I kēia mau lā, nui ka poʻe e hāʻawi ana iā Zimbabwe i kahi ākea ākea. Hana lākou i kēia no nā kumu ʻelua: ʻo ka mea mua, "Ua palekana anei?" a ʻo ka lua, "No ke aha e hoʻokomo ai i ke kālā i loko o ka waihona kālā o Zimbabwe?"
Hele au a puni Zimbabwe i kēlā me kēia manawa, no laila, manaʻo wau hiki iaʻu ke pane i kēlā mau nīnau. He palekana, akā hiki ke hoʻonāukiuki. Aia nā poloka alanui ma nā ala nui a pau. ʻO ka mea maʻamau, he hoaaloha nā mākaʻi, akā hiki ke ʻokoʻa. Ke ʻano ʻē aʻe, ua ʻoluʻolu lākou me nā palapala kūpono a pau. No ke aha e hoʻokomo ai i ke kālā i loko o ka waihona kālā o Zimbabwe? ʻAe, ʻaʻole ʻo Robert Mugabe wale nō ʻo Zimbabwe a me kāna mau hoaaloha. ʻOi aku ka nui o Zimbabwe ma mua o kēlā. He ʻāina ia o nā kānaka aloha a me nā wahi maikaʻi e ʻike ai. ʻIke wau ʻaʻole hiki iaʻu ke hoʻololi i nā mea e hana nei ma Zimbabwe; he mea ole ko'u hele ana paha.
Ua hele au i Bulawayo a laila hele aku i Harare. Ke hoʻokele nei i Harare, ʻo wau wale nō, akā ʻaʻole oʻu hopohopo. Ke hāʻule mālie nei ka ʻōnaehana - he mau luaʻi ma ʻaneʻi a ma ʻaneʻi, ʻaʻole e hana nā kukui kaʻa, hāʻule nā papa hōʻailona. Ua ʻoluʻolu nā mākaʻi a hiki i koʻu loaʻa ʻana i kekahi o kā lākou mau pahele wikiwiki. I ka wā mua, makemake kekahi o nā makai ʻōpio iaʻu e hele i ke keʻena mākaʻi a ukali ʻia e ka ʻaha hoʻokolokolo. ʻO ka hope naʻe, ua hāʻawi mai ʻo ia iaʻu i ka uku o US$20, a ua hele hou au. Me he mea lā he kālā ko Zimbabwe no ke kūʻai ʻana i nā pahele wikiwiki – ua nui lākou – akā ʻaʻole hiki iā lākou ke hānai i ko lākou poʻe.
Ma ke ala e hoʻi ai i Livingstone mai Harare, ua kiʻi mākou i kahi hoaaloha, ʻo Josh, kū mākou ma Hwange Safari Lodge. Aloha nui au iā Hwange Safari Lodge: he wahi, wahi, wahi. Aia ka hale hoʻokipa ma waho o ka Hwange National Park ma kahi waiwai pilikino. ʻO ka hiʻohiʻona mai ka hale hoʻokipa he puʻu, i hoʻopili ʻia e ka nahele keak; He lua wai ko ka pu'uwai, i ho'omau 'ia me ka wai a ho'omālamalama 'ia i ka pō.
Ua hoʻohana wau i nā hola e noho ana a nānā i kēlā lua wai, ʻaʻole makemake e haʻalele. Ua wehewehe ʻo Josh, he mea kākau kiʻi, i ka mea hoʻohiwahiwa ma ke ʻano he "hoʻoweliweli a me kahi kapu." ʻO ka noho ʻana a me ka nānā ʻana i ka lua wai e palekana loa i loko o ka pā hale, akā ma ka lua wai, hāʻawi nā holoholona hihiu i ka hoʻoweliweli. Ua haʻi maoli mai kekahi o nā mea lawelawe iā mākou i kekahi mau mahina i hala aku nei, ua ʻauwana kahi liona i loko o ka pā hōkele, a hiki i ka hoʻokipa, a laila hoʻopuni i ka poloka lumi moe. Hiki iaʻu ke noʻonoʻo he leʻaleʻa kēlā.
He 100 lumi o ka Hwange Safari Lodge a he paahana loa. I kēia manawa, ʻaʻole naʻe i kipa nui ʻia; ʻo mākou wale nō ka poʻe i noho i kēlā pō. Ke nānā aku nei ia i ka luhi a pono ke nānā ʻia ma ʻaneʻi. ʻAʻole pili kēlā. ʻO ke kumukūʻai o US $120 no nā kānaka ʻelua, kahi moe a me ka ʻaina kakahiaka, he waiwai maikaʻi loa. He maikaʻi ka meaʻai a me ka lawelawe - aia kekahi o nā limahana i laila no nā makahiki.
Aia ʻo Hwange Safari Lodge he 180 km mai ka wailele ʻo Victoria. ʻO ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Victoria Falls, ʻoiaʻiʻo, paʻa mau a kaulana. He pōkole pōkole wale nō mai laila aku a hiki i kēia hoʻonohonoho kupua. Manaʻo ʻia.
