Iyo abagendera mu birenge bafite imyaka 20 bagiye mu majyepfo y'uburasirazuba bwa Aziya, bapakira imyenda yabo isanzwe yo koga, imiti yica udukoko, indorerwamo z'izuba, ndetse wenda n'ibitabo bike byo kugumana umwanya wabo mu gihe bita ku mibu iri ku mucanga w'ibirwa bya Tayilande.
Ariko, ikibaya kidatinda cyane ni uko ugomba kugendera ku igare ibirometero 9.300 kugira ngo ugere i Newcastle.
Ariko ibi nibyo Josh Reid yakoze. Igufwa rya pan ryari ribohewe ku mugongo we nk'inyamaswa maze riguruka yerekeza ku rundi ruhande rw'isi, azi ko urugendo rwe rwo kugaruka ruzamara igihe kirenga igice cy'umunsi.
“Nicaye ku meza yo mu gikoni, ngaganira na data na se wabo, maze ntekereza ibintu bitandukanye nakora,” Reid yabwiye Bicycle Weekly ku ivuko ry’icyo gitekerezo. Mu myaka mike ishize, Reid yakoraga nk'umwarimu wo gusiganwa ku rubura mu gihe cy'itumba, akaba n'umuhinzi w'ibiti byo mu mpeshyi muri British Columbia, maze abona viza y'imyaka ibiri yo gukora muri Kanada, asoza akazi ke muri Amerika ya Ruguru, maze atwara igare rya Nova Scotia.
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Muri iki gihe, kubera ko amagare menshi akorerwa muri Aziya, igitekerezo ni ugutumiza amagare mu mahanga wenyine. Urugendo rwatwaye amezi ane mu 2019, kandi bitewe n'uko icyorezo cya coronavirus cyatumye kugura amagare bigorana cyane mu 2020, uburyo bwe bwagaragaye ko ari ubw'ubuhanga.
Nyuma yo kugera muri Singapuru muri Gicurasi, yerekeje mu majyaruguru maze ahura n'igare mu mezi abiri gusa. Icyo gihe, yagerageje gukoresha igare ry'Abaholandi kugira ngo ahindure ishusho ya Top Gear kuri Hai Van Pass muri Vietnam.
Mbere na mbere, nifuzaga kugura igare muri Kamboje. Byaje kugaragara ko byari bigoye gukura igare ku murongo w’itsinda. Kubwibyo, yagiye i Shanghai, aho bakoreye igare ku bwinshi barikuye hasi mu ruganda runini. Fata igare.
Reid yagize ati: “Ndazi hafi ibihugu nshobora kunyuramo.” “Nabonye mbere kandi nabonye ko nshobora gusaba viza kandi ishobora guhangana n’ibibazo bya politiki y’isi mu turere dutandukanye, ariko hafi ya byose mfite amababa kandi hari aho byagiye muri Newcastle.”
Reid ntagomba kongeramo ibirometero byinshi buri munsi, igihe cyose afite ibyo kurya n'amazi, yishimira kurara mu gafuka gato ku ruhande rw'umuhanda. Igitangaje ni uko yagize imvura y'iminsi ine gusa mu rugendo rwose, kandi ubwo yongeraga kwinjira mu Burayi, igihe kinini cyari kigiye kurangira.
Adafite Garmin, akoresha porogaramu iri kuri telefoni ye kugira ngo agere iwe. Igihe cyose ashaka kwiyuhagira cyangwa akeneye kongeramo ibikoresho bye by'ikoranabuhanga, yinjira mu cyumba cya hoteli, agafata abarwanyi ba terracotta, abihaye Imana b'Ababuda, agatwara imyigaragambyo ikomeye, agakoresha Arkel Panniers na Robens. Ibikoresho byo kuraramo birakwiriye abantu bashishikajwe n'ibikoresho byose, nubwo batazi uko bakora akazi ka Reid.
Kimwe mu bihe bikomeye cyane ni urugendo rwabaye mu ntangiriro z'urugendo. Yanyuze mu burengerazuba anyura mu Bushinwa yerekeza mu ntara z'amajyaruguru y'uburengerazuba, aho ba mukerarugendo batari benshi, kandi yari maso ku banyamahanga, kuko ubu hari abayisilamu miliyoni imwe b'aba Uyghur bafungiwe muri ako karere. Ikigo cy'ifungwa. Ubwo Reid yanyuraga mu birindiro buri kilometero 40, yasesaga indege idafite umuderevu ayihisha munsi y'isakoshi, maze akoresha Google Translate kugira ngo aganire na polisi y'inshuti, yahoraga imuha ibiryo. Kandi yigira nk'utabyumva niba hari ibibazo bigoye bamubajije.
Mu Bushinwa, ikibazo nyamukuru ni uko gukambika mu mahema bitemewe n'amategeko. Abanyamahanga bagomba kurara muri hoteli buri joro kugira ngo leta ibashe gukurikirana ibikorwa byabo. Ijoro rimwe, abapolisi benshi baramujyanye ku ifunguro rya nimugoroba, maze abaturage baho bamureba arimo gukaraba Lycra mbere yo kumwohereza muri hoteli.
Ubwo yashakaga kwishyura, abapolisi 10 b’Abashinwa bambaye ingabo zitagira amasasu, imbunda n’inkoni, binjira mu nzu, bamubaza ibibazo bimwe na bimwe, hanyuma bamujyana n’ikamyo, bajugunya igare inyuma ye, maze bamugeza ahantu bari bazi. Nyuma y’igihe gito, ubutumwa bwasohotse kuri radiyo buvuga ko ashobora kuba muri hoteli yari amaze kwinjiramo. Reid yagize ati: “Narangije kwiyuhagira muri hoteli saa mbiri za mu gitondo.” “Ndashaka cyane kuva mu gace k’Ubushinwa.”
Reid yaryamye ku nkengero z'umuhanda mu butayu bwa Gobi, agerageza kwirinda andi makimbirane na polisi. Ubwo yageraga ku mupaka wa Kazakisitani, Reid yumvise aremerewe cyane. Yari yambaye ingofero nini y'abarinzi, amwenyura kandi asuhuzanya amaboko.
Muri iki gihe cy'urugendo, hari byinshi byo gukora, kandi yamaze guhura n'ingorane. Ese yigeze atekereza kumwirukana no gutumiza indege itaha igaruka?
Reid yagize ati: “Bishobora gusaba imbaraga nyinshi kujya ku kibuga cy’indege, kandi nasezeranye.” Ugereranyije n’ahantu nta ho kujya, kurara hasi ku kibuga cy’indege biragoye kurusha uburyo bwo kurara ku bitugu by’abantu badafite aho bajya. Imibonano mpuzabitsina ntikenewe mu Bushinwa.
“Nabwiye abantu ibyo nkora kandi ndacyarishimye. Iki ni igikorwa cy’ingenzi. Sinigeze numva mfite icyizere. Sinigeze ntekereza kureka.”
Iyo ugenda mu gice cya kabiri cy'isi uri mu mimerere igoye, ugomba kuba witeguye guhangana n'ibintu byinshi no kubikurikira. Ariko kimwe mu bintu bitangaje cyane bya Reid ni uburyo abantu bakira neza.
Yagize ati: “Ubugiraneza bw’abantu batazi ni bwiza cyane.” Abantu bagutumira gusa, cyane cyane muri Aziya yo Hagati. Uko ngenda mu Burengerazuba, ni ko abantu barushaho kuba abanyamwaga. Ndizera ko abantu ari inshuti cyane. Uwancumbikiye yampaye amazi ashyushye n’ibindi bintu, ariko abantu bo mu Burengerazuba ni bo barushaho kwiyumva mu buzima bwabo. Bahangayikishijwe n’uko telefoni zigendanwa n’ibindi bintu bizatuma abantu baca amacandwe, mu gihe abantu bo mu Burasirazuba kimwe na Aziya yo Hagati, abantu baba bafite amatsiko yo kumenya icyo ukora. Bagushishikajwe cyane. Ntibashobora kubona ahantu henshi muri aha, kandi ntibashobora kubona Abanyaburayi benshi. Barashishikajwe cyane kandi bashobora kuza kukubaza ibibazo, kandi ndahamya ko, kimwe no mu Budage, ingendo zo ku magare zikunze kugaragara, kandi abantu bakunda kutavugana nawe cyane.
Reid yakomeje agira ati: “Ahantu heza cyane nigeze mbona ni ku mupaka wa Afuganisitani.” “Ahantu abantu bakunda 'kutajyayo, ni bibi cyane', niho hantu heza kurusha ahandi nabonye. Umuyisilamu Uwo mugabo yarampagaritse, avuga icyongereza cyiza, maze turaganira. Namubajije niba hari ahantu ho gukambika mu mujyi, kuko nari nanyuze muri iyo midugudu kandi mu by’ukuri nta hantu hagaragara hari.
“Yaravuze ati: 'Niba ubajije umuntu uwo ari we wese muri uyu mudugudu, bazagusinzira ijoro ryose.' Nuko anjyana kuri uru rubyiruko rwari ku nkengero z'umuhanda, ndaganira na rwo, maze arambwira ati: “Bakurikire”. Nkurikiye aba basore muri izi nzira, banjyana kwa nyirakuru. Banshyize kuri matelas yo mu bwoko bwa Uzbekistan hasi, bampa ibiryo byabo byose byo mu gace, kandi banjyanayo mu gitondo nanjyanye gusura agace kabo mbere. Nufata bisi y'abakerarugendo uva aho ujya ujya aho ujya, uzabyibonera, ariko ukoresheje igare, uzanyura muri buri kilometero mu nzira.”
Iyo utwaye igare, ahantu hagoye cyane ni muri Tajikistan, kuko umuhanda uzamuka ukagera kuri metero 4600, uzwi kandi nka "igisenge cy'isi". Reid yagize ati: "Ni mwiza cyane, ariko ufite ibinogo ku mihanda mibi, biruta ahandi hose mu majyaruguru y'uburasirazuba bw'Ubwongereza."
Igihugu cya nyuma cyahaye Reid amacumbi ni Bulugariya cyangwa Seribiya mu Burayi bw'Iburasirazuba. Nyuma ya kilometero nyinshi, imihanda ihinduka imihanda, kandi ibihugu bitangiye kubura isura.
“Nari ndi mu kambi ku ruhande rw’umuhanda nambaye ikanzu yanjye yo gutembera, hanyuma iyi mbwa y’umurinzi itangira kunkubita. Hari umusore waje kumbaza, ariko nta n’umwe muri twe wari ufite ururimi rumwe. Yakuye ikaramu n’agapapuro maze ashushanya umuntu w’inkoni. Yanyeretse, ashushanya inzu, ashushanya imodoka, hanyuma yereka imodoka ye. Nashyize igare mu modoka ye, anjyana iwe kungaburira, nogeye, igitanda gishobora gukoreshwa. Hanyuma mu gitondo yanjyanye kurya ibiryo byinshi. Ni umuhanzi, nuko ampa iri tara ry’amavuta, ariko aranyohereza gusa. Ntitwavuganaga ururimi rumwe. Yego. Inkuru nyinshi nk’izo zivuga ku buntu bw’abantu.”
Nyuma y'amezi ane y'urugendo, Reid yaje gusubira mu rugo mu Gushyingo 2019. Gufata amashusho y'urugendo rwe kuri konti ye ya Instagram bizatuma wifuza gufata itike yo kujya ahantu kure ako kanya no gukora filime ntoya kuri YouTube izazana uburyo bwo gusukura burundu ibintu byose byakozwe n'Agent. Ubu Reid afite inkuru yo kubwira abuzukuru be. Nta bice afite byo kwandika, cyangwa niba ashobora kubikora, ni byiza gusibanganya amapaji amwe na amwe.
Yagize ati: “Sinzi neza niba nshaka kumenya ibyabaye. Ni byiza kutabimenya. Ndatekereza ko iyi ari inyungu yo kubireka bigahita biguruka gato. Ntuzigera ubimenya. Uko byagenda kose, ntuzigera ushobora gutegura ikintu icyo ari cyo cyose.”
“Hari ibintu bizahora bitagenda neza, cyangwa hari n’ibindi bizahinduka. Ugomba kwihanganira ibizaba.”
Ikibazo ubu ni iki, kugenda ku igare hagati mu isi, ni ubuhe bwoko bw'urugendo buhagije kugira ngo ave mu buriri mu gitondo?
Yemera ati: “Ni byiza cyane gutwara igare kuva iwanjye ujya muri Maroc,” nubwo atari inseko y'ibyishimo gusa nyuma yo kugenda yihanganye.
“Nari mfite gahunda yo kwitabira isiganwa rya Transcontinental, ariko ryahagaritswe umwaka ushize,” ibi ni ibyatangajwe na Reid, wakuriye muri iyo modoka. “Rero, nibikomeza uyu mwaka, nzabikora.”
Reid yavuze ko mu by’ukuri, mu rugendo rwe rwo kuva mu Bushinwa kugera i Newcastle, agomba gukora ikintu gitandukanye. Ubutaha nimpakira imyenda imwe gusa yo kogana, nkambara ibiri mu gikapu cyanjye, hanyuma nkayitwara yose nkayijyana mu rugo.
Niba ushaka kubaho wicuza, gupakira imyenda ibiri yo koga ni amahitamo meza.