Kunakidzwa nemasikati echifukidziro chegore uye mvura inonaya papurazi rine imba yevaenzi musavanna.Chiratidzo chinogamuchirwa uye chikonzero chekupemberera.
Rwizi rweOrange, rwuri kuderera, nderimwe rerefu muSouthern Africa.Inoumba muganhu pakati peSouth Africa neNamibia.
Kunakidzwa nemasikati echifukidziro chegore uye mvura inonaya papurazi rine imba yevaenzi musavanna.Chiratidzo chinogamuchirwa uye chikonzero chekupemberera.
Rwizi rweOrange, rwuri kuderera, nderimwe rerefu muSouthern Africa.Inoumba muganhu pakati peSouth Africa neNamibia.
Kubhururuka kwemaawa gumi pamusoro penzvimbo huru yebhuruu yeSouth Atlantic pakupedzisira kwakapa mukana kumhara.Ndichitarisa chigaro changu chehwindo chekuruboshwe, kubva pamamita 35,000, pasina chinhu kunze kwegwenga risina chinhu reSouthern Africa, kusvika pakuona maziso angu.
Yakasvika netekisi pakati peCape Town, yaingova kabhegi kadiki diki.Zvakasiyana chaizvo neLatin America: Inenge dzimba zhinji - uye Ferraris, Maseratis, Bentleys - seBeverly Hills.Asi panguva imwe cheteyo, vane utsinye mumigwagwa vachiuya kwandiri sema zombies, vazhinji vakapfeka mamvemve, pano kubva muhurombo hweimwe yemataundishipi ari padyo.
Iyi inyika itsva uye inokatyamadza chose.Mudhudhudhu ikozvino wakaiswa zvakachengeteka kure mugaraji renguva refu muUruguay.Ndiri pano kuzochovha bhasikoro nemuAfrica.
Mumwe akasvika ari mukadhibhokisi hombe, kubva kuBoise.Frank Leone nechikwata cheGeorge's Cycles vakanyatsoisa misoro yavo pamwechete.Vakafunga nezvese chiitiko chavo chekuchovha bhasikoro, chiitiko chega chega chechokwadi chemugwagwa, uye vakaunganidza muchina uyu.Zvese zvakagadziridzwa, pamwe nemamwe macomputer maturusi uye akawanda akakosha maspare parts, senge masipokisi, cheni chinongedzo, vhiri, imwe shifter tambo, sprockets, nezvimwe zvakawanda.Imwe neimwe inonzwika dial, yakaedzwa uye yakaiswa.
Husiku hwekupedzisira muCape Town, pane imwe pub yeIrish, mumwe mukadzi ane bhora remugungwa reAfro uye chiso chinoyevedza chakabata ziso rangu paakapfuura.Akapinda ndokugara pedyo neni pabhawa.Ndakati ndimutengere drink achibva abvuma.Vakabva vati tisuduruke patafura tichibva taenda.Takava nekurukurirano inofadza;zita rake ndiKhanyisa, anotaura Afrikaans, iro rakafanana neDutch asi rinotoswedera pedyo neFlemish yekuchamhembe kweBelgium.Pamusoro peizvozvo, mutauro wechitatu wekuzvarwa, ini handiyeuke, waive neakawanda e "tinya" manzwi, ndakatodzidza mamwe mazwi ekutuka asi ndakakanganwa iwowo.
Pashure peinenge awa akapa mamwe masevhisi kubva ku“basa rekaresa.”Ndakanga ndisingafariri asi ndakanga ndisingadiwo kurasikirwa naye, saka ndakamupa maRand mashoma okuSouth Africa (mari yepamutemo yokuSouth Africa) kuti angogara tichitaura, uye akabvuma.
Uyu waive mukana wangu wekubvunza mibvunzo, chero chinhu chandaida kuziva.Hupenyu hwakasiyana kudivi iroro.Zvakaoma, kutaura zvinyoro.Pamubvunzo wangu wakawanda, ndakabvunza kana angave mukadzi wechichena asina kunaka kana mukadzi mutema akanaka sezvaari, muno munyika ine nhoroondo inosuwisa yerusaruraganda.Mhinduro yakauya nyore kwaari.Zvakanyatsojeka kuti kusaenzana kwekukwezva kunogona kutonyanya kuomarara kupfuura mazana emakore ekushungurudzwa kwevapambi, pamwe nekuwanda kwekusaenzana kwehupfumi.
Akanga akatendeseka zvinoshamisa uye akakodzera kuremekedzwa.Steely, airatidzawo kuti hapana chaaitya kunze kwekushaya mari yekubhadhara mari yechikoro yemwanakomana wake.Ikoko pane chimwe chinhu chokufungisisa.
Vanhu vazhinji varipano kusanganisira Khanyisa vanonyatsofarira kufamba kwangu.Wese muSouth Africa pasina kusarudzika ane rupo nenguva yavo.Izvi zviri pamusoro pese rupo rusina magumo rweLatin America.Ndinowanzonzwa humwe hunhu hwevanhu, hwepasirese se “wave mhoroi,” ruremekedzo rwakadzama rwe“mufambi” runoratidzika kuva runopfuura chitendero, nyika, rudzi, uye tsika.
Sezvineiwo, ndakatanga kuchovha makumbo mumangwanani eChishanu, Feb. 7. Pasina nhamburiko chaiyoiyo ndakakwanisa makiromita 80 nomumakomo anomonereka emugwagwa wemhenderekedzo yegungwa yokumadokero kweSouth Africa.Hazvina kushata kumukomana asina kumbogara pachigaro chebhasikoro mumwedzi gumi yapfuura.
Chii chinonakidza pamusoro pe80 mamaira nhamba ... inoitika 1% ye8,000 inofungidzirwa mamaira kuenda kuCairo.
Kumashure kwangu kwairwadza hazvo.Makumbo, zvakare.Ndainge ndisisagone kufamba, saka mangwana acho ndakaenda kunozorora uye kupora.
Zvinofadza sezvazvaiva, zvakanaka kutiza sekisi yenharaunda huru yeCape Town.South Africa inouraya vanhu makumi mashanu nenomwe pazuva.Pamusoro pemunhu wega wega, zvakangofanana neMexico.Hazvina kundinetsa, nekuti ndine musoro.Vanhu vanovhunduka nezvazvo, ndiudze kuti vanoyemura "ushingi" hwangu.Ndakangoti dai vakaivhara, kuti ndikwire mukusaziva nerunyararo.
Kuwedzera kuchamhembe, kunyange zvakadaro, kunozivikanwa kuva kwakachengeteka.Nyika inotevera, Namibia, muganhu wayo uchiri mamwe mamaira 400 mberi, hainawo kugadzikana.
Kukwira magasi apfuura kunonakidza, nenzira.Hazvichadi kuti utenge zvinhu zvakakurisa zvakare.Ndakasunungurwa.
Mafemo echinyakare esimbi anodonha pakushanda mapurazi kunze kuno munyika yakaoma yakaoma, mifananidzo ine huruva inoyeuchidza “Mazambiringa Ehasha,” unyanzvi hwaJohn Steinbeck hweAmerica's Dust Bowl.Mhou, springboks, mbudzi, gungwa rine munyu rinoona zuva rose.Mumwe anocherechedza zvakawanda kubva pachigaro chebhasikoro.
Doringbaai chiyeuchidzo chekuti sei ini kazhinji ndisingaronge, ndinoyerera.Kungowanikwa netsaona, idzo dzekupedzisira mamaira makumi maviri neshanu pajecha nebhodhi rekugezera zuva riya, apo imba refu chena yemwenje uye shongwe yechechi nemimwe miti zvakauya pakatarisana, zvichisvika pakupedzisira senzvimbo inotsvedza.
Ndakapinda mukati ndakanyatsonzwa, ndakatsva nezuva, ndine dzungu, ndakakwaziswa nemasaisai eushamwari sezvandaiumburuka zvishoma nezvishoma mberi.
Ruzhinji rweiyi gungwa rekugara vanhu veruvara vane mumwe mumvuri wakanaka kana mumwe, vanogara mudzimba dzine mamiriro ekunze, ese akapera, akaomarara kumativi.Vanosvika gumi muzana vachena, uye vanogara mudzimba dzinopenya pane imwe kona yeguta, kona ine maonero akanaka egungwa.
Simba rakanga rapera masikati iwayo.South Africa yakaronga kudzimwa kwemagetsi, anenge mazuva ese.Pane dambudziko remagetsi anobatidzwa nemarasha.Underinvestment, nhaka yehuori hwakapfuura, ndinounganidza.
Kune maviri pubs, ese akachena uye akarongeka, uye, zvakanaka, akapusa.Sezvikwangwani zvomumugwagwa, mbavha dzinogara dzichitaura Afrikaans pekutanga, asi dzinochinja kuenda kuChirungu pasina kupotsa, uye pasina mubvunzo kunze uko kune vanhu vakawanda vaigona kushandura rurimi rweZulu pasina kupotsa.Medza bhodhoro reCastle ye20 Rand, kana US$1.35, uyeyemura mireza nemaposta echikwata cherugby.
Varume vaya vaimbundikirana, vachiroverana sevarwi vehondo, vakateura ropa.Ini, ndakashaya remuromo, ndisingatombozivi chido chemutambo uyu.Ini ndinongoziva zvese izvo rough action zvinoreva zvese kune vamwe vanhu.
Kuchikoro chesekondari kune nhandare yerugby tichitarisa imba yemwenje inoyevedza, yakamira pamusoro penzvimbo inoredza hove, inova inova mushandirwi mukuru waDoringbaai.Sekuona kwangu, zana revanhu veruvara vachishanda ipapo, vakashinga pazviri.
Nenguva isipi, zvikepe zviviri zvemabhiza zvinosveta pasi pegungwa, zvichikohwa madhaimani.Idzi nzvimbo dzemumhenderekedzo yegungwa, kubva kuno uye kuchamhembe kusvika kuNamibia, dzakapfuma nemadhaimani, ndakadzidza.
Makiromita makumi maviri neshanu ekutanga akagadzirwa, mhepo shoma shoma, kunyangwe kusavapo kwemhute yegungwa yemangwanani kwaifanira kunge kuri yambiro.Ndiri kunzwa kusimba, nekukurumidza, saka chii chiri kunetsa.Ndakatakura zvigubhu zvishanu zvemvura asi ndazadza maviri chete pazuva diki iri.
Kwakabva kwauya junction.Mugwagwa waienda kuNuwerus waive wakawanda uya waipedza simba nejecha nemapuranga nejecha.Mugwagwa uyu wakapindawo munyika, ndokutanga kukwira.
Ndakadaro ndichikwidza gomo ndatobonyora mvura yangu yese pakabva pasvika mota hombe yebasa nekumashure.Mwana akatetepa akazembera chigaro chevatyairi (mavhiri ekufambisa ari kurudyi), chiso chine hushamwari, chine manyawi, akatevedzera "mvura yekunwa" kakati wandei.Akashevedzera pamusoro peinjini yedhiziri, "Unoda mvura?"
Ndakamusimudzira zvine ruremekedzo.Ingori mamwe mamaira makumi maviri.Icho hachisi chinhu.Ndiri kuoma, handiti?Akakwenya ndokudzungudza musoro kwave kusimuka.
Ipapo kwakauya mimwe mikwidza.Imwe neimwe yaitevera nekukona uye imwe ichikwira ichionekwa kumatenga.Pasina 15 minutes ndakatanga kunzwa nyota.Nyota yakaperera.
Makwai gumi nemaviri akanga akatutirana pasi pedanga.Chirongo nechigero chemvura chiri pedyo.Ndanzwa nyota yekukwira fence, ndozoona zvekunwa mvura yehwai?
Gare gare, imba.Imba yakanaka, yakavharwa, pasina munhu.Ndakanga ndisati ndanzwa nyota yekupaza, asi kuti kubvaruka uye kupinda zvakatopinda mupfungwa dzangu kwaityisa.
Ndakanzwa hasha dzekuti ndidhonze weti.Payakatanga kuyerera ndakafunga kuichengeta, kunwa.Saka zvishoma zvakabuda.
Ndakanyura mujecha, mavhiri angu akabuda uye ndakadonha chaizvo.Hapana mukuru.Ndakanzwa zvakanaka kumira zvakanaka.Ndakatarisa zvakare pafoni yangu.Kunyange zvakadaro hapana sevhisi.Zvakadaro, kunyangwe ndiine chiratidzo, munhu anofona "911 ye emergency" kunze uko?Chokwadi mota ichauya nekukurumidza….
Mamwe makore akauya panzvimbo.Makore muhukuru hwekare uye chimiro.Kungopfuura mumwe kana maviri kwemaminetsi mashoma kunoita mutsauko.Ngoni dzakakosha kubva kumaranzi ezuva.
Kupenga kunokambaira.Ndakazvibata ndichitaura manyemwe, neruzha.Ndaiziva kuti zvakanga zvava kuipa, asi ndaiziva kuti mugumo haungavi kure zvikuru.Asi ko kana ndakanganisa?Ko kana vhiri rakaponja?
Kamhepo kakabva katanga kusimuka.Unozoona zvipo zvidiki pane dzimwe nguva.Rimwe gore rakakunguruka.Ndakazonzwa rori richiuya nechekure.
Ndakamira ndokuburuka, ndichitevedzera “mvura” sezvayaiswedera pedyo.Imwe shasha yekuSouth Africa iri pavhiri rerudzi rweLand Cruiser yakasvetuka ndokunditarisa, ndokupinza ruoko mukombi ndokutambidza half bottle recola.
Pakupedzisira, zvakadaro.Kwete zvakanyanya kuNuwerus.Pane chitoro.Ndakaita zvekukambaira ndichipinda, ndokupfuura pakaunda ndokupinda pauriri hwekongiri mukamuri inotonhorera.Mudzimai wemuchitoro achena vhudzi akandiunzira chirongo mushure mechirongo chemvura.Vana vemutaundi, vakandidongorera vari pakona.
Yakanga iri 104 madhigirii kunze uko.Handina kufa, ndinovimba hapana kukuvara kweitsvo, asi zvidzidzo zvakadzidzwa.Rongedza mvura yakasara.Dzidza mamiriro ekunze uye nekukwirira kushanduka.Kana mvura ikapihwa, ITA.Ita izvi zvikanganiso zvekare, uye Africa inogona kundiendesa kukusingaperi.Rangarira, ndinongova saga renyama, rakaturikwa nemapfupa uye rakazadzwa nemvura inokosha.
Ndaisafanira kugara muNuwerus.Pashure pemaawa akawanda okuwedzerwa mvura mumuviri, ndakarara zvakanaka.Ndakangofunga kuti ndaizonotandara muguta risina vanhu, ndisingafambi kwezuva rose.Zita reguta racho ndiAfrikaans, zvinoreva kuti “Itsva Yokuzorora,” saka wadii.
Zvimiro zvishoma zvakanaka, sechikoro.Makora esimbi matenga, asina kwaakarerekera mavara ane inopenya pastel trim yakatenderedza mahwindo uye eaves.
Miti, kwese kwandinotarisa, inoshamisa.Mhando dzose dzezvirimwa zvemugwenga zvakaoma handina kukwanisa kududza.Kana zviri zvipfuyo, zvakanaka, ndakawana gwara remumunda reMammals of Southern Africa, iro rine mhuka dzakawanda dzinotyisa.Handina kukwanisa kududza mazita akawanda kupfuura mamwe ari pachena.Ndiani akambonzwa nezve Dik-Dik, zvakadaro?Kudu?Nyala?Rhebok?Ndakanyatsoona mugwagwa wandakanga ndamboona zuva riya, nemuswe wemusango nenzeve huru.Yakanga iri hombe hombe 'Bat-Eared Fox.
Belinda pa "Drankwinkel" akaponesa bhutu rangu.Ndakadzungaira ndichienda kuchitoro zvakare kuti nditi maita basa nekundichengeta.Akabva ati ndanga ndakashata.Pakaipa akapotsa afonera chiremba mutown.
Hazvina zvakawanda zvechitoro, nenzira.Zvinwiwa mumabhodhoro egirazi, kunyanya doro newaini, uye cache yeJägermeister.Imba yekuchengetera inotonhorera kuseri, kwandakanga ndakazorora pasi, zvechokwadi haisi kuchengetera zvakawanda kupfuura mamwe ekare emarara uye makireti edoro asina chinhu.
Pane chimwe chitoro chiri padyo, chinopeta seposvo, chinopa zvimwe zvemumba.Guta iri rinofanira kuva nevagari mazana mashanu.Ndinoungana kamwe pasvondo ivo vanotakurana kuenda kuVredendal kuti vawane zvekushandisa.Hapana kana chiri kutengeswa pano.
The Hardeveld Lodge, kwandakatonhodza bhutsu dzangu, ine dziva rekutuhwina rakatenderera, imba yekudyira yevarume uye imba yekutandarira yakatarisana ine matanda akawanda eposh nematehwe akapfava.Fey anomhanyisa mubatanidzwa.Murume wake akafa makore mashoma apfuura.Iye zvakadaro ane nzvimbo ino kurohwa, nzvimbo yese, isina kuchena, chikafu chega chega, chinonaka.
Kudzokera kuguyo, mugwagwa mukuru unoyambuka uchipinda muNorthern Cape, ruwa rukurusa rweSouth Africa, unokwazisa nechiratidzo mumitauro mina: Afrikaans, Tswana, Xhosa, uye Chirungu.South Africa ine mitauro gumi nemumwechete, munyika yose.Iri zuva remamaira makumi masere nemashanu rakanga riri nani zvikuru mamiriro ebhasikoro.Tar mugwagwa, kukwira zvine mwero, chifukidziro chegore, kudzika kwe tembiricha.
Mwaka wepamusoro ndiAugust naGunyana, nguva yechirimo muSouthern Hemisphere.Ndipo panoputika nyika nemaruva.Kune kunyange ruva hotline.Sezvinoita mushumo wechando ungakuudza kuti ndeapi materu akanyanya kutapira, pane nhamba yaungada kufona kuti uwane yakanakisa pane yeruva.Mumwaka iwoyo, zvikomo zvinozadzwa nemarudzi 2,300 emaruva, ndinoudzwa.Zvino, mumwaka wezhizha ... haubereki zvachose.
“Makonzo emugwenga” anogara pano, vachena vakura, vanoita mabasa emaoko nezvirongwa panzvimbo yavo, vanenge vose vane rurimi rwaamai muchiAfrikaans, vazhinji vedzinza reGermany vane hukama hurefu neNamibia zvakare, zvese zvichakuudza nezvazvo nezvimwe.Vanhu vanoshingaira, vaKristu, kuchamhembe kweEurope kusvika pakati.Pane chikwangwani chiri muchiLatin pandaigara chinoti, “Labor Omnia Vincit” (“Basa Rinokunda Zvose”), icho chinopfupisa mafungiro avo kuupenyu.
Ndingadai ndisina kutaura chokwadi kana ndikaregeredza kutaura kuomerwa kwehutongi hwevachena hwandakasangana nahwo, kunyanya kunze kuno mudongo.Zvakawanda kuti zvive zvisinganzwisisike;vamwe vakanga vachigovera pachena propaganda yecrackpot neo-Nazi.Hongu havasi vese vachena, vazhinji vanoita sevanogutsikana uye vakabatikana nevavakidzani vavo veruvara, asi zvaive zvakandikwanira kuti ndipedze pfungwa dzakasviba idzi dzakasimba muSouthern Africa, uye kunzwa mutoro wekuona kuti pano.
Iyi nzvimbo yemaruva inozivikanwa se "Succulent," iri pakati pemagwenga eNamib neKalahari.Kunopisawo zvakanyanya.Vanhu vanoita sevanofunga kuti zvinoshamisa kuti ndiri pano, zvino, panguva yemwaka usina kunaka.Izvi ndizvo zvinoitika kana paine “kuyerera” kwakawandisa uye kushoma kana kusavapo “kuronga”.Kumusoro: Ndini ndega muenzi, pese pandinomhara.
Mamwe masikati kwakanaya kweanenge maminitsi mashanu, zvakaoma zvikuru, zvakakwana kushandura marata eiyi migwagwa ine materu kuva migero ine hasha yemvura inoyerera.Zvese zvaifadza zvekuti vamwe vagari venzvimbo iyi vakatsika madziro vachitora foto.Vave nemakore vari mukusanaya zvakanaka kwemvura.
Dzimba dzakawanda dzine pombi dzinofambisa mvura inonaya ichidzika kubva pamatenga ematenga emarata uye mumatangi.Iyi cloudburst yaive mukana wekusimudza mazinga zvishoma.Pese pandinogara, vanokumbira kuti mvura igare pfupi.Vhura mvura wonyorova.Dzima uye gadzira.Wobatidza zvakare kuti usuke.
Iyi inhandare isingaregi uye isingaregereri.Rimwe zuva ndakatakura mabhodhoro mana akazara emvura nokuda kwechikamu chimwe chemamaira 65, uye ndakanga ndatove ndisina chinhu zvachose nemakiromita mashanu kuti ndiende.Pakanga pasina mabhero airira, senguva yadarika.Hapana kupenga kunokambaira.Kufamba kwakaringana kutenderedza kundipa chivimbo chekuti ndaigona kuchovha, kana kuti mvura, sezvo tembiricha yaikwira kusvika kumadhigirii 100 sezvandainetseka kukwira nekukwira nemhepo.
Dzimwe nguva pamukwidza wakareba unokweva, mumhepo inovhuvhuta, inonzwa sekunge ndinogona kumhanya kupfuura zvandiri kuita.Ndakati ndasvika muSpringbok, ndakarova bhodhoro regirazi reFanta rema-litre maviri, ndokuzoti chigubhu chemvura chemazuva ese.
Kupfuurirazve, kwakanga kune mazuva maviri okuzorora ane mbiri aipedzerwa paVioolsdrift Lodge, kumuganhu.Pano, ndakaongorora mahombe erenje mabluff nemapurazi anoyevedza emazambiringa nemango paRwizi rweOrange, rwunoumba muganho unotyisa pakati peSouth Africa neNamibia.Sezvaungafungidzira, rwizi rwuri kupera.Kuderera zvakanyanya.
Nyika yakakura yerenje ine vanhu 2.6 miriyoni chete, Namibia ndiyo yechipiri nyika ine vanhu vashoma pasi rose, mushure meMongolia chete.Migero yekuyamura pakati pemakomba ekudiridza inova yakareba, kazhinji inosvika 100 kusvika 150 mamaira.Mazuva ekutanga, kukwira.Ini handisi pamusoro pekurumbidza kukwira kune inotevera junction.Kana zvikaitika ndichazvizivisa pano, pahonour system.
Uku kukwira kweAfrica hakusi kunyanya nezvemitambo, nenzira.Ndezvekudzungaira.Padingindira iroro ndakazvipira zvizere.
Kungofanana nerwiyo runonakidza runogona kutidzosera kumanzwiro mune imwe nzvimbo munguva, kugadziridzwa kuburikidza nebhasikoro rinonetesa kunondidzosera shure makore 30, kuuduku hwangu muMupata wePfuma.
Nzira iyo kutambura kuduku, kunodzokororwa nguva dzose, kunondikwidza.Ndinogona kunzwa mushonga, endorphin, opioid inogadzirwa-yakasikwa, inotanga kupinda mukati zvino.
Kupfuura izvi zvekunzwa kwenyama, ndinodzokera pakuwana manzwiro erusununguko.Apo makumbo angu ekuyaruka akanga akasimba zvakakwana kuti anditakure 100 kusvika 150 mamaira muzuva rimwe chete, pazvishwe kana kunongedza-ku-kunongedza nemumataundi ari kunze kwenharaunda kwandakakurira, nzvimbo dzine mazita akaita seBruneau, Murphy, Marsing, Nyeredzi, Emmett, Horseshoe Bend, McCall, Idaho Guta, Lowman, kunyange iyo ina-summit dambudziko kuna Stanley.Uye zvimwe zvakawanda.
Akapukunyuka machechi ose nevanhu vemachechi, akapukunyuka zvinhu zvizhinji zvechikoro zvisina musoro, mapato epwere, akatiza basa renguva isina kuzara uye nemiteyo miduku yemabhubhu semotokari nemibhadharo yemotokari.
Bhasikoro rakanga riri pamusoro pesimba zvechokwadi, asi kupfuura izvozvo, ndiwo matangiro andakaita rusununguko, uye kwandiri, pfungwa yakatambanuka ye“rusununguko.”
Namibia inounza zvese pamwechete.Pakupedzisira, kutanga maawa kusati kwaedza kurova kupisa, ndakasunda kuchamhembe, zvishoma nezvishoma ndichikwira mutembiricha yaipisa uye mhepo ine mhepo ine zero sevhisi munzira.Pashure pemakiromita 93 ndakapinda muGrünau, munharaunda yeNamibia ye||Karas.(Hongu, chiperengo ichocho chakarurama.)
Zvakafanana neimwe nyika kunze uko.Magwenga kubva pakufunga kwako kwakanyanya.Wana kunakidzwa zvishoma uye pamusoro pemakomo kutaridzika sepamusoro pema ice cream akapfava.
Ingori shoma shoma yemotokari asi anenge munhu wese anopa mashoma ehushamwari mazino ehwamanda uye mamwe mapombi ezvibhakera sezvavanopfuura.Ndinoziva kuti ndikarovera madziro zvakare, vane musana wangu.
Munzira, panongova nemumvuri mushoma unowanikwa pane dzimwe nguva nzvimbo dzekupotera.Idzi dzinongova tafura yekongiri yeraundi yakanangidzirwa panheyo yekongiri yamativi mana, ine denga resimbi sikweya pamusoro, yakatsigirwa nemakumbo mana matete esimbi.Hammock yangu inokodzera zvakakwana mukati, diagonally.Ndakakwira kumusoro, makumbo akasimudzwa, akacheka maapuro, mvura yakanyunguduka, ndakasnooza uye ndakateerera mimhanzi kwemaawa mana akatwasuka, ndakadzivirirwa kubva pakati pezuva.Pakanga pane chimwe chinhu chakanaka pamusoro pezuva racho.Ndingati hakuzove neimwe yakafanana nayo, asi ndiri kufungidzira kuti ndine mamwe akawanda mberi.
Pashure pemabiko nousiku ndakadzika musasa pamharadzano yenjanji paGrünau, ndakachovha.Pakarepo pakava nezviratidzo zvoupenyu munzira.Mimwe miti, imwe ine dendere reshiri hombe randati ndamboona, maruva eyero, zviuru zvemakonye matema matema-masendi achiyambuka mugwagwa.Zvadaro, ruvara rweorenji "Padstal," ingori kiosk yepadivi pemugwagwa iri mubhokisi remarata.
Ndaisada zvekunwa ndakamira hangu ndokuswedera pafafitera."Pane munhu here?"Mumwe mukadzi wechidiki akaoneka ari pakona ine rima, akanditengesera chinwiwa chinotonhorera ne10 Namibian Dollars (US 66 cents)."Unogara kupi?"ndakabvunza.Akataura nemaoko pabendekete rake achiti, “purazi,” ndakatarisa-tarisa, hapana kana chinhu.Inofanira kunge iri pamusoro pehump.Aitaura nemataurirwo echiRungu akanyanya, semwana wamambo, ruzha rwaingobva pakurarama kwenguva yese yekutaura rurimi rwekwavo rwemuAfrica, pamwe Khoekhoegowab, pamwe, zvirokwazvo, Afrikaans.
Masikati iwayo, makore matema akasvika.Tembiricha yakaderera.Denga rakatsemuka.Kweinoda kusvika awa, mvura yakaramba ichinaya.Sezvo ndakanga ndatosvika pane imwe imba yevaenzi yaiva pedyo nomugwagwa, ndakafara pamwe chete nevashandi vepapurazi racho, zviso zvavo zvichipenya.
Iyo hypnotic tune kubva kuma1980s bhendi Toto, "Ropafadza Mvura MuAfrica," ikozvino ine musoro kupfuura nakare kose.
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.
Nguva yekutumira: Mar-11-2020