Ngaphandle kokungabaza, wonke umuntu wabona ikhathuni le-Oscarancy "King-Alev" ukubona izindawo ezenziwa yilezi zigameko, ngahamba kuze kube manje enhliziyweni yaseTanzania, nakuLata Manar. Endleleni, kwavela indawo yokuhlala e-Afrika, kube sengathi ayisendaweni. Ngakho-ke uyahamba futhi kungazelelwe - kwabhalwa ngesandla kwi-pointer yedolobhana. Sihlangane nosawoti wethu, ngakho-ke ithawula elisheshayo elimanzi lifuthelele ukushisa komzimba. Ngokuzumayo, ukunakekelwa okungalindelekile kanye nesisa yi-Aboriginal, kwashaqeka kancane. Inkomishi yejusi yokumiswa komoya othulini, yabonakala kithi ngamazolo asezulwini. Kepha kwaqala okuthakazelisa kakhulu lapho singena e-Lodge, induduzo iyamangalisa nje. Ngaphandle, wabukeka elula impela, iyi-mazanka ngaphansi kophahla lotshani. Kepha isithakazelo ukuthi 'baphefumula', ukuphefumula okunjalo akushintshile elangeni futhi kuvinjelwe umoya opholile, ifenisha egumbini lalisuka ku-rattan, kusukela eRatbo kanye nomhlanga.
Into ethinta inhliziyo - Ngangilethela nje izinyembezi, emcameni njalo kusihlwa sasilindelwe uswidi, ngakwesokunxele ngokucophelela amaphupho amnandi, futhi etafuleni lombhede njalo kusihlwa, kwavela umbhalo we-African Fairy Tale (in IsiNgisi) nansuku zonke. Umbono ovela ewindini awugcini ngokumangaza - wajabulisa, lapha babonisana ngomgomo: mababe amanani angabi kakhulu, kepha konke kuzoba. Sasihlala e-Lodge enamakamelo amahlanu, kodwa ngamanani aseVerandas echibini. Umhlambi we-antelope nama-zebras weza e-aqueta, ehlezi e-veranda emisebeni yelanga esitokisini emehlweni ethu wabonakala isithombe sezindlovu, indlulamithi kanye nomhubi oyedwa. Ezinsukwini ezimbili kamuva, sabona, pho kungani uza, "INkosi Lion". Wadlula ngathi empumalanga yechibi, ngokweqiniso, wavimba ngokweqiniso, noma yini ephulukiswe yintokozo. Isizwe sikaMasai esiseduze kwawo, sasingesona amasosha anjalo, njengoba kwakucatshangwa, into esemqoka ekuseni ngivuke ukumemeza "Jambo" - "Sawubona" isizwe sayo, abesifazane Ukuhamba uphuze unqunu ngamazinyo amabili angqongqoze ngaphambili.
Ohambweni olufanele ukuthwebula inqwaba yama-baubles, amaketanga asemqoka, ubuhlalu nezinye izinto ezincane futhi ungakhohlwa ukufaka izikweletu ezincane - konke lokhu kulula kakhulu ukwenza lula ukuqonda kwendawo. Ukusuka esidlweni sesidlo sendabuko - izinkomo ezinobisi, senqabile ngenhlonipho, yize wonke amalungu esizwe aphikelela.
Ezinsukwini ezimbili ngemuva kokufika ekuseni, sashiya indawo yokuhlala yethu naseJeep (ngabona kuphela kumafilimu amadala aseMelika) ngiphuthume epaki lesizwe laseTaragir. Ukushaqeka kwami kokuqala kuyindawo enkulu yokubhuka, inani lesibili lezilwane ezibonakele, kwakungekho mzuzu ukuthi ngabe ngibona ummeleli we-Fauna: inqwaba yama-buffaloes, i-anterope, umhlambi wezazi. Kukhona izinselo ze-buzz ne-hoset, uyakuqonda ukuthi use-Afrika.
Ngaphandle kokungabaza uTanzania, uzohlala ebona kahle kakhulu empilweni yami.
