Vhiki rapfuura raona mafashama anoshamisa muLivingstone. Nzvimbo dzekugara dzakaputirwa nemvura; dzimba dzakazara nemvura ine madhaka. Kwaive kutyisa kwemamiriro ekunze izvo zvakaita kuti nzizi mbiri dzemwaka dzizare panguva imwe chete. Makuhwa anoti dhamu repurazi rakadhirika, iro ringadai risina kubatsirwa.
Pedyo nokupfuura nomuLivingstone, tine nzizi mbiri dzemwaka, idzo dzinowanzoti dzikamei, dzinotora mvura inonaya kubva kure nemakiromita 30 kupinda muRwizi rwaZambezi. Idzi ndidzo nzizi dzeMaramba neNansanzu.
Takanga tave nemazuva maviri tichinaya, asi kwaisava kunaya, kwaingove kudonhedza mvura. Chatisina kuziva ndechekuti nguva yese yenzizi mbiri idzi dzakanga dzava kunaya kwemavhiki maviri.
Nerimwe zuva svondo rino, nzizi, dzaunganidza mvura inonaya muurefu hwadzo, dzazara kusvika pakuwanda. VaMaramba, vakananga kumuromo wavo naZambezi, kwakava rukova. Yakanga iri yepamusoro-soro yayakanga yave iri kwemakore akawanda, mazhinji. Mvura yakarovera mumugwagwa uye mazambuko enjanji pakati peVictoria Falls neLivingstone. Mvura yakazotevera kuzara munzvimbo yakatenderedza iyo yaisanganisira maroja maviri nepurazi rengwena. Sezvineiwo, vose vakakokwa padzimba dzekuroja vakatamiswa pazvakangobuda pachena kuti rwizi rwaizokwira kusvika padanho rine ngozi, uye garwe rimwe chete rakapukunyuka - rakauya kumba zuva rakatevera.
Ndaona vaMaramba kwekanguva, ndakaenda kuVictoria Falls kuti ndione kushanda kwemvura yose iyi yaidzika nepamusoro peZambezi nepamusoro pemapopoma. Ndakadzungaira nemuSun International grounds kusvika kuFalls Park; mvura yakanga ichiri kunaya uye nzvimbo dzeZuva dzakanga dzakazara mvura munzvimbo.
Kutarisa kwekutanga kweVictoria Falls kwaishamisa. Mvura yakazadzwa netsvina yairova pamusoro paMapopoma nesimba rakadaro. Ndakashamiswa zvikuru nechiono chacho, kunyange zvazvo ndaifanira kuzvitarisira.
Ndakaramba ndichifamba nesango rinogara richinaya kuti ndione zvakawanda, asi mvura yaibva mumapopoma yakanga yapera; kwaiita sekufamba mukati memhute. Kunyange ndakadongorera nemumhute, ndakatadza kuona mapopoma acho. Iyo Knife Edge Bridge, iyo inotora vanofamba kubva pane imwe nzvimbo yekuona kuenda kune imwe, yakanga yakasviba zvachose, uye ndakafunga kuti ini ndakanga ndisingadi kuenderera mberi uye kunyorova. Kunyange ndaive neamburera, pfapfaidzo inopinda nedivi. Mumwe anoda raincoat kudzivirira kubva kurudzi urwu rwemvura; kunyange ipapo pfapfaidzo inopinda mukati chero raincoat.
Ndakadzoka nemunzira yetsoka kuti ndione Victoria Falls Bridge, rinopfuura nemumupata. Nayowo, yainge yakanyungudutswa nepfapfaidzo sezvo hova dzemvura dzairovera padivi pemipata, pfapfaidzo ichikwira mudenga.
Ndakadzokera mudhorobha ndichizvibvunza kuti chii chaiitika kurwizi rwaMaramba – rwainge rwawedzera here? Sezvineiwo mvura yakanga yapfuura uye mvura yakanga ichidzika zvishoma nezvishoma. Asi zvainakidza zvichiramba.
ZVOKUBVA MUNYAYA INO:
- Having watched the Maramba for a while, I went to the Victoria Falls to see the effect of all this water going down the Zambezi and over the falls.
- Fortunately, all the guests at the lodges were relocated as soon as it became clear that the river was going to rise to a dangerous level, and only one crocodile escaped –.
- The Knife Edge Bridge, which takes walkers from one viewing point to another, was completely clouded, and I decided that I didn't really want to go any further and to get that wet.
