Kingsley Holgate

Tsiku lamakono la African Explorer

Kingsley Holgate ndi tsiku lamakono la African Explorer mu mwambo wa oyamba oyenda ku Victorian. Zaka khumi zapitazi iye adatsogolera maulendo angapo m'dziko lonse lapansi akuyenda phazi, bwato, njinga, galimoto yothamanga, dhow ndi Land Rover. Anagwidwa ndi zigawenga, nyama zakutchire ndi zovuta zambiri za malungo kuti atsatire mapazi ake a David Livingstone. NthaƔi zambiri Kingsley amajambula ndi calabash ya chikhalidwe, yomwe imadzaza madzi kuti atsegule ulendo uliwonse.

Khalabasi imatengedwa pazidziwitso ndipo pomaliza kukwanitsa, madzi amatsanulira mu mwambo wokuthokoza.

Zochitika za Kingsley Holgate

Cape Town ku Cairo

Imodzi mwa zochitika zazikuru za Kingsley zinali ulendo woopsa kuchokera ku Cape Town kupita ku Cairo. Ulendo umene umakhala wovuta kwambiri ndi malo koma Kingsley anaganiza zopita ulendo wopita kumadzi oyenda pansi. Mauthenga a Kingsley ochokera paulendo uwu:

"Tidadzaza calabash mu mphamvu khumi kuchokera ku Cape Point, tinayendayenda ku South Coast Coast, masiku, masabata ndi miyezi yotsatira pamene tinayambanso zombo zathu QE 2 ndi" Baths "mumadzi ozizwitsa komanso osangalatsa ku Across Africa. Okavango, Zambezi kuchokera kumalire a Angola mpaka ku nyanja, Mtsinje wa Shire, Lakes Malombe, Malawi, Rukwa, Tanganyika, Edward, George, Albert ndi Victoria. Mu Serengeti tinatsata kwambiri kuuluka kwa nyama zakutchire padziko lapansi. nthawi zonse, Jon ndi mankhwala adaphunzira kuti agwedeze quinine kutsetsereka pamtengo, tinapitirizidwa kangapo kamodzi ndipo mwamsanga tinaphunzira kusekerera ndi kuzungulira kwambiri. Ma Crocs ndi mvuu tinali mabwenzi athu nthawi zonse. "

Zambezi m'mapazi a Livingstone

Kingsley nayenso adadutsa dziko lapansi m'mapazi a Livingstone ndi Stanley pogwiritsa ntchito mabwato othawirapo galimoto kuti apite ku mtsinje wa Zambezi womwe uli ndi madzi. Pano pali chidule cha ulendo wa Zambezi:

"Zinatenga sabata yokambirana ndi kumwa Kapiteni Morgan ndi UNITA asanatilole kuti tikwere mtsinje ku Angola.Tinaphwanya bokosi la magalasi m'makutu ndipo tinakwera ndi boti limodzi. Ndinatengedwa ndi UNITA, Gill ndi Ross anatsala ndi boti, maola okafunsidwa ndipo potsiriza amasulidwa chifukwa timakukondani ndipo simunakwiyire "iwo adanena. Helikopita ya UN imatipeza pamtsinje. Iwo anali atamva kuti ife tinali akufa. Gill anachotsa chipsinjo chiri chonse chokhala ndi chizindikiro pa pontoon, madzi, mathithi, misampha, mitengo yochepa, miyala ndi mitengo. "

Capricorn Adventure

Mu 2003 Kinglsey anasankha kutenga banja lake kuzungulira dziko la Tropic of Capricorn. Mwa mawu ake omwe ...

"Atadutsa msewu wa njanji pakati pa Maputo ndi Zimbabwe pafupi ndi Combumune, malo omwe anthu ogulitsa mitengo yamtengo wapatali ndi makala amakhala akudikirira sabata sabata, adayesa kuwoloka Limpopo ndi Land Rover, pogwiritsa ntchito mababu a njinga zamagetsi ndi galimoto. "

African Rainbow Expedition (June 2005)

Mauthenga atsopano a Kingsley Holgate ndiwothandiza anthu. Gulu lake likuyenda dhowin yomwe ili kumbali ya kum'mawa kwa Africa kuchokera ku Mozambique mpaka kumalire a Kenya / Somalia. Ali panjira amagawira nsomba za udzudzu zowonongeka ndi tizilombo toyambitsa matenda komanso mankhwala ena odana ndi malaria.

Matenda a malungo ndi opha anthu ambiri ku Africa ndipo nsomba yokhala ndi udzudzu wamba imathandizira kwambiri kupulumutsa miyoyo. Kingsley akugwiritsa ntchito gulu lachilankhulo lolankhula Chiswahili ndi adiresi ya Land Rovers atanyamula maukonde a udzudzu amatsatira momwe angathere. Khalabasi ili pafupi ndi ulendo ndipo tidzakhala tikuyang'ana naye mpaka ulendo utatha.

Nazi zotsatira zatsopano za Kingsley pa nthawi yolemba (September 2005):

"Zikuwoneka ngati kuti nthawi zina munthu amaika moyo pachiswe kuti apulumutse miyoyo - Tinagudubuza imodzi mwa Landys koma iye akubwerera kumagudumu ake ndipo ali bwino - Mamembala atatu omwe akuyenda nawo ndikudziwika ndekha ndakhala ndikudwala malungo kale - zilonda zamoto ndizo Kukonzekera kwa tsiku - Pali masiku pamene sitimayo ikuwopsya ndipo ndithudi, Bruce akuwombera akuyesera kuti asunge injini yowonongeka, akuchira bwino ndipo tikusowa iye ndipo ndithudi, tikuyembekeza kuti adzalumikizananso posachedwa. Kuwonjezera pa izo, ndizosangalatsa kwambiri ndipo n'kopindulitsa kwambiri! "

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