Njengokungathi ukuzungeza umhlaba kwakungeyona into ejabulisayo, u-Dirk noTrudy Regter banquma ukukwenza beshayela iFord Model T yango-1915: enye yamamodeli okuqala embonini yezimoto.
Uthando lwalo mbhangqwana lwezinhlobo zomlando zakwaFord luthathe iminyaka eminingi: ngaphambi kokuthola iFord Model T ngo-1997, uDirk Regter wayeneModel T yango-1923 kanye neModel A yango-1928.
Ngemva kokulungiswa, umbhangqwana waseDutch wacabanga (futhi kahle) ukuthi lokho ababenakho egaraji labo kwakukuhle kakhulu ukuba bahlale bathule. Ekuqaleni, umgomo wawuwukuzama nje ukuthatha uhambo olude, kodwa njengoba babengazi ukuthi bazoshonaphi, bathatha uhambo lokuzungeza umhlaba.
E-Afrika bekufanele sishisele isondo langaphambili kumkhandi wezikhiye wendawo.
Lolu hambo lwaqala ngo-2012 phakathi kwe-Edam, i-Netherlands, ne-Cape Town, eNingizimu Afrika.Ngo-2013, u-Dirk no-Trudy bahamba phakathi kwe-United States ne-Canada, isamba esingamakhilomitha angu-28 000 kanye nezifunda ezingu-22 ngezinsuku ezingu-180. Ngemva konyaka, lo mbhangqwana wafika eNingizimu Melika, ohambweni lwamakhilomitha angama-26,000 ezinye izinsuku eziyi-180. Sekukonke, laba mbhangqwana sebehlanganise amakhilomitha acishe abe ngu-80,000 futhi ngesikhathi besahlala emazweni ahlukahlukene, lo mbhangqwana ukwazile ukuqongelela imali yemiklamo ehlukahlukene yosizo lwenhlangano yosizo lwezingane yaseChildren's Villages.
Izigigaba beziziningi - "e-Afrika bekufanele sishisele isondo langaphambili kumkhandi wezikhiye wendawo", kusho u-Dirk Regter - kodwa izithandani azihlosile ukuphazamisa uhambo. Manje, uhlelo ukuwela i-New Zealand, i-Australia, i-Indonesia, i-India kanye ne-Himalayas, ngaphambi kokufika e-China. Besicabanga ukuthi senze okuthile...