhabhini wanikela ngesiqingatha sebhotile yecola.
Ekugqibeleni, kwaba njalo.Hayi kakhulu kuNuwerus.Kukho ivenkile.Ndakhasa ngaphakathi, ndadlula kwikhawuntara ndaya kumgangatho wesamente kwigumbi elipholileyo lokugcinwa kwempahla.Inenekazi elingwevu elingunovenkile lindiphathele ingqayi emva kwengqayi yamanzi.Abantwana basedolophini, bandijongile bekwikona.
Ibingu 104 degrees phaya.Andifanga, ngethemba lokuba akukho monakalo wezintso, kodwa izifundo ezifundiweyo.Pakisha amanzi aseleyo.Funda imozulu kunye nokutshintsha kobude.Ukuba kukho amanzi, WATHATHE.Yenza ezi mpazamo ze-cavalier kwakhona, kwaye i-Afrika inokundithumela ngonaphakade.Khumbula, ndingaphezulu nje kwengxowa yenyama, exhonywe ngamathambo kwaye izaliswe ngamanzi anqabileyo.
Bekungeyomfuneko ukuba ndihlale eNuwerus.Emva kweeyure zokubuyisela amanzi emzimbeni, ndalala kakuhle.Ndicinge nje ukuba ndingakhe ndihlale kwidolophu eyinkangala, kude kube lusuku.Igama ledolophu sisiBhulu, lithetha “Ukuphumla Okutsha,” ngoko kutheni kungenjalo.
Izakhiwo ezimbalwa ezintle, njengesikolo.Uphahla lwentsimbi edibeneyo, imibala engathathi hlangothi kunye ne-pastel trim eqaqambileyo ejikeleze iifestile kunye ne-eaves.
Intyatyambo, yonke indawo endijonga kuyo, iyamangalisa.Zonke iintlobo zezityalo zasentlango ezomeleleyo andinakukwazi ukuzichaza.Ngokumalunga nezilwanyana, ke, ndifumene isikhokelo sendawo yeZilwanyana ezanyisayo zaseMazantsi e-Afrika, esinezilo ezininzi ezoyikekayo.Bendingenako ukukhankanya ngaphezu kwembalwa kwezona zicacileyo.Ngubani owakha weva nge-Dik-Dik, kunjalo?Kudu?Nyala?Rhebok?Ndiyichongile i-roadkill endikhe ndayibona ngenye imini, enomsila othe tyaba kunye neendlebe ezinkulu.YayiyiFox enkulu yeBat-Eared.
UBelinda ngaphaya kwe "Drankwinkel" wandisindisa impundu.Ndiphinde ndazula ndaya evenkileni ndibulela ngokundihoya.Wathi ndijonge kakubi, ngoko.Okubi uphantse wafowunela ugqirha etown.
Ayininzi ivenkile, ngendlela.Ulwelo kwiibhotile zeglasi, ikakhulu ibhiya kunye newayini, kunye ne-cache ye-Jägermeister.Indawo yokugcina izinto epholileyo ngasemva, apho ndandiphumle phantsi, eneneni ayigcinanga kakhulu kunenkunkuma endala kunye neekhreyithi zebhiya ezingenanto.
Kukho enye ivenkile ekufutshane, iphinda kabini njenge-ofisi yeposi, ibonelela ngezinto zasekhaya.Le dolophu kufuneka inabahlali abangamakhulu amahlanu.Ndihlanganisana kanye ngeveki bahamba ngemoto ukuya eVredendal ukuze bafumane izinto.Akukho nto ithengiswayo apha.
I-Hardeveld Lodge, apho ndizipholise khona iibhutsi zam, inequla lokuqubha elingqukuva elincinane, igumbi lokutyela lamadoda kunye negumbi lokuphumla elikufuphi elinomthi ohonjisiweyo omninzi kunye nofele oluhonjisiweyo.I-Fey iqhuba ngokudibeneyo.Umyeni wakhe wasweleka kwiminyaka embalwa edlulileyo.Nangona kunjalo, le ndawo iyabethwa, yonke indawo, icocekile, yonke isidlo, inencasa.
Ukubuyela emva, uhola wendlela onqumla kuMntla Koloni, elona phondo likhulu eMzantsi Afrika, ubulisa ngophawu ngeelwimi ezine: isiBhulu, isiTswana, isiXhosa nesiNgesi.UMzantsi Afrika uneelwimi ezili-11 ezisemthethweni, kwilizwe liphela.Olu suku lweemayile ezingama-85 bezingcono kakhulu iimeko zokukhwela ibhayisekile.Indlela yetha, ukunyuka okuphakathi, ukugquma kwamafu, iqondo lobushushu elisezantsi.
Ixesha eliphakamileyo nguAgasti noSeptemba, intwasahlobo kuMazantsi eHemisphere.Kulapho umhlaba ugqabhuka ngeentyatyambo.Kukho nomnxeba weentyatyambo.Njengengxelo yekhephu enokuxelela ukuba zeziphi iindawo ezithambeka zokutyibilika eziswiti, kukho inombolo onokuthi uyicofe ukuze ufumane eyona intle kwindawo yeentyatyambo.Ngelo xesha, iinduli zizaliswe ziintlobo zeentyatyambo ezingama-2,300, ndiyaxelelwa.Ngoku, kwincopho yehlobo ... ludlolo ngokupheleleyo.
“Iimpuku zasentlango” zihlala apha, abantu abadala abamhlophe, benza imisebenzi yezandla kunye neeprojekthi kwimihlaba yabo, phantse bonke ngolwimi lweenkobe ngesiBhulu, uninzi lwenzalelwane yaseJamani enobudlelwane obude neNamibia ngokunjalo, bonke baya kukuxelela ngaloo nto nokunye.Bangabantu abakhutheleyo, ngamaKristu, kumantla aseYurophu ukuya kweyona nto iphambili.Kukho uphawu lwesiLatini apho ndahlala khona, “Labor Omnia Vincit” (“Umsebenzi Woyisa Konke”), olushwankathela isimo sabo sengqondo ngobomi.
Ngendinganyaniseki xa ndingayibalulanga intsini yolawulo lwabamhlophe endikhe ndadibana nayo ingakumbi apha enkangala.Baninzi kakhulu ukuba babe yinto engaqhelekanga;abanye babesabelana ngokuphandle nge-crackpot neo-Nazi propaganda.Ngokuqinisekileyo ayinguye wonke umntu omhlophe, abaninzi babonakala benelisekile kwaye bezibandakanya nabamelwane babo bemibala, kodwa bekukho ngokwaneleyo ukuba ndigqibe ngokufanelekileyo ezo mbono zimnyama zisebenza ngamandla kwi-Afrika eseMazantsi, kwaye ndizive ndinoxanduva lokuqaphela oko apha.
Lo mmandla weentyatyambo waziwa ngokuba yi "Succulent," iphakathi kwentlango yaseNamib kunye neKalahari.Kushushu kakhulu.Abantu babonakala becinga ukuba yinto engaqhelekanga ukuba ndilapha, ngoku, ngexesha lonyaka elibi kakhulu.Oku kwenzeka xa kukho "ukuhamba" kakhulu kwaye kuncinci okanye kungekho "ucwangciso."Okuhle: Ndim ndedwa undwendwe, kuyo yonke indawo endifika kuyo.
Ngenye imva kwemini kwanetha imvula malunga nemizuzu emihlanu, iqine ngokwaneleyo, ngokwaneleyo ukuba ijike imisele yezi zitrato zingumnqantsa ibe yimijelo equkuqelayo yamanzi abalekayo.Yonke loo nto yayimnandi ngokwaneleyo kangangokuba abanye abantu balapha baphuma ezitulweni zabo ukuze bafote.Bebekwimbalela egqithileyo iminyaka.
Amakhaya amaninzi anemibhobho ehambisa amanzi emvula ukusuka kuphahla lwentsimbi ukuya kumaqula.Le cloudburst ibe lithuba lokunyusa amanqanaba tad.Naphi na apho ndihlala khona, bacela ukuba iishawa zihlale zifutshane.Vula amanzi kwaye ube manzi.Cima kwaye ucofe.Emva koko uvule kwakhona ukuhlamba.
Lo ngumdlalo ongayekeleliyo nongaxoleliyo.Ngenye imini ndathwala iibhotile ezine zamanzi ezigcweleyo kwinxalenye enye yeemayile ezingama-65, kwaye ndandisele ndingenanto ngokupheleleyo kunye neekhilomitha ezintlanu.Bekungekho zintsimbi ze-alam zikhalayo, njengexesha elidlulileyo.Akukho kuphambana kurhubuluzayo.Izithuthi ezaneleyo ezijikelezayo ukundinika ukuzithemba ukuba ndiyakwazi ukukhwela, okanye ubuncinane amanzi, njengoko amaqondo okushisa ayenyuka ukuya kwii-degrees ze-100 njengoko ndandizama ukunyuka kunye nokunyuka.
Ngamanye amaxesha kummango omde urhuqa, kumoya ovuthuzayo, kuvakala ngathi ndingabaleka ngokukhawuleza kunokuba ndinyoba.Ndithe xa ndifika eSpringbok, ndabetha ibhotile ye glass ye Fanta ene-litre ezimbini, ndaphinda ndagalela ijagi emva kwejagi yamanzi ukuze imini iphelele.
Ukuqhubela phambili, kwabakho iintsuku zokuphumla ezimbini ezizukileyo ezachithwa eVioolsdrift Lodge, emdeni.Apha, ndiye ndaphonononga amagqabi amakhulu asentlango kunye neefama ezintle zediliya kunye neemango kuMlambo i-Orange, owenza umda onomda phakathi koMzantsi Afrika neNamibia.Njengoko unokucinga, umlambo uyahla.Iphantsi kakhulu.
Ilizwe eliyinkqantosi elinabantu abazizigidi ezisisi-2.6 kuphela, iNamibia lilizwe lesibini elinabemi abambalwa emhlabeni, kuphela emva kweMongolia.Izithuba zokuzamla phakathi kwemingxuma yokunkcenkceshela ziba nde, ngokuqhelekileyo malunga ne-100 ukuya kwi-150 yeemayile.Kwiintsuku ezimbalwa zokuqala, ukunyuka.Andikho ngasentla ndikhwele inqwelo ukuya kwisiphambuka esilandelayo.Ukuba oko kuyenzeka ndiya kuxela apha, kwinkqubo yembeko.
Olu hambo lwaseAfrika alukho ngokuyintloko malunga neembaleki, ngendlela.Imalunga nokubhadula.Kuloo mxholo ndizinikele ngokupheleleyo.
Njengengoma emnandi inokusibuyisela kwimvakalelo kwindawo ethile ekuhambeni kwexesha, ukuqhelana nokukhwela ibhayisekile okunzima ukundibuyisela umva kwiminyaka engama-30, ndisebutsheni bam kwiNtlambo yeNdyebo.
Indlela ukubandezeleka okuncinci, okuphindaphindiweyo rhoqo, kundifumana phezulu.Ndiyaliva iyeza, i-endorphin, i-opioid eyenziwe ngokwemvelo, iqala ukukhaba ngoku.
Ngaphezulu kwezi mvakalelo zomzimba, ndibuyela ekufumaneni imvakalelo yenkululeko.Xa imilenze yam yeshumi elivisayo yomelele ngokwaneleyo ukuba indithwale i-100 ukuya kwi-150 yeekhilomitha ngosuku olunye, kwi-loops okanye i-point-to-point kwiidolophu ezingaphandle kwe-hinterlands apho ndakhulela khona, iindawo ezinamagama afana neBruneau, Murphy, Marsing, Star, U-Emmett, i-Horseshoe Bend, uMcCall, i-Idaho City, i-Lowman, kunye nomngeni weengqungquthela ezine kuStanley.Kwaye abaninzi ngakumbi.
Babaleka kuzo zonke iicawe kunye nabantu becawe, babaleka uninzi lwezinto zesikolo ezisileyo, imigidi yabaselula, babaleka umsebenzi wesingxungxo kunye nawo onke amarhintyela amancinci oohlohlesakhe afana neemoto kunye neentlawulo zemoto.
Ibhayisekile yayinamandla ngokuqinisekileyo, kodwa ngaphezu koko, yindlela endaqala ngayo ukufumana ukuzimela, kwaye kum, ingcamango ebanzi ngakumbi "yenkululeko."
INamibia izisa zonke kunye.Ekugqibeleni, kwiiyure ezimbalwa ngaphambi kokusa ukuze ndibethe ubushushu, ndatyhalela emantla, ndinyuka ngokuthe ngcembe kumaqondo obushushu avuthayo kunye nomoya ovuthuzayo ngeenkonzo eziziro ngokupheleleyo endleleni.Emva kweekhilomitha ezingama-93 ndaya kunxweme lwaseGrünau, kummandla waseNamibia we||Karas.(Ewe, olo pelo luchanekile.)
Kufana nenye iplanethi phandle phaya.Iintlango ukusuka kwingcinga yakho yasendle.Yiba mnandi kancinci kwaye iincochoyi zeentaba zijongeka ngathi ziincopho ezithambileyo ze-ice cream.
Kuphela nje i-trifle ye-traffic kodwa phantse wonke umntu unika ama-toots ambalwa obuhlobo kunye neempompo zamanqindi njengoko bedlula.Ndiyazi ukuba ndingaphinda ndibethe udonga, bafumene umqolo wam.
Ecaleni kwendlela, kukho umthunzi nje ofumanekayo kwezinye izikhululo zokusabela ngamaxesha athile.Ezi yitafile nje engqukuva yekonkile esekelwe kwisiseko sekonkile esisikwere, enophahla lwentsimbi olusisikwere ngaphezulu, exhaswe ngemilenze emine ebhityileyo yentsimbi.I-hammock yam ingena ngokugqibeleleyo ngaphakathi, i-diagonally.Ndanyuka, imilenze iphakanyisiwe, ndanqunqa ii-apile, amanzi axubileyo, ndalala ndaza ndamamela umculo iiyure ezine ezithe ngqo, ndikhuselwe elangeni lasemini.Kwakukho into emangalisayo ngaloo mini.Ndingatsho ukuba ayizukubakho enye efana nayo, kodwa ndicinga ukuba ndinezinye ezininzi ezingaphambili.
Emva kwesidlo nobusuku obunye ndimise iintente kwindawo ekudibanela kuyo uloliwe eGrünau, ndaqhubeka ndikhwele.Kwangoko kwabakho iimpawu zobomi endleleni.Eminye imithi, enye enendlwane yeentaka ezinkulu endakha ndayibona, iintyatyambo ezityheli, amawaka eentshulube ezimnyama ezityebileyo ezinqumla indlela.Kwandula ke, i-orenji eqaqambileyo “iPadstal,” nje ikhitshi esecaleni kwendlela egcinwe kwibhokisi yentsimbi.
Bendingafuni kusela, ndema kunjalo ndasondela efestileni."Kukho umntu olapha?"Kwavela ibhinqa eliselula likwikona emnyama, landithengisela isiselo esibandayo esibandayo ngeeDola zaseNamibia ezili-10 (iisenti ezingama-66 zase-US)."Uhlala phi?"ndabuza.Wabonisa egxalabeni lakhe, “fama,” ndalaqaza, kungekho kwanto.Kufuneka ibe ngaphezu kwe-hump.Wayethetha ngesona sivakalisi sesiNgesi, njengenkosazana, isandi esasinokuvela kubomi bakhe bonke ekutyhilekeni kulwimi lwakhe lomthonyama lwesiNtu, mhlawumbi isiKhoekhoegowab, kunye, ngokuqinisekileyo, nesiBhulu.
Ngaloo mvakwemini, kwafika ilifu elimnyama.Amaqondo obushushu ehlile.Isibhakabhaka saqhekeka.Phantse iyure yonke, imvula yana.Ekubeni ndandisele ndifikile kwindlu yeendwendwe esecaleni kwendlela, ndavuya kunye nabasebenzi basezifama, ubuso babo buqaqambile.
Loo ngoma ye-hypnotic evela kwiqela le-1980s i-Toto, "Sikelela iimvula e-Afrika," ngoku iyavakala ngakumbi kunangaphambili.
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.
Ixesha lokuposa: Mar-11-2020