Anzathu ndi abwenzi, kupumula kwa Marfne ku Jafne, kunayamba kuvuta, ndendende, njira yopita ku mzinda womwewo. Kufika ku Colombo, tinayamba kufunafuna mwayi wofika ku Jarhne, chifukwa ulendo wathu, sunaperekenso ku hotelo. Poyamba tinali ndiulendo wopita kumzinda wa kugwedezeka, chifukwa amatha kufikiridwa mwachindunji ndi Jafna. Tidafika kumeneko popanda ulendo. Kupeza pamapeto pake basi pafupi ndi Jarhne, tinachita mantha. Sanakhale wokalamba komanso wosasulidwa, motero adakonzeranso kwathunthu. Kudikirira ola limodzi ndi theka kuthawa zotsatirazi, komwe, malinga ndi driver, tinkafuna, sitikhala mwanjira inayake pazinthu imodzi mkati ndi zinthu zanga zonse, tinkayenda pansi. Sindidzaiwala ulendowu. Koma pamapeto pake tinafika mumzinda.
Zoona zake, ndimamuganizira kuti ndi. Malo ena achipululu, omera, poyerekeza ndi likulu lomweli, ndipo koposa zonse - zotsatira za zaka zambiri za nkhondo yapachiweniweni. Apa, minda yanga yeniyeni yasungidwa, ikuyang'ana yomwe ndayamba kudandaula zomwe zidadza, pamakhala nyumba zowonongedwa ndi nyumba, ngakhale zilipo kale zambiri.
Tinakhazikika kunyumba ya Kais Sees, yofunika $ 39 pamunthu aliyense patsiku. Ngati simukuganiza kuti zipinda ndizochepa kwambiri, hoteloyo ndizabwino kwambiri. Chipindacho chili ndi zowongolera mpweya, intaneti, mipando yatsopano, njira yonse ikugwira ntchito.
Tinapumula tsiku loyamba atachoka, ndipo wachiwiri adapita kukaphunzira chilumbachi. Alendo pano ndi ochepa, koma pali. Ambiri aiwo ndi ochokera ku Europe.
Ndi maphwando athunthu mu Jabne, zonse ndi zoipa. Kwa mizinda ina, nafenso, kuti apite kukangana kwambiri, kotero zosangalatsa zokhazo pano ndikuyang'ana mzindawu.
Mumzindawu ngakhale panali chiwonongeko chochepa, pali china choti chiwone. Tikagwira tuk-tuk - mayendedwe wamba ku Sri Lanka, tidatifunsa kuti atibweretse ku Fort Jambne. Ulendowo unatitengera ma rupees a US 120. Kenako, kuyambira pamenepo, Tuk, tuk anapita ku malo osungiramo zinthu zakale zakale ndi laibulale, komwe amakhala pafupifupi madzulo.
Masiku atatu otsatirawa tinapereka maulendo operekera masiketi am'deralo. Zodabwitsa kwambiri, chifukwa kukoma kwanga kuli kacisi wa Kandas. Limeneli lili mumzinda wa Moorrar, lomwe lili kutali ndi Jarhne. Tinayenda kumeneko pa basi, kale komanso lalikulu.
Ku Mawu, akachisi ndi matchalitchi omwe ali pafupi ndi ambiri, pali Achikatolika.
Patsiku la nthawi ya ulendowo, osadziwa kuti mwina angatenge kachilombo kameneko, tinapempha munthu wa komweko omwe amalankhula ndi Chingerezi bwino, akuti, amatiwonetsa pakati pa mzindawo. Tikasangalala, anavomera, ngakhale kwaulere, anakana kwambiri ndalama. Anthu onse a mzindawo ndi ochezeka komanso olandila. Tinayesetsa kuti tiitane kangapo kuti tipeze kapena kuchita zinthu zina ku zakudya zamtundu wakwanuko. Nthawi yomweyo izi sizimachitidwa ndi cholinga choyipa, koma osadandaula kwathunthu.
Nyanja pano ndi zodabwitsa, zazing'ono kwambiri. Ngakhale kutali ndi gombe sangakhalenso lamba. Madzi okondweretsa, anali ofunda, pafupifupi 28 digiri. Inde, ndipo kutentha kwa mpweya kunali kwakukulu - pafupifupi madigiri 30. Sitinakhazikitse zolinga zathu ku Tan, koma sizinakweze kudziko lakwawo kuposa malo a ku Sri Lanka.
Koma magombe mu miyambo yabwino kwambiri ya 60s. Palibenso mabedi a dzuwa, maambulera, nawonso, magombe omwewo adawasintha. Pafupifupi pali malo ogulitsira ndi madzi, zinthu ndi zoseweretsa zosefukira zosiyanasiyana. Panalibe mzimu watsopano pagombe.
Tinapita kunyanja pambuyo 5 pm ndipo tinakhala mpaka kulowa dzuwa, komwe kuli kosangalatsa pano.
Chakudya mu jafine ndi nkhani yosiyana. Kupita ku cafe yakomweko ndi kuyitanitsa mpunga, zomwe ndidadabwitsidwa ndikadabwera nazo papepala lina.
Ku malo odyera ena kunalibe zodabwitsazi ndipo chakudyacho chidagwiritsidwa ntchito mwachikhalidwe chathu. Chakudya mumzindawo ndi chotsika mtengo. Pa zitatu, sitinaperekepo madola oposa 30 a nkhomaliro.
Patsiku lomaliza tinaganiza zopita kukagula mumzinda kukagula zikhulupiriro. Zotsatira zake, adasindikiza mulu wa zonunkhira, makamaka curry, mpunga vodika ndi tiyi. Chifukwa zonsezi zidapatsidwa madola 60.
Mwambiri, ngakhale kuti Jafna ndi malo okongola kuti mupumule, ndikofunikira kuti ticheze. Ndikukhulupirira kuti ndikapita kumeneko nthawi ina, ndikufuna kuchita izi, ndidzakhala ndikupeza malo okhazikika kumeneko, pomwe zokumbukira zomwe nzika zako zakokha zimayambira pa nkhondo yapachiweniweni.