Ukuba Uthanda Ukuhamba, Eli Klabhu Inokulungele!
Ndingumgcini-mali ngaphambi kokuba ndibe ngumculi weendaba, ngoko mhlawumbi ubala izinto eziza ngokwemvelo. Xa ndaqala ukuva malunga neControl's Century Club (TCC), imbono "yokuqokelela amazwe" yayibonakalisa ukuba ndaya kwangoko kwiWebhu yeWebhu ukuze ndifunde kabanzi.
Isiseko se-TCC silula - nabani na oye waya kumazwe angama-100 (njengoko kuchazwe yi-TCC) kwihlabathi abafanelekile ukuba ubulungu kwiqela.
I-TCC ayikho iqela elitsha. Kwakuqala ukuhlelwa eLos Angeles ngowe-1954 ngeliqela labantu abajikelezayo kakhulu emhlabeni. Ukususela ngoko umxholo ukhange amalungu avela e-United States nakwihlabathi jikelele. I-TCC inamalungu angaphezulu kwama-1500, kunye neesahluko ezingama-20 emhlabeni jikelele. Kulabo bathanda ukuhamba, eli qela lifezekile kuba sisoloko sihambela amaninzi kumazwe eluhlu lwabo. "Ukuqokelela amazwe" kusinika isizathu esinokuthi sihambe nakwi-MORE!
I-TCC ayikho nje "amazwe eqokelela." Isiqubulo sithi - "Uhambo lwehlabathi ... ipasipoti ukuya eluxolweni ngokuqonda." Amalungu avela kwimvelaphi eyahlukeneyo, kodwa onke amathandabuzo adventure nokuhlola kwaye anentshiseko ekhethekileyo ebomini. Bakholelwa ukuba ulwazi malunga namanye amasiko kunye namazwe lukhuthaza uxolo. Uninzi lwamalungu ngabahlali abadala, kwaye ndakhuthazwa ukuba ndifunde ukuba abanye babo baye benza ezininzi zokuhamba emva kokuthatha umhlalaphantsi.
Zingaphi amazwe apho? Kuxhomekeke kuloluphi uluhlu olusebenzisayo. IZizwe eziManyeneyo zinamalungu angama-193 (ngoNovemba 2016), kodwa inani lamazwe azimeleyo kwihlabathi elinemizi-mkhulu ngu-197. Uluhlu lwabahambi bamaqela abahamba ngelo lizwe "lizwe" luquka ezinye iindawo ezingezantsi amazwe ahlukeneyo, kodwa zihlala kwimihlaba, ezopolitiki okanye zisuswe kwilizwe labo labazali.
Ngokomzekelo, bobabini baseHawaii neAlaska babalwa njengamazwe "ahlukeneyo" ngeenjongo zeTCC. Uluhlu lwangoku lweTCC, olugqityiwe ukuhlaziywa ngoJanuwari 2016, inani le-325. Xa iqela liqalisiwe, kunikwa ingqwalasela eninzi malunga nokuba kufuneka kube nini umntu ehlala kwilizwe okanye kwisiqithi seqela ukuze afaneleke. Ekugqibeleni wagqitywa ukuba ukhenketho olufutshane kakhulu (njengefowuni yefowuni okanye i-airfeeling refueling stop) iyafaneleka. Lo mgaqo ngokuqinisekileyo ukwandisa ithuba labathandi beenqanawa ukukhawuleza amazwe ngokukhawuleza.
Ubulungu kwi-TCC buya kumazinga ahlukeneyo. Abo baye bafika kumazwe angama-100-149 banelungelo lokuba nobulungu obuqhelekileyo, amazwe angama-150-199 ubulungu besilivere, amazwe angama-200 ukuya kuma-2 -49 egolide, ubulungu be-platinum obuyi-250-299, kunye nabangaphezu kwama-300 ngamalungu edayimani. Abo ba tyelele onke amazwe eluhlu bafumana ibhaso elikhethekileyo. Ndamangaliswa ukubona ukuba amalungu amaninzi eTCC aye kuma-"amazwe angaphezu kwama-300". Ndiyakwazi ukucinga nje ezinye zeembali ezimnandi kufuneka zixelele! Amalungu eklabhu aququzelele iindwendwe eziliqela ngonyaka ngamnye kwezinye iindawo ezingabonakaliyo. Ekubeni amazwe amaninzi eTCC ziqithi, ezinye zezi zihambo zihamba.
Andikwazanga ukulinda ukuba ndihambe kuloluhlu ukuze ndibone ukuba zingaphi iindwendwe endazivakatye.
Ndandisoloko ndiphupha ukuvakashela zonke iindawo ezingama-50, kwaye ndaye ndafika ku-49 (sisalindela iNorth Dakota, kodwa akunakwenzeka ukuba ndifike khona emkhombeni). Ngoku ndinokuphupha ukujonga amaninzi kumazwe kwiluhlu lweTCC ngokunokwenzeka. Xa ndiqalise ukuphonononga uluhlu, andingaqinisekanga ukuba ndiza kuphelisa kangakanani na iindawo eziye ndazityelela, njengeSan Blas Islands kwiPanama, andizange ndibale ngaphandle kwoluhlu phambi kwam. Amanye amazwe (afana neItali) ndihambele amaninzi; abanye ( njengeSwaziland ) ndachitha ixesha elingaphantsi kweyure. Ndazikhumbuza iinkumbulo ezintle zokuhamba ngexesha elidlulileyo kunye neenqanawa njengoko ndayifumana uluhlu oluvela phezulu ukuya phezulu. Kwakubuhlungu gqitha ukubona indlela encinane yehlabathi endiyibonayo, kodwa ininika ithuba elihle lokuhamba ngaphezulu! (IsiHlomelo: Ngoku ndilapha kumazwe angama-127 eTCC ngoNovemba 2016).