Ke kū nei ma ke Kaona ʻo Kariba ma Zimbabwe

I kekahi lā aʻe ua noho wau ma Kariba Town, Zimbabwe, i ka hoʻi ʻana mai i Harare a i Livingstone. Makemake au e ʻike i ka mea i loaʻa ma nā ʻaoʻao ʻelua o ka paia dam. ʻO Kariba Town ma ka ʻaoʻao Zimbabwe; Aia ʻo Siavonga ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻo Zambian.

ʻO kahi o ka mōʻaukala ma mua. I ke kūkulu ʻia ʻana o ka dam i 1957-59, ua kūkulu ʻia ʻo Kariba Town e noho ai nā limahana no ke kūkulu. Me he mea lā e ala wale ana ke kūlanakauhale holoʻokoʻa i ka pō ʻo nā hale, nā keʻena lapaʻau, nā kula, nā hale kūʻai, a ua kūkulu ʻia nā hanana kūloko o ke kaona i ka wikiwiki kupaianaha no nā kaukani limahana e koi ʻia ana.

ʻO ke komo ʻana i ka pūnaewele ma kahi ʻāina ʻoʻoleʻa a paʻakikī hoʻi, no laila kūkulu ʻia nā ala ma o ka Zambezi Escarpment a puni nā puʻu o ke kaona ʻo Kariba. Hoʻonoho mau ʻia nā ala i kēlā mau lā me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā ala pāʻani kahiko, ʻo ia paha o nā ʻelepani, ʻoiai ke ʻike ka pāʻani i ka ʻāina ma mua o ka poʻe.

I kēia manawa, ʻo Zambia (Rhodesia ʻAkau), Zimbabwe (Rhodesia Hema), a me Nyasaland (Malawi) kekahi ʻāpana o ka mea i ʻike ʻia ʻo ka federation. Ua hui pū ʻia nā kolone ʻehā o Beritania i hoʻokahi wahi hoʻomalu ma waena o 1953 a me 1963. ʻO ke kapikala o ka hui nui ʻo Salisbury (Harare).

Hoʻoholo ʻia e pono ana kēia wahi o ʻApelika Waena i ka mana, a he hapa nui ia, no ka ʻāpana mining o Copperbelt ma Zambia. Ua hāpai ʻia a kūkākūkā ʻia nā pūnaewele like ʻole no ke kūkulu ʻana i kahi makuawai akā ʻo ka hopena ua lanakila ʻo Kariba. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā mea a me nā loea i hōʻea mai Harare, no laila, ke manaʻo nei wau, ʻo ia ke kumu i koho ʻia ai ka panakō hema o Zimbabwe ma ke ʻano he kaona.

ʻO Siavonga, ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe, kūkulu ʻia no ka hale o ka poʻe Tonga i hoʻoneʻe i ka wā i piha ai ka wai a ua pohō ka wai i ko lākou mau kauhale mua.

ʻO ka huakaʻi mai Harare a i Kariba ma kahi o 350 km. ʻO ka palena mua ma nā ala nui weliweli me nā kalaka a me nā kalai maikaʻi ʻole. Ma Makuti ke ala, ma kahi o 80 km, a iho i Kariba, malie, ʻino, a nani hoʻi.

Ua hōʻea wau i Kariba Town a hoʻomaka e hoʻokolokolo. ʻO ka mea mua aʻu i ʻike ai ʻo ka ʻauana ʻana o ka zebra i nā alanui, e nānā pono ana i ka home. Nui ka nui o ka ele ele ma nā ala, akā ʻaʻole au i ʻike i kekahi ʻaeto. Ma hope, i kaʻu kamaʻilio ʻana, haʻi ʻia mai iaʻu e holoholo pū ana hoʻi ka buffalo; ma mua he impala a me warthogs kekahi, akā ua hele lōʻihi lākou i ka ipuhao ʻApelika.

Ua hele au e moe ma hope o ka hiamoe ʻana a hoʻomaka wau e lilo i kahi liʻiliʻi. ʻO ka hapa nui o lākou ua nānā luhi loa a me ke kono ʻole. ʻO Zim, ʻo ia nō, ka pilikia i kēia manawa ua emi ka huakaʻi mākaʻikaʻi kūloko i kahi liʻiliʻi a ʻaʻole hele hou nā mea kūwaho no ka kūlana politika. ʻO ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Kariba ma kahi o kahi hana ma kahi o Zimbos i loaʻa nā hale hoʻomaha; ua hana nui nā hōkele i kahi kālepa mākaʻikaʻi nui. ua piha nā awa i nā moku kūʻokoʻa kūʻokoʻa a me nā mokuahi, nā moku liʻiliʻi a me nā moku nui, a me nā ferry. Ua ola. ʻO nā mea āpau mai Harare, me he mea lā, makemake lākou e hoʻolilo i ko lākou hopena pule ma ka loko iʻa e lawaiʻa ana a i ʻole ka ʻū wale ʻana i nā moku

ʻAʻole au makemake e haʻi aku iā ʻoe e pili ana i nā mea ʻino; E noʻonoʻo wau i ka maikaʻi. ʻO ka hale hoʻokipa mua i loaʻa iaʻu, aʻu i manaʻo ai he kūpono ke noho ʻana, ʻo ia ʻo Hornbill Lodge ma Mica Point. He hale liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi kahi e wehe wale ai ka mea nona nā puke ma mua. Hoʻokaʻaʻike: [pale ʻia ka leka uila] . Ua hele au i ka hale ʻo Caribbeanbea Bay, kahi hōkele nui a nānā a puni. ʻO kēia hōkele kahi o ka ʻApelika Sun Group a ʻulaʻula a puʻupuʻu loa. Ua hele wāwae wau a hiki i Cutty Sark Hotel a lana ka manaʻo ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi - ua haʻi ʻia wau he maikaʻi nā meaʻai, no laila inā he lumi hoʻomaʻemaʻe kaʻu e noho ai a palekana ia wahi. Maikaʻi, no laila ua kau wau i loko.

ʻO ka hilinaʻi ʻo Caribbeanbea Bay lāua ʻo Cutty Sark i ka mākeke kūkā kamaʻilio i kēia manawa. ʻIke mākou āpau i nā aupuni a me nā kaukani o nā NGO i kēia mau lā aloha i nā ʻaha kūkā - makemake lākou e kamaʻilio e pili ana i nā mea ad nauseam a loaʻa kahi kālā ma waho o ke kaona. Minamina iaʻu, kahi hōkele e mālama ai i ka mākeke kūkā kamaʻilio ʻaʻole koʻu ʻano hotele ... he wahi moe wale nō ia.

Ma ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana iā Cutty Sark, ua hele au e nānā no nā pōʻino hou aʻe akā ua pūʻiwa au. Ua loaʻa iaʻu ʻo Tamarind Lodges, kahi maʻalahi loa akā ua kamaʻilio pū me ka mea nona, a ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia e hoʻāʻo nei lākou e hoʻomaikaʻi - he hihia kālā wale nō ia, a ʻo kahi mea liʻiliʻi o kēia mau lā. He meaʻuʻuku loa ʻo Tamarind Lodges a manaʻo lākou e hāʻawi pū kekahi i kahi hoʻomoana. Me he mea lā paʻa ia, ʻo ia ka mea nui e hopohopo ai i kēia mau lā me ka ilihune e kau mai ana a puni nā kihi.

Ua hele au i Lomagundi Lakeside. Ua nānā hou kēia wahi i kaʻu makemake. Loaʻa iā ia kahi pā lāʻau ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka wai, nā chalets a me nā wahi hoʻomoana. ʻO kēia, manaʻo wau, pono e paipai ʻia. Palekana ia, ʻo ka hapa nui o nā kahua hoʻomoana o ke kaona ʻaʻole.

Ma ka nānā ʻana iā Lomagundi, ua hele au i Warthogs. I kahi kūlana maikaʻi ʻole, ua hoʻoholo nā mea ʻona e kūkulu hou. No laila ʻaʻole hiki iaʻu ke ʻōlelo nui e pili ana iā ia koe wale nō ka maikaʻi o ka pae. hana nā lumi kuke me kahi papa kuhikuhi kumu. ʻO ka mea maikaʻi e pili ana iā Warthogs ka pili pūnaewele ʻana - kahi waiwai nui loa ma Zim i kēia mau lā. Mālama maoli ʻo Warthogs i ka mākeke o uka, no laila ke lana nei ka manaʻo o ka mea nāna e hoʻomaka hou ke kālepa me ke kūlana mālie, a ʻo ia ka mea i lanakila ma Zim.