Ngaphambi kokuba sibethe i-dubai, ndandidla ngokuva iinkumbulo ezinomdla kubahlobo abatyelele lo mzi wasempuma. Kodwa xa ndabona phakathi kwesihlwele, nto leyo imele le ndawo iphambili yabakhenkethi yehlabathi, ndaye ndaqonda ukuba le ayisiyondawo yokugqibela kwi-UAE. Kuba sakhwela ukuba siphumle ngo-Okthobha, into yokuqala esigqibe kwelokuba sityelele iilwandle zasekuhlaleni kwaye siqubha kulwandle olufudumeleyo. Ukukhetha unxweme lwasimahla, siye sahamba sayiya ngebhasi. Amanzi elwandle iqaqambile, ifudumele kakhulu +30 degrees. Intlabathi ithambile kwaye incinci. Kukho yonke into oyifunayo yokuphumla okuhle: Ingxolo yamaza kunye nobunye bendalo, okongelwa yinkonzo ebalaseleyo.
Emva kokunandipha iholide yaselwandle, sagqiba kwelokuba sihambe umzi. I-Dubai sisi sixeko esicocekileyo, esiphezulu nezeminandi. Nazi izibonelelo eziphuhliswe kakhulu, amaziko okuthenga amaninzi. Le yindawo apho kufuneka khona ukuthenga nje, kuba ngenxa yokuba ngenxa yokuba kungabikho rhafu eDubai, kwaye imisebenzi iphantsi, apha unokuthenga izinto ezininzi ezinomdla kumaxabiso anomdla kakhulu. Ke ngoko, kwivenkile ngosuku lokuqala lokuphumla, asizange sizisole imali.
Ngosuku emva kokuba uhambo lokuhamba elunxwemeni, sahambahamba ukuya esixekweni. Bendihlala ndiphupha ukukhwela inqaba ende yehlabathi, kwaye namhlanje, ndithathe uhambo lokuya eBurj Khalifa, ndiye ndayiqonda iphupha lam elide. Ukuphakama kwesi skyscraper ziimitha ezingama-828. Siye savuka kwiqonga lokujonga elikwiimitha ezingama-470. Umbono yinto engaqhelekanga. Ndibambelele kwifestile enomgangatho womgangatho kwisilingi. Ubuhle bungenamandla, ngakumbi xa uqonda ukuba uphahla lwezinye izinto eziphezulu ze-skyscries ziyabonakala.
Ngemini enye, saqonda ukuba umhlaba uphela, ucula imithombo ye-oak, ekufutshane neBurj Khalifa. Umthombo mkhulu kwaye umhle kakhulu, ihle kakhulu ngokuhlwa, xa igxilwe ngamakhulu eebhalbhu ezikhanyayo. Ndibone imithombo emininzi yokudanisa, kodwa le eDubai ibiyeyona nto ibalulekileyo kum.
I-Dubai yibali elahlukileyo. Yonke into igutyungelwe zizigidi zezibane kwaye kubonakala ngathi ungene kwintsomi.
Kumhla weholide yeholide yethu, satyelela i-jamerie entle ye-jamerier, ekusembindini weDubai. I-mosque idibanisa iinkcukacha zeXesha Eliphakathi nezihonjisiweyo zangoku. I-Mosque inkulu kakhulu, ixhasa iikholamu ezininzi ezintle.
Phambi kokuba ungene eMosque, kufuneka uphume. Umnyango wayo uyafumaneka kuwo omasimkhulu kunye ne-orthodox, omabini la madoda nabafazi.
Ngokwenene sasingafuni ukuyishiya le ndawo intle, kodwa ixesha lithatha. Ngokuqinisekileyo siya kubuya apha.