- Ngo-1978 lapho ukuvakasha kwakukusha endaweni eya e-Indian Ocean, uRoger wahehwa ngokushesha yiziqhingi ezinhle zaseSeychelles.
- Wazithembisa ukuthi uzobuya azohamba ugu olugwadule lwase-Anse Lazio ePraslin.
- Kwakungeke kuze kube ngu-2011 lapho abuya khona nonkosikazi wakhe ngemuva kweminyaka eyi-10 beshadile.
Behleli egumbini labo lokuphumula elithokomele eSomerset eningizimu-ntshonalanga yeNgilandi, uRoger noJoan Porter-Butler, umbhangqwana waseBrithani osuthathe umhlalaphansi, bahlangane nethimba laseSeychelles ngoLwesithathu ntambama.
Lo mhlangano, owenziwe nge-zoom yesikhulumi esiku-inthanethi, ngezilokotho ze-COVID-19 kanye nemikhawulo yokuhamba, ubungomunye waleyo mihlangano eyake yenzeka ngesikhathi esisodwa, ethutha ababhali ngendaba yothando enhle yePorter-Butlers neSeychelles.
URoger ulandise owakhe wokuqala izinkumbulo zaseSeychelles emuva ngonyaka we-1978 lapho ukuvakasha kwakukusha endaweni eya olwandle i-Indian - isikhumulo sezindiza sasisanda kuvulwa ngonyaka we-1972. URoger wakhumbula ngomzwelo omkhulu ukuthi wahehwa yisifundazwe esiyiziqhingi seziqhingi ezinhle futhi wakhangwa kakhulu u-Anse Lazio nge-powder-soft yayo izihlabathi ezibiyelwe ngamatshe amakhulu e-granite.
“Ukuvakasha kwami kokuqala eSeychelles kwaphela amasonto amabili futhi ngangijabule ngokuba sendaweni enhle kangaka, ikakhulukazi ukuba nolwandle i-Anse Lazio ePraslin usuku lonke kimi. Yilapho-ke lapho ngangizithembisa khona ukuthi ngizobuyela hamba kuleli bhishi eliwugwadule futhi, ”kusho uRoger.
“Ukuba semkhakheni wezokuvakasha nokuhamba amazwe omhlaba, ngazigcina izinkumbulo zamaSeychelles enhliziyweni yami futhi ngangazi ukuthi ngizobuya.”
Iminyaka idlulile kepha uRoger akazange akhohlwe ngeSeychelles, kwathi ngo-2011, iminyaka eyishumi ngemuva kokushada nonkosikazi wakhe omuhle, uJoan, wamthatha wamyisa endaweni eyayizoba enye yezindawo abazithandayo.
Lo mbhangqwana uthathe isinqumo sokuthola esinye isimangaliso saseSeychelles, walungisa lesi siqhingi saseSte Anne kanti phakathi nohambo, bagubha iminyaka eyishumi ebudlelwaneni babo ehhotela i-Four Seasons eMahé.
Ukukhumbula kabusha, uRoger noJoan bakhulume ngothando ngokuvakasha kwabo eMoyenne Island, isiqhingi esingamahektare angama-24 esiyingxenye yeSainte Anne National Park, lapho bahlangana khona noBrendon Grimshaw, owayengumhleli wephephandaba laseBrithani, owayengumnikazi walesi siqhingi ngaleso sikhathi.
UMnu Grimshaw usayine incwadi yakhe ethi "A Grain of Sand" enombhalo okhethekile kulabo abashadikazi ebamema futhi phakathi nokuhambela kwabo okuzayo.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Lo mbhangqwana uthathe isinqumo sokuthola esinye isimangaliso saseSeychelles, walungisa lesi siqhingi saseSte Anne kanti phakathi nohambo, bagubha iminyaka eyishumi ebudlelwaneni babo ehhotela i-Four Seasons eMahé.
- “Being in the travel industry and traveling the world, I kept the memories of Seychelles dear in my heart and I knew I would return.
- Behleli egumbini labo lokuphumula elithokomele eSomerset eningizimu-ntshonalanga yeNgilandi, uRoger noJoan Porter-Butler, umbhangqwana waseBrithani osuthathe umhlalaphansi, bahlangane nethimba laseSeychelles ngoLwesithathu ntambama.
