Kulo nyaka ndaya kuphumla eSpain, eKosto-dorado. Ndifuna ukutyelela iBarcelona kunye nelanga kunxweme lolwandle lweMeditera, ngenxa yoko ndakhetha idolophu yase Salou. Esi sisixeko esincinci nesihle seekhilomitha ezingama-80 ukusuka kwi-barcelona. Eyona nto iphambili kuSalou, ndamangaliswa bubunyulu nakwintlango yaselwandle. Ndiphumle ngoMeyi, iqondo lobushushu lalimalunga nama-28 degrees, amanzi aqala nje ukufudumala. Amanzi elwandle icocekile kakhulu, ebonakalayo. Kwaye, ngendlela, andikaze ndibone emanzini okanye elunxwemeni lwejellyfish, amagobolosi okanye amatye. ESalou, eyona nxalenye iphambili yabemi beholide - abadla umhlala-phantsi, abantu abancinci babeyinto encinci. Akwabakho iqela elinomsindo, nangona kukho iiklabhu ezininzi kunye nemivalo kwisitrato esikhulu.
Kumgama wokuhamba ukusuka ehotele yam kwakukho iilwandle ezintathu. Ndihlala ndisiya kuqubha kunxweme oluncinci phakathi kwamawa. Amaxesha aliqela ajonga unxweme olusekuhlaleni, kuhlala kukho abantu abaninzi, kwaye kukho iindlela zokuzonwabisa zabakhenkethi ngendlela yesilayidi samanzi. Kwaye kwizambatho zininzi iindawo zokutyela kunye ne-cafes, nakwisitrato esikhulu. Kuya kungenakwenzeka ukuba kudlule, bonke abathengisi kunye nabalindi babizelwe ukuba bazame kakhulu i-palela emnandi kwaye bathenge iimazithi zexabiso eliphantsi. Kwisitrato esiphakathi kukho iimpahla ezininzi, nezikhumba kunye neevenkile zesikhumba. Ndandihlala ndibhale kwindawo yokutyela yasekhaya, amaxabiso akabizi kakhulu, kodwa ukutya akuyonto imnandi kakhulu. Kwisikwere esiphakathi, bendihlala ndihamba ngokuhlwa kwaye ndakhangela kwimithombo yokucula, ingenelele imibala eyahlukeneyo. Kodwa, enyanisweni, kwada kwanangoku uSalou bebopha. Ndayijonga iklabhu kwiklabhu izihlandlo ezininzi, kanye ndade ndangena kwiqela laseRussia, eligqithisela rhoqo ngeCawa. Ndaziswa nge-t-shirt kwaye ndaphathwa nge-cocktail yasimahla. Kodwa ubusuku bonke kwiklabhu bebebothukile kakhulu. Kodwa into endiyithandayo kakhulu, esi sisidlo esikhulu ehotele kunye nokukhethwa okukhulu kweehambo nakwihotele, nakwi-operator, nakwiiarhente zebhasi zasekhaya. Kusekho okomzuzwana ukuba iholide yaselwandle eSalou naseKorado iqala kufutshane noJuni, emva kwayo yonke loo nto, ngoMeyi, amanzi abushushu kakhulu, kwaye ubusuku bupholile.