Izinsuku eziyisikhombisa e-Tibet zingaba yisipiliyoni sezokuvakasha esibi

Kwaba ngenkathi iphoyisa libabeka eceleni ezitebhisini zekhulu lesi-7 lethempeli laseJokhang e-Lhasa lapho umndeni wakwaTaylor waqaphela izinga lokuzwela kokuba phakathi kwezivakashi zokuqala ezivunyelwe ukubuyela eTibet.

"Besiphezu kophahla lwe-Jokhang lapho ubona khona umbono we-Potala Palace ne-Barkhor Square nalapho isivakashi ngasinye sithatha inqwaba yezithombe," kusho uChris Taylor, uthisha wezomlando ovela kwelinye izwe e-Hong Kong.

“Akuzange kube nankinga kwabavakashi baseChina, kodwa sithe sehla safika iphoyisa elingagqokile lahlola ikhamera yethu, alizange limane liyihlole kodwa lasondeza isithombe ngasinye.

“Wama esithombeni esisodwa lapho kwakunamasosha amahlanu noma ayisithupha phakathi nendawo engangingakawaboni nokuwabona. Iphoyisa lalinobungane kakhulu ngakho, kodwa kwakungekho mbuzo ngakho – bekufanele sisisuse isithombe.”

Ifika e-Lhasa ngo-Ephreli 6, abakwaTaylors babephakathi kwezivakashi zokuqala zakwamanye amazwe ezivunyelwe ukungena esifundazweni esinezinkinga ngemuva kokuvinjelwa izinyanga ezimbili njengoba iTibet yayinochungechunge lweminyaka ebucayi.

Ngemuva konyaka oneziyaluyalu lapho ezokuvakasha zibekelwe imingcele eqinile, iBeijing isiphinde yavula lesi sifundazwe esinezinkinga kubantu bangaphandle futhi ihlose ukuheha abavakashi baseShayina nabakwamanye amazwe abayizigidi ezintathu ngo-2009.

KuTaylor, unkosikazi wakhe onguthisha uJustine, namadodakazi uMolly, 8, noMartha, 10, kwakuyiholidi elase lithathe isikhathi esingaphezu konyaka behlelwa.

Baqale bazama ukuvakashela ngePhasika lika-2008 kodwa izibhelu zikaMashi zaphazamisa izinhlelo zabo zokuhamba - futhi njengoba sekusele izinsuku ezimbalwa ngaphambi kokuvakasha kwabo kule nyanga, kubonakala sengathi bazophinde bavalelwe ngaphandle.

“NgoMsombuluko ngaphambi kokuthi sihambe, satshelwa yinkampani yethu yezokuvakasha. 'Alikho ithuba lokuthi ungene.' Kuthe ngoLwesibili ebusuku ngathola i-imeyili ethi 'Ungenile,',” kusho uTaylor.

I-Tibet yavulelwa izivakashi zakwamanye amazwe ngokugcwele ngo-Ephreli 5.

“Sihambe ingxenye ukuyobona [i-Mount] Everest njengoba kuyisikhathi esingcono kakhulu sonyaka sokubona intaba lapho umoya ucwebe kakhulu,' kusho u-Taylor, wase-Briton oneminyaka engu-41 ubudala. 'Kodwa futhi besifuna ukubona u-Lhasa esimweni sokwenzeka eminyakeni embalwa edlule.

“… Bengihlala nginokungabaza okuncane mayelana nokuziphatha kokuya lapho. Kodwa mayelana nobungozi bomuntu siqu, ngicabanga ukuthi cishe kuphephe kakhudlwana manje kunalokho okuyoke kube yikho.

“E-Lhasa, kukhona amasosha amakhulu futhi kunezinkinga ezinkulu eziphathelene nalokho, engingazithathi kalula. Kodwa kuzomele ube ngumuntu waseTibet onesibindi ukuze wenze noma yini manje ngoba kunamasosha ahlomile yonke indawo.”

Ukudumala okukhulu kweholide labo kwakuwumoya oyinyumba nongaphili wezindlu zezindela. "Kwezinye izimo, bekufana nokuqalaza umnyuziyamu omuhle lapho izindela zazihlala khona," kusho uTaylor.

“Isigodlo sasePotala eLhasa siyamangalisa, kodwa sifile ngokuphelele. Unomuzwa wokuthi lena bekuyindawo yenkolo ebalulekile, kodwa ubuzulazula nje into engenakuphila. Lapho-ke uma uqhubeka usuka e-Lhasa, kulapho izindela ziphila khona.”

Ukungabikho kwabavakashi nakho kwanikeza iTibet umuzwa ocishe ulahlwe. “Besizulazula eLhasa. futhi cishe kwakungekho muntu lapho ngaphandle kwabaseTibet nezihambi kanye nenqwaba yamasosha, kunjalo,” kusho uTaylor.

“Ngaphandle kwaseLhasa, kwakungekho muntu emigwaqweni. Asizange sibone enye imoto futhi sasine-[Everest] Base Camp kithi, engicabanga ukuthi ayijwayelekile neze. Kwenezela emzweni wokukude.”

UTaylor okhuluma isiMandarin - nowake wahola iqembu labafundi bakhe eNorth Korea - uthe akaqiniseki ukuthi uzocabangani ngeTibet ngemuva kweholidi, nakuba ekholelwa ukuthi uma kukhona okumenze wazwelana kakhulu nombono weBeijing.

"I-Lhasa ilawulwa ngokuqinile, ngoba maningi amathuba okuvukela phakathi kwezindela," esho. “Njengoba uqhubeka usuka e-Lhasa, kulapho kwagcina kungasabalulekile khona. Kubantu basemaphandleni, kuwumbuzo wokuziphilisa, futhi kungase kubaluleke kakhulu ukuba babe nemigwaqo emihle nezindlu ezinhle.”

“Kuyiqiniso ukuthi iChina ifake imali eningi, futhi kuyiqiniso nokuthi iChina ayiboni nhlobo ukuthi kukhona nezinye izinkinga,” kusho yena. “Abakutholi nhlobo lokho. Kodwa ngibuye ngaba nomuzwa wokuthi mhlawumbe impilo isingcono kubalimi basemaphandleni.”

Okwashiya umxhwele kakhulu kuTaylor, nokho, kwakungewona amasosha, izindela, noma izindaba zezombangazwe ezinameva kodwa kunalokho idrama yemvelo - indawo ebabazekayo eye yajabulisa abahambi amakhulu eminyaka futhi yaphila inqwaba yobukhosi bezombangazwe.

“Angicabangi ukuthi sengake ngaya kwenye indawo ukuthi ngizisole ngokushiya kangaka,” kusho uTaylor. "Kufana nomunye umhlaba ngokuphelele, futhi lapho nje uhamba, uzizwa sengathi ufuna ukuphindela emuva ekudeni kwakho konke."