Vafambi vekumashure vane makore ekuma20 pavanoenda kuSoutheast Asia, vanorongedza masutu avo ekushambira, mishonga inouraya zvipembenene, magirazi ezuva, pamwe nemabhuku mashoma ekuchengetedza nzvimbo yavo pavanenge vachirapa kurumwa neumhutu pamahombekombe ezvitsuwa zveThailand.
Zvisinei, nzvimbo isinganyanyi kurebesa ndeyekuti unofanirwa kutasva bhasikoro makiromita 9,300 kuti usvike kuNewcastle.
Asi izvi ndizvo zvakaitwa naJosh Reid. Pfupa repani rakasungirirwa kumusana kwake sekamba ndokubhururuka kuenda kune rimwe divi renyika, achiziva kuti rwendo rwake rwekudzoka rwaizotora nguva inopfuura hafu yezuva.
"Ndakangogara patafura yekicheni, ndikataura nababa vangu nababa vangu, ndikaona zvinhu zvakasiyana zvandaigona kuita," Reid akaudza Bicycle Weekly nezvekwakabva pfungwa iyi. Mumakore mashoma apfuura, Reid akashanda semurairidzi weski yechando, murimi wemiti yezhizha muBritish Columbia, uye akawana vhiza yekushanda kwemakore maviri muCanada, achigumisa basa rake kuNorth America, uye akatasva bhasikoro reNova Scotia. Bhasikoro racho rinoenda kuCape Breton.
>>>Vatyairi vemabhasikoro vese vakaurayiwa pedyo nemisha yavo pavaitasva mabhasikoro, zvichiponesa hupenyu hutanhatu kuburikidza nekupa nhengo dzemuviri
Mazuva ano, sezvo mabhasikoro mazhinji achigadzirwa muAsia, pfungwa yacho ndeyekutenga mabhasikoro ega. Rwendo rwacho rwakatora mwedzi mina muna 2019, uye tichifunga kuti denda re coronavirus rakaita kuti kutenga mabhasikoro kuve kwakaoma muna 2020, nzira yake yakaratidza kuti yaishanda neunyanzvi.
Mushure mekusvika muSingapore muna Chivabvu, akaenda kuchamhembe ndokusangana nebhasikoro mumwedzi miviri chete. Panguva iyoyo, akaedza kushandisa bhasikoro rekuDutch kuti agadzirezve nzvimbo yeTop Gear paHai Van Pass muVietnam.
Pakutanga, ndaida kutenga bhasikoro kubva kuCambodia. Zvakazoitika kuti zvaive zvakaoma kubvisa bhasikoro zvakananga kubva pamutsetse wekugadzira. Saka, akaenda kuShanghai, kwavakagadzira bhasikoro rakawanda kubva pasi pefekitori hombe. Tora bhasikoro.
Reid akati: “Ndinoziva kuti ndinogona kupfuura nenyika dzipi.” “Ndakamboona uye ndakaona kuti ndinogona kunyorera vhiza uye kuti ndeipi inogona kugadzirisa zvakachengeteka zvematongerwo enyika munzvimbo dzakasiyana, asi ndine mapapiro chete uye dzimwe mhirizhonga dzakaenda zvakananga kuNewcastle.”
Reid haafanire kuwedzera daro rakawanda zuva nezuva, chero bedzi aine chikafu nemvura, anofara kurara mubhegi diki parutivi pemugwagwa. Zvinoshamisa kuti akangonaya kwemazuva mana chete parwendo rwese, uye paakadzokera kuEurope, nguva yakawanda yakanga yava kuda kupera.
Asina Garmin, anoshandisa app pafoni yake kuti aende kumba kwake. Pose paanoda kugeza kana kuti achida kuchajazve zvishandiso zvake zvemagetsi, anopinda mukamuri rehotera, otora varwi veterracotta, mamongi echiBuddha, otasva bhiza guru, uye anoshandisa Arkel Panniers uye Robens sleeping pads dzakakodzera vanhu vanofarira zvese zvishandiso, kunyangwe vasingazive maitiro ekutevedzera zvakaitwa naReid.
Imwe yenguva dzakaoma zvikuru yaive rwendo rwekutanga kwerwendo. Akafamba kumadokero achipfuura neChina achienda kumapurovhinzi ekuchamhembe kwakadziva kumadokero, uko kwakanga kusina vashanyi vakawanda, uye aingwarira vatorwa, sezvo pari zvino paine maMuslim eUyghur miriyoni imwe chete akasungwa munharaunda iyi. Nzvimbo yekuvharirwa. Reid paakapfuura nepanzvimbo dzekutarisa makiromita makumi mana ega ega, akabvisa drone ndokuiviga pasi pesutukesi, uye akashandisa Google Translate kutaura nemapurisa ane hushamwari, aigara achimupa chikafu. Uye akaita seasina kunzwisisa kana vaibvunza mibvunzo yakaoma.
MuChina, dambudziko guru nderekuti kukamba misasa hakubvumirwi nemutemo. Vanhu vekune dzimwe nyika vanofanira kugara muhotera husiku hwese kuitira kuti hurumende ikwanise kutevedza mafambiro avo. Humwe husiku, mapurisa akati wandei akamutora kunodya kudya kwemanheru, uye vagari vemo vakamutarisa achidya Lycra nenoodles vasati vamutumira kuhotera.
Paakada kubhadhara, mapurisa gumi ekuChina akapfeka nhoo dzisingapindi mabara, pfuti netsvimbo, vakapinda nechisimba, vakabvunza mibvunzo, ndokuzomutyaira nerori, vakakanda bhasikoro kumashure kwake, ndokumutyaira vachienda kunzvimbo yaaiziva ikoko. Nguva pfupi yakatevera, meseji yakabuda paredhiyo ichiti aigona kugara pahotera yaakanga achangobva kupinda. Reid akati: "Ndakazopedzisira ndageza muhotera na2am." "Ndinoda chaizvo kubva muChina."
Reid akarara padivi pemugwagwa muGobi Desert, achiedza kudzivirira kusawirirana nemapurisa. Paakazosvika pamuganhu weKazakhstan, Reid akanzwa kuremerwa. Akapfeka ngowani huru, yakafara yemurindi achinyemwerera uye achikwazisana nemaoko.
Panguva ino yerwendo, pane zvakawanda zviri kuenderera mberi, uye atosangana nematambudziko. Akambofunga nezvekumudzinga basa here uye kubhuka ndege yekudzokera shure inotevera?
Reid akati: “Zvingada kushanda nesimba kuti uende kunhandare yendege, uye ndakavimbisa.” Zvichienzaniswa nenzvimbo isina kwekuenda, kurara pasi pechiteshi kwakaoma kupfuura kurara pamafudzi evanhu vasina kwekuenda. Bonde haridiwi muChina.
"Ndakaudza vanhu zvandiri kuita uye ndichiri kufara. Ichi chichiri chiitiko chinonakidza. Handina kumbobvira ndanzwa kusachengeteka. Handina kumbobvira ndafunga nezvekurega."
Kana uchityaira hafu yenyika uri mumamiriro ezvinhu asina simba, unofanira kunge wakagadzirira kubata nezvinhu zvakawanda uye kuzvitevera. Asi chimwe chezvinhu zvinoshamisa zvikuru kuna Reid ikugamuchira vaeni zvakanaka kwevanhu.
Akati: “Mutsa wevatorwa unoshamisa.” Vanhu vanongokukoka kuti upinde, kunyanya kuCentral Asia. Pandinoenda kure kuMadokero, vanhu vane hunhu husina kunaka vanovawo. Ndine chokwadi chekuti vanhu vacho vane hushamwari. Muenzi akandipa mvura inopisa nezvimwe zvinhu, asi vanhu vekuMadokero vari munyika yavo. Vanonetseka kuti nharembozha nezvimwe zvinhu zvichaita kuti vanhu vanzwe mate, nepo vanhu vekuMabvazuva. Zvechokwadi seCentral Asia, vanhu vanoda kuziva zvauri kuita. Vanonyanya kufarira iwe. Havagone kuona nzvimbo zhinji idzi, uye havagone kuona vanhu vekuMadokero vakawanda. Vanonyanya kufarira uye vanogona kuuya kuzokubvunza mibvunzo, uye ndine chokwadi, sezvazvakaita kuGermany, kushanya nemabhasikoro kwakajairika, uye vanhu vanowanzo kusataura newe zvakanyanya.
Reid akaenderera mberi achiti: “Nzvimbo ine mutsa yandati ndamboona iri pamuganhu weAfghanistan.” “Nzvimbo iyo vanhu vanoda ‘kusaenda ikoko, zvakaipa’, ndiyo nzvimbo ine hushamwari yandati ndamboona. MuMuslim Murume uyu akandimisa, akataura Chirungu chakanaka, uye takakurukura. Ndakamubvunza kana kwaive nenzvimbo dzekumisasa muguta, nekuti ndakanga ndafamba nemumisha iyi uye pakanga pasina nzvimbo iri pachena.
“Akati: ‘Kana ukabvunza chero munhu mumusha uno, vachakurarisa husiku hwese.’ Saka akanditora kuenda kune vechidiki ava vaiva parutivi pemugwagwa, akataura navo, ndokuti, “Vateverei”. Ndichitevera varume ava munzira idzi, vakandiendesa kumba kwaambuya vavo. Vakandiisa pamubhedha weUzbek pasi, vakandipa zvekudya zvavo zvese zvemuno, uye vakandiendesa ikoko mangwanani andakamboenda navo kunoshanyira nzvimbo yavo kare. Kana ukatora bhazi revashanyi kubva kwaunoenda kuenda kwaunoenda, uchaona zvinhu izvi, asi nebhasikoro, uchafamba makiromita ese munzira.”
Kana uchitasva bhasikoro, nzvimbo inonyanya kuoma iTajikistan, nekuti mugwagwa wacho unokwira kusvika pakakwirira pe4600m, unozivikanwawo se "denga renyika". Reid akati: "Wakanaka kwazvo, asi une makomba mumigwagwa isina kunaka, akakura kupfuura chero kupi zvako kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumabvazuva kweEngland."
Nyika yekupedzisira yakapa Reid pekugara yaive Bulgaria kana Serbia kuEastern Europe. Mushure memakiromita akawanda kudaro, migwagwa yava migwagwa, uye nyika dziri kutanga kusanyatsojeka.
"Ndakanga ndakagara padivi pemugwagwa ndakapfeka sutu yangu yekukamba, uye imbwa iyi yemurindi yakatanga kundihukura. Mumwe murume akauya kuzondibvunza, asi hapana mumwe wedu aiva nemutauro wakafanana. Akatora peni nepepa ndokudhirowa murume wetsvimbo. Akanongedzera kwandiri, akadhirowa imba, akadhirowa mota, ndokuzonongedzera kumotokari yake. Ndakaisa bhasikoro mumotokari yake, akandiendesa kumba kwake kunondipa chikafu, ndakageza, mubhedha unogona kushandiswa. Zvadaro mangwanani akandiendesa kunodya chikafu chakawanda. Inyanzvi yemifananidzo, saka akandipa rambi iri remafuta, asi akandiendesa chete. Hatina kutaura mutauro wemumwe nemumwe. Ehe. Nyaya dzakawanda dzakafanana dzinotaura nezvemutsa wevanhu."
Mushure memwedzi mina yekufamba, Reid akazodzokera kumba muna Mbudzi 2019. Kutora firimu rerwendo rwake pa Instagram account yake kuchaita kuti ude kubhuka tikiti rekuenda kumwe chete kure nekukasika wobva waita documentary yeYouTube isinganyanyi kukonzera kurutsa kweropa muAgent. Iye zvino Reid ane nyaya yekuudza vazukuru vake. Haana zvitsauko zvekunyora patsva, kana kuti kana achikwanisa kuzviita zvakare, zviri nani kubvarura mamwe mapeji.
"Handizive kana ndichida kuziva zvakaitika. Zvakanaka kusaziva," akadaro. "Ndinofunga kuti iyi ndiyo mukana wekurega ichibhururuka zvishoma. Hauzombozivi. Chero zvazvingava, hauzombokwanisi kuronga chero chinhu."
"Zvimwe zvinhu zvinogara zvichifamba zvisina kunaka, kana kuti zvimwe zvinhu zvichasiyana. Unongofanira kutsungirira zvinoitika."
Mubvunzo uripo ndewekuti, kutasva bhasikoro pakati penyika, rudzii rwechiitiko chakakwana kuti amubvise pamubhedha mangwanani?
Anobvuma kuti: “Zvinofadza kutasva bhasikoro kubva kumba kwangu kuenda kuMorocco,” anobvuma, kunyange zvazvo kusiri kunyemwerera kwemufaro mushure mekufamba kwake nekutsungirira.
"Pakutanga ndakaronga kutora chikamu mumujaho weTranscontinental, asi wakamiswa gore rapfuura," akadaro Reid, uyo akakurira nemota iyi. "Saka, kana ikaramba ichienderera mberi gore rino, ndichazviita."
Reid akati chokwadi ndechekuti, parwendo rwake kubva kuChina kuenda kuNewcastle, anofanira kuita chimwe chinhu chakasiyana. Nguva inotevera pandinorongedza mbatya imwe chete yekushambira, ndopfeka mbiri mubhegi rangu, ndozodzifambisa dzese kuenda kumba.
Kana uchida kurarama nekuzvidemba, saka kurongedza machira maviri ekushambira isarudzo yakanaka.