Si Zambia, si Zimbabwe – ndi Africa

Nduna yowona za zokopa alendo ku Zimbabwe, yomwe imadziwika kuti munthu wa zokopa alendo ku Africa, Wolemekezeka Dr. Walter Mzembi, adagawa nkhaniyi pa Victoria Falls. Zinachitidwa ndi wophunzira wa sekondale yemwe mtumikiyo anakumana ku New Delhi, India, pamene akukonzekera kukhala Mlembi Wamkulu wa UNWTO mu February 2017. Lili ndi mutu wakuti, “The Crowning Glory of Africa.” Nkhaniyi ikunena za chimodzi mwazinthu zazikulu zokopa alendo padziko lonse lapansi - mathithi akulu a Victoria Falls, pamalire a Zimbabwe ndi Zambia.

Ena angatsutse kuti Mathithiwo ndi ndani. Chabwino, ndikuuzeni - si wa Zambia. Si waku Zimbabwe. Ndi African.

Mathithi a Victoria Falls ndiye malo osangalatsa kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi. Ili ku Zambia ndi Zimbabwe, ili ndi chidziwitso chogawana ndipo imakhudza madera a mayiko awiriwa, mlatho wake womwe umayimira malire a Zambia ndi Zimbabwe.

Mathithi a Victoria ndi onyada ku Africa, kontinenti yomwe ili ndi mathithi akulu kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi. Kwa ine, mathithi aakulu kwambiri sanatchulidwepo, ndipo ndinalakalaka kuwaona kuyambira nthaŵi yoyamba imene ndinamva kuti mathithi ena otchedwa Victoria Falls alipo. Dzinalo limamveka bwino kwambiri, monga momwe linayambira kutchedwa Mfumukazi Victoria ndi woyambitsa wake - David Livingstone. Ndinawerenga zambiri za iye, ndipo, pamene ndinali paulendo ndi masutukesi awiri opakidwa bwino, chipewa cha dzuwa, ndi chikwama chodzaza ndi chakudya, koma ndinadzipezera ndekha mathithi, mnyamatayo anapirira kwa zaka zambiri. Kusamva bwino m'nkhalango za ku Africa, kulimbana ndi ng'ona zodya anthu, mkango unalumidwa ndi mkango n'kuduka mkono, zonsezi n'kutulukira mathithi a dziko lonse lapansi.

Ndipo tsopano, dziko limakondwera ndi kukongola kwake chaka chilichonse.

Wophunzira wa kusekondale, Udita Bajaj, yemwe Minister Mzembi anakumana ku New Delhi, India - wolemba nkhaniyi

Mathithiwo ali mkati mwa mtima wa njira ya chilengedwe. O, ndipo ndi mtunda wautali kuti muyambe ulendowu - makamaka ngati mukubwera kuchokera ku India, monga momwe ndinaliri.

Sindidzanama. Kuyenda makilomita oposa 4,500 kunali kutopa kwambiri. Maola okwana 11 omwe adakhala ali mundege - kuchokera ku Delhi kupita ku Lusaka, kenako ku Harare, kenako ku Falls - kunena pang'ono - adandipatsa zilonda. Ndipo, ndithudi, sindinadikire kuti ndifike ku hotelo yathu ndikudzigwetsa ndekha pabedi, ndikumira mu matiresi osalala, kapena kupuma pafupi ndi dziwe ndikumwa chakumwa m'manja padzuwa la m'mawa ... O, ndipo kuwotcha kwadzuwa kungakhaledi zabwino… Victoria Falls ikanadikira mpaka mawa, sichoncho? Ayi ndithu, banja likakhala ndi zolinga zina.

Tingonena—ndinaona kuti akundiletsa kupumula ndi kusangalala ndi mahotela ambiri apafupi ndi mathithi omwe ndinawasankha mwachidwi. Ndipo, o, dziko lino silinachitepo ntchito yodabwitsa polimbikitsa zokopa alendo pamalo ano!

Pali mahotela osawerengeka omwe mungasankhe, iliyonse ili ndi kukongola kwake komanso kukongola kwa Falls. The Batonka Guest Lodge, The Elephant Camp, The Victoria Falls hotelo - iliyonse imapatsa makasitomala awo chidziwitso chabwino kwambiri, kaya ndi ogwira ntchito, malo ozungulira, zipinda - chirichonse! Ndipo inde, kukhala kwanga ku Kingdom Hotel kunalinso kochepa. Chinthu chimodzi chomwe chinasiyanitsa Kingdom Hotel ndi ena onse chinali mpweya wake. Zinali zosangalatsa. Zinali ndi mzimu. Ndipo ndi mathithi ake ang'onoang'ono, ndi zokongoletsera ngati mafuko, adasunga momwemo zenizeni za Africa - zonse mwazokha.

Tinanyamuka patadutsa maola atatu ndendende ndege yathu itatera. Maloto anga okonda kudya zikondamoyo zotentha, ma waffles a chokoleti, ndi zokometsera zina zilizonse zomwe amapeza pa kadzutsa ku Kingdom Hotel zidatsikira pamadzi pomwe ndidakakamizidwa kumeza ma hash browns ndi mphodza ya chimanga pasanathe mphindi ziwiri ndi-a- theka la mphindi, kungonyamuka wapansi ulendo wonse wa makilomita awiri kupita ku mathithiwo.

Miyendo yanga sinasangalale, komanso maso anga sanalinso. Ndinali panjira yomvetsa chisoni mkati mwachabechabe. Dziko lopanda kanthu, lopanda anthu, lotalikirana ndi maso. Panali chabe… mchenga mbali zonse ziwiri mwina mtengo umodzi wodabwitsa uli patali. Posakhalitsa mtima wanga udasiya ndikutseka maso anga, kufuna kutuluka m'malotowa. Koma nditatsegula, ndinapeza kuti ndamizidwa mozama.

Masamba amanong'oneza mowala, koma mopanda phokoso. Mluzu wofewa… kutsatiridwa ndi mabingu osawerengeka. Kuwomba kwa mphepo sikunayambitse fumbi, kapena dothi. Kunali moni chabe, njira yachibadwa yolandirira munthu. Chinali chizindikiro cha mtendere, mgwirizano ndi pempho losalowerera ndi chilengedwe. Tinalitenga modzichepetsa n’kukwera m’mapiri ndi m’miyala. Njira yamwala inali yonyowa, yokhala ndi masamba ang'onoang'ono. Phokoso la chitsamba cholemera cha madzi osefukira linkamveka momveka bwino. Mathithi anali pafupi, ndipo motopa monga momwe ndinaliri kale, sindikanatha kungoyenda mopupuluma pamene ndinali pafupi kwambiri ndi maloto anga.

Ndine woyenda. Ndapitako kumalo angapo oyendera alendo padziko lonse lapansi, ndipo chilichonse chili chokongoletsedwa ndi nyumba zopangidwa ndi anthu, akasupe ndi ziboliboli zobzalidwa, zowerengera matikiti, chipwirikiti cha alendo, kugwiritsa ntchito ma walkie-talkies, makompyuta - zonse kupanga. ndizothandiza komanso zokopa. KUCHIPANGA kukhala chokongola. Koma apa, mwayekha kwathunthu, ndi kusokoneza pang'ono kwa anthu, palibe chifukwa chopangira kukongola, chifukwa pachokha NDI chokongola.

Kutopa kwanga konse, kukwiyitsidwa kwanga konse kunatsuka pamene ndinayang'ana pa Mathithi. Livingstone analondola, “Zowoneka bwino kwambiri ziyenera kukhala zitawonedwa ndi angelo akuthaŵa kwawo.”

Ndinaima m’mphepete mwa thanthwe lija, ndikunjenjemera nditavala malaya amvula. Chifungacho chinandizinga ngati kuti ndikundiwerengera dziko ladziko lina. Kotero, ndinadikirira kuti ichene kuti ndithe kuwona Mathithi. Mphindi inadutsa. Kenako awiri. Koma thambo lakutsogolo silinatulutse zimene ndinkafuna kuziona. M'malo mwake, utawaleza wonyezimira unkawoneka ngati umodzi, wofanana ndi womwe umapezeka m'nthano. Zinali kutali ndi zenizeni. Utawaleza XNUMX unanyezimira kukhalapo, monga ngati umasonyeza kuti tiloŵe m’chilengedwe. Ndipo chifunga chija chija, ndinagwa. Pansi pa kuya kwa matsenga osangalatsa awa. Ndipo sindidzakana - ndinali nditasowa mawu.

Mathithi a Victoria Falls sindiwo mathithi okwera kwambiri, komanso si mathithi aakulu kwambiri, koma chifukwa chakuti akaphatikiza m’lifupi mwake mamita 5,604 ndi kutalika kwake ndi mapazi 354, ndiye “Mathithi Aakulu Kwambiri.” Mathithi a Victoria Falls ndi aakulu kuwirikiza kawiri kutalika kwa mathithi a Niagara ku North America ndiponso kuwirikiza kaŵiri m’lifupi mwa mathithi ake a Horseshoe. Chitsamba chachikulu kwambiri chimenechi cha madzi akugwa chimapangidwa pamene Mtsinje wa Zambezi wothamanga kwambiri ukugwa mu dontho limodzi loyima n’kukhala phompho lopingasa, pamene mathithiwo amafika m’lifupi mwake.

Kwa onse omwe amati mathithi a Niagara ndi "abwino" - bwanji? Tsopano, ndawonapo, ndipo mathithi a Victoria Falls ndi odabwitsa. Ziwerengero zilibe kanthu. Ndi kumverera komwe kumabweretsa mwa inu komwe kumatero. Malo a Mulungu awa ali mu mtima wa chilengedwe, kutali ndi matope a dziko lapansi. Ndipo mu nthawi yoteroyo, kukongola koteroko, bata loterolo ndilovuta kulipeza. Ndinali ndi mwayi kuti ndipeze ena kumeneko ndipo ndikuwoneka mozama komanso mwamtendere wa madzi akugwa, fungo la nthaka yonyowa ndi kuwaza kwa madzi, kukoma kokoma ndi kwatsopano ndi kukhudza kwa nkhungu, palibe chomwe chingakhale bwino.

Hon. Dr. Walter Mzembi

Chikhumbo changa chachikulu chongopumula ndikusirira mathithi tsiku lonse chinathetsedwa kwambiri ndi banjali. Zolinga zawo zinali zamapiri (ndi zowopsa). Nthawi inali masana basi, choncho tinali ndi tsiku lonse lokonzekera zochitika kuno! Mathithi a Victoria Falls ali ndi ntchito zambiri! Ngati mukufuna ulendo wopambana - nanga bwanji kusambira ku Falls? Kwa zaka zambiri za kukokoloka kwa nthaka, maiwe ambiri a miyala apangidwa m’mphepete mwa mathithiwo, limodzi mwa iwo ndi Dziwe la Mdyerekezi. Kumatsegulidwa kokha kuyambira pakati pa Ogasiti mpaka Januware pomwe madzi ali otsika, dziwe lopanda malire ili ndi ZOKHALA zopanda mantha. Mphamvu ya mtsinje mu dziwe imakutengerani kumphepete pamene mlomo wa thanthwe umakupangitsani kuyimitsa pamene madzi owopsa a Zambezi akugunda matanthwe omwe ali patsogolo pake. Zoonadi, pali osamalira kuti atsimikizire chitetezo chanu. Wotitsogolerayo anatiuza za ntchito yodabwitsa imeneyi. Ndinakana, ndikutsimikiza kuti ndinalibe chikhumbo cha imfa. M'malo mwake, ndinakhazikika pa Art Safari. Ndi Africa, ndiye bwanji? Sikuti munthu amangoona nyama zakuthengo - zomwe zili mu Africa - zomwe zimaphatikizapo njovu, njati, mvuu, anyani, anyani, akalulu ... kungotchula zochepa chabe, komanso amaphunzira ndi kutengera chikhalidwe cha komweko. Mu Village Art Safari, munthu amapeza chidziwitso cha chikhalidwe cha Ndebele m'mudzi wa Mpisi. Dera lokhalamo anthu onseli ndi loona ku moyo wolemera wa chikhalidwe cha ku Africa. Zokumana nazo, mphunzitsi wamba, ndi chakudya chapadera chachikhalidwe zimadzetsa moyo wosangalatsawu! Komanso, ndinaonanso mmene zimakhalira kukhala wodekha, mmene simungamvenso nthawi zino.

Kudekha kumeneku posakhalitsa kunasintha kukhala chisangalalo ndi kugwirizana kwathu kwa zochita zingapo zatsiku limenelo. Nthawi yoti tifike pamalire, pomwe mlatho ndi kulumpha kwa bungee zinali kutiyembekezera! Mukufuna kuyesa tsoka? Kukhala pendulum munthu? Zokhumba zanu zakuya zikadakwaniritsidwa pano. Anga ndithudi anali pamene ine ndinakankhira mantha anga onse kumbuyo kwanga ndikugwera pansi. Ndipo ndinakhumba tsiku lirilonse pambuyo pa zimenezo, kuti ndikanakhala ndi moyo kumverera kulikonse komwe ndinamva mu ola limodzi limenelo kachiwiri.

Mtsinje wa Batonka ku Falls ndi malo abwino kwambiri omwe munthu amatha kusuntha mlatho. Kutsika kwamtunda wamamita 80 uku kumakupatsani kuthamanga kwa adrenaline komwe mungafune mukamagwedezeka mu arc yayikulu uku mukuyang'ana zokongola. Ndinagwirizana nazo, ndipo ndine wokondwa kuti ndinatero. Zinali zondichitikira zabwino kwambiri m'moyo wanga wonse, ndipo akunena zambiri, poganizira kuti ndine woyenda. Kulumpha kwa bungee, kumbali ina, kunandigwedeza minyewa pamene ndimayang'ana m'baleyo akugwa pamtunda wa mamita 111. Ndinkamva kukuwa kwake. Chimwemwe chake chinaonekera. Zonse ziwiri zomwe tinachita zinali zoyenerera. Ndikukumbukira kuti ndisanachite, malingaliro miliyoni anali kuthamanga m'mutu mwanga. Kodi chidzachitike n'chiyani? Kodi ndidzivulaza? Kodi ndikanafa? Sikophweka kudumpha kuchoka pamlatho. Koma kukayikira kwanga kunasanduka ufulu pamene ndinadumphadumpha. Zinandipangitsa kukuwa. Zinandipangitsa kuseka. Zinandipangitsa kumva kuti ndili moyo.

Ndi kutopa.

Choncho, madzulo, tinalandira chakudya chimene tinkalakalaka kwambiri. Ulendo wa Victoria Falls Sunset Cruise. Kampani ya Zambezi Explorer Cruise inatitengadi ulendo wathu pamene tinkapita kumtunda kwa dzuwa la ku Africa. Ayi – sikungopumula. Ikutsitsimutsa. Pamene thambo lofiira likunyezimira muulemerero wake wonse, mutakhala paulendo wapamadzi, mutha kusangalala ndi mwambo wamadzulo wa ng'ombe zakutchire zomwe zikukhamukira kumphepete mwa mtsinje kuti mukamwe zakumwa zomaliza, ndikuwona gulu la mbalame zamitundu yonse zikuyenda pamzere wamadzi, zikukwera pang'onopang'ono. pamwamba pa mpira wamoto wakufa pamene mukuchoka. Ndipo dzuwa litalowa m'mimba mwa dziko lapansi, galasi la Curacao lili m'manja, ndinakhazikika pamipando yam'mwamba ndi banja langa, ndikukumbukira malo amodzi okongola kwambiri padziko lapansi - "Crowning Glory of Africa:" Mathithi a Victoria.