Anthu okwera matabwa akamapita ku Southeast Asia, amanyamula zovala zawo zosambira, mankhwala ophera tizilombo, magalasi a dzuwa, komanso mabuku angapo kuti asunge malo awo pamene akusamalira kulumidwa ndi udzudzu m'mphepete mwa nyanja yotentha ya zilumba za ku Thailand.
Komabe, chilumba chomwe sichimatenga nthawi yayitali ndichakuti muyenera kukwera njinga makilomita 9,300 kuti mukafike ku Newcastle.
Koma izi ndi zomwe Josh Reid anachita. Fupa la pan linamangiriridwa kumbuyo kwake ngati kamba ndipo linauluka kupita kumalekezero ena a dziko lapansi, podziwa kuti ulendo wake wobwerera udzatenga nthawi yoposa theka la tsiku.
“Ndinangokhala patebulo la kukhitchini, kucheza ndi abambo anga komanso bambo anga, ndipo ndinaganiza zinthu zosiyanasiyana zomwe ndingachite,” Reid adauza Bicycle Weekly za komwe lingaliroli linachokera. M'zaka zingapo zapitazi, Reid ankagwira ntchito ngati mphunzitsi wa ski m'nyengo yozizira, wolima mitengo m'chilimwe ku British Columbia, ndipo adapeza visa yogwira ntchito ya zaka ziwiri ku Canada, zomwe zinathetsa ntchito yake ku North America, ndipo anakwera njinga ya Nova Scotia.
>>>Okwera njinga zamtundu uliwonse adaphedwa pafupi ndi nyumba zawo akukwera njinga, zomwe zidapulumutsa miyoyo isanu ndi umodzi kudzera mukupereka ziwalo za thupi.
Masiku ano, popeza njinga zambiri zimapangidwa ku Asia, lingaliro lake ndi kuitanitsa njinga kuchokera kumayiko ena nokha. Ulendowu unatenga miyezi inayi mu 2019, ndipo popeza mliri wa coronavirus wapangitsa kugula njinga kukhala kovuta kwambiri mu 2020, njira yake yakhala yodziwika bwino.
Atafika ku Singapore mu Meyi, analowera kumpoto ndipo anagundana ndi njinga m'miyezi iwiri yokha. Panthawiyo, anayesa kugwiritsa ntchito njinga ya ku Dutch kuti abwererenso mawonekedwe a Top Gear pa Hai Van Pass ku Vietnam.
Poyamba, ndinkafuna kugula njinga ku Cambodia. Zinapezeka kuti zinali zovuta kuchotsa njinga mwachindunji pamzere wolumikizira. Chifukwa chake, anapita ku Shanghai, komwe amapanga njinga mochuluka kuchokera pansi pa fakitale yayikulu. Tengani njinga.
Reid anati: “Ndikudziwa mayiko omwe ndingadutsemo.” “Ndaona kale ndipo ndaona kuti nditha kulembetsa visa ndipo ndingathe kuthana ndi ndale za dziko m'madera osiyanasiyana, koma ndili ndi vuto lokha ndipo Mkangano wina unapita molunjika ku Newcastle.”
Reid safunika kuwonjezera mtunda wautali tsiku lililonse, bola ngati ali ndi chakudya ndi madzi, amasangalala kugona m'thumba laling'ono m'mbali mwa msewu. Chodabwitsa n'chakuti, anali ndi masiku anayi okha a mvula paulendo wonse, ndipo atabwerera ku Ulaya, nthawi yambiri inali itatsala pang'ono kutha.
Popanda Garmin, amagwiritsa ntchito pulogalamu pafoni yake kuti apite kunyumba kwake. Nthawi iliyonse akafuna kusamba kapena akafuna kudzaza zida zake zamagetsi, amalowa m'chipinda cha hotelo, kutenga ankhondo a terracotta, nyumba za amonke zachi Buddha, kukwera chigawenga chachikulu, ndikugwiritsa ntchito Arkel Panniers ndi Robens sleeping pads ndizoyenera anthu omwe ali ndi chidwi ndi zida zonse, ngakhale sakudziwa momwe angatsanzire luso la Reid.
Chimodzi mwa nthawi zovuta kwambiri chinali ulendo womwe unali pachiyambi cha ulendowu. Anayenda kumadzulo kudutsa China kupita kumadera akumpoto chakumadzulo, komwe kunalibe alendo ambiri, ndipo anali tcheru ndi alendo ochokera kumayiko ena, chifukwa pakadali pano pali Asilamu a Uyghur okwana 1 miliyoni omwe amangidwa m'derali. Malo osungira anthu. Pamene Reid ankadutsa m'malo ofufuzira makilomita 40 aliwonse, anachotsa drone ndikuibisa pansi pa sutikesi, ndipo anagwiritsa ntchito Google Translate kuti akambirane ndi apolisi ochezeka, omwe nthawi zonse ankamupatsa chakudya. Ndipo ananamizira kuti sakumvetsa ngati afunsa mafunso ovuta.
Ku China, vuto lalikulu ndilakuti kumanga msasa n’koletsedwa mwalamulo. Alendo ayenera kukhala mu hotelo usiku uliwonse kuti boma lizitha kutsatira zomwe akuchita. Usiku wina, apolisi angapo adamutenga kupita naye kukadya chakudya chamadzulo, ndipo anthu am'deralo adamuyang'ana akukoka Zakudya za Lycra asanamutumize ku hoteloyo.
Pamene ankafuna kulipira, apolisi apadera 10 aku China anavala zishango zoteteza zipolopolo, mfuti ndi ndodo, analowa m'nyumbamo, anafunsa mafunso ena, kenako anamuthamangitsa ndi galimoto, anaponya njinga kumbuyo kwake, n'kumuyendetsa kupita kumalo omwe sankadziwa komweko. Patapita nthawi yochepa, uthenga unatuluka pa wailesi wonena kuti akhoza kukhala ku hotelo yomwe anali atangolowa kumene. Reid anati: “Ndinatha kusamba mu hotelo nthawi ya 2 koloko m'mawa.” “Ndikufunadi kuchoka ku China.”
Reid anagona m'mbali mwa msewu m'chipululu cha Gobi, akuyesera kupewa mikangano yambiri ndi apolisi. Atafika kumalire a Kazakhstan, Reid anamva kutopa kwambiri. Anali atavala chipewa chachikulu cha alonda akumwetulira komanso kugwirana chanza.
Pa nthawiyi paulendo, pali zambiri zoti achite, ndipo wakumana kale ndi mavuto. Kodi adaganizapo zomuchotsa ntchito ndikusungitsa ndege yobwerera?
Reid anati: “Zingatenge khama lalikulu kupita ku eyapoti, ndipo ndalonjeza.” Poyerekeza ndi malo omwe kulibe kopita, kugona pansi pa malo opumulirako n’kovuta kwambiri kuposa momwe anthu amagona pa mapewa awo omwe alibe kopita. Kugonana sikofunikira ku China.
"Ndauza anthu zomwe ndikuchita ndipo ndikusangalalabe. Ichi ndi ulendo wosangalatsabe. Sindinadzimvepo wopanda chitetezo. Sindinaganizepo zosiya."
Mukayenda theka la dziko lapansi muli mumkhalidwe wosowa chochita, muyenera kukhala okonzeka kuthana ndi zinthu zambiri ndikuzitsatira. Koma chimodzi mwa zodabwitsa zazikulu za Reid ndi kuchereza alendo kwa anthu.
Iye anati: “Kukoma mtima kwa alendo n’kodabwitsa.” Anthu amangokulandirani, makamaka ku Central Asia. Pamene ndikupita kumadzulo, anthu amwano amakhala ambiri. Ndikutsimikiza kuti anthuwo ndi aulemu kwambiri. Wolandira alendoyo anandipatsa madzi otentha ndi zina zotero, koma anthu akumadzulo ali ndi moyo wawo. Amada nkhawa kuti mafoni ndi zinthu zina zingapangitse anthu kukhaula, pomwe anthu akum’mawa monga Central Asia, anthu amafuna kudziwa zomwe mukuchita. Amakukondani kwambiri. Sangathe kuona malo ambiriwa, ndipo sangaone anthu akumadzulo ambiri. Ali ndi chidwi kwambiri ndipo angabwere kudzakufunsani mafunso, ndipo ndikutsimikiza, monga ku Germany, maulendo apanjinga ndi ofala kwambiri, ndipo anthu sakonda kulankhula nanu kwambiri.
Reid anapitiriza kuti: “Malo abwino kwambiri omwe ndakhalapo nawo ndi m’malire a Afghanistan.” “Malo omwe anthu amakonda ‘sapita kumeneko, ndi oipa kwambiri’, amenewo ndi malo aubwenzi kwambiri omwe ndakhalapo nawo. Msilamu Munthuyo anandiyimitsa, analankhula Chingerezi chabwino, ndipo tinakambirana. Ndinamufunsa ngati panali malo ogona m’tawuniyi, chifukwa ndinayenda m’midzi iyi ndipo kwenikweni panalibe malo oonekera.
“Iye anati: 'Ngati mufunsa aliyense m'mudzi muno, adzakugonetsani tulo usiku wonse.' Choncho ananditengera kwa achinyamata awa omwe anali m'mbali mwa msewu, ndinacheza nawo, ndipo anati, “Atsateni”. Ine ndikuwatsata anyamatawa m'misewu iyi, ananditengera kunyumba kwa agogo awo aakazi. Anandiyika pa matiresi ofanana ndi a ku Uzbek pansi, anandidyetsa zakudya zawo zonse zakomweko, ndipo ananditengera kumeneko m'mawa umene ndinapita nawo kukacheza kudera lawo lapafupi kale. Ngati mutenga basi ya alendo kuchokera komwe mukupita kupita komwe mukupita, mudzakumana ndi zinthuzi, koma pa njinga, mudzadutsa mtunda uliwonse panjira.”
Mukakwera njinga, malo ovuta kwambiri ndi Tajikistan, chifukwa msewuwu umakwera mpaka mamita 4600, womwe umadziwikanso kuti "denga la dziko lapansi". Reid anati: "Ndi wokongola kwambiri, koma uli ndi mabowo m'misewu yoyipa, yayikulu kuposa kulikonse kumpoto chakum'mawa kwa England."
Dziko lomaliza lomwe linapereka malo ogona kwa Reid linali Bulgaria kapena Serbia ku Eastern Europe. Pambuyo pa makilomita ambiri, misewu ndi misewu, ndipo mayiko akuyamba kusokonekera.
"Ndinali kutchinga msasa m'mbali mwa msewu nditavala suti yanga ya msasa, kenako galu wolondera uyu anayamba kundibuula. Munthu wina anabwera kudzandifunsa, koma tonsefe sitinali ndi chilankhulo chofanana. Anatulutsa cholembera ndi pepala ndipo anajambula munthu wa ndodo. Anandilozera ine, anajambula nyumba, anajambula galimoto, kenako analozera galimoto yake. Ndinayika njinga m'galimoto yake, ananditengera kunyumba kwake kuti andipatse chakudya, ndinasamba, Bedi lingagwiritsidwe ntchito. Kenako m'mawa ananditengera kukadya chakudya china. Ndi katswiri wa zaluso, choncho anandipatsa nyali yamafuta iyi, koma anangondilola kupita. Sitinalankhule chilankhulo cha wina ndi mnzake. Inde. Nkhani zambiri zofanana ndi za kukoma mtima kwa anthu."
Pambuyo pa miyezi inayi yoyenda, Reid potsiriza anabwerera kunyumba mu Novembala 2019. Kujambula ulendo wake pa akaunti yake ya Instagram kudzakupangitsani kufuna kusungitsa tikiti yopita kwinakwake kutali nthawi yomweyo ndikupanga filimu yotsika mtengo ya YouTube yomwe imabweretsa kuchotsedwa kwa poizoni m'thupi komwe kunasinthidwa mopitirira muyeso komanso kukwezedwa kwa Agent ena onse papulatifomu. Reid tsopano ali ndi nkhani yoti auze zidzukulu zake. Alibe mitu yoti alembenso, kapena ngati angathe kubwerezanso, ndi bwino kung'amba masamba ena.
“Sindikudziwa ngati ndikufuna kudziwa zomwe zinachitika. Ndi bwino kusadziwa,” adatero. “Ndikuganiza kuti uwu ndi ubwino wolola kuti iwuluke pang'ono. Simudzadziwa. Mulimonsemo, simudzatha kukonzekera chilichonse.”
"Zinthu zina nthawi zonse zimasokonekera, kapena zina zidzakhala zosiyana. Muyenera kungopirira zomwe zimachitika."
Funso tsopano ndi lakuti, kukwera njinga pakati pa dziko lonse lapansi, ndi ulendo wotani wokwanira kumudzutsa pabedi m'mawa?
Iye akuvomereza kuti: “Ndi bwino kukwera njinga kuchokera kunyumba kwanga kupita ku Morocco,” akuvomereza, ngakhale kuti sikuti ndi kumwetulira kosangalatsa kokha pambuyo pa ulendo wake wopirira.
"Poyamba ndinkakonzekera kutenga nawo mbali mu mpikisano wa Transcontinental, koma unathetsedwa chaka chatha," anatero Reid, yemwe anakulira ndi galimotoyo. "Chifukwa chake, ngati ipitirira chaka chino, ndidzachita."
Reid anati kwenikweni, paulendo wake wochokera ku China kupita ku Newcastle, ayenera kuchita china chake chosiyana. Nthawi ina ndikanyamula zovala zosambira chimodzi chokha, ndikavala ziwiri m'chikwama changa, kenako ndikawakwera onse kupita kunyumba.
Ngati mukufuna kukhala ndi chisoni, ndiye kuti kunyamula mapeyala awiri a matumba osambira ndi chisankho chabwino.