Ndi mawu akuti Maldives, malingaliro athu nthawi yomweyo amajambula gombe loyera, atapachika kanjedza yake ya kanjedza ka madzi amtambo ndi dzuwa lowala. Ndipo zilidi. Kupita ku Maddves, sindimadzilingalira nokha kuposa momwe mungayendere pa 400 chilumba cha mita 400, kuchokera komwe chikufunika ngakhale kuwuluka ola limodzi.
Koma ena onse ankakonda banja lonse. Tidali ku Medupar Island, yomwe ili pa Raa Pol. Ili ndi hotelo inayi ya nyenyezi, malo ogona imaperekedwa m'makampani ambiri, tinali omasuka.
Kodi tinachita chiyani pachilumbachi? Opumulira ndikusangalala ndi chilengedwe. Ndizosangalatsa kwambiri ngati mita 10 kuchokera kuchipinda chanu, mumavala zojambula ndi chigoba, ndipo, kuyenda pang'ono kuchokera m'mphepete mwa nyanja, kuwoneka nsomba zokongola komanso zamikanthwe. Mwana wathu wamwamuna wazaka zisanu ndi chimodzi anali wokondwa, iye anayenda pachilumbacho pafupifupi tsiku lonse. Madzulo panali zosangalatsa zingapo zotsatila - tinapita m'mphepete mwa tochi ndikufufuza nkhanu zomwe zimatsekedwa mwaluso.
Pamalo opumira pakati pa makalasi awa, mwana yekhayo anali atagona pachilumbacho kukasaka cocos, omwe adawabweretsa ku bungalow, pomwe tidawatsegulira mwapadera ndi iwo screwdriver.
Kuchokera ku nyama pachilumbacho panali abuluzi ambiri amitundu ndi mbalame.
Pambuyo pa chakudya chamadzulo, inali nthawi yosangalatsa kwambiri - kudyetsa nsomba. Onse okhala pachilumbachi adafika ku Pire, komwe ali ndi 9 pm wogwira ntchito ku hoteloyo adagwetsa chakudya. Pofika pano kunalibe anthu okha, komanso nsomba. Akamba akulu ndi zithunzi, zomwe nthawi zina zimamenyedwa chifukwa cha mtundu wina wa zodabwida adapulumutsidwa ku Pier.
Pambuyo pa sabata lokhala pachilumbachi, tidawona pamapeto pake nkhandwe mosalekeza. Izi zidapangitsa kuti ine ndi ine ndi mwana wamwamuna, koma ngakhale mwamuna wake. Tinayamba kuyenda ndikumvetsera kuti mupeze mitengo yomwe nyama zazing'ono zoseketsa izi zidapachikidwa.
Mwambiri, masiku anali ndi zingwe zabwino kwambiri.
Ena onse ankakonda kwambiri, makamaka mwana, yemwe anazindikira kuti ndi chikhalidwe chokwanira ndi chilengedwe ndikupumula chifukwa cha chitukuko. M'malingaliro mwanga, aliyense ayenera kupita kumalo ngati amenewa kuti angopuma, kutaya malingaliro onse kuchokera kumutu ndikuphunzira kusangalala ndi zinthu zosangalatsa zazing'ono zomwe zikuwonongeka pachilumbacho.