ʻAʻole ia ʻo Zambia, ʻaʻole ʻo Zimbabwe - ʻo ʻApelika ia

Ua haʻi aku ke Kuhina Kaʻahele o Zimbabwe, i kapa ʻia ʻo ke kanaka no ka mākaʻikaʻi ʻApelika, ka Mea Hanohano Dr. Walter Mzembi, i kēia ʻatikala ma Victoria Falls. Ua hana ʻia e kekahi haumāna kula kiʻekiʻe a ke kuhina i hui ai ma New Delhi, India, ʻoiai ʻo ia e hoʻoikaika nei e lilo i Kakauolelo Nui o ka UNWTO i Pepeluali 2017. Ua kapa ʻia ʻo ia, "The Crowning Glory of Africa." ʻO ka moʻolelo e pili ana i kekahi o nā wahi mākaʻikaʻi nui loa ma ka ʻāina ʻo Victoria Falls, ma ka palena ma waena o Zimbabwe a me Zambia.

E hoʻopaʻapaʻa kekahi no ke ʻano o ka wailele. ʻAe, e haʻi aku wau iā ʻoe - ʻaʻole ʻo Zambian. ʻAʻole ia ʻo Zimbabwe. He ʻApelika.

ʻO ka wailele ʻo Victoria ka mea koʻikoʻi o ka ʻāina. Aia ma Zambia a me Zimbabwe, loaʻa iā ia kahi ʻike like a uhi ʻia nā wahi o nā ʻāina ʻelua, kona alahaka e hōʻailona ana i ka palena ma waena o Zambia a me Zimbabwe.

ʻO ka wailele ʻo Victoria ka haʻaheo o ʻApelika, ʻo ia ka ʻāina e mālama ana i ka wailele nui loa ma ka honua. Iaʻu, ʻaʻole i wehewehe ʻia ka wailele nui loa, a ua makemake au e ʻike iā ia mai ka manawa mua aʻu i ʻike ai aia kekahi mea i kapa ʻia ʻo Victoria Falls. ʻO ka inoa ponoʻī ke kani nui, ʻoiaʻiʻo i kona kumu i kapa ʻia ma hope o ka Mōʻīwahine Victoria e kāna mea hoʻokumu - David Livingstone. Ua heluhelu nui au e pili ana iā ia, a ʻo kaʻu e hele nei me ʻelua mau ʻeke paʻa paʻa, kahi pāpale lā hoʻolālā, a me kahi ʻeke ʻeke piha i ka meaʻai, ʻike wale i ka Falls noʻu iho, ua hoʻomanawanui kēlā kanaka i nā makahiki koʻikoʻi. pilikia i loko o ka ululāʻau ʻApelika, hakakā i nā koʻokoʻo ʻai kanaka, ua nahu ʻia e ka liona a nalowale kona lima, nā mea āpau e ʻike i ka Falls no ka honua.

A i kēia manawa, hauʻoli ka honua i kona nani i kēlā me kēia makahiki.

ʻO ka haumāna kula kiʻekiʻe, ʻo Udita Bajaj, i hui ʻo Kuhina Mzembi ma New Delhi, India - ka mea kākau o kēia ʻatikala

Ua uhi ʻia ka wailele i loko o ka puʻuwai o ke ala o ke ʻano. ʻAe, a he ala lōʻihi ia e hiki ai i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ke ala – ʻoiai inā ʻoe e hele mai ana mai India mai, e like me aʻu.

ʻAʻole wau e wahaheʻe. ʻO ka hele ʻana ma mua o 4,500 mau mile, ʻaʻole ia i emi iho ma mua o ka luhi nui. He 11 mau hola i hoʻopau ʻia i loko o kahi mokulele - mai Delhi a Lusaka, a laila i Harare, a laila i ka wailele - e ʻōlelo iki - hāʻawi mai iaʻu i nā ʻeha. A ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻole hiki iaʻu ke kali e hiki i ko mākou hōkele a hoʻopaʻa pono iaʻu iho ma luna o kahi moena, e komo i loko o ka moena hū, a i ʻole e hoʻomaha ma kahi kokoke i ka loko wai me ka inu ma ka lima ma lalo o ka lā kakahiaka… maikaʻi… hiki iā Victoria Falls ke kali a hiki i ka lā ma hope, ʻaʻole anei? ʻOiaʻiʻo ʻaʻole, ke loaʻa nā hoʻolālā ʻē aʻe o ka ʻohana.

E ʻōlelo wale kākou – ua pāpā ʻia wau e hoʻomaha a hauʻoli i ka nani o kekahi o nā hōkele lehulehu kokoke i ka wailele aʻu i koho ikaika loa ai. A, ʻo, ʻaʻole anei i hana ka ʻāina i kahi hana kupanaha i ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka mākaʻikaʻi ma kēia wahi!

Nui nā hōkele e koho ai, ʻo kēlā me kēia me kona nani a me ka noʻonoʻo ʻana i ka nani o ka Falls. ʻO ka Batonka Guest Lodge, ka Elephant Camp, ka hōkele ʻo Victoria Falls - hāʻawi kēlā me kēia mea i kā lākou mea kūʻai aku i ka ʻike maikaʻi loa, ʻo ia ma ke ʻano o nā limahana, ka ambiance, nā lumi - nā mea āpau! A ʻae, ʻaʻole i emi iki koʻu noho ʻana ma ka Hotele Kingdom. ʻO ka mea i hoʻokaʻawale ʻia ʻo Kingdom Hotel mai nā mea ʻē aʻe, ʻo ia ka lewa. Ua olaola. Ua uhane. A me kona mau wailele liʻiliʻi, a me nā mea hoʻonani e like me nā lāhui, ua paʻa i loko o ia ke ʻano maoli o ʻApelika - ʻo ia mau mea a pau.

Ua haʻalele mākou i ʻekolu hola ma hope o ka pae ʻana o kā mākou lele. ʻO koʻu moeʻuhane no ka ʻai ʻana i nā pancakes wela, nā waffles kokoleka, a me nā mea ʻono ʻē aʻe a pau i hāʻawi ʻia i ka ʻaina kakahiaka ma ka Hōkele ʻo Kingdom, ua hele i lalo i ke kahawai ʻoiai ua koi ʻia au e ʻai i kekahi mau ʻuala a me ka ʻuala kulina ma lalo o ʻelua-a-a- hapalua minuke, hele wāwae wale nō ma ka hele wāwae ʻelua mile i ka wailele.

ʻAʻole ʻoluʻolu koʻu mau wāwae, ʻaʻole hoʻi koʻu mau maka. Aia wau ma kahi ala pōʻino i waena o ka ʻole. ʻO ka ʻāina maloʻo a me ka neoneo i ʻike ʻia e ka maka. Aia wale nō… ke one ma nā ʻaoʻao ʻelua me hoʻokahi kumulāʻau ʻē paha ma kahi mamao. ʻAʻole i liʻuliʻu, haʻalele koʻu puʻuwai a pani au i koʻu mau maka, me ka makemake e puka i waho o kēia moeʻuhane. Akā, i koʻu wehe ʻana iā lākou, ʻike wau iaʻu iho i loko o kahi hohonu.

Ua hāwanawana nā lau i nā leo ʻālohilohi akā naʻe. ʻO kahi puʻupuʻu palupalu… ukali ʻia e nā hekili lehulehu ʻole. ʻAʻohe lepo, ʻaʻohe lepo. ʻO ke aloha wale nō, he ʻano kūlohelohe e hoʻokipa ai i ke kanaka. He hōʻailona ia o ka maluhia, ka ʻaelike a me ke noi ʻana e komo ʻole i ke ʻano. Lawe mākou me ka haʻahaʻa a lele i mua ma luna o nā puʻu a me nā pōhaku. Ua pulu ke ala pōhaku, ua kiko i nā lau liʻiliʻi. ʻIke ʻia a leo nui ka leo o kahi ʻāpana wai nui. Ua kokoke mai ka wailele, a e like me kaʻu i luhi ai, ʻaʻole hiki iaʻu ke hele leʻaleʻa wale i koʻu kokoke ʻana e ola i kaʻu moeʻuhane.

He kanaka hele au. Ua ʻimi au i kekahi mau wahi mākaʻikaʻi a puni ka honua, a ua hoʻonani ʻia kēlā me kēia me nā hale i hana ʻia e ke kanaka, nā pūnāwai i kanu ʻia a me nā kiʻi, nā helu tiketi, ka hustle-bustle o ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi, ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā walkie-talkies, nā kamepiula - nā mea a pau e hana ai. oluolu a nani. I mea nani. Eia naʻe, i ka mehameha loa, me ka liʻiliʻi o ke keakea kanaka, ʻaʻohe pono e hoʻonani, no ka mea, ʻo ia ka nani.

ʻO koʻu luhi a pau, koʻu huhū a pau i ka wā i kau ai koʻu mau maka i ka wailele. Ua pololei ʻo Livingstone - "Ua nānā ʻia nā hiʻohiʻona nani e nā ʻānela i ko lākou lele ʻana."

Kū au ma ka lihi o kekahi o nā pali, me ka haʻalulu i loko o koʻu ʻaʻahu ua. Ua hoʻopuni ka noe iaʻu i nā ʻōniʻoniʻo palupalu me he mea lā e hoʻomākaukau ana iaʻu no kahi aupuni honua ʻē aʻe. No laila, ua kali au a maopopo iaʻu a ʻike hope i ka Wailele. Ua hala kekahi minute. A laila ʻelua. Akā, ʻaʻole i hoʻopuka ka lani i mua i kaʻu mea i makemake ai e ʻike. Akā, ua ʻike ʻia nā ānuenue ʻālohilohi i hoʻokahi, e like me nā mea i ʻike ʻia ma nā moʻolelo. Ua mamao loa ia mai ka ʻoiaʻiʻo. He ʻumikūmākolu ānuenue ʻālohilohi mai, me he mea lā e hōʻailona ana i ko kākou komo ʻana i loko o ke ao kūlohelohe. A i ka wehe ʻana o ka noe, hāʻule au. Hohonu loa i ka hohonu o keia manao hoohiwahiwa. A ʻaʻole au e hōʻole - ua nele au i ka ʻōlelo.

ʻAʻole ka wailele ʻo Victoria ka wailele kiʻekiʻe loa, ʻaʻole hoʻi ka wailele ākea loa, akā ma muli o ka laula hui ʻia o 5,604 kapuaʻi a me ke kiʻekiʻe o 354 kapuaʻi, ʻo ia ka "Walele Nui." ʻO ka wailele ʻo Victoria he ʻelua paha ke kiʻekiʻe o ka wailele ʻo Niagara o ʻAmelika ʻĀkau a ʻoi aku hoʻi i ʻelua ʻelua o ka laula o kona wailele Horseshoe. Hoʻokumu ʻia kēia ʻāpana wai hāʻule nui loa i ka wā e hāʻule ai ka muliwai Zambezi e kahe wikiwiki ana i kahi hāʻule kū hoʻokahi i loko o kahi auwaha, ʻoiai ke piʻi nei ka wailele i ka laulā piha.

I ka poʻe a pau e ʻōlelo nei he "ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi" o ka Niagara Falls - pehea? I kēia manawa, ua ʻike au i nā mea ʻelua, a ʻo ka wailele ʻo Victoria he mea kupanaha. ʻAʻole pili ka helu. ʻO ia ka manaʻo e hoʻoulu ai iā ʻoe. Aia ke aupuni o ke Akua i loko o ka puʻuwai o ke ʻano, ma kahi mamao aku o ka honua i waho. A i loko o ia au, ʻo ia nani, he paʻakikī ke ʻimi. Laki wau i ka loaʻa ʻana o kekahi ma laila a me ka leo hohonu a me ka ʻike maluhia o ka hāʻule ʻana o ka wai, ke ʻala o ka lepo pulu a me ka pipi ʻana o ka wai, ka ʻono a me ka hou a me ka pā ʻana o ka noe, ʻaʻohe mea i ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi.

Hon. ʻO Kauka Walter Mzembi

ʻO koʻu ʻiʻini nui e hoʻomaha wale a mahalo i ka wailele i ka lā a pau, ua wāwahi ʻia e ka ʻohana. He mauna ko lakou manao (a he mea weliweli). ʻO ke awakea wale nō ia, no laila, ua hoʻolālā ʻia ka lā holoʻokoʻa o nā hana ma ʻaneʻi! He nui nā hana a ka Wailele ʻo Victoria! Inā makemake ʻoe i ka huakaʻi hope loa – pehea ka ʻauʻau ʻana i loko o ka wailele? I loko o nā makahiki o ka ʻāi ʻana, ua hana ʻia nā loko pōhaku he nui ma ka lihi o ka wailele, ʻo kekahi o lākou ʻo ka Pool Devil. Wehe wale ʻia mai ka waena o ʻAukake a hiki i Ianuali i ka haʻahaʻa ʻana o ka wai, ʻo kēia pūnāwai pau ʻole WALE no ka poʻe makaʻu ʻole. ʻO ka ikaika o ka muliwai i loko o ka pūnāwai e lawe iā ʻoe i ka lihi ʻoiai ʻo ka lehelehe pōhaku e hoʻokuʻu iā ʻoe i ka wā e paʻi ana nā wai ʻino o ka Zambezi ma luna o nā pali ma mua. ʻOiaʻiʻo, aia nā mea lawelawe e hōʻoia i kou palekana. Ua ʻōlelo ko mākou alakaʻi i kēia hana kupanaha no mākou. Ua hoole au, me ka maopopo loa aole o'u makemake make. Akā, ua hoʻoholo wau i kahi Art Safari. ʻO ʻApelika ia, no ke aha ʻaʻole? ʻAʻole wale kekahi e ʻimi i ka holoholona hihiu - ke ʻano o ʻApelika - e komo pū ana nā elepani, buffalos, hippopotamus, baboons, monkeys, cheetahs… e inoa wale i kekahi, akā e ʻike pū kekahi i ka moʻomeheu kūloko. Ma ka Village Art Safari, loaʻa kekahi i ka ʻike i ka moʻomeheu Ndebele kūloko ma ke kauhale ʻo Mpisi. He ʻoiaʻiʻo kēia wahi noho kaiaulu i ke ʻano moʻomeheu waiwai o ʻApelika. ʻO nā haʻawina hoʻonaʻauao, kumu aʻo pilikino, a me kahi meaʻai kuʻuna kūikawā e hoʻōla maoli i kēia ʻike waiwai! A eia hou, ua ʻike au i ke ʻano o ka noho mālie, kahi manaʻo hiki ʻole iā ʻoe ke manaʻo i kēia mau manawa.

Ua lilo koke kēia ʻoluʻolu i hauʻoli me kā mākou ʻaelike like ʻana i nā hana o ka lā e hiki mai ana. ʻO ka manawa e heʻe ai ka wāwae ma ka palena, kahi e kali mai ai ka uwapo a me ka bungee jump iā mākou! Makemake ʻoe e hoʻowalewale i ka hopena? E lilo i pendulum kanaka? E hoʻokō ʻia ana kou makemake hohonu ma ʻaneʻi. ʻO kaʻu ʻoiaʻiʻo ʻo ia i koʻu hoʻokuʻu ʻana i koʻu makaʻu āpau ma hope oʻu a lawe i ka plunge. A makemake wau i kēlā me kēia lā ma hope o kēlā, hiki iaʻu ke ola i kēlā me kēia manaʻo aʻu i manaʻo ai i kēlā hola hoʻokahi.

ʻO ka Batonka Gorge i loko o ka wailele ka wahi maikaʻi loa e hiki ai ke hana i ke koʻi alahaka. Hāʻawi kēia hāʻule hāʻule 80-mika iā ʻoe i ka adrenaline rush āu e pono ai i kou kowali ʻana i kahi arc nunui i ka nānā ʻana i nā hiʻohiʻona nani. Ua hoʻoholo wau i kēlā, a hauʻoli wau ua hana wau. ʻO ia ka ʻike maikaʻi loa i koʻu ola holoʻokoʻa, a ke ʻōlelo nui nei kēlā, me ka noʻonoʻo ʻana he huakaʻi wau. ʻO ka lele ʻana o ka bungee, ma kekahi ʻaoʻao, ua hoʻohālua i koʻu mau aʻalolo i koʻu nānā ʻana i ke kaikunāne e hāʻule ana ma waena o 111 mika o ke kaumaha ʻole. Hiki iaʻu ke lohe i kāna ʻuā. Ua ʻike ʻia kona hauʻoli. Ua kūpono nā hana ʻelua a mākou i hana ai. Ke hoʻomanaʻo nei au ma mua o kaʻu hana ʻana, he miliona mau manaʻo e holo wikiwiki ana i koʻu noʻonoʻo. He aha ka hopena? E hōʻeha wau iaʻu iho? E make anei au? ʻAʻole maʻalahi ka lele ʻana mai kahi alahaka. Akā, ua lilo koʻu kānalua i ke kūʻokoʻa i koʻu lawe ʻana i ka lele. Ua uē au. Ua ʻakaʻaka iaʻu. Ua ola au.

A luhi.

No laila, i ka pō, loaʻa iā mākou ka meaʻai a mākou i makemake nui ai. ʻO Victoria Falls Sunset Cruise. Ua lawe maoli ka Zambezi Explorer Cruise Company iā mākou i ka holo ʻana i ko mākou holo ʻana i uka i ka napoʻo ʻana o ka lā ʻApelika. ʻAʻole - ʻaʻole hoʻomaha wale. Ke ola hou nei. ʻOiai e ʻālohilohi ana ka lani ʻulaʻula i kona nani a pau, e noho ana i ka moku holo moana, hiki iā ʻoe ke leʻaleʻa i ka hoʻomana ahiahi o nā holoholona hihiu e kahe ana i nā kapa o ka muliwai no kā lākou inu hope loa, a ʻike i nā ʻohana o nā ʻano manu a pau e ʻimi ana i ka laina wai, e lohi ana i ka piʻi ʻana. ma luna o ka pōleʻa ahi e make ana i kou holo ʻana. A i ka nalo ʻana o ka lā i loko o ka ʻōpū o ka honua, ʻo ke aniani Curacao ma ka lima, ua hoʻi au ma luna o nā moena papa me koʻu ʻohana, e hauʻoli ana i ka hoʻomanaʻo ʻana i kekahi o nā wahi nani loa o ka honua - ʻo ka "Crowning Glory of Africa:" ʻO ka wailele ʻo Victoria.