I-Nairobi ayizange indichukumise, ayichukumisile nantoni na. Nokuba i-sediment ayimnandi kakhulu. Jonga kwaye enkulu, apha ayiyiyo. Amaxabiso athatyathwa ngokucacileyo, kwaye abakhenkethi ayisiyo nje. Isixeko sikhulu kwaye ukuba inxenye yalo eliphakathi isafana nesixeko esiqhelekileyo, emva koko ukungaphandle kunye namatyotyombe asezinto zayo, endizinzileyo kakhulu ayenzanga. ENairobi, ndatsala iqabane lam le-SIBLI, enaye ndaba nenxaxheba kuye okungenani. Ewe, iSafari yeyona nto ibalulekileyo kunye neyona ndlela yokuzonwabisa kule ndawo.
Ukongeza kwimozulu yonke, andizange ndiyithande into yokuba phantse yonke into kwaye kuyo yonke indawo, salinda iingcebiso kuthi. Njengoko ndaye ndachaza ukuba eKenya, le yinto eqhelekileyo. Umzekelo, kulisiko ukushiya i-shostrs esebenza kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya okanye kwihotele, kwinani ledola enye kwimithwalo nganye. Abaqhubi kunye nezikhokelo kwi-Safari, Shiya iiDollar ezintlanu ukusuka kumntu omnye. Kwiindawo zokutyela, iingcebiso zenza iipesenti ezilishumi zeendleko zawo wonke iodolo. I-Maids kwihotele, iingcebiso zikwahlonitshwa kakhulu kwaye zilinde kubakhenkethi abahluphekayo, inkuthazo encinci yedola enye.
Kuhlala kufuneka, kufuneka ube nenani elincinci, kodwa imali. Kwiivenkile ezininzi, amakhadi etyala ayamkelwa, kodwa baya kuhlawula isidlo sasemini kwindawo yemephu ye-Safari, uya kusilela. Ngokomyinge, imali mayingabi ngaphezu kwamakhulu amane eedola. Mna nomyeni wam sathatha amakhulu amahlanu kwaye sanele ngeentloko zethu. Isidlo sasemini kwi-cafe kodwa umntu omnye uxabisa ubuninzi beedola ezilishumi elinesihlanu, kunye nezindlu ezicetywayo ezicetywayo, ezinjengee-craftines kunye nezobugcisa zekhaya, zixabisa ubuninzi beedola ezingamashumi amabini.
Ukuhlala kwiSafari, abathathi-nxaxheba abavumelekanga, ngakumbi ngakumbi, kuya kubalelwanga ukuya ngaphaya kwemida yenkampu ngaphandle kokuhamba nokhuseleko. Akuxabisi kufanelekile ukuba kunyanzelekile ukuba kuqonde ingozi yokuba izilwanyana zasendle zimele. Kwakhona, ngexesha lohambo ngokwayo, akunakwenzeka ukuba ushiye imoto ngaphandle kokufumana imvume yomlomo kwisikhokelo. Khumbula ukuba ukuzingela akuvumelekanga eKenya, nakwizilwanyana ezigqithisileyo, kwaye abo baphula lo mthetho baya kuhlawuliswa, kodwa njengabanjwa kakhulu.
I-Nairobi ayamkelwanga ukuba ihambe ngeenyawo kwaye sele inesiqingatha sendlela yokuhlwa, kuba ngosuku lwesixhenxe ngokuhlwa, isixeko sijika saba bungakhuselekanga. Naphi na apho ukhoyo, kuya kufuneka ulandele iipokotho zakho kunye nemixholo yazo yangaphakathi, ngakumbi ukuba uthatha isigqibo sokuhamba ezitratweni zeso sixeko. Musa ukutsala ingqalelo kubucwebe okanye inani elikhulu leendlela ezixabisa kakhulu ngohlobo lweekhamera kunye neekhamera. Uninzi lwabantu balapha, abantu abahluphekayo kwaye ke inqanaba lobusela liphezulu kakhulu apha.
Ukuba ufuna ukuqasha imoto, ungayenza ngaphandle kweengxaki, kodwa ungayifikelela kuyo yonke idolophu, iyimfuneko kuphela ngeengcango kuphela ezivaliwe kwinqaba engaphakathi kunye neeglasi eziphakanyisiweyo. Ngaba uyazi ukuba kutheni? Nokuba umi ekukhanyeni kwetrafikhi, unokuphelisa ukuvula ucango lwemoto. Ndaxelelwa ukuba nokuba ingxaki yenzeke, kuya kufuneka uzole nje i-wallet yakho kunye nayo yonke imixholo yayo kwaye wena nomnwe wakho ungabi nakuphikiswa.
Ukufota ama-Aborigine akunakuba njalo. Akunakwenzeka ukuba uthathe imifanekiso kwisikwere esiphambili seSixeko, ngakumbi kufutshane neMausoleum kaMongameli wokuqala welizwe.
Sukuzama ukutyelela indawo yokuhlala yabahlali bendawo ngaphandle kwesikhokelo esihamba nawe. Abantu balapha, nangona bekwinxalenye eqhelekileyo, kodwa njengoko yonke indawo kukho izinto ezinjalo apha.
Ukwenza isigqibo sokutya kwi-cafe okanye kwindawo yokutyela, qiniseka ukuba ichaza inani leziqholo. I-cuisine yasekhaya, ibuhlungu kakhulu kwaye ukuba umyeni wam uyakuvuyela ukutya ukutya okukhulu, ndiye ndikhetha ukungabikho ngokupheleleyo kokubukhala okanye ubukho obusezantsi. Ngokubanzi, i-cuisine imbi kakhulu, ngakumbi ndiyithandile isitya se-octopus kunye ne-turtle chemper. Iziqhamo kwindawo yokutyela, ungatya ngaphandle koloyiko, kodwa ukuba uyazithenga kwimarike, ke iyimfuneko ukubaphatha ngokuqhubekekayo. Ukuze uziqiniseke kukhuseleko lweziqhamo ezithengiweyo, kunyanzelekile ukuba uzihlambulule kwi-PEEL kwaye ihlanjwe emanzini, eyathi yongeza i-manganese okanye iviniga. Amanzi aphuma phantsi kwetephu, andiceleli ukusela. Nditsho nokuzama amanzi asekuhlaleni, ayikufanele. Ukusela, kungcono ukuthenga amanzi kwiibhotile, akukho ngxaki apha.
Ngokuphathelele kukhuseleko, iingcebiso zisemgangathweni - ungahambi ebusuku, unganxibi mali kakhulu njalo njalo. Ukuba kukho isidingo sokuya apho ikhoyo, isebusuku, kungcono ukusebenzisa iteksi enokufumaneka kwihotele. Imali kunye nobucwebe, ukuthembeka okukhulu, kungcono ukuhamba kwindawo ekhuselekileyo enokuqesha kwihotele enye.
Unxibelelwano eNairobi, ndonwabile ngumgangatho wam. I-Intanethi isebenze ngokufanelekileyo. Kodwa ngoqhagamshelo oluselfowuni, kwavela iingxaki, kuba kweli lizwe isebenza nangezithintelo ezithile. Ngokomgaqo, asikwazanga ukubiza nabani na kwaye le nyaniso ibingengobuhlungu kakhulu. Nangona kunjalo, ukuba ngequbuliso siya kuba nesidingo sokwenza umnxeba, oku kunokwenziwa nakweyiphi na iposi. Kutheni kwiposi? Ewe, ungatsalela umnxeba kwifowuni ehotele, kodwa iifowuni ezivela kwi-imeyile zixabiso eliphantsi. Ngendlela, ebusuku, kunye ne-Cawa, irhafu yokuxoxisana nomgama ixesha elide incitshisiwe kabini. Ifowuni ephathekayo, ngaphandle koloyiko, ukuba nakukhathaze iingxaki kunokusetyenziswa ngokukhululekileyo kwezo ndawo apho kungekho ukufikelela kunxibelelwano lwesikhululo.
Yiloo nto endiyithandayo yeKenya, le nto unganxiba apha nantoni na, eyona nto iphambili kukuba yayilungile. Kwi-Safari, kukho imida kwiingubo, kodwa kuyinto yendalo. Ngexesha lokukhwela kwiindawo ezikhuselweyo, kuyimfuneko ukukhetha iimpahla eziza kugubungela onke amalungu omzimba. Imikhono yamanzi amkelekileyo yamkelekile. Awuyi kuzisola ukuba unxiba izihlangu eziphakamileyo nezikhululekileyo, ngokukhethekileyo ekulekeni. Ungalibali malunga ne-cream nxamnye ne-tan, kuba kunokwenzeka ukuba uyitshise kwangoko kwaye kwangaxeshanye awuyi kuqaphela intsingiselo etshisayo yelanga.