Njengabaninzi bethu, i-YouTubers Nate kunye neKara Buchanan esekwe eTennessee bayijongela phantsi isantya sokusasazeka kwentsholongwane ye-COVID-19. Emva kweminyaka emine yokuhamba rhoqo, babeyifezekisile injongo yabo yamazwe ali-100 kunye namazwekazi asixhenxe, kwaye babeqale ukubona umhlaba ungenamda. Emva kweeyure ezingama-36 ebuyile e-US esuka e-Antarctica, abo babini bavalelisa kusapho kunye nabahlobo kwaye baya ePhilippines.

Sasihlala kulonwabo olungazi nto, utshilo uNate, echaza uhambo lwabo lweeveki ezimbini lokuhlola iziqithi ezincinci zaseSamar, Leyte naseCoron. Kwiiveki ezimbini kamva, ngokutshixiza kusondele, abakwazanga ukuphuma kweli lizwe. Bakhwele iliza elikhawulezayo lethamsanqa kunye nexesha, bakwazile ukumisa isikhephe sendlu esingaphandle kwegridi kwaye, ngemizuzu yokubaleka, bakhwela inqwelomoya eya eSingapore apho kungokunje babekwe khona kwihotele yesikhululo seenqwelomoya.

Kwakucaca ngokukhawuleza ukuba ekuphela kwendlela yokumisa ukusasazeka kwintsholongwane kukuba umhlaba uhlale nje ithutyana, utshilo uNate. Ingxaki sasingenalo ikhaya.

Ukuthatha indawo yabo yokubalekela yesiqhelo kwigumbi labandwendweli labazali bakaKara kwakuthetha ukhenketho olongezelelekileyo kunye nokukwazi ukubeka amalungu osapho emngciphekweni. Oku, kunye nokuzithemba kwinkqubo yezempilo yaseSingapore, kwaqinisa isigqibo sikaNate noKara sokuzimela.

Ngandlela thile, utshilo uNate, besikade siqeqeshelwa ukuzikhetha bodwa iminyaka. Ukwakha ijelo le-YouTube eliqhayisa ngaphezulu kwesigidi sabalandeli kuthatha ucwangciso olungqongqo kunye nentshukumo engapheliyo. Into eqale njenge-adventure yeenyanga ezintandathu efotelwe abantu ekhaya ikhule yangumsebenzi osisigxina. Baye baqulunqa ishedyuli apho ukuya kuthi ga kwiinyanga ezimbini ezichithwe ngokudubula ividiyo kwiindawo ezininzi kugqitywa ziiveki ezimbalwa zokusebenza. Ukuxhonywa kwigumbi lehotele, uKara uhlela kwaye uNate uthanda ukubhalelana, ukuthengisa kunye nezemali. Ngala maxesha, ngokungathi babekwa bodwa, bashiya amagumbi abo kuphela kukutya kunye nokuzilolonga.

Okwangoku, konke oku kuziva kuyinto eqhelekileyo… de siqale ukubhengeza iindaba kunye namajelo eendaba ezentlalo, utshilo uNate.

Ukusebenza nzima ukuhlala usempilweni, esi sibini singene kwinkqubo yeevithamini, ii-veggie ezongezelelweyo, kunye nokuzilolonga rhoqo. Isingeniso kwi-vlog yabo yokugqibela ibalaselisa i-yoga, ukuhanjiswa kwe-pizza, kunye nee-facial ze-DIY njengezinye izinto ezimbalwa abazifumeneyo ukuzalisa iiyure.

Isidlo sakusasa ebhedini kaNate yayingumbhiyozo othobeke kancinci kunalawo kaKara, owabulisa ishumi lakhe lesithathu ngelixa wayehamba ngomkhumbi kwilizwekazi i-White Continent. Kulula ukucinga ukuba, xa kucinywe amakhandlela, isibini sinokwabelana ngomnqweno wokubuyela endleleni ngaphambi kokuphela kwe-visa yabo yeentsuku ezingama-90. Kungakhathaliseki ukuba yintoni, baceba ukugxila kwizinto ezintle kwaye, xa kukhuselekile kuwo wonke umntu, baqhubeke nobomi babo obunomdla.