Kwiminyaka elishumi eyadlulayo, ukungathandi ukhenketho kukufaka uphawu phantsi kohlobo oluthile lwesidenge loMthetho kaMegan. Ukwamkelwa kweenkqubo zabantu ezibashushu ezishushu: amehlo asondelisiwe kwaye akhutshwa kuwe; cima amaqhosha agxothiweyo nakweyiphi na indawo yengqondo elawula izimemo zetheko; ulwimi lomzimba ngesiquphe lathetha isiNgesi ngokutyibilikayo: Wena ukuzonda ukuhamba? Wena intiyo ukuhamba? Uyayithiya uhambo ?
Ewe ewe ewe kodwa… amaxesha ayatshintsha. Abantu babonakala ngathi bayanyamezelana nokuzingela. Baye bafumana uvelwano kwii-inertia freaks. Abanye bade bacekeceke ukuya kwindawo yokuhlala, indlela efanelekileyo ejikeleze iintloni zokuziphatha gwenxa. Kungekudala kwisidlo se-super-high-high-count-count dinner kwi-Vineyard kaMarta (Kulungile, ndaya kwiVineyard kaMartha-ndiza kuchaza kamva), ibhinqa lathi kum, Ndiyakuthanda ukuhamba kodwa ngamanye amaxesha kufana nomtshato… hayi yonke into iqhekekile. Ndiqhula ngesiqingatha, okanye i-sibhozo-yesibhozo ngokuqhula, ndathi andazi ukuba ezinye ziqhekeke kakhulu kwaye… wancuma. Hayi ngenene, ndiqinisekile ukuba wancuma.
Ekuqalekeni kwedolo, izizathu zohambo olubuyela umva zityhutyha yonke indawo: ukwehla kwamandla emali, i-9/11, igesi, i-brawny euro, iidola ezirhabaxa, isifo seengcongconi, umrhumo wezihlalo, ukhuselo lwezihlangu. Enye ye-wacko booby-imigibe yeeNikes zakhe kwaye kufuneka sisuse izihlangu zethu ngonaphakade? Iyagula. Ewe, ukufika kukho isiqingatha sentlungu. Ukuba kukho esinye isiqingatha.
Izinto ezidumileyo ezibangela ecaleni, ingxaki yam yokuhamba ingaphakathi ngaphakathi: andithandi ukuya naphi na. Njenge-agoraphobic enqwenela, ndiyakuthanda ukuba sekhaya. Umkhwa omnandi wasekhaya ubambe amandla obomi. Ndikhetha ukufumaneka kubomi bam, ndiqinisekile ukuba iindaba malunga nomdlalo okhethiweyo wesikrini awuyi kundifikelela eTuscany. Ayifikeleli ekhaya, nokuba, kodwa ubuncinci apha, ukuzikhohlisa kuyavakala. Abanye abantu banokuthanda ukubaphakathi kwendawo engekhoyo. Ayindim. Kwaye iiatlasi zam zibonisa iindawo ezine emhlabeni ezingekhoyo phakathi.
Kwaye ngoku, abantu bayaqhubeka nokubuza, uthini malunga nokuzonwabisa? Ewe, xa kuqhambuka iimfazwe, ndiyabamonela abo bathatha inxaxheba kwiifoto zentatheli bexhuma umlilo we-sniper emva koko bephosa iintloko zokuthandana, kodwa ezo ayizizo ezothusayo sixoxa ngazo apha. Sikwinqanaba le-Antarctic eco-tour, ebaleka nje ngokwakho iiveki ezimbini zobomi kwi-gelid hold. Kwaye ke, njengoko watsho u-Eudora Welty,… bonke ubugokra obukhulu buqala ngaphakathi. Kuyavunywa, kuba u-Eudora Welty uthe oko akuthethi ukuba kuyinyani, kodwa kule meko, ndicinga ukuba wayeye kwinto ethile.
Abantu emva koko babuza malunga nomxholo we-oxymoronic wohambo lokonwaba (kwaye andiqinisekanga kangako ngenxalenye ye-oxy). Apha, iimpembelelo zimbini: Ikhaya alinalo ulonwabo, imeko eyoyikisayo yandiswa kuphela ziindawo ekuchithelwa kuzo iiholide ezinezinto ezingcono kunekhaya lakho; kunye notshintsho lwembonakalo luyamlunga umntu. ENormandy (Kulungile, ndaya eNormandy), ndafunda ukuba amaFrentshi abhekisa kolo hambo njengendlela yokuya tshintsha ingqondo —Utshintshe izimvo zakho. Kuyavunywa, kuba amaFrentshi athi oko akuthethi ukuba ayilunganga, kodwa kule meko, ndicinga ukuba bayaphazama.
Kwimeko apho, kwiminyaka embalwa eyadlulayo, ii-yoga freaks kuyo yonke indawo zazibonakala ngathi zitsala imethi yabo emfusa eya e-India ngokuchanekileyo ukutshintsha ii-id ides. Ndabuzwa kuhambo oluninzi kodwa ndala. I-India ngokungathandabuzekiyo inomdla kwaye abantu bavakala kamnandi kakhulu emnxebeni kodwa… enkosi ngokubuza kunye ne-godspeed. Njengoko kwavela, olona tshintsho kuphela kwimibono endiyive kubahambi ababuyayo bajongane nokuphindaphinda idosi ecetyiswayo yeImodium. Olona luvo lubalaseleyo yayiyifomula eqhubele phambili ebizwa ngokuba yi-Explodium.
Kwicala elingaphezulu, ndifunde ngokwaneleyo malunga ne-India ukuvala amehlo kwaye ndaziqinisekisa ukuba ndiye khona kwaye andikaze ndifune ukubuyela umva. Uhambo olunye olucingelwayo lwalwanele. Ngokwenyani, kuyamangalisa ukuba ungafunda okungakanani malunga nehlabathi ngokuliphepha. Ngaphandle kokuhambisa umsipha, ndiyazi ukuba iSt. Bart iphumle kakhulu, uMachu Picchu ugqithisile kwaye uMasai uchwayitile. Andisiboni isizathu sokuba ndiziqinisekise zonke izinto ngokwam. Uzilinganisile iihotele, uphonononge izidlo, uchaze abaqhubi beekhabhathi abaphambili… kutheni ubona imovie? Eveza enye inyani ebumnyameni: Indawo ephezulu yalo naluphi na uhambo kukuba nini idlulile . Abantu bathanda ukuhamba kodwa bayathanda ukuthi, Ndisandula ukubuya eUruguay. Ngokufikelela okuvulekileyo kwiindawo ezingaqhelekanga, ukuhamba kuye kwaba yindlela yokubonisa, kunento yokubalisa kunamava. Ndiyayazi le nto kuba ndinetyala njengaye nabani na.
Kwiminyaka embalwa edlulileyo ndaya koko abanye babhekisa kuko njengeholide eVietnam. (Kulungile, ndaya eVietnam.) Emva ekhaya, wonke umntu wafumana idosi yokubuyela kwam ndisuka eVietnam. Bebebuza ukuba ndilonwabele njani uhambo kwaye bendizakuthi, Ngokwenyani, andazi ukuba onke la magqala aseVietnam ayekhalaza malunga… Ndibe nexesha elimnandi.
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