Ukujabulela intambama yekhava yefu nezihlambi epulazini elinendlu yezivakashi e-savanna.Umbono owamukelekayo kanye nembangela yokugubha.
Umfula i-Orange, owehlayo, ungomunye wemide kakhulu eNingizimu Afrika.Yakha umngcele phakathi kweNingizimu Afrika neNamibia.
Ukujabulela intambama yekhava yefu nezihlambi epulazini elinendlu yezivakashi e-savanna.Umbono owamukelekayo kanye nembangela yokugubha.
Umfula i-Orange, owehlayo, ungomunye wemide kakhulu eNingizimu Afrika.Yakha umngcele phakathi kweNingizimu Afrika neNamibia.
Uhambo lokundiza lwamahora angu-10 phezu komkhathi omkhulu oluhlaza saseNingizimu ye-Atlantic ekugcineni luvuleleke.Ngibuka isihlalo sami sefasitela elingakwesobunxele, ukusuka ezinyaweni ezingu-35,000, lutho ngaphandle kogwadule lwaseNingizimu Afrika oluwugwadule, lapho ngikwazi ukubona khona amehlo ami.
Ifike ngetekisi phakathi neKapa, iphethe isikhwama esincane nje.Okuhluke kakhulu eLatin America: Cishe izithabathaba eziningi - kanye neFerraris, Maseratis, Bentleys - njengeBeverly Hills.Kodwa ngesikhathi esifanayo, izigilamkhuba zasemgwaqweni ziza kimi njengamaZombi, eziningi zigqoke amanikiniki, lapha ziphuma ebumpofu banoma yiliphi ilokishi eliseduze.
Lona umhlaba omusha futhi odidayo.Isithuthuthu manje sesivalelwe ngokuphepha egaraji lesikhathi eside e-Uruguay.Ngilapha ukuzohamba ngebhayisikili e-Afrika.
Omunye wafika ngekhadibhodi elikhulu, esuka eBoise.U-Frank Leone kanye nethimba le-George's Cycles bahlanganisa amakhanda abo ngokusobala.Bacabanga ngakho konke okuhlangenwe nakho kwabo kokugibela amabhayisikili, zonke izimo ezingenzeka zomgwaqo, futhi bahlanganisa lo mshini.Yonke into ilungiswe kahle, kanye namathuluzi ahlangene kanye nenqwaba yezingxenye eziyisipele ezibalulekile, njengezipoki, ilinki yeketango, isondo, ikhebula elishintshashintshayo, ama-sprocket, nokunye okuningi.Ukudayela ngakunye okubucayi, kuhloliwe futhi kusethiwe.
Ngobusuku bokugcina eKapa, endaweni yokucima ukoma yase-Irish, owesifazane one-Afro elingana ne-beachball kanye nobuso obuhle bangidonsa amehlo njengoba edlula.Wangena wahlala eduze kwami endaweni yokucima ukoma.Ngacela ukumthengela isiphuzo wavuma.Wabe esethi asithuthele etafuleni nangempela sahamba.Saba nengxoxo emnandi;igama lakhe uKhanyisa, ukhuluma isiBhunu, esifana nesiDashi kodwa esiseduze kakhulu nesiFlemish sasenyakatho yeBelgium.Phezu kwalokho, ulimi lwesithathu lwendabuko, angikhumbuli, lwalunemisindo eminingi ethi “chofoza”, ngaze ngafunda amagama okuqalekisa kodwa ngawakhohlwa nawo.
Ngemva kwehora wanikeza ezinye zezinkonzo “zomsebenzi omdala kakhulu.”Ngangingenaso isithakazelo kodwa futhi ngangingafuni ukulahlekelwa nguye, ngakho ngamnikeza amaRandi ambalwa aseNingizimu Afrika (imali esemthethweni yaseNingizimu Afrika) ukuze nje ahlale futhi aqhubeke nokukhuluma, futhi wazibophezela.
Leli kwakuyithuba lami lokubuza imibuzo, noma yini engangifuna ukuyazi.Impilo yehlukile ngakulo.Kunzima, ukuyibeka kancane.Phakathi kwemibuzo yami emsulwa, ngabuza ukuthi angathanda yini ukuba ngowesifazane omhlophe ongakhangi noma owesifazane omuhle omnyama anguye, lapha kuleli zwe onomlando odabukisayo wobandlululo.Impendulo yeza kuye kalula.Kucace bha ukuthi ukungalingani okukhangayo kungaba nzima kakhulu ukwedlula amakhulu eminyaka okuhlukunyezwa kwamakholoni, nokungalingani kwakho kwezomnotho okuhlanganisayo.
Wayethembekile ngendlela emangalisayo futhi ekufanelekela ukuhlonishwa.U-Steely naye wayebonakala engesabi lutho ngaphandle kokungabi nayo imali yokukhokhela indodana yakhe imali yesikole.Ukuthi kukhona okumele ukucabangisise ngakho.
Baningi abantu abakhona lapha, okuhlanganisa noKhanyisa, bayakuthakasela ukuhamba kwami.Wonke umuntu waseNingizimu Afrika uyaphana ngesikhathi sakhe.Lokhu kungaphezulu kwakho konke ukuphana okungenasiphelo kweLatin America.Ngivamise ukuzwa isimilo somuntu, esitholakala emhlabeni wonke njengokuthi “wave sawubona,” inhlonipho egxilile “ngomhambi” ebonakala idlula inkolo, ubuzwe, uhlanga, namasiko.
Ngokungahloniphi, ngaqala ukunyathela ekuseni kakhulu ngoLwesihlanu, Feb. 7. Ngaphandle komzamo wangempela ngikwazile ukuhamba amakhilomitha angu-80 nginqamula amagquma omgwaqo osogwini olusentshonalanga eNingizimu Afrika.Akukubi kumfana ongakaze ahlale esihlalweni sebhayisikili ezinyangeni eziyi-10 ezedlule.
Yini ethokozisayo ngaleyo nombolo yamamayela angu-80 … kwenzeka ukuthi i-1% yamamayela alinganiselwe angu-8,000 ukuya eCairo.
Ingemuva lami lalibuhlungu, nokho.Imilenze, futhi.Ngangingakwazi ukuhamba, ngakho ngakusasa ngaya kophumula futhi ngilulame.
Nakuba kwakunjalo, kuhle ukubalekela isekisi yendawo enkulu yaseKapa.INingizimu Afrika ilinganiselwa ku-57 ukubulawa kwabantu ngosuku.Ngokwesisekelo somuntu ngamunye, cishe sifana neMexico.Akungikhathazi, ngoba nginengqondo.Abantu bayathuka ngakho, bangitshele ukuthi bayasincoma “isibindi” sami.Ngifisa sengathi ngabe bayawuvala, ukuze ngigibele ngokungazi nokuthula.
Nokho, enyakatho, kuyaziwa ukuthi kuphephile.Izwe elilandelayo, iNamibia, umngcele walo osasele amanye amamayela angu-400 ngaphambili, nalo lizolile.
Ukugibela amagalaji kaphethiloli adlule kuyintokozo, ngendlela.Akusadingeki ukuthi uthenge lezo zinto ezimbi.Ngikhululiwe.
Imishini yomoya yensimbi yesitayela sakudala iyanyamalala emapulazini asebenzayo lapha ezweni elomile eliwugwadule, izigcawu ezinothuli ezisikhumbuza “Amagilebhisi Olaka,” umsebenzi wobungcweti ka-John Steinbeck we-America's Dust Bowl.Izintshe, ama-springbok, izimbuzi, ukubukwa kolwandle olunosawoti usuku lonke.Umuntu uqaphela okuningi esesihlalweni sebhayisikili.
I-Doringbaai iyisikhumbuzo sokuthi kungani ngokuvamile ngingahleli, ngiyageleza.Ukutholwa nje ngengozi, lawo agcina amamayela angu-25 esihlabathini nasebhodini lokuwasha ngalolo suku, lapho indlu yesibani ende emhlophe kanye nenqaba yesonto kanye nezihlahla ezithile zifika phezulu, zafika ekugcineni njenge-oasis.
Ngangena ngishaqekile, ngishiswa yilanga, nginesiyezi, ngabingelelwa amagagasi anobungane njengoba ngigingqika kancane ngiya phambili.
Iningi lalezi zindawo ezihlala ngasogwini lolwandle abantu abanemibala enomthunzi owodwa omuhle noma omunye, abahlala ezindlini ezinesimo sezulu esishisayo, zonke zifiphele, ezimangelengele emaphethelweni.Cishe amaphesenti angu-10 amhlophe, futhi ahlala ezindlini ezicwebezelayo kwelinye ikhoneni ledolobha, ekhoneni elinokubukwa okuhle kakhulu kolwandle.
Ayephela amandla ngaleyontambama.INingizimu Afrika ihlele ukucinywa kukagesi, cishe nsuku zonke.Kukhona inkinga ngezitshalo zikagesi ezibaswa ngamalahle.Ukutshalwa kwezimali okuncane, ifa lenkohlakalo ethile edlule, ngiyakuqoqa.
Kunama-pubs amabili, ahlanzekile futhi ahlelekile, futhi, kahle, ahlanzekile.Njengezimpawu zomgwaqo, osobhoko bahlezi bekhuluma isiBhunu kuqala, kodwa bazoshintsha baye esiNgisini bangaphuthelwa, futhi akungabazeki ukuthi lapha ngaphandle baningi abantu abakwazi ukushintshela olimini lwesiZulu ngaphandle kokugeja.Gcoba ibhodlela le-Castle ngamarandi angu-20, noma cishe u-US$1.35, futhi ubukele amafulegi eqembu lombhoxo namaphosta odongeni.
Lawo madoda abhuquza, ashayana njengama-gladiators, egcwele igazi.Mina, ngiphelelwe amazwi, nginganaki uthando lwalo mdlalo.Ngiyazi nje ukuthi isenzo esibi sisho konke kwabanye abantu.
Esikoleni samabanga aphezulu kunenkundla yebhola lombhoxo uma kubhekwa leyo lighthouse ebabazekayo, ebekwe ngaphezu kwendawo yokudoba, okusobala ukuthi ingumqashi omkhulu ka-Doringbaai.Ngokubona kwami, abantu abayikhulu bebala abasebenza lapho, besebenza kanzima.
Ngemva nje kwalokho, izikebhe ezimbili zamahhashi ezincela phansi olwandle, zivuna amadayimane.Lezi zindawo ezisogwini, kusukela lapha nasenyakatho ukuya eNamibia, zicebile ngamadayimane, ngifundile.
Amamayela okuqala angu-25 agandayiwe, kunomoya omncane ngisho, nakuba ukungabikho kwanoma iyiphi inkungu yasekuseni yasolwandle kufanele kube yisixwayiso.Ngizizwa ngiqina, ngishesha, pho yini ukukhathazeka.Ngiphethe amabhodlela amanzi amahlanu kodwa ngigcwalise amabili kuphela kulolu suku olufushane.
Kwabe sekufika isiphambano.Umgwaqo oya eNuwerus wawungaphezu kwalolo lubhuqu oluqeda amandla nesihlabathi nobhodi lokuwasha nesihlabathi.Lo mgwaqo nawo wajikela phakathi nezwe, waqala ukukhuphuka.
Ngangiqhwanda igquma sengiwagobhozile cishe wonke amanzi ami ngesikhathi kuqhamuka iloli elikhulu lomsebenzi ngemuva.Ingane e-Skinny incike esihlalweni somgibeli (amasondo okuqondisa angakwesokudla), ubuso obunobungane, obunomdlandla, walingisa "amanzi okuphuza" izikhathi ezimbalwa.Wamemeza phezu kwenjini kadizili, “Udinga amanzi?”
Ngamqhweba ngesizotha.Kungamanye amamayela angama-20 kuphela.Lokho akulutho.Ngiya ngokuba nzima, akunjalo?Wahle wanikina ikhanda besuka ngesivinini.
Kwabe sekufika eminye imiqansa.Ngayinye ilandele ijika futhi enye ikhuphuke ibonakale emkhathizwe.Ngemizuzu engu-15 ngaqala ngokoma.Ome kakhulu.
Izimvu eziyishumi nambili zazigoqene ngaphansi kwesibaya somthunzi.Umgodi wamanzi kanye nomkhombe wamanzi eduze.Ngabe ngomele ukugibela uthango, bese ngibuka ukuphuza amanzi ezimvu?
Kamuva, indlu.Indlu enhle, evulekile yonke, kungekho muntu eduze.Ngangingomile ngokwanele ukuba ngigqekeze, nokho, kodwa lokho kugqekeza nokungena ngisho nasemqondweni wami kwakungethusa.
Ngiqhanyelwe ngiqhanyelwe ngichame.Lapho iqala ukugeleza ngacabanga ukuyigcina, ngiphuze.Kwaphuma okuncane.
Ngingene obishini lwesihlabathi, amasondo ami acimeke nangempela ngaquleka.Ayikho i-biggie.Ngizizwe kumnandi ukuma ngiqonde.Ngaphinda ngaphosa amehlo ocingweni lwami.Namanje ayikho isevisi.Noma kunjalo, noma ngabe nginesignali, ingabe umuntu udayela u-“911 for emergency” lapha?Impela imoto izofika maduze… .
Kwaqhamuka amafu esikhundleni salokho.Amafu ngosayizi wakudala nesimo.Ukudlula nje okukodwa noma amabili imizuzu embalwa kwenza umehluko.Isihe esiyigugu esivela emisebeni ye-laser yelanga.
Ukuhlanya okunwabuzelayo.Ngizibambe ngiphimisela, ngikhulumela phezulu.Ngangazi ukuthi kwakuya kuba kubi, kodwa ngangazi ukuthi ukuphela ngeke kube kude kakhulu.Kodwa kuthiwani uma ngenze iphutha?Kuthiwani uma ngiphantshile isondo?
Kwakhahlela umoya omncane.Uzoqaphela izipho ezincane kakhulu ngezinye izikhathi.Kwagingqika elinye ifu.Ekugcineni ngezwa iloli liqhamuka kude ngemuva.
Ngama ngehla, ngilingisa “amanzi” njengoba esondela.Umuntu waseNingizimu Afrika oyisiphukuphuku ehamba ngesondo le-Land Cruiser endala wagxuma wangibheka, wabe esefaka isandla ekhunjini futhi wanikeza ibhodlela elinguhhafu le-cola.
Ekugcineni, kwaba njalo.Hhayi kakhulu kuNuwerus.Kukhona isitolo.Ngangena ngakhasa, ngadlula ikhawunta ngangena phansi ukhonkolo endlini yamasheya epholile.Umnikazi wesitolo onezinwele ezimpunga wangilethela imbiza emva kwembiza yamanzi.Izingane edolobheni, zangigqolozela zisekhoneni.
Kwakungama-degree angu-104 phandle lapho.Angifile, ngethemba ukuthi akukho ukulimala kwezinso, kodwa izifundo engizifundile.Pakisha amanzi asele.Tadisha isimo sezulu kanye nokushintsha kwe-altitude.Uma unikezwa amanzi, WATHATHE.Yenza la maphutha e-cavalier futhi, futhi i-Afrika ingangithumela phakade.Khumbula, ngingaphezudlwana kwesaka lenyama, elilengiswa amathambo futhi ligcwele amanzi ayigugu.
Ngangingadingi ukuhlala eNuwerus.Ngemva kwamahora okubuyiselwa emanzini, ngalala kahle.Ngavele ngacabanga ukuthi ngizohlala edolobheni eliyincithakalo, ngihambe usuku lonke.Igama ledolobha ngesiBhunu, lisho ukuthi “Ukuphumula Okusha,” kungani kungenjalo.
Izakhiwo ezimbalwa ezinhle, njengesikole.Uphahla lukathayela, imibala engathathi hlangothi ene-pastel trim ekhanyayo ezungeze amafasitela nama-eves.
I-flora, yonke indawo lapho ngibheka khona, iyamangalisa.Zonke izinhlobo zezitshalo zasogwadule eziqinile angikwazanga ukuzisho.Ngokuqondene nezilwane, ngithole umhlahlandlela wezilwane ezincelisayo zaseNingizimu Afrika, owawunezilwane eziningana ezimangalisayo.Bengingeke ngikwazi ukusho amagama angaphezu kwambalwa asobala kakhulu.Ubani owake wezwa nge-Dik-Dik, noma kunjalo?Kudu?Nyala?I-Rhebok?Ngiyihlonze i-roadkill engangiyibone ngolunye usuku, enomsila oluhlaza namadlebe amakhulu.Leyo kwakuyimpungushe enkulu ye-Bat-Eared.
U-Belinda ngale ku-“Drankwinkel” usindise isinqe sami.Ngaphinde ngazulazula ngasesitolo ukuze ngibonge ngokunginakekela.Wathi-ke ngibukeka kabi.Okubi wacishe wafonela udokotela edolobheni.
Akusona isitolo esiningi, noma kunjalo.Uketshezi emabhodleleni engilazi, ikakhulukazi ubhiya newayini, kanye nenqolobane ye-Jägermeister.Igumbi elipholile elingemuva, lapho ngangiphumule khona phansi, empeleni aligcini ngaphezu kwamakesi kabhiya amadala angenalutho.
Kunesinye isitolo esiseduze, siphindwe kabili njengeposi, sinikeza izinto zasendlini.Leli dolobha kumele libe nezakhamuzi ezingamakhulu amahlanu.Ngibuthana kanye ngesonto baya e-Vredendal ukuze bathole izimpahla.Cishe akukho okudayiswayo lapha.
I-Hardeveld Lodge, lapho ngapholisa khona amabhuzu ami, inedamu lokubhukuda eliyindilinga elincane, igumbi lokudlela labesilisa kanye negumbi lokuphumula eliseduze elinezinkuni eziningi ezibushelelezi kanye nesikhumba esiwubukhazikhazi.UFey ungumbungazi ohamba phambiliUmyeni wakhe washona eminyakeni embalwa edlule.Nokho le ndawo uyishaywe ngesiswebhu, yonke indawo, ihlanzekile, konke ukudla, okumnandi.
Emuva endaweni yokugaya, umgwaqo omkhulu onqamula eNyakatho Kapa, isifundazwe esikhulu kunazo zonke eNingizimu Afrika, ubingelela ngophawu ngezilimi ezine: isiBhunu, isiTswana, isiXhosa nesiNgisi.Empeleni iNingizimu Afrika inezilimi ezisemthethweni eziyi-11, ezweni lonke.Lolu suku lwamamayela angu-85 lwaluyizimo ezingcono kakhulu zamabhayisikili.Umgwaqo wethayela, ukugibela okulingene, ikhava yamafu, izinga lokushisa eliphansi.
Isikhathi esiphezulu ngu-August no-September, intwasahlobo eNingizimu Nenkabazwe.Yilapho indawo iqhuma izimbali.Kukhona ngisho inombolo yocingo yezimbali.Njengombiko weqhwa ungase ukutshele ukuthi yimiphi imigwaqo yokushushuluza emnandi kakhulu, kunenombolo ongayidayela ukuze uthole okusha endaweni yembali.Ngaleso sikhathi, amagquma agcwele izinhlobonhlobo zezimbali ezingu-2,300, ngiyatshelwa.Manje, esiqongweni sehlobo ... inyumba ngokuphelele.
“Amagundane asogwadule” ahlala lapha, abantu abadala abamhlophe, benza imisebenzi yezandla nemisebenzi yezandla endaweni yabo, cishe bonke ngolimi lwebele ngesiBhunu, abaningi bomdabu waseJalimane abanobudlelwane obude neNamibia futhi, bonke bazokutshela ngalokho nokunye.Bangabantu abakhuthele, amaKristu, enyakatho yeYurophu kuze kube sekupheleni.Kunophawu ngesiLatini lapho ngahlala khona, “Labor Omnia Vincit” (“Umsebenzi Unqoba Konke”), olufingqa isimo sabo sengqondo ngokuphila.
Ngeke ngibe neqiniso uma ngidembesela ukubalula ubunzima bokubusa kwabamhlophe engike ngabhekana nabo, ikakhulukazi lapha encithakalweni.Ziningi kakhulu ukuba zibe i-anomaly;abanye babehlanganyela obala i-crackpot neo-Nazi propaganda.Yebo akubona bonke abantu abamhlophe, abaningi babonakala benelisekile futhi besebenzisana nomakhelwane babo bemibala, kodwa bekwanele ukuba ngiphethe kahle leyo mibono emnyama esebenza ngamandla eNingizimu Afrika, futhi ngizizwe nginomthwalo wemfanelo wokuqaphela lokho lapha.
Lesi sifunda sezimbali saziwa ngokuthi “I-Succulent,” sitholakala phakathi kwezingwadule zaseNamib naseKalahari.Kuphinde kushisa kakhulu.Abantu babonakala becabanga ukuthi kuyamangaza ukuthi ngilapha, manje, phakathi nenkathi enzima kakhulu.Yilokhu okwenzekayo lapho “kugeleza” kakhulu futhi “kukuhlelela” okuncane noma kungasekho.Okubalulekile: Yimi ngedwa isivakashi, cishe yonke indawo lapho ngifika khona.
Ngenye intambama lana cishe imizuzu emihlanu, liqine ngokwanele ukuba liguqule imisele yale migwaqo ewumqansa ibe imisele yamanzi agelezayo.Konke bekujabulisa ngokwanele ukuthi abanye abantu bendawo baphuma bangena ezithonjeni zabo ukuze bathathe isithombe.Sekuyiminyaka besesomiso esibi kakhulu.
Imizi eminingi inezinhlelo zamapayipi ezihambisa amanzi emvula phansi ukusuka ophahleni lwensimbi ukuya emathangini.Lokhu kuqhuma kube yithuba lokukhuphula amaleveli kancane.Nomaphi lapho ngihlala khona, bacela ukuthi amashawa ahlale emifushane.Vula amanzi bese umanzi.Vala futhi ugcobe.Bese uvula futhi ukuze uhlanza.
Lena inkundla engapheli futhi engaxoleli.Ngolunye usuku ngaphatha amabhodlela amanzi amane agcwele ingxenye eyodwa engamamayela angu-65, futhi ngase ngingenalutho ngokuphelele njengoba ngangisasele amakhilomitha amahlanu.Bezingekho izinsimbi zama-alamu ezikhalayo, njengangesikhathi esidlule.Akukho ukusangana okunwabuzelayo.Ukuhamba kwezimoto ezanele ukunginika ithemba lokuthi ngingakwazi ukushayela, noma okungenani amanzi, njengoba amazinga okushisa ekhuphuka aze afike ku-100 degrees njengoba ngizabalaza ukukhuphuka nokukhuphuka.
Kwesinye isikhathi emqanseni omude odonsayo, kulowo moya ovunguzayo, kuzwakale sengathi ngingagijima kakhulu kunokuba nginyathela.Ngathi uma ngifika eSpringbok, ngashaya ibhodlela lengilazi likaFanta elingamalitha amabili, ngase ngilandela ujeke wamanzi ukuze kusele usuku.
Ngokuqhubekayo, kwaba nezinsuku ezimbili zokuphumula ezikhazimulayo ezachithwa e-Vioolsdrift Lodge, emngceleni.Lapha, ngahlola ama-bluffs asogwadule amakhulu kanye namapulazi amahle amagilebhisi kanye nomango eMfuleni i-Orange, owakha umngcele oshubile phakathi kweNingizimu Afrika neNamibia.Njengoba ungase ucabange, umfula uyancipha.Iphansi kakhulu.
Izwe elikhulu eliwugwadule elinabantu abayizigidi ezingu-2.6 kuphela, iNamibia iyizwe lesibili elinabantu abambalwa emhlabeni, ngemuva kweMongolia kuphela.Izikhala zokuzamula phakathi kwezimbobo zokunisela ziba zinde, ngokuvamile zingamamayela ayi-100 kuya kwangu-150.Izinsuku ezimbalwa zokuqala, ukukhuphuka.Angikho ngaphezu kokuhalalisela okokugibela ukuya empambanweni elandelayo.Uma lokho kwenzeka ngizokubika lapha, ohlelweni lokuhlonishwa.
Lokhu kugibela e-Afrika akukona ngokuyinhloko mayelana nezokusubatha, ngendlela.Kumayelana nokuzulazula.Kuleyo ngqikithi ngizinikele ngokuphelele.
Njengengoma ekhangayo ingasibuyisela emzweni endaweni ethile ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, ukuqina ngokugibela ibhayisikili kungibuyisela emuva eminyakeni engu-30, ebusheni bami eSigodini Somcebo.
Indlela ukuhlupheka okuncane, okuphindaphindiwe njalo, kungenza ngiphakame.Ngiyasizwa isidakamizwa, i-endorphin, i-opioid ekhiqizwe ngokwemvelo, isiqala ukungena manje.
Ngaphezu kwalezi zinzwa zomzimba, ngibuyela emuva ekutholeni umuzwa wenkululeko.Lapho imilenze yami yobusha isinamandla ngokwanele ukungithwala amakhilomitha angu-100 kuya kwangu-150 ngosuku olulodwa, ngihamba ngezihibe noma ngikhomba-khomba emadolobheni angaphandle lapho ngakhulela khona, izindawo ezinamagama afana neBruneau, Murphy, Marsing, Star, U-Emmett, i-Horseshoe Bend, uMcCall, i-Idaho City, i-Lowman, ngisho nenselelo ye-four-summit eya ku-Stanley.Nokunye okuningi.
Baphunyuka kuwo wonke amasonto kanye nabantu besonto, baphunyuka ezintweni eziningi zesikole eziwubuwula, imibuthano yentsha, babalekela itoho kanye nazo zonke izingibe zonxiwankulu ezinjengezimoto nezinkokhelo zezimoto.
Ibhayisikili lalinamandla ngokuqinisekile, kodwa ngaphezu kwalokho, yindlela engaqala ngayo ukuthola ukuzimela, futhi kimina, umqondo owandile “wenkululeko.”
INamibia ikuhlanganisa konke.Ekugcineni, ngiqala amahora ngaphambi kokuntwela kokusa ukuze ngishaye ukushisa, ngaphushela enyakatho, ngenyuka kancane emazingeni okushisa avuthayo kanye nesivunguvungu esinezinkonzo eziyiziro endleleni.Ngemva kwamakhilomitha angu-93 ngagibela eGrünau, esifundeni saseNamibia sase-||Karas.(Yebo, leso sipelingi silungile.)
Kufana nenye iplanethi laphaya.Izingwadule kusuka emcabangweni wakho oyingozi kakhulu.Thola ukudangala kancane futhi iziqongo zezintaba zibukeke njengeziqongo eziphendukayo zamakhoni ka-ayisikhilimu athambile.
I-traffic encane kuphela kodwa cishe wonke umuntu unikeza ama-toots ambalwa anobungane ophondo kanye namaphampu enqindi njengoba bedlula.Ngiyazi uma ngingaphinde ngishaye udonga, bangibambele umhlane.
Eduze komgwaqo, kukhona umthunzi omncane otholakala kwezinye iziteshi zokukhosela ngezikhathi ezithile.Lawa amatafula kakhonkolo ayindilinga agxile esisekelweni sikakhonkolo esiyisikwele, esinophahla lwensimbi oluyisikwele ngaphezulu, olusekelwe imilenze emine ezacile yensimbi.I-hammock yami ingena kahle ngaphakathi, ngokudayagonali.Ngagibela phezulu, imilenze yaphakama, ngaqoba ama-apula, ngakha amanzi, ngasnuza futhi ngalalela umculo amahora amane aqondile, ngivikelekile elangeni lasemini.Kwakukhona into emangalisayo ngosuku.Ngingathi ngeke libe khona elinye elifana nalo, kodwa ngicabanga ukuthi nginenqwaba eyengeziwe ngaphambili.
Ngemva kwedili nobusuku obunye ngikanise ezimpambanweni zesitimela eGrünau, ngaqhubeka nokugibela.Ngokushesha kwabonakala izimpawu zokuphila endleleni.Ezinye izihlahla, esinye esinesidleke senyoni esikhulu kunazo zonke engake ngasibona, izimbali eziphuzi, izinkulungwane zamasentimitha aminyene amnyama anjengezimpethu eziwela umgwaqo.Khona-ke, i-“Padstal” ewolintshi ekhazimulayo, isitolo nje esiseceleni komgwaqo esifakwe ebhokisini likathayela.
Angasidingi isiphuzo, ngama kunjalo ngasondela ngasefasiteleni.“Kukhona umuntu lapha?”Kuqhamuke intokazi ethile ekhoneni elimnyama, yangidayisela isiphuzo esibandayo ngo-10 Namibian Dollars (US 66 cents)."Uhlala kuphi?"ngabuza.Wakhombisa ehlombe lakhe, “ipulazi,” ngaphosa amehlo ngapha nangapha, kungekho lutho lapho.Kufanele kube ngaphezu kwe-hump.Wayekhuluma ngendlela esezingeni eliphezulu kakhulu yesiNgisi, njengenkosazana, umsindo owawuvela ekuphileni konke kokuchayeka olimini lwakhe lwendabuko lwase-Afrika, mhlawumbe isiKhoekhoegowab, kanye nesiBhunu.
Ngaleyontambama, kwafika amafu amnyama.Amazinga okushisa ehlile.Laphephuka izulu.Cishe ihora, imvula engapheli.Njengoba ngangivele ngifikile endlini yezivakashi eseceleni komgwaqo, ngajabula kanye nezisebenzi zasepulazini, ubuso bazo bugcwele injabulo.
Leyo ngoma yokulutheka evela eqenjini lika-1980 i-Toto, “Bless the Rains Down in Africa,” manje inengqondo 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.
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Mar-11-2020