Uhambo oluya eTugome waba sisipho esihle ngoMatshi 8. Kule veki yeveki siye ngqo kwiholide. Uhambo lwethu luye lwaqubha kwimithombo eshushu ye-tyumen. Uhambo lubandakanya ukuhlamba kwimithombo emibini: yar kunye ne-avan. Ngaphandle kwento yokuba sele kukho intwasahlobo, imozulu eTuumen yajika yaba yingqekembe enkulu. Sifikele esixekweni kuphela kwisidlo sangokuhlwa, emva koko sizinzise ehotele, ngenxa yoko singene kumthombo wokuqala ngokuhlwa kuphela. Eyokuqala yayingu-Avan. Eli lichibi elixhotyiswe kakuhle lamanzi e-thermal: Nanku umzimba wonke wokunxiba, ukugcina izinto, i-cafe, ivenkile, i-sauna - yonke into engaphakathi, ukuba ihambe kwakhona. Kukho i-hydromassage echibini, iiNgokuliza kwamanzi ahlukeneyo. Ngokuqinisekileyo amanzi afudumele, kwaye kwimvelaphi yeqabaka, ivakalelwa ngokukhethekileyo, ijikeleze iiklabhu zesibini, kuba umthombo ovulekileyo. Kodwa! I-bis enkulu kukuba ichibi linendawo encinci, kwaye abantu balapho ..... oh ingakanani. Kwaye wonke umntu unkqonkqoza omnye komnye, wenzakala. Kwabo baqhele ukuba nendawo eninzi yobuqu, ngokuqinisekileyo ngokuqinisekileyo abayithandi. Kude kube sebusuku, sahlala kulo mthombo, iinkwenkwezi zakha phezu kwethu, kwaye sonke saxabana kwaye sangamntu.
Ngentsasa elandelayo yaqala ukuhlamba ngakumbi emphefumlweni weyar. Ngokoluvo lwam, kumnandi kakhulu apha, nangona zikhona. Okokuqala, akukho sakhiwo sikhethekileyo apha, apho kukho iimeko ezintle. Yabela bonke, ngaphandle kwekhabhathi enkulu yamantombazana, ikhabhathi yesibini yamakhwenkwe yinto efana noSarake. Yonke into ikwi-heap: zonke iimpahla ezingaphezulu, iingxowa, izihlangu .... Kulungile, ngokubanzi, intaba enkulu yezinto. Ayithandeki. Kodwa ekuseni, ehonjiswe ngokuqaqamba kwekhephu kunye neentsika ze-steam eshushu-le yinto emangalisayo.
Ngethamsanqa, imini yayilanga. Ndicinga ukuba yayilikhephu, mhlawumbi lingangcono ngakumbi. Ukongeza kwezi ntlobo zeWoodn yayingeyonto: kungabikho venkile okanye ii-saunas. Ngokoluvo lwam balapha ngelize. Ngaphandle kwazo, ukuqubha kubonakala ngathi zisendle. Kwaye abantu balapha bambalwa kakhulu. Kuyabonakala ukuba ngenxa yokungabikho kwentuthuzelo. Amanzi ashushu kakhulu kuno-Avan. Banxibe i-caps, kuba intloko yayiqhutywa esihogweni. Ezantsi kancinci ukuya kubunzulu, ukudala ifuthe lendalo. Ndiza kutsho kwangoko, nangawo nawuphi na umthombo ongezantsi kwezantsi kwakungekho, yonke into inomsindo. Sihlambile obu buhle kwiblush eqaqambileyo, ifanelekile ngeetyuwa kunye neeminerali kwaye zomelezwe ngaphandle kwamaqondo obushushu ahlukileyo.