NgoSepthemba 2013, siphenye iBosnia neHerzegovina. Lolu hambo lwaqala ngobusuku obubili eSarajevo, inhloko-dolobha yalesi simo. Idolobha lizungezwe yi-Dinar Alps futhi liseMfuleni iMilyatska, elihlukanisa nalo ezingxenyeni ezisenyakatho naseningizimu.
Sahlala ehostela lePosypoli elibhuka kusengaphambili. Safika ekuseni kakhulu, sahlangana nathi umnikazi onobungane, esavumelana naye ngentengo eyanele kakhulu. Kepha into esemqoka ukuthi ihostela litholakala engxenyeni yakudala yeTurkey Quarter Sarajevo. Cishe imizuzu embalwa uhamba usuka ePeshAm Sebil edumile eBashCharsia Square, lapho saya khona kuqala. Le yinhliziyo nomphefumulo weSarajevo ngesikhumbuzo esikhanyayo se-ottoman yakhe. Lapha ungachitha usuku lonke, uphuza ikhofi enhle, ukondla amajuba avilaphayo, ubukele abathengisi futhi ujabulele nje umkhathi. Omunye wemigwaqo emidala esifundeni saseBashCharsia ubizwa nge-medni. Lo mgwaqo njengomnyuziyamu wobuciko besibhakabhaka esibhakabhakeni esivulekile. Endleleni kunemigqa eminingi yezitolo, izitebele, izitolo, lapho zithengisa khona imikhiqizo emihle yethusi. Kuneminye imigwaqo eminingi yezandla ethokozisayo endaweni. Kukhona nama-mosque amaningana. Kokunye saba nethuba lokuvakashela. Lesi yisikhumbuzo seGazi Husrev-Bay umlando, ohlehlela emuva ngekhulu le-XVI, kubhekwa njenge-mosque enkulu kuyo yonke iBosnia naseHerzegovina, kanye nesibonelo esihle sokwakhiwa kwakwa-Ottoman. I-Minaret Mosque ingaphezulu kwamamitha angama-45. Egcekeni le-mosque kungumthombo wokuqedwa kwesiko. Ngemali engokomfanekiso, savunyelwa ukungena ngaphakathi sithathe isithombe. Izitezi ehholo zimbozwe ngamakhaphethi abethulwa njengezipho ezivela emazweni ahlukahlukene amaSulumane. Izindonga zihlotshiswe ngamaphethini wokubhala nama-arab. Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi i-mosque akuyona ithempeli kuphela, kodwa futhi nendawo yemihlangano yobungani. Kusihlwa, lapho uMullah Mullah ezwakala ezungeze idolobha, phambi komnyango we-mosque, amadoda nabesifazane ahlezi ukuzothandaza, kodwa futhi nokuxoxa ngezinkinga eziphuthumayo.
Ngemuva kokufunda ukuhamba kwedolobha elidala eceleni komfula iMilyatska. Udlula enhliziyweni yedolobha. Ezikhathini zase-Austrian, kwakhiwa i-promenanade emfuleni. I-Romeo noJuliet Bridge baziwa nangokuthi iBriban Bridge. Akubukeki okukhethekile, kepha ngesikhathi sempi eBosnia ngoMeyi 1993, kwadutshulwa abathandi ababili, u-Admira noBosko, lapho bezama ukubaleka edolobheni elihambile. Babethandana nesikole. WayenguSerb, wayengumSulumane. Badutshulwe ngasikhathi sinye. Wafa manjalo; Wakhala kuye, wacindezela isidumbu sakhe, wabe esefa. Izinsuku eziningana, zilala ezingalweni zomunye nomunye. Leli bhuloho liphinde labona izisulu zokuqala zempi yaseBosnia. Kunesibonakaliso maphakathi nebhuloho elizokhumbula inkumbulo yalokhu kufa. Izakhiwo eziseduzane nebhuloho zisakhathele yizinhlamvu. Ukuhamba ubheke emnyuziyamu wezobuciko obuhle, sabona izindlu eziningana eziqhuma amabhomu. Abanye abantu baqhubeka nokuhlala ezindlini ezincane phakathi kwamanxiwa. Sahamba sacabanga. Imvelo enhle, abantu abahle, idolobha elihehayo, kepha bagcwele ukudabuka nokulangazelela.
Ngosuku olulandelayo saya enkundleni ye-Olimpiki. USarajevo wayengumgcini wemidlalo yasebusika 1984 Umbukwane odabukisayo. Ngo-1984 kwakumnandi kakhulu lapha. Akekho-ke ongafuna futhi acabange ukuthi yimiphi izehlakalo ezimbi ezilindelwe izwe.
Ukuhamba emigwaqweni yaseSarajevo, ngokuphindaphindeka ekubhujisweni kwezempi kanye nezimbobo zezinhlamvu ezakhiwo kufanele, noma kunjalo, ziyavuma ukuthi lo muzi uphakanyiswe kahle ngemuva kwempi.
Uma unesifiso sokufunda okuningi, kufanele uqashe umhlahlandlela wendawo amahora ambalwa. Inkampani yethu encane yabantu abathathu ikhokhele ama-Euro angama-20 amahora ama-3 we-Exporsion. Leli yithuba elihle lokubona idolobha ngamehlo omhlali wendawo.
Yebo, futhi ungakhohlwa ukuvakashela imakethe yase-Ottoman yase-Ottoman, yango-1555, le yindawo enhle yokuthenga. Sithenge lapha ushizi obhemayo obhemayo, oza ngesinkwa esincane sesinkwa, imifino enosawoti kanye namasaladi acwebezelayo, i-pahlav ne-marmalade. Futhi konke ongazama ngaphambi kokuthenga.
ESarajevo, izindawo eziningi zokudlela lapho ungathenga khona izinto ezinhle ngentengo ephansi kakhulu. Kumnandi kakhulu lapha ezindaweni zokudlela, ungakhohlwa ukushiya amathiphu kuphela. Futhi ngokuqinisekile wahamba, noma empumalanga!
