Umama wayesoloko esithi, 'Awutshati nje indoda, utshata lonke usapho lwayo.' Xa ndatshata no-Emilio, ndafumana lonke ilizwe lakhe-eNicaragua. Siya apho rhoqo, ke mna & apos ndikwazile ukubona uninzi lwelizwe lakhe kunye neapos; eyona mihlaba mikhulu: idolophu yaseSpain-yobukoloniyali yaseGranada, iqaqobana leentaba-mlilo ezingalawulekiyo, kunye neelwandle zePasifiki ezithandwa ngabahambi ngenqanawa. Kodwa & & ampos; nditshatile nomyeni wam waseNicaragua iminyaka esixhenxe ngaphambi kokuba sithathe uhambo oluya eLittle Corn Island, kwaye I & apos; ndisenomsindo omncinci malunga nokujonga.

Ukunyaniseka, uninzi lwabahambi alunakulunga Ummbila omncinci - ezincinci zezi ziQithi ziMbindi zimbini, zime kwiCaribbean i-50 yeemayile ukusuka eNicaragua kunye neeapos zonxweme olusempuma- kuhambo lwazo lwamazwe aphesheya. 'Kukude kakhulu,' U-Emilio wayehlala esitsho, uthini malunga nenqwelomoya ngenqwelomoya ukusuka eManagua ukuya eBig Corn, emva koko uhambo lwemizuzu engama-30 kwisikhephe esivulekileyo somoya. Nokuba phakathi kwezalamane zakhe ezininzi kunye nezizalwane eziphantse-abantu baseNicaragua abanazo izihlobo, banabazala babo - kuphela bambalwa abakhe balapho. Kodwa abo babethethiwe ngeMbona encinci njengeyona ndawo yothando eNicaragua. Njengokuba omnye waba babizwa ngokuba ngabazala wathi, 'Ndahamba nesoka, ndabuya ndabuya ndinosana.'

Ukuva amabali akhe okuhamba ngesikhephe emini kunye nokutya isidlo sangokuhlwa ebusuku, ndaye ndanombono wempelaveki ende endichitha ilanga elunxwemeni olunentlabathi emhlophe, ndiqubha emanzini aluhlaza, kwaye ndisela iziselo zabantu abadala kwiigobolondo zecoconut ngelixa umamazala wam Sijonge abantwana bethu ababini emva kwilizwekazi. Ndithathe isigqibo sokulandela iphupha lam ngokubhukisha kwindawo ekukuphela kwayo kwinqanaba laseLittle Corn, Isiqithi se-Yemaya Fihla indawo kunye ne-Spa (kabini ukusuka kwi- $ 250), ingqokelela yee-eco-cottages ezili-16 ezichaza ulwandle.

Ukufika kwethu kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya esincinci kwiBig Corn, ndabona ukuba uEmilio wayengacacanga. Iziqithi zeCorn Islands zikude- kodwa umgama yinkcubeko njengoko kunjalo ngokwasemzimbeni. Yenziwe ikoloni ngo-1655 ngama-Bhritane, endaweni yamaSpanish awayelawula ilizwe lonke, iNicaragua kunye ne-apos; unxweme olusempuma lunomdibaniso weenkcubeko zase-Afro-Caribbean. Abantu balapho bathetha isiNgesi, isiCreole kunye neelwimi zomthonyama, kuquka isiGarifuna nesiMiskito, kunye neSpanish abasifunda esikolweni. KwiKona eNcinci, inani labemi lijikeleza malunga nama-850, ubukhulu becala inzala yamakhoboka akhululwe kwiintsapho ezine ezazithathe loo ndawo.

Ndandiqonda ukuba uMbona omncinci ngumhlaba owahlukileyo kuyo yonke iNicaragua. Kwakusegumbini lokuya epanga, nangona kunjalo, apho ndandiqala ukuziva. 'Ukuhamba ngesikhephe kuya kuzola, ngenxa yokuba & abazibulali ii-lobster namhlanje,' yatsho i-cabbie. 'Xa ususa elwandle, uyacaphuka.' Andizange ndive amabango anjalo othando ngaphezulu kwe-ceviche eMukul, eyona ndawo igudle ulwandle e-Nicaragua kunye ne-apos's Pacific shore.

Ukuhamba kwethu ngomkhumbi - sikhatshwa ngabakhenkethi bokubethwa komtshato baseMelika kunye nesibini esitshatileyo saseFrance, zonke iinwele ezimhlophe kunye nemilenze ye-tan - yayigudile, kwaye xa sinyathela entlabathini e-Yemaya sahlangatyezwa ngabasebenzi abaphethe ijusi entsha kunye neendwangu zokuhlamba ezibandayo. I-Yemaya yinxalenye yeqela elingenazihlangu-luxe Colibri Boutique Iihotele, ezinye iipropathi zazo ziseTulum, eMexico. Oko akumangalisi, kuba uMbona omncinci ukhumbula iTulum ngaphambi kokuba kungeniswe kwiindawo zokuhlala ezinkulu.

Ekuboneni kokuqala, uMbona omncinci ujongeka njengephupha lakho laseCaribbean. Kodwa xa sihamba 'kwindlela' enye, indlela enamatye asetyenziswa ngabantu basekuhlaleni ukuqengqa ikiriva ukusuka kolunye unxweme lwesiqithi se-1½-square-mile ukuya kolunye, ndaziva ndinendawo eyahlukileyo. Sidlulise ibala le-baseball apho iqela lendawo lidlala khona nabantu abasuka kwi-Big Corn, kunye neekotishi ezipeyinti iipinki zaseCaribbean, iiblues, kunye neeorenji, apho abasetyhini bathengisela khona abantwana isonka sekhokhonathi esizenzela abantwana, iindawo zokutyela. Ukuhamba kweenyawo kuphela kohlobo olukhoyo kuMmbila omncinci - iimoto ezihamba ngeemoto, nditsho neenqwelwana zegalufa, azivumelekanga.

Kum, isiqithi sasiyingxubevange efanelekileyo yokuthula, inendawo yayo ye-Intanethi kunye nokunqongophala kweemoto, kwaye idlamkile, inikwe ukuxubana kweenkcubeko kunye nabantu. Ndifumene ulungelelwaniso olufanayo nolwandle. Ngentsasa, xa sasibheqa iphenyane ngaselunxwemeni, saza sazitshonisa ezinye iintaka zakuqala ezibhabha emanzini afudumeleyo-abantu kunye ne-crane emhlophe ngamanye amaxesha ababethe nca kumatye ajongene nendlu yethu. Saqubisana noBarracuda, umatiloshe waseMiskito, owayesalathisa oosiyazi kunye noonokrebe abadadayo. Wabonisa ukungonwabi kwangoku xa sasithabatha uhambo lokutshona kwelanga kwisikhephe sakhe somthi ngorhatya olulandelayo. Mna no-Emilio saphuza i-champagne ngelixa u-Barracuda elele kwiplanga elide elolula ulwandle, elinganisa isikhephe kunye nobunzima.

Imisebenzi kunye nokutya kwi-Little Corn Island Ityala: Ukusuka ekhohlo: Flash Parker; Shikha Kaiwar

Emuva emhlabeni, sasinee-facials ezinuka kamnandi kwizindlu ze-spa kwaye senza i-yoga kwindawo yokuphangela evulekileyo. Siye sada sakhenketha neegadi zokuphumla, apho yonke imifuno etyiwayo kwindawo ikhulile. Njengoko sasibukele intaka ehlaselayo iba ipapaya, ndabuza isibini esitshatileyo segolide saseFrance- babonakala ngathi ziingcali kuzinzo nakwicomposting - yintoni ebazise eYemaya. Umfazi wathi wayefuna ukuya kwenye indawo kude nayo yonke enye into. Babehlala phi? EParis, apho enza khona PR kwiRitz.

I-boho-chic yaseYurophu kunye nabakhenkethi abafuna ukonwabela ukhenketho bendinexhala loMbona omncinci unokuba yiTulum 2.0. U-Yemaya uphendule kunyuso lokhenketho ngokongezwa kwamachibi abucala kunye nokwaziswa kwesikhephe esine-injini ukwenza ukukhwela ukusuka kwi-Big Corn kube lula ngakumbi. Kodwa xa ndityhafayo uCoco Loco wam wokugqibela, ndaziqinisekisa ukuba i-Little Corn iya kuhlala iziva ngathi ayikho enye indawo. Kulukhuni ukufikelela kuyo, kwaye akukho & apos akukho ndawo yeehotele ezinkulu. Akukho nolunye ulwandle lubucala, ke uya kuhlala ubaleka koobhaka abaza kudilika. Oomatiloshe baseMiskito baya kuqhubeka nokulala kwiibhodi ezidada phezu kolwandle.

Xa ndabeka i-Instagrammed iifoto zohambo lwethu, izalamane zika-Emilio kunye ne-apos; zagqabaza, ukusuka kwiindlela zabo kunxweme lwePacific, 'Uphi? SiseseNicaragua? '

'Ewe kunjalo,' ndachwetheza emva, ndisihla nje kancinci ndithandana nelizwe enditshatileyo.