Lingaliro la zolembedwazo lidabadwa kuchokera pazokambirana pakati pa abwenzi ndi zokumana nazo zomwe zidalembedwa m'maso mwawo, zomwe nthawi zonse zimabwerera modabwitsika ndikukula kwa malingaliro amchigawochi cha dziko lathu.
Pambuyo pamaulendo angapo, Joaquín Beríritu, wotsogolera, adatiuza kuti gawo lina la chithumwacho chidachitika chifukwa cha kusiyanasiyana kwakukulu pakati pa nyanja yakuya, kufiyira kwamapiri ake, ndi golide ndi zobiriwira zamchipululu chake; koma koposa zonse chifukwa cha momwe chilolezocho chidadziperekera, chodziwonetsera chokha maliseche m'mbali mwake, wokonzeka kufufuzidwa kuchokera kulikonse. Chifukwa chake chikhumbo chakuchipezanso, kuyambira pachiyambi mpaka mawonekedwe ake lero. Chifukwa chake timayamba, ndi chidwi cha omwe amafufuza mafano, okonzeka kuwapeza, kuwavula ndi kuyesa kuwafotokozera.
Ndi kampani yopindulitsa ya bwenzi labwino komanso labwino, katswiri wa sayansi ya nthaka José Celestino Guerrero, tinayamba ulendo wathu wopita kudera la Mexico lomwe lili kutali ndi chilichonse, komanso kumpoto kwathu komwe kuli ndi zambiri. Gululi limapangidwa ndi anthu asanu ochokera pagulu lopanga, katswiri wa geologist komanso oyendetsa nyanja atatu omwe amayang'anira kutitsogolera pakati pazilumba za Nyanja ya Cortez. Zopatsa zabwino, kapena zomwe mumakumbukira, zimakhala zovuta nthawi zonse; Zathu zidayamba titafika pa eyapoti ya Baja California ndipo sitinapeze chikwangwani cholandirira, kapena amene amayang'anira kutitengera kudoko komwe timayambira ulendo wathu.
Nyanja iyi yomwe idapangidwa ndi kontrakitala ndi chilumba cha Baja California, chomwe sichidziwika kwenikweni, chili ndi mbiriyakale yake, ndipo ndimasewera olingalira zakubwezeretsanso momwe gulu la Aspanya lidutsira m'madzi ake, pamodzi ndi akavalo awo ndi kuvala zida zake pansi pa kutentha kosalekeza komanso malo otsetsereka okha, odabwitsidwa ndi mawonekedwe owoneka bwino omwewo amitundu ndi mawonekedwe omwe timaganizira.
Kuwombera kwathu koyamba ndi mafotokozedwe oyamba a José adafika, omwe amayenda motsatizana pomwe mitundu yonse yazachilengedwe imachitika patsogolo pathu. Lero timaliza ndi mchere wakale wosasiyidwa. Madzulo, malo owonongeka ndi osiyidwa adatikumbutsa zomwe kale zidali zofunika kupulumuka, kuwunika komwe kudasokonezedwa ndimanjenje a wotsogolera wathu kuti agwire cheza chomaliza cha dzuwa. Tidazindikira kuti izi zitha kubwereza kutuluka ndi kulowa kwa dzuwa komwe kwatsala.
Punta Colorada ndiye komwe tikupitako; malo apadera osinkhasinkha momwe malo okongola a mitundu yobiriwira ndi ocher asemedwa ndi mphepo yamphamvu yopanda mphepo, yomwe nthawi zonse imapanga magombe, mapanga ndi magombe. Nthawi pa bwatolo inali kutha, ndichifukwa chake tinayamba ulendo wobwerera ndikupita ku Isla Espíritu Santo. Madzulo amenewo tinasangalala kusangalala ndi mikango yapanyanja pachilumba chawo, chomwe ena amatcha "El Castillo", amangogawana ndi mbalame zomwe zimayang'anira korona wake ndi chisanu. Madzulo amenewo tidasankha doko lamtendere komwe tidapita kukalemba momwe dzuwa limafalitsira kuwala kwake komaliza pamiyala ina yofiira; mtundu wake unali wolimba kwambiri kotero kuti zimawoneka kuti tayika fyuluta yofiira pamakina amakamera, yowala kwambiri kuti tikhulupirire.
Titafika pakatikati pa nthaka, tinakwera galimoto ndikuyamba njira yopita ku Loreto, kuti tikapange zochitika zina zomwe zingatithandizire kumvetsetsa kwathu kwa peninsula. Pafupi kwambiri ndi komwe tikupita timadutsa m'chipululu chachikulu chodzaza ndi cacti, pomwe ngakhale ali ndi madzi ochepa omwe amakhala nawo amafika pamwamba, omwe amakhala ndi pitahayas yowutsa mudyo; Izi, zikatsegulidwa, zimakhudza mbalamezo ndi kufiyira kwawo kwakukulu, kuzilola kumwaza mbewu zawo.
Loreto anali malo oyambira maulendo athu ena onse. Yoyamba kulowera ku tawuni ya San Javier, makilomita angapo mkati. Lero, José adathawa m'mafotokozedwe ake, pomwe tidatembenukira kuti panali zodabwitsazi. Monga chotetemera tidakumana ndi mtengo wamkuyu waukulu wolumikizidwa pamiyala yayikulu; Zinali zochititsa chidwi kuwona momwe mizu, yomwe imakula m'miyala, imatha kuthyola ziboliboli zazikulu komanso zolimba.
Pamakwera athu timapeza kuchokera kuzitsime mpaka kumapiri ophulika, podutsa mathithi okongola amiyala. Tidasankha kuyima kuti tiphimbe phanga ndi zojambula m'mapanga zomwe, ngakhale zaluso zili kutali ndi zojambula zodziwika bwino za San Francisco, zidatilola kuyambiranso malo amtundu uwu, oasis weniweni womwe madzi amakhala ochuluka, masiku amakula ndipo nthaka ndi yachonde kotero kuti pomwe diso limatha kuwona mitengo yonse yazipatso. Maonekedwe ofanana ndi malo a kanema ku Arabia.
Kale ku San Javier tidazindikira ntchito yayikulu ya maJesuit podutsa m'chigawochi. Tidayenerabe kuyendera Bahía Concepción, chifukwa chake, m'mawa kwambiri, m'mawa mwake tidayamba ulendowu. Apanso tinadabwitsidwa ndi malingaliro osiyana a nyanja m'mbali mwa chipululu. Nyanjayi idasewera bwino, chilumba chimodzi mkati mwa china; Mwachidule, inali pothawirapo kukongola kwakukulu ndi bata lodzaza ndi magombe ang'onoang'ono komanso apadera omwe modabwitsa amakhalabe opanda malo okhala anthu.
Posakhalitsa tinafika ku Mulejé, tawuni yomwe, kuwonjezera pa ntchito yofunikira, ili ndi ndende yomwe imalola kuti akaidi azizungulira m'misewu, ndipo tsopano akuperekedwa ngati malo osungiramo zinthu zakale.
Ulendowu unali pafupi kutha, koma sitinaiwale lingaliro lomaliza: la mlengalenga. M'mawa watha tinakwera ndege yomwe bwanamkubwa waboma adapereka. Tidatha kutsimikizira kufotokozedwa kwa Joaquín poyang'ana chilumba chosavomerezeka, chomwe chidatiwonetsa mawonekedwe ake apamtima osadzichepetsa. Kukoma komaliza mkamwa kunali kokoma, wotsogolera wathu adamugwira, ndi talente yayikulu yomwe imamudziwitsa, tanthauzo lathunthu laulendowu; Zithunzizo zikuwonetseratu kuwonekera kwathu komaliza: ndife mboni zanthawi yayitali zaulemerero zomwe sizingayende pamaso pathu, koma kuti mzaka masauzande ambiri akhala akuchita zoyesayesa zowerengeka za geological zomwe zidatha kupanga chilumba ndi nyanja yaying'ono komanso yopanda tanthauzo.
GweroMexico Yosadziwika No. 319 / September 2003
