Ngegama elithi Maldives, ingcinga yethu ihamba kwangoko elunxwemeni olumhlophe olumhlophe, oxhoma umthi wakhe wesundu ngaphezulu kwamanzi aluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka kunye nelanga eliqaqambileyo. Kwaye oku kunjalo. Ukuya Maldives, andifane ndiyicinge ngokwakho kunokuba ungakwazi ukuya kwisiqithi weemitha ezili-400, ukusuka apho bade kufuneka ukubhabha iyure kwi hydroslip ukuba ikomkhulu Male.
Kodwa abanye bathanda usapho lonke. Sasikwisiqithi seMedupaar, esikwenzeka kwi-raa atoll. Le yihotele eneinkwenkwezi ezine, indawo yokuhlala inikezelwa kwi-gungalows exhaphakileyo, sasikhululekile.
Senze ntoni kwesi siqithi? Iphumle kwaye iyonwabele indalo. Kupholile kakhulu xa iimitha ezili-10 ukusuka kwigumbi lakho, unxiba iiflippers kunye nemaski kwaye, ngenqanawa kancinane ukusuka elunxwemeni, jonga intlanzi enkulu kunye neekorale. Unyana wethu oneminyaka emithandathu ubudala wayevuya kakhulu, wayehamba esiqithini phantse imini yonke. Ngorhatya lokuzonwabisa ngokulandelayo - saqhubeka elunxwemeni esinefleshi kwaye sakhangela ii-crabs ezazivalelwa.
Ekhefu phakathi kwezi klasi, umntwana yedwa wayelele esiqithini esikhangela i-cocos, esazisa emngxuseni, apho sabavunga sibanjiwe ngokukodwa i-screwddriver.
Ukusuka kwizilwanyana ezikwisiqithi kwakukho iibhloko ezininzi zezinto ezahlukeneyo zeentlobo kunye neentaka.
Emva kwesidlo sangokuhlwa, yayilixesha lokuba ukuzonwabisa okutsha okungacacanga-ukondla iintlanzi. Bonke abemi besiqithi bafika kwi-pier, ukusuka apho kanye kanye nge-9 pm umsebenzi wehotele waphosa ukutya. Ngeli xesha kwakungekho kuphela abantu, kodwa neentlanzi. Izitulo ezinkulu kunye nezilayidi, ezazilwela ngamanye amaxesha ngenxa yohlobo oluthile lwesiqwengana seqela sagcinwa kwi-pier.
Emva kweveki yokuhlala esiqithini, sabona ekugqibeleni iimpungutye. Oku kwakhokelela ekuyonwam kuphela, unyana, kodwa kwanomyeni wakhe. Saqala ukuhamba simamele sifumane imithi yezilwanyana ezincinci ezihlekisayo.
Ngokubanzi, iintsuku zazizaliswe zizitrato ezimnandi.
Ukuphumla okuthandekayo, ngakumbi uNyana, onamava omanyano olupheleleyo kunye nendalo kwaye uphumle kwimpucuko. Ngokoluvo lwam, wonke umntu kufuneka ahambe kwiindawo ezinjalo ukuze aphumle nje, azilahle zonke iingcinga ezivela entloko kwaye afunde ukufumana ulonwabo kwiziganeko ezinqwenelekayo ezikhoyo kwiSiqithi elahlekileyo elwandle elahlekileyo elwandle.