Handizivi kuti ndingataura sei kuti “mad, mapenzi anopenga” muchiTongan, asi zvakanyorwa pazviso zvevanhu veko vakatitarisa mhiri kwemvura.
Vazhinji vavo - varume, vakadzi, vakomana nevasikana vakapfeka mayunifomu echikoro ane mavara, pwere uye kunyange vacheche - vanofamba nesu muzvikepe zvemapuranga zvakapendirwa zviri kuvatora kubva kumisha yavo iri kure kuenda kuNeiafu, taundi rekutengeserana guru riri paVava. 'u Zvitsuwa zveTonga.
Kutinhira kwakadzama kweinzwi romurume, achitaura chiTongan uye kuseka sezvaanotaura, kunotakurwa kwatiri pamhepo yegungwa, nokukurumidza kuchiteverwa nokumwe kuseka kwakanaka. Vese vanogaya uye vanotibhabhaisa asi zviri pachena kuti vanotadza kunzwisisa kuti nei tichida kukwasva kana paine mota dzakatenderedza.
Mukuwasha wangu Jo neni takashongedzwa mabhachi okuponesa upenyu, takabata mapaddles emapuranga uye takagara muigwa rakavezwa zvakaisvonaka. Kumashure kune muridzi weiyo outrigger Bruce Haig. Kumusoro uye kwakagara kumberi ndiko kusakosha-kusina kupfeka kumashure kweTongan Arnie Saimone.
Kuonekwa kwedu tichikwasva zvine mutinhimira uye tichienda kumwe kunonakidza kune vagari veko.
“Zvichida havazive kuti sei wauya kure kure kuVava’u kuzoita zororo wobva waita basa iri rose,” Arnie anodana kwatiri. "MaTonga ave achifamba mumagwa kwezvizvarwa, asi kukwasva hachisi chinhu chavanoita kungonakidzwa."
Kune vashanyi, zvakadaro, kambani inonzi Outriggers muParadhiso inonzwisisika, pfungwa isina kunaka uye zvechokwadi kunakidzwa kwakawanda.
Yakatangwa mwaka miviri yezhizha yapfuura, Outriggers muParadhiso ibhizimusi rekushanya-kushanya rakagadzirirwa kupa Bruce Haig nemukadzi wake Julianne Bell "mararamiro akareruka".
“Taishanda maawa akawanda muAustralia uye takanga tichangobva kuroorana kwemakore mashomanana,” akatsanangura kudaro Julianne. "Tinoda gungwa, Bruce anoda zvekukwasva kunze uye aibatikana zvakanyanya nemujaho wezvikepe zveshato, uye ini ndinongoda kushambira munyanza."
Vakanyora mazita emarudzi ose ezvitsuwa akakwidza nyaya yacho uye Tonga yakazopedzisira yava pamusoro-soro. Vakatengesa imba yavo kuAustralia, pamwe chete nezvinhu zvavo zvakawanda, ndokudzokera kuparadhiso yavo itsva yeSouth Pacific muna June 2007.
Nzendo dzavo dzinoitwa pakati paChikunguru naMbudzi, dzichienderana nekuuya kwehumpback whale kubva kuAntarctica kuenda kumvura inodziya yeVava'u Islands kuzosangana kana kuzvara.
Vanobuda muParadhiso vanopa nzendo dzemasikati kana dzehusiku, dzinosanganisira kudonhedza mumabhegi ekurara pamhenderekedzo yegungwa ine nyeredzi nemwedzi sesirin'i yekurara.
Vakaroorana vanogona kusarudza sarudzo yevanoenda kuhuchi umo mutungamiri anovamisira musasa pachitsuwa chakavanzika uye ovasiya ipapo usiku hwose.
Igwa redu raifamba pakati pezvitsuwa zvisina vanhu, mapako akavanzika nemapako. Takaenda kumahombekombe kumhenderekedzo dzegungwa dzinopisa uko kwaityisa kuita matsimba ekutanga mujecha jena, rine silky. Tsoka dzaArnie dzakakura - dzinoshanda zvakanyanya, nekuti mukaka mutsva wekokonati uri pachinwiwa chikamu chemenyu yekudya kwemasikati - uye zvinoreva kuti mumwe munhu anofanirwa kutora makokonati akazadzwa nemukaka kubva kuminda yakakwirira yezvisikwa.
Tsoka dzaArnie dzakagadzirirwa iyo. Anonyangarika mumakwenzi akaoma kuseri kwemhenderekedzo yegungwa. Maminitsi akati wandei gare gare, “thwump” isingakanganisike yemakokonati akaremerwa nemukaka anogona kunzwika achimhara pauriri hwesango.
Iye naBruce nounyanzvi vanovatsemura nemabhemba aityisa ndokupa mumwe nomumwe kuna Jo neni. Tinogara pajecha, tichisveta mukaka wakakora, unotapira, uku Bruce achipedza kudya kwedu kwechirimo-saladhi. Kutuhwina mubay - zviuru zvehove dzinopisa dzakatenderedza makumbo edu - inguva yedu yekuzorora, yemasikati.
Pakupedzisira, isu tadzokera kune kunze uye kuenda kumba kuNeiafu - zvisinei, kwete tisati tasangana nepamusoro pezuva redu - Swallow Cave.
Kukwasva mubako kwakangofanana nekupinda mucathedral ine mvura, yakakwirira. Uriri hwegungwa huri kuzasi kwedu, haunyatsooneka, asi chiedza chezuva chinobuda nepamusuwo webako chinovhenekera mvura yebhuruu yakapenya uye zvikoro zvehove dzine mavara akajeka. Ini naJo tinobva tabuda muzvigaro zvedu zvinyoro nyoro ndokupinda mumvura yakadzika, tichisvetukira kune bako rakavhurika uye kunze mukati mechiedza chemasikati tisati takwira kudzoka.
Kwava kunopera muzvitsuwa, saka sezvatinokwasva tichienda kunyika huru, tuchovha tuduku twemvura tunenge tuchipfuura uye zviso zvechiTonga zvinonyemwerera - zvichiri kushamisika - zvinotibvumira kugutsurira, sokunge kuti vari kuti: “Zvakanaka! Unopenga, vashanyi vanopenga vadzoka zvakachengeteka. "
