Amasewera malaya opindika pansi komanso china chake chowoneka bwino kuposa mthunzi wa XNUMX koloko, katswiri wazakudya Faysal Debeis amatopa naye. Ndipo ayenera - ndi wochokera ku Sierra Leone.
Debeis ndi anthu amtundu wake ndi zaka zisanu ndi ziwiri achotsedwa pankhondo yapachiweniweni yomwe yatenga zaka khumi yomwe idapha anthu osachepera 50,000, kuvulaza kotheratu anthu theka la milioni ndikutembenuza ena 2 miliyoni kukhala othawa kwawo. Mkanganowu udadabwitsa dziko lonse lapansi ndi zithunzi za mitembo yothyoledwa ndipo idalimbikitsa filimu yodziwika bwino ya 2006 ya "Blood Diamond," yemwe adasewera Leonardo DiCaprio.
Koma popeza dzikolo lidakhazikika koyamba pazaka makumi angapo, Debeis ndi m'modzi mwa anthu ambiri aku Sierra Leone omwe akusangalala kubwera kwamakampani omwe sangayembekezere: zokopa alendo.
Sierra Leone, dziko laling’ono la Kumadzulo kwa Afirika lokhala ndi anthu 6 miliyoni, likadalowa m’dziko la Somalia pamwamba pa mndandanda wa mayiko owopsa kwambiri padziko lonse la Forbes posachedwapa mu 2002. Masiku ano dzikoli n’lotetezeka, koma chifukwa cha kukwera kwa mitengo kwa zinthu kwa 8 peresenti, ndipo dzikoli lili ndi mphamvu zambiri. chuma chapakhomo chochepa kwambiri cha $ 2 biliyoni, kutalika kwa moyo wa 41 komanso kuphwanya ufulu wachibadwidwe kofala, Sierra Leone ili pomalizira pa United Nations' Human Development index.
“Ndimalikondabe dziko lino,” akutero Debeis, mwiniwake wazaka 40 wa lesitilanti yomwe ili m’mphepete mwa nyanja ya Chez Nous ku Freetown, likulu la dzikolo.
Sierra Leone ilinso ndi gawo lazolimbikitsa zakunja. Mu 2006, bungwe la Lonely Planet linalengeza kuti: “Sipatenga nthawi yaitali kuti dziko la Sierra Leone likhazikike m’malo atchuthi kunyanja ku Ulaya.”
Zaka zitatu pambuyo pake, zikuwoneka kuti wotsogolera ulendowo anali wolondola.
“Posachedwapa, timagulu tating’ono tayamba kubwera,” akutero Fatmata Abe-Osagie wa Bungwe la National Tourist Board la Sierra Leone. "Tikufuna kusintha dziko la Sierra Leone ngati malo oyendera alendo."
Kuyamba pang'onopang'ono koma kokhazikika
Chifukwa chokokedwa ndi magombe a mchenga woyera, nkhalango zowirira, mwinanso chifukwa cha ulendo wopita patsogolo, alendo 3,842 ochokera kumayiko ena anapita kutchuthi ku Sierra Leone chaka chatha, 27 peresenti. Akadali alendo ochepa 10.5 patsiku (chilumba chaching'ono cha Caribbean ku St. Barth's chimalandira 550), koma ndi poyambira. Chiŵerengero cha chaka chathachi chikuŵirikiza katatu chiŵerengero cha anthu odzaona malo amene anabwera m’dzikoli zaka khumi zapitazo.
Erica Bonanno, wazaka 24, wa ku New Jersey yemwe amagwira ntchito ku Freetown pakampani yopanda phindu yotchedwa Search for Common Ground, anati: “Ku Sierra Leone n’kumene kungathe kukhala malo oyendera alendo. "N'zoona kuti pali njira zodzitetezera zomwe muyenera kuchita, monga kusatuluka nokha usiku kapena kusiya zinthu zamtengo wapatali zosakhoma, koma sindinamvepo ngati ndili pachiwopsezo."
Mtendere wazaka zingapo zapitazi ndi chinthu chosamveka bwino m'mbiri ya Sierra Leone.
Mu 1787 a British anabweretsa akapolo omasulidwa 400 ku "Province of Freedom" ndi zolinga zokhazikitsa dziko la Utopian. Ambiri mwa okhalamo oyambawo anathedwa msanga ndi matenda ndi nzika zaudani. Otsalawo ankakangana mosalekeza ndi mafuko onse aku Britain komanso amwenye mpaka dziko la UK litapereka ufulu wodzilamulira ku Sierra Leone mu 1961.
Panthaŵiyo, ogwira ntchito m’migodi anali atayamba kale kupeza mbewu zamisala zitakwiriridwa mu dothi lofunda la dzikolo: diamondi. Kuchokera pamene anapeza m’zaka za m’ma 1930 mpaka m’zaka za m’ma 70, munthu ankatha kutenga miyala yamtengo wapatali m’dziko lonyowa pambuyo pa mvula yamphamvu.
Komabe, pamene diamondi inakula movutirapo kutulutsa, Sierra Leone anayamba kugwirizana ndi kukhetsa mwazi. Kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m’ma 1990, munthu wamphamvu wa ku Liberia, Charles Taylor, anaphunzitsa ndi kugulitsa magulu ankhondo kuti atenge minda ya diamondi mokakamiza, zomwe zinafika pachimake pa nkhondo yapachiŵeniŵeni yoopsa yomwe inkachitika tsiku lililonse kuyambira pa ana opanduka mpaka kugwiririra mpaka kudula miyendo.
Pambuyo pake zigawengazo zinakanidwa ndi kulandidwa zida ndi asilikali a UN. Pofika m'chaka cha 2002, ambiri mwa atsogoleri a zigawenga anali atagwidwa, ndipo Taylor akuyembekezera kuzengedwa mlandu wa milandu ku The Hague.
Chisankho cha Purezidenti Ernest Bai Koroma cha September 2007 chinali koyamba m'mbiri ya Sierra Leone kuti kupambana kwa chipani chotsutsa sikunayambitse nkhondo. Koroma wakhazikitsa magulu ogwira ntchito yolimbana ndi chilichonse kuyambira katangale m'boma mpaka kukodza kwa anthu.
Kutumiza kwa diamondi kovomerezeka, komwe kunatsika kufika pa $1.2 miliyoni mu 1999 pamene zigawenga zinkalamulira mbali yaikulu ya dzikoli, zafika pa $200 miliyoni. Dziko la Sierra Leone lachotsedwa pamndandanda wa Ulangizi wa Zapaulendo ku US State Department.
Tchuthi kwambiri
Maulendo apandege opita ku Freetown ndi okwera mtengo (kuyambira pa $1,600 ulendo wobwerera kuchokera ku New York), koma ulendowu ndi wofunika kwambiri kwa alendo omwe ali ndi tchuthi.
Kamodzi kudzera m'milandu - palibe chifukwa choperekera ziphuphu kwa othandizira kapena kuchita mantha ngati atachoko chikwangwani chachikulu cha dollar pa sutikesi yanu, zomwe zimawoneka kuti sizikutanthauza kanthu - gawo lovutitsa kwambiri laulendo ndi ulendo wochokera ku Lungi kupita kumtunda. Alendo ayenera kusankha pakati pa bwato ($ 5 kupita kulikonse, nthawi zambiri imafika mochedwa - kapena osabwera), helikopita yadzimbiri yanthawi ya Soviet ($ 70, ngakhale ikuwoneka yokayikitsa komanso mbiri yakale ya ngozi zomwe zapha) ndi hovercraft ($ 60, nthawi zambiri imafika ndikunyamuka. nthawi). Tengani hovercraft. Ngozi zanthawi ndi nthawi zimakhala zovuta, koma sizipha.
Mukafika usiku, musadabwe ndi moto womwe umakhala pamalo pomwe mukukwera basi kuchokera ku eyapoti kupita ku hovercraft terminal. Izi ndi zounikira zounikira m'makwalala osayalidwa; magetsi kulibe kwenikweni m'madera ambiri a dziko. N'chimodzimodzinso ndi magetsi apamsewu, makina opangira ndalama, mipope ya m'nyumba ndi zinthu zina zambiri zomwe zimatengedwa mosasamala Kumadzulo.
Zimbudzi zosungunula, madzi aukhondo ndi zinthu zina zabwinobwino zapadziko lonse lapansi zitha kugulidwa pafupifupi $100 usiku uliwonse kumahotela angapo m'chigawo cha Aberdeen cha Freetown. Taganizirani za Hotel Bintumani, yaikulu kwambiri m’dzikoli, kapena kuti Cape Sierra, imodzi mwa malo okongola kwambiri. Pokhala pamtunda wamiyala m'mphepete mwa nyanja ya Atlantic, Cape Sierra ili ndi zipinda zoyera, dziwe komanso malo odyera omwe ali ndi malingaliro akunyanja.
Lumley Beach ndi masitepe kuchokera ku mahotela onse awiri. Mphepete mwa nyanja ya buluu yobiriwira mbali ina ndi mapiri a kanyumba mbali inayo, ndi malo osangalatsa oti mupumuleko, ngati simusamala za apahandler kapena roving bootleg DVD wogulitsa. Tengani Heineken kwa $1 pa imodzi mwa mipiringidzo ya m'mphepete mwaudzu kapena yendani mtunda wina wa kilomita imodzi m'madzi kuti mukadye chakudya cham'madzi ku The Bunker, chakudya chamadzulo cha shrimp ku Chez Nous kapena nyama ya tchizi ku Roy's. Chakudya chokoma cha awiri, chodzaza ndi ma cocktails, chidzakubwezerani pafupi $ 12.
Kupitilira gombe
Kwa iwo omwe akufuna kupitilira kunyanja, pali zambiri zoti muchite mumzinda wa Freetown. Kukwera taxi kwa $2 kudzakufikitsani pakati pa mzinda mu mphindi 20 zodzaza ndi magalimoto; tamandani njinga yamoto ndipo, pa $1, mudzakwera mwachangu - komanso zokumana nazo zomvetsa chisoni zolukana pakati pa jalopie zautsi.
Ngati mukufuna kuwona dziko lonselo, lembani dalaivala ($ 150 patsiku, mafuta ophatikizidwa) kuti akutengereni kumadera akumpoto. Kumidzi kudakali mitembo ya jeep yopsereza ndi nyumba zokhala ndi zipolopolo; pamene mukudutsa m’midzi ing’onoing’ono, ana amatuluka m’tinyumba toyang’ana ndi kuloza. Nyamulani zakudya zambiri kuti mugawireko - komanso kuti mudye nokha. Palibe malo ambiri oti muyime kuti mupumule zokhwasula-khwasula, pokhapokha mutafuna zakudya zakumidzi za ku Sierra Leone monga "crain-crain," kusakaniza nsomba, ng'ombe, zonunkhira, mpunga ndi masamba a chinangwa.
Tauni ya Koidu yomwe imakumbidwa diamondi ili pamtunda wa makilomita pafupifupi 200 kuchokera ku Freetown, ulendo wa maola XNUMX m’misewu yopanda miyala. Kumeneko, mutha kuyang'ana malonda a ogulitsa diamondi omwe amakhala kuseri kwa mazenera otchinga m'mashopu omwe ali mumsewu waukulu wowoneka bwino wa tauniyo. Zitseko ndi makoma a nyumba zogumukazo akadali ndi mabala a zipolopolo zankhondo.
Gulani diamondi ngati mukufuna, koma onetsetsani kuti mwalengeza potuluka ndikulipira 5 peresenti yofunikira yotumizira kunja. Zinthu ku Sierra Leone zikuyenda bwino, inde. Koma ndende zake zimapangitsa ndende zaku America kuwoneka ngati tchuthi.
