Le G-Class Mercedes ebizwa ngokuthi “Otto” ihambe amagumbi amane omhlaba iminyaka engu-26. Injini kuseyiyo yokuqala.
UGunther Holtorf ungumJalimane owashiya umsebenzi wakhe eminyakeni engu-26 edlule enomgomo owodwa: ukuhamba umhlaba eshayela iMercedes G-Class yakhe ethi "sky blue". Kwasala umsebenzi ozinzile njengomphathi eLufthansa. Konke ukuze sishintshisane ngempilo egcwele izigigaba nezindaba ongazixoxa. Kuzwakala njengento enhle awucabangi?
U-Holtorf uthi iminyaka emi-5 yokuqala wayichitha enqamula izwekazi lase-Afrika, isenzakalo esijabulisayo ngisho nesehlukaniso somkakhe wesithathu esingakwazanga ukusiyeka. Kungaleso sikhathi lapho ngesikhangiso ephephandabeni i-Die Zeit, uHoltorf ahlangana nowesifazane wokuphila kwakhe, uChristine. UChristine wahamba ngo-1990 kuya ku-2010, unyaka okwatholakala ngawo umdlavuza ngo-2003.
Ngalesi sikhathi, baye emazweni afana ne-Argentina, Peru, Brazil, Panama, Venezuela, Mexico, USA, Canada kanye ne-Alaska, phakathi kwamanye. Ngemuva kwalokho balibangise e-Australia lapho baphinde bachitha khona enye isizini, kodwa kwaba seKazakhstan lapho befinyelele khona ibanga elimangalisayo lika-500 000km.
Lolu hambo lwaqhubeka emazweni afana ne-Afghanistan, Turkey, Cuba, Caribbean, United Kingdom namanye amazwe amaningi ase-Europe. Phakathi naleso sikhathi, uChristine washona, kodwa uHoltorf wathembisa ukuqhubeka nohambo lwakhe. Eyedwa, kuphela enkampanini yakhe "u-Otto" othembekile wathatha umgwaqo ukuze athole iChina, iNorth Korea, iVietnam neCambodia.
Kusenenjini yoqobo, lolu hambo oluye lwathatha iminyaka engu-26 futhi lwahamba emazweni angu-215 lwaphela eJalimane. I-Mercedes - okwathi lapho izwa ngalolu hambo lwayo yanquma ukusekela u-Gunther Holtorf - izobonisa i-“Otto” emnyuziyamu wayo e-Stuttgart, lapho le globetrotter ingabonwa izinkulungwane zabantu abathanda futhi abanothando ngalo mkhiqizo.
