Adrenaline. Yakawanda adrenaline. Izvozvo zvakaita kuti nditange kuona Chiang Mai. Ndakayeuchidzwa nezvenguva yandakanga ndiri muNew York nokuda kweRTL News, vhiki mbiri pashure pa9/11, denho yeTwin Towers. 2001. Ipapo ndakanga ndiri kubhutsura mukamuri rehotera kubva munzira, masairini nehupenyu hwemumugwagwa, izvo zvisina kumbomira kwesekondi.
Zvakanaka, Chiang Mai idiki, asi chiitiko chehupfumi, iyo 24-awa diki-hupfumi, traffic uye huwandu hwekunhuhwirira, zvechokwadi ine kukwezva kweguta.
Humwe usiku handina kurara nemhaka ye<em>adrenaline yose, saka ndakasarudza kubuda mumugwagwa. Nekamera yangu yakagadzirira kuongorora hupenyu hwehusiku hwaChiang Mai.
Kana zvichidikanwa, kunyange kuzviisa mu whisky yemunharaunda, zvose zviri mumamiriro ekutsvagisa journalism. Nekuti unogona sei kushuma zviri nani uye zvakatendeseka nekubatana nehuwandu hwenzvimbo?
Nenguva isipi ndakasangana neboka revanhu vainwa doro, vasingaguti uye vaine mavanga emidzimu. Nenguva isipi kwakabva kwachena uye chakanyanya kundibaya mwoyo ndechekuti vafi vakaperekedzwa neboka rembwa dzemumugwagwa. Kwete kuti chero munhu aiteerera kumhuka, asi iyo imbwa yakarasika chiitiko yaisazobva mupfungwa dzangu kubva panguva iyoyo zvichienda mberi. Chokwadi, mwedzi ingangoita mishanu dzave chipingamupinyi munzira, dzichitsvaga mhuru dzangu nechido uye dzichidzungaira muguta dziri muzvikwata. Kunyanya manheru.
Masvondo maviri apfuura ndakanga ndiri paKoh Phangan kwezororo pfupi. Chitsuwa chakanaka uye nzvimbo yerunyararo kunze kwemapato eMwedzi Wakazara. Ndakahaya scooter ndichibva ndasangana neshamwari yaityisa inemakumbo mana. Imbwa dzakanga dzakarara pakati pemugwagwa, dzichigomera uye dzakanamatira paasphalt inopisa uye dzaisakwanisa kubviswa kubva panzvimbo yadzo nesimba ripi zvaro. Vachida kudhakwa nezuva rakajeka, ndakavaona vachidzungaira mumugwagwa, vane usimbe hwekuita kurwisa farang yaitya. Chete kana ukaenda kunzvimbo dziri kure, pedyo nemba, paive nemukana wekuti waiwana vana vachidzingirira mudhudhudhu wako panguva imwe chete. Yakanga yave nguva yekusimudza tsoka dzangu kuti ndiwane peturu.
Ndakafunga kuti munhuwo zvake wekuThailand aizoona sei chisimba chembwa ichi. Isu, kubva kuMadokero, tinowanzo koshesa chero chinhu chine makumbo mana zvakadaro. Pano iwe unoona maonero akasiyana zvachose kune imbwa kunyanya. MuBangkok Post ndakawana chinyorwa nezve Pacs, Phangan Animal Care for Strays. Sangano rekuzvipira rave richigadzira mepu, sterilizing uye, kana zvichidikanwa, pekugara nekuchengeta imbwa paKoh Phangan kwemakore gumi nemaviri.
Mutungamiriri wekirabhu inokudzwa akataura mupepanhau kuti vaThai vanofunga kuti vazvipiri vePacs vanopenga zvachose kuti vatarise zvakanyanya kune chimwe chinhu chidiki sembwa yarasika. MuThai akarerwa nepfungwa yekuti imbwa yemumugwagwa inongokonzera nhamo. Kupa rudo kana kutarisa kune mhuka hazvibvumirwi. Mukupesana kukuru nekupuruzira katsi nembwa dzavo kumba, zvinova izvo zvinobatwa nemaThais nerudo, mune yangu ruzivo.
Zvino zvandave nemwedzi inodarika mina ndiri pano, imbwa yemumugwagwa yave shamwari yangu yekunwa. Pandinobuda usiku kana kuti ndikasvika kumba kwadoka, ndinopota ndichiperekedzwa neshamwari yandisingazivi, isingakuvadzi nhunzi. Kuteerera kushoma kunokwana uye dzimwe nguva chisungo chinoumbwa nokukurumidza zvokuti dzimwe nguva ndinodonhedzwa pamusuo.
Kwete, shamwari yangu itsva haibvumirwi kupinda. Hapana nzira! Vekuchengetedza veThai vaimukandira kunze musoro nebutt nekunyatsogeza maoko ake.
Mukurangarira Ton Lankreijer, akafa muna Gumiguru 26, 2016 aine makore makumi matanhatu nerimwe.