Ndeapi mazwi anotsanangurwa kilimanjaro Ernest Hemingway, kwete kutaura zviri nani uye vhoriyamu, zvese ndizvo chaizvo. Takanga tichienda kune iyi danho rekusuwa kwenguva yakareba, asi takatadza kusarudza. Zvakangodaro, zvakaitika. Akabhururuka akaoma uye kwenguva refu, kubudikidza naDubai, kusvikira vazviwana vazvidya muNairobi, asiwo nzira yakanga isati yapedyo naMoshi, iyo guta rinobva kune mumwe munhu wese pabasa. Takasarudza nzira iri nyore "coca-cola". Akatora mazuva mashanu. Zvokutaura, iwe unofanirwa kuve uchiziva zvizere kuti ibasa rakaoma kupfuura varaidzo. Ehe, mazuva maviri ekutanga aive akanaka uye anodziya, ari patsoka dzaCelsius, yakakwira, inotonhora, kuna -10 pane iyo celsius. Ive neshuwa kuti utore nezvinhu zvinodziya, magirazi, magirazi, gadzi shuwa mabhutsu kana shangu dzakapinza, uye shangu dzichinge dzave kusvika 1 saizi zvakanyanya, uye zviri nani njodzi yekugogodza pasi Makumbo zvakanyanya, uye nzvimbo yemamwe masokisi haarwadziwe. Dzimwe nguva kutonhora chaizvo. Tora maviri maviri emagurovhosi, uye magurovhosi ari nani uye mittens, zvekuti isu tikaisa pamusoro magurovhosi, saka uchaponesa maoko ako. Iva nechokwadi! Raincoat, bhegi rekurara, musoro wemwenje uye unopisa underwear. Tese takazvitora, kuverenga ongororo yezvakaitika, uye isu tese takauya nekubata zvakanaka, ndinokutendai kune vanhu vakarayirwa.
Kubva pazuva rechitatu, rwendo rwacho rwakanga rwatove rwevashandi vakaoma kwazvo vegomo, zvinwiwa zvinomarara, zviwi zvisina kujairika, asi takasvibirira. Asi isu takanga tamirira, kana watopedzisira dzokera kuzhizha. Dzimwe nzvimbo dzinoedza zvakanyanya uye dzinorema kuti dzifambe, kuIzwi kutaura, kwete vese vakasvikwa pamusoro, asi vakasvika, vakafara sevana. Zvino chizvarwa chakaropafadzwa chessia chakaburukira, takaburuka, takaburuka! Vakatambira zvitupa zvekukunda kwemidziyo yemidziyo, uye vanofara, vakatanga kupora.
Mangwanani akatevera takamirira rwendo rweSafari, takatora mazuva maviri parutivi rweMasai Valley. Safari yakafadzwa isu, isu taive nerombo uye takaona vangangoita shanu dzakakura zvishanu munzvimbo yavo yekugara. Akavhurwa mumusasa madiki, apo vagari venzvimbo vaigara vachiuya uye vakaedza kudhonza chimwe chinhu. Shiri dzakauya, dzinosekesa, uye hosted mumabhegi emumwe munhu, uye manheru, boka remunharaunda remunondo, vakadzurwa mabhegi nemarara pamisasa. Munharaunda akataura kuti vaigona kana kupinda nzou, asi nzou haina kuenda kwatiri. Masai vanhu vane mavara akanaka kwazvo, ivo vanopenya, vanobata uye vane hasha kwazvo. Matsimba akafunga zvakawanda, kunzwa kwakadaro kwekuti ivo vaifamba mumafirimu, uye kutenderedza kusagadzikana kusinga tsanangurike, zvese zvakapenya uye zvisina kujairika.
Takapedza rwendo rwedu nerwendo rweZanzibar, asi zvakadii pasina mahombekombe? Yagadziriswa mubhadzizi diki pamhenderekedzo yegungwa, kure kure neguta, guta guru rezasi, asi nzvimbo yeParadhiso mune zvese, kunyanya uye kuzorora. Ikoko tagamuchira zororo rakakwana kubva kugeza mugungwa, tichifunga nezve hupenyu hwekorari uye tichibvisa chinonaka chegungwa muhuwandu husina muganho kumari inosetsa, kwemanheru kune maviri aya madhora mazana mashanu. Kwenguva yakareba, ndangariro dzakawanda dzinodziya mweya, uye kunyangwe ndikaramba ndichiungana kushanyira Tanzania, handingaone kurota kuti ndisimuke kubva kure.