Madzi a Thompson


Imodzi mwa malo ochititsa chidwi ndi osangalatsa kwambiri ku Kenya ndi mathithi a Thompson. Madzi okongola ameneĊµa akuonedwa kuti ndi aakulu kwambiri ku East Africa ndipo ndi imodzi mwa zazikulu padziko lonse la Africa.

Mbiri yakupeza

Wofufuza woyamba wa mathithi a Thompson ndi wofufuza wa ku Scottish Joseph Thompson. Uyu ndiye munthu woyamba ku Ulaya amene anatha kugonjetsa njira yovuta kuchokera ku Mombasa ku Lake Victoria . Paulendo mu 1883, katswiri wa sayansi ya zakuthambo ndi katswiri wa zachilengedwe anayamba kuwona mathithi okongola awa a Kenyan ndipo adatcha dzina lake atate wake.

Zizindikiro za mathithi

Mphepo yam'madzi ya Thompson ndi mbali ya mtsinje wa Iwaso Nyiro, womwe umadutsa mumtsinje wa Aberdan. Mapiriwa ali pamtunda wa mamita 2360 pamwamba pa nyanja, ndipo kutalika kwake kuli mamita 70.

Madzi a Thompson ndi "ogwirizira" mabanja ambiri mumzinda wa Nyahururu. Ambiri mwa mabanja am'deralo amagwira ntchito monga zitsogozo, omasulira kapena ogulitsa m'masitolo okhumudwitsa, ndicho chifukwa chake oyendayenda amalandiridwa pano nthawi zonse. Komanso, oyendera malo amabwera ku Madzi a Thompson kuti:

Masewera okongola kwambiri a mathithi a Thompson anagwidwa mu filimu ya Alan Grint "Ofufuza a Agatha Christie: The Gentleman ku Brown" (1988). Pafupi ndi chizindikiro chake ndi Thomson Falls Lodge, yomwe poyamba inali malo ogona, ndipo kenaka inatsegulidwa kwa alendo.

Ulendo wopita ku mathithi a Thompson, mungapeze masitolo ambiri omwe mukhoza kugula zinthu ndi zithunzi zokopa, komanso zopangidwa ndi matabwa ndi miyala.

Kodi mungapeze bwanji?

Mphunga ya Thompson ku Kenya ili pafupi ndi mzinda wa Nyahururu pamphepete mwa Lakipia. Kufika kwapafupi kumakhala kosavuta kuchoka mumzinda wa Nakuru , womwe uli pafupi ndi 65 km. Okaona alendo sakulimbikitsidwa kuti apite kumadzi ozizira okha, popeza ali ndi mwayi wokumana ndi achifwamba.