Ukudlala ihempe eneqhosha-ezantsi kunye nento encinci kunesithunzi sentsimbi yesihlanu, indawo yokutyela uFaysal Debeis unomoya wokudinwa ngaye. Kwaye kufanelekile- usuka eSierra Leone.
UDebeis kunye nabemi belizwe lakhe baneminyaka esixhenxe besusiwe kwimfazwe yamakhaya ethathe ishumi leminyaka eyathi yabulala abantu abangama-50,000, yenzakala ngokusisigxina abantu abasisiqingatha sesigidi kwaye yajika izigidi ezi-2 zaba ziimbacu. Ungquzulwano lwashiya ihlabathi limangalisiwe yimifanekiso yezidumbu ezinqunyulweyo kwaye yaphefumlela umboniso bhanyabhanya we-gut-churning ka-2006 othi "Idayimani yeGazi," edlala noLeonardo DiCaprio.
Kodwa ilizwe lizinzile okokuqala kumashumi eminyaka, uDebeis ukwangomnye wabantu abaninzi baseSierra Leone abavuyela ukuvela koshishino olungalindelekanga: ukhenketho.
ISierra Leone, ilizwe elincinane laseNtshona Afrika elinezigidi ezi-6, ngeyayithelele eSomalia phezulu kuluhlu lweForbes lwawona mazwe ayingozi ehlabathini kutshanje ngowama-2002. Imveliso yasekhaya encinci ye-8 yeebhiliyoni zeedola, iminyaka elindelekileyo yokuphila engama-2 kunye nokunyhashwa kwamalungelo abantu okuxhaphakileyo, iSierra Leone ikwindawo yokugqibela kwi-United Nations' Human Development index.
“Ndisalithanda eli lizwe,” utsho uDebeis, ongumnini wevenkile yokutyela eselunxwemeni iChez Nous eFreetown, ikomkhulu lelo lizwe.
ISierra Leone inesabelo sayo sokukhuthaza amazwe angaphandle. Ngo-2006, iLonely Planet yathi, “Akuzukuthatha xesha lide ngaphambi kokuba iSierra Leone ibe kwindawo yayo kwiiholide zaselwandle zaseYurophu.”
Kwiminyaka emithathu kamva, kubonakala ngathi isikhokelo sohambo sasichanekile.
UFatmata Abe-Osagie weNational Tourist Board yaseSierra Leone uthi: “Kutshanje, kuye kwaqalisa ukubakho amaqela amancinane. "Sijonge ukuphinda sibize iSierra Leone njengendawo yabakhenkethi."
Isiqalo esicothayo kodwa esizinzileyo
Betsalwa lulwandle olukhulu olunesanti emhlophe, amahlathi ashinyeneyo, yaye, mhlawumbi, ukuhambela phambili ngokugqithisileyo, abantu basemzini abangama-3,842 bebekhe eholideyini eSierra Leone kunyaka ophelileyo, benyuke ngama-27 ekhulwini. Oko kuseyi-paltry 10.5 iindwendwe ngosuku (isiqithi esincinci seCaribbean saseSt. Barth sifumana i-550), kodwa sisiqalo. Inani lalo nyaka uphelileyo liliphindaphinda kathathu inani labantu abakhenketha ababeze kweli lizwe kwiminyaka elishumi eyadlulayo.
UErica Bonanno, oneminyaka engama-24, inzalelwane yaseNew Jersey esebenza eFreetown kwindawo engenzi ngeniso ebizwa ngokuba yiSearch for Common Ground, uthi: “Ngokuqinisekileyo iSierra Leone inethuba lokuba yindawo yabakhenkethi. “Ewe kukho izilumkiso ekufuneka uzithathe, njengokungaphumi wedwa ebusuku okanye ukushiya izinto zexabiso zingatshixwanga, kodwa andizange ndizive ngathi ndisengozini.”
Uxolo lweminyaka embalwa edlulileyo yinto engaqhelekanga kwimbali yaseSierra Leone.
Ngowe-1787 iBritani yeza namakhoboka akhululweyo angama-400 “kwiPhondo Lenkululeko” ngenjongo yokuseka ithanga laseUtopian. Uninzi lwabaphambukeli bokuqala batshatyalaliswa ngokukhawuleza zizifo kunye nabemi bomthonyama abanobutshaba. Intsalela yayixabana rhoqo nezizwe zaseBritane kunye nezizwe zomthonyama de i-UK yanika iSierra Leone inkululeko ngo-1961.
Ngelo xesha, abasebenzi-mgodini babesele beqalisile ukufumana imbewu yempambano engcwatywe kumdaka oshushu welizwe: iidayimani. Ukusukela ekubhaqweni kwabo ngeminyaka yoo-1930 ukuya kutsho ngeminyaka yee-'70s, umntu wayenokuchola amatye anqabileyo kumhlaba ofumileyo emva kwemvula enamandla.
Noko ke, njengoko kwakuya kuba nzima ngakumbi ukufunyanwa iidayimani, iSierra Leone yaba sisithetha-ntonye nokuphalazwa kwegazi. Ekuqaleni kweminyaka yoo-1990, igorha laseLiberia uCharles Taylor waqeqesha kwaye wabhalisa amajoni ukuba athathe amasimi edayimani ngenkani, oko kwaphumela kwimfazwe yamakhaya enoburhalarhume enosuku oluphakathi ebandakanya yonke into ukusuka kumajoni angabantwana ukuya kudlwengulo ukuya ekunqunyulweni kwamalungu.
Ekugqibeleni aba bavukeli bagxothwa baza bahluthwa izixhobo yimikhosi yeZizwe Ezimanyeneyo. Ngo-2002, uninzi lwabakhokeli babebanjiwe, kwaye uTaylor okwangoku ulindele ukuxoxwa kwamatyala emfazwe eHague.
Unyulo lukaMongameli u-Ernest Bai Koroma ngoSeptemba 2007 lwaphawula okokuqala kwimbali yaseSierra Leone ukuba uloyiso lombutho ophikisayo aluzange ludale imfazwe. IKoroma ukusukela ngoko yasungula imikhosi ejongene nokulwa yonke into ukusuka kurhwaphilizo lukarhulumente ukuya ekuchameni koluntu.
Ukuthunyelwa kwedayimani ngokusemthethweni, eye yehla yaya kutsho kwi-1.2 yezigidi zeerandi ngowe-1999 xa abavukeli babelawula inxalenye enkulu yelizwe, ifikelela kwii-$200 ezigidi. Ekugqibeleni iSierra Leone iye yasuswa kuluhlu lweeNgcebiso zokuHamba kwiSebe lase-US.
Iholide egqithisileyo
Iinqwelomoya eziya eFreetown zinexabiso (ziqala kwi-$1,600 ukuya nokubuya ukusuka eNew York), kodwa olu hambo lufanelekile kumntu ohamba eholideyini.
Kanye ngezithethe - akukho mfuneko yokunyoba iiarhente okanye wothuke xa betshoka uphawu olukhulu lwedola kwisutikheyisi yakho, ebibonakala ingathethi nto kwaphela - eyona ndawo inzima yohambo luhambo olusuka eLungi ukuya kwilizwe elikhulu. Iindwendwe kufuneka zikhethe phakathi kwesikhephe (i-5 yeedola indlela nganye, ifika kade - okanye ayisoze), ihelikopta enomhlwa ye-Soviet-era (i-70 yeedola, nangona inkangeleko yayo ethandabuzekayo kunye nembali ekhaphayo yeengozi ezibulalayo) kunye ne-hovercraft (i-60 yeedola, ihlala ifika kwaye ihambe ixesha). Thatha i-hovercraft. Iingozi zamaxesha athile azinangxaki, kodwa azibulali.
Ukuba ufika ebusuku, ungothuswa yimililo ethe thaca imbonakalo-mhlaba ngexesha lokukhwela ibhasi esuka kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya ukuya kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya. Ezi zizibane ezikhanyisa izitrato ezingagangathwanga; Umbane awukho phantse kwiindawo ezininzi zelizwe. Kukwanjalo ke nezibane zendlela, oomatshini bemali, imibhobho yamanzi engaphakathi endlwini nentaphane yezinye izinto ezithathwa njengezingenamsebenzi eNtshona.
Izindlu zangasese ezigungxulwayo, amanzi acocekileyo kunye nobunye ubutofotofo behlabathi lokuqala bunokufumaneka malunga ne-100 yeedola ngobusuku ngabunye kwiihotele ezimbalwa eFreetown kulwandle lwaseAberdeen. Khawucinge ngeHotele iBintumani, eyona inkulu kwelo lizwe, okanye iCape Sierra, enye yezona zintle. Ithe ngcu kwindawo enamatye kumda weAtlantiki, iCape Sierra ibonelela ngamagumbi acocekileyo, ichibi kunye nebar-restaurant enemibono etshayelayo yolwandle.
ILumley Beach ngamanyathelo ukusuka kuzo zombini iihotele. Icakwe lulwandle oluluhlaza-luhlaza kwelinye icala kunye neenduli ezinamachokoza kwelinye, yindawo emnandi yokuphumla, ngaphandle kokuba awukhathali ngamathuba athile okuthengisa i-panhandler okanye umthengisi weDVD ye-roving bootleg. Thatha i-Heineken nge-$ 1 kwenye yeebhari zolwandle ezifulelwe ngengca okanye uhambe enye isiqingatha semayile ecaleni kwamanzi ukuze utye ukutya kwaselwandle e-The Bunker, isidlo se-shrimp e-Chez Nous okanye i-steak yesonka samasi e-Roy's. Isidlo esimnandi sesibini, esizaliswe ngee-cocktails, siya kukubuyisela malunga ne-$ 12.
Ngaphaya kolwandle
Kwabo bazimiseleyo ukuya ngaphaya kolwandle, kukho ininzi enokwenziwa kwidolophu yaseFreetown. Ukukhwela iteksi ngeedola ezi-2 kuya kukusa kumbindi wesixeko ngemizuzu engama-20 evaleleke kwizithuthi; halala isithuthuthu kwaye, nge-1 yeedola, uya kufumana ukukhwela okukhawulezileyo - kunye namava awoyikisayo awoyikisayo phakathi kwe-jalopies esmog-spewing.
Ukuba ufuna ukubona lonke ilizwe, qesha umqhubi (i-150 yeedola ngosuku, i-fuel ifakiwe) ukuba akuse kumaphondo asemantla. Amaphandle asagcwele izidumbu zejeep ezitshileyo kunye nezakhiwo ezinembumbulu; njengoko udlula kwiilali ezincinci, abantwana baphuma kwiindlwana ukuze bajonge kwaye bakhomba. Pakisha ukutya okuninzi oza kukunika - kunye nokutya kwakho. Azikho iindawo ezininzi zokumisa kwikhefu lokutya, ngaphandle kokuba ufuna ukutya okusemaphandleni eSierra Leone okufana ne "crain-crain," umxube wentlanzi, inyama yenkomo, izinongo, irayisi kunye namagqabi e-cassava.
Idolophu yaseKoidu enemigodi yedayimani imalunga neekhilomitha ezingama-200 ukusuka eFreetown, uhambo lweeyure ezisixhenxe kwiindlela ezingagangathwanga. Apho, ungajonga izinto zabathengisi bedayimani abahleli emva kweefestile ezinemivalo yeevenkile ezijonge kwisitalato esikhulu esijongeka e-Wild West. Iingcango neendonga zezakhiwo eziwohlokayo zisathwele amanxeba eembumbulu zemfazwe.
Thenga idayimani ukuba kuyafuneka, kodwa qiniseka ukuba uyayibhengeza xa uphuma kwaye uhlawule umrhumo ofunekayo wepesenti ezi-5 zokuthumela ngaphandle. Iimeko eSierra Leone ziyaphucuka, ewe. Kodwa iintolongo zayo zenza iintolongo zaseMelika zibukeke njengeholide.
