Travel jitters
Gorinchem
Kaviri pagore Joseph anowana itch yekufamba uye anoda kutiza kuNetherlands, kwaanogara nemufaro mukuru uye nekunakidzwa. Kazhinji mwedzi mitatu munguva yechando kubva pakutanga kwaNdira kusvika kutanga kwaApril uye kana matsutso asvika mumwedzi waGunyana.
Asi ini ndichiri kuda Netherlands neEurope. Ehe, semuDutch ane pfungwa dzakanaka iwe unogona kusimudza marudzi ese ematambudziko, asi ingo taura chinhu chimwe chiri nani muThailand kana chero kupi zvako pasirese. Ndiri kutozvinzwa kare: mamiriro ekunze uye mutoro wemutero. Sezvinobvumwa kuti wakarurama chose, asi nokutendeseka, mukururama kwose, chii chimwe? Ndira apfuura ndaive muBrunei uko vanhu havafanire kubhadhara mutero uye hutano hwemahara. Doro nekuputa zvinorambidzwa uye ngochani nevakadzi mhombwe vanotemwa nematombo kusvika vafa. Iwe haungadi kugara munyika yakadaro nemari ipi zvayo, unoda here? Kana iwe ukatamira kune chero nyika, unoyera zvakanakira nezvayakaipira uye, semugari wepasi rose, unoita sarudzo inotariswa zvakanaka.
Munguva pfupi yapfuura pakanga pane nhau huru paDutch TV; Mapere adzoka munyika medu. Vhiki gare gare pachiteshi chenhau chimwe chetecho; musikana ane boka ramakwai anotya kuti mapere acharwisa boka rake. Idzo inhau dzepasi rose, handizvo here? Uye zvakadini nechiyero chakanyanya kukwirisa chebhaht? Wakabhuka tikiti rekuenda kuBangkok uye wogara ikoko kwemazuva mashoma uye wobva waenda kuCambodia, zvisinganyanyi kukanganiswa neiyo baht-euro exchange rate. Asi kutaura chokwadi, handicho chikonzero chaicho. Ndakafamba kuThailand kubva kuchamhembe kuenda kumaodzanyemba uye kubva kumabvazuva kuenda kumadokero kwemakore akati wandei ikozvino, saka nekuchinja ngatiende kuCambodia zvakare, nyika yandinonyatsoziva.
Chikonzero chete chinoita kuti ndipedze mazuva mashoma ndiri muBangkok inyaya inosuruvarisa yaGringo, uyo, semunhu anofarira kuputa fodya, anopotsa fodya yake. Ndakamuziva kwemakore akati wandei uye semunhu akapindwa muropa nefodya ndinonyatsoziva kuti anoshuvira sei 'vanotengesa kunze' sezvaakatsanangura izvi pakutanga paThailandblog.
Nekuti ndiri kungopedza mazuva mashoma ndiri muThailand metropolis panguva ino, Gringo achanhonga fodya yake muBangkok uye tinogona kugadzirisa matambudziko epasirese pamwe chete muhurukuro yakanaka uye zvechokwadi kuuya nemhinduro.
Cambodia
Vese vachiseka parutivi; panguva ino ndinobhururuka ndoga kubva kuDon Muang Airport muBangkok kuenda kuPhnom Penh, guta guru reCambodia. Kunakidzwa kwekufamba chiitiko chechokwadi kune ino yakakura makumi masere, ichiri kunzwa mudiki uye yakakosha.
Kuti 'tichaona kuti zvichafamba sei' kufamba hakusi kwemusikana wangu wechidiki wechiDutch. Iye musikana akasimba uye makore maviri mudiki pane mukomana wake, asi achiri kunakidzwa nerwendo rwakarongwa nekamwe kunyaradzwa uye umbozha.
Ndakamboenda kuCambodia kakawanda saka ndinojairana nenyika uye nezviito zvakaipa zvakaitwa nemakororo eKhmer Rouge. Ndakayemura chivako chetemberi Ankor Wat naSiem Reap nguva shoma yapfuura uye ndakazvirega zvichindipfuura panguva ino.
Dzimwe nguva zvinonakidza kusagadzirisa zvakanyanya pachine nguva uye kuvandudza ipapo. Ndege yekuenda kuBangkok yakabhukidzwa uye zvakafanana kuPhnom Penh, guta guru reCambodia. Uye kusakanganwa iyo inonzi e-visa yeCambodia, inova kuvandudzwa kukuru kana ichienzaniswa nevhiza pakusvika. (http://www.evisum.nl) Kune zvimwe zvese tichaona uye ndicho chinhu chakanaka chekufamba wega uye wega.
Achinetseka
Asi nhasi ndinovhiringidzika uye ndinoshamisika muhana yose kuti sei ndichabva kuNetherlands nemamiriro okunze akanaka. Nezuro ndakaita rwendo rwechikepe kubva kuZaltbommel pamusoro peWaal kuenda kunhare yeLoevenstein uye mushure mekushanya ndakaenda kuGorinchem nechimwe chikepe. Ndinonyara kubvuma kuti ikozvino ndashanyira iyi nzvimbo yenhoroondo yakanaka kekutanga uye ndashamiswa. Ndikatarisa mamiriro ekunze eBangkok, ndiri kutya. Pakusvika neSvondo Gunyana 1 kuine makore uye izvi zvinoshandawo kuMuvhuro. Mabhanan’ana neChipiri achiteverwa nemvura neChitatu neChina. Ndotangira papi?
Kana zuva richipenya, hapana chinokunda Netherlands. Kungofanana nemufananidzo uri munyaya ino, kune nzvimbo dzakawanda dzinofanirwa kuona. Mhuri yangu yese, vana nevazukuru, shamwari dzekare uye vandinozivana navo vanogara vakakodzera kushanyirwa. Zvisinei, mafungiro evanhu vakawanda veDutch ari kuderera. Mharidzo dzichangoburwa hadzina kunzvenga pfungwa dzemunhu wese. Izvi hazvina kuuya nehusiku humwe chete asi zvakagadziridzwa mumakore gumi apfuura. Ramangwana richaita sei ini handina bhora rekristaro, asi kana pasina kutendeuka muhupenyu husingadzoreki hwevakawanda, ini handioni iyo pfungwa ichivandudza. Hurumende dzeRutte dzakasiya chiratidzo chadzo. Urombo huri kuwedzera ruoko pamusoro pemaoko uye nhema dzinobva mune zvematongerwo enyika nemaitiro avo epachivande kazhinji hazvinzwisisike asi zvechokwadi zviripo. Mamiriro ezvemagariro evanhu haasisiri mupfungwa dzevakawanda. Nzanga yega yega yega itsanangudzo iri nani yemamiriro ekunze aripo. Hupenyu hunoenda sezvahunouya uye hapana chine chokwadi. Hukoshi uye zvimiro zvakasiyana kune vakawanda uye izvo hazviunze pfungwa yekubatana kune inodiwa nhanho. Joseph ari kuita zvakanaka nenzendo dzake uye anogara muNetherlands. Yakapihwa kwaari nemukadzi wake uye ndinovimba kuti vanogona kusangana neizvi kwemamwe makore akawanda. Mafambiro angu haana kuzombogadziriswawo. Nzvimbo yekubata nayo zvine hungwaru yakaratidza kuva nzira yakanaka kwatiri. Izvo hupenyu hwangu huchaita senge ndave nemakore makumi masere ndiri kutarisa kunzvimbo dzekofi. Parizvino ndichiri kuita zvakanaka muThailand, asi kana nyika ikaramba ichingovhiringa sezvizvi, ndinotya kuti ndichave kumashure kwema geraniums zvakare muNetherlands, nekuti panguva iyoyo mudyandigere wangu hauchakoshi.