Kuyima ku Kariba Town ku Zimbabwe

Tsiku lina ndinakhala ku Kariba Town, Zimbabwe, pobwerera kwathu kuchokera ku Harare kupita ku Livingstone. Ndinkafuna kuwona zomwe zinalipo mbali zonse za khoma la damu. Kariba Town ili ku mbali ya Zimbabwe; Siavonga ali ku mbali ya Zambia.

Mbiri pang'ono poyamba. Damboli litamangidwa mchaka cha 1957-59, tauni ya Kariba idamangidwa kuti ikhale nyumba ogwira ntchito yomanga. Tawuni yonseyo idawoneka kuti idayamba usiku umodzi pomwe nyumba, zipatala, masukulu, mashopu, ndi zomanga zonse za tauni zidamangidwa mwachangu kwambiri kwa antchito masauzande ambiri omwe amafunikira.

Kufika pa malowa kunali m’malo ovuta komanso ovuta, choncho misewu inamangidwa kudzera kumapiri a Zambezi komanso kuzungulira mapiri a Kariba Town. Misewu ya m’masiku amenewo kaŵirikaŵiri inkaikidwa pogwiritsira ntchito njira zakale zanyama, mwinamwake za njovu, popeza kuti maseŵerowo ankadziŵa bwino malowo kuposa anthu.

Panthaŵiyi, Zambia (Northern Rhodesia), Zimbabwe (Southern Rhodesia), ndi Nyasaland (Malawi) anali mbali ya chitaganyacho. Madera atatu a ku Britain anaphatikizidwa kukhala dera limodzi loyang’anira pakati pa 1953 ndi 1963. Likulu la chitaganyacho linali Salisbury (Harare).

Zinaganiziridwa kuti dera ili la Central Africa likufunika mphamvu, ndipo zambiri, makamaka za migodi ya Copperbelt ku Zambia. Malo osiyanasiyana omangira damu anaganiziridwa ndikukambidwa koma pamapeto pake Kariba idapambana. Zambiri mwazinthu ndi ukatswiri zidafika kuchokera ku Harare, ndiye, ndikuganiza, ndichifukwa chake banki yakumwera ku Zimbabwe idasankhidwa kukhala malo atawuni.

Kumbali ina, Siavonga inamangidwa kuti ikhale nyumba ya anthu a Tonga omwe anasamutsidwa pamene damulo linamalizidwa ndipo madzi anamiza midzi yawo yoyambirira.

Kuchokera ku Harare kupita ku Kariba ndi pafupifupi 350 km. Njira yoyamba ili m'misewu ikuluikulu yowopsa yokhala ndi magalimoto oyendetsa galimoto komanso madalaivala oyipa. Ku Makuti msewu, wa makilomita pafupifupi 80, kutsika ku Kariba, ndi wabata, wozunzika, komanso wokongola modabwitsa.

Ndinafika ku Kariba Town ndikuyamba kufufuza. Chinthu choyamba chimene ndinaona chinali mbidzi zikungoyendayenda m’makwalala, zikuyang’ana kunyumba. Panali ma ele poo ambiri m'misewu, koma sindinawonepo. Kenako, ndikamacheza, ndinauzidwa kuti njati nazonso zimayendayenda m’makwalala; kunalinso impala ndi ntchentche, koma zapita kale ku mphika waku Africa.

Ndinapita ku lodge ndikuyamba kukhumudwa pang'ono. Ambiri a iwo ankawoneka otopa kwambiri komanso osachezeka. Zim ndiye kuti ili ndi vuto pano tourism ya m'nyumba yacheperachepera ndipo mayiko akumayiko ena sapitanso chifukwa cha ndale. Tawuni ya Kariba inali likulu la zochitika zomwe a Zimbos anali ndi nyumba zatchuthi; mahotela adachita malonda okopa alendo; madoko anali odzaza ndi mabwato othamanga achinsinsi ndi amalonda, mabwato ang'onoang'ono ndi akulu, ndi mabwato. Zinachita bwino. Zikuoneka kuti aliyense wa ku Harare ankafuna kuthera Loweruka ndi Lamlungu ali panyanjapo kusodza kapena kumangokhalira kusangalala m’mabwato.

Ine sindikufuna kuti ndikuuzeni inu za tizidutswa toyipa; Ndidzayang'ana zabwino. Malo ogona ogona oyamba amene ndinapeza, amene ndinaona kukhala ofunika kukhalamo, anali Hornbill Lodge pa Mica Point. Ndi kanyumba kakang'ono komwe mwiniwake amangotsegula posungirako kale. Contact: [imelo ndiotetezedwa] . Ndinapita ku Caribbea Bay Hotel, yomwe ndi hotelo yaikulu ndipo ndinayang’ana mozungulira. Hoteloyi ndi mbali ya African Sun Group ndipo inali yapinki komanso yotupa. Kenako ndinayenda mozungulira kupita ku Cutty Sark Hotel ndikuyembekeza kuti zikhala bwino - ndinali nditauzidwa kuti chakudyacho chinali chabwino, ndiye kuti zitheka, bola nditakhala ndi chipinda choyera komanso malowo anali otetezeka. Zinali bwino, kotero ndidasungitsamo.

Onse a Caribbea Bay ndi Cutty Sark amadalira msika wa msonkhano tsopano. Tonse tikudziwa kuti maboma ndi masauzande a mabungwe omwe siaboma masiku ano amakonda misonkhano - amakonda kukambirana za zinthu zomwe zimatsatsa nseru ndikupeza ndalama zakunja. Tsoka ilo kwa ine, hotelo yomwe imathandizira msika wamsonkhano si hotelo yamtundu wanga… ndi malo ogona basi.

Nditasungitsa malo ku Cutty Sark, ndinapita kukayang'ana masoka ena koma ndinali wodabwa. Ndinapeza Tamarind Lodges, yomwe inali yofunika kwambiri koma ndinali ndi macheza ndi mwiniwake, ndipo adanena kuti akuyesera kuti apange bwino - inali nkhani ya ndalama, zomwe zinali zochepa masiku ano. Tamarind Lodges ndi yotsika mtengo kwambiri ndipo amayembekeza kupereka msasa, nawonso. Zinkawoneka ngati zotetezeka, zomwe ndizovuta kwambiri masiku ano ndi umphawi woterewu uli paliponse.

Kenako ndinapita ku Lomagundi Lakeside. Malo awa adawoneka mokonda kwanga. M'mphepete mwa madzi munali ndi udzu, mipiringidzo ndi malo ochitirako misasa. Izi, ndikuganiza, ziyenera kulimbikitsidwa. Zinali zotetezeka, zomwe misasa yambiri ya m'tauniyi ilibe.

Nditafufuza Lomagundi, ndinapita ku Warthogs. Zinali zosokonekera, eni ake ataganiza zomanganso. Kotero sindingathe kunena zambiri za izo kupatula kuti bar inali yabwino; khitchini ankagwira ntchito ndi zofunika menyu. Ubwino wa Warthogs ndikuti anali ndi intaneti - chinthu chosowa kwambiri ku Zim masiku ano. Nkhumba zimakondadi msika wapamtunda, choncho mwiniwakeyo ankayembekezera kuti malondawo ayambiranso ndi mkhalidwe wabata, womwe tsopano ukufalikira ku Zim.