Zita rokuti "tro-tro" rinobva kune rimwe rekare Gazwi rinoreva matatu pence (iyo unit of currency inoshandiswa panguva yekutonga kweBritish muGhana ). Panguva iyoyo, matatu peni yaiva yekukwira kwekufambisa imwe chete mumotokari yemotokari yakasvika pakuzivikanwa nezita rimwe chete. Nhoroondo yekare, tro-tros mabhenji eBedford akatendeuka kuti abate vatasvi vakagara pamabhenji emapuranga.
Nhasi, che-tro-tro is catch-all phrase for any car public transport in Ghana iyo iri yega uye inogona kunyadziswa pane imwe nzira iri munzira yayo.
Izvo zvinowanzoitika motokari mabhazi maduku eNissan, mini-vans kana matori akachinjwa anotora. Kunyange zvazvo pence haisisiri mari yeGhana , tro-tros dzinoramba dzichinyanya kudhura, kazhinji dzinodhura zvishoma chete pesewas. Pasina purogiramu yakatarwa kana mapeji emigwagwa, zvisinei, iwe unoda kutevera mazano ari pasi apa kuti ushandise mukana wekutakura unotenga uye unovaraidza.
Kuwana Tro-Tro
Tro-tros akaisa nzira. Mumaguta vanofamba munzira dzose dzepamusoro uye zviri nyore kuwana. Ingobvunza chero munhu ari mumugwagwa kuti atungamirire kune imwe nzvimbo yepamusoro. Kwemigwagwa yakareba yakawanda pakati pemataundi, ita nzira yako kuenda kune chetatu apo vasikana vemazwi vanoita sevanosangana nematatu anoenda kunzvimbo dzakasiyana-siyana. Zvimwe, iwe unogona kukwezva tro-tro down mumugwagwa mukuru. Jabbing munwe wako mumhepo sezvo imwe nzira inoratidza kuti iwe unoda kuenda kuguta guru rinotevera. Jabbing munwe wako pasi kunoreva kuti iwe unoda tro tro troda iyo inowanzosimuka.
Kuenda kune Zvakakosha Tro Tro
Kunyange zvazvo tro-tros yakaisa migwagwa, hapana mharidzo yakanyorwa - zvichiita kuti zvive nyore kuziva kuti nzira idzi ndeipi. Vanhu vazhinji vekumba vanoziva mabasa akasiyana-siyana, asi, saka nzira yakanakisisa ndeyokukumbira. Kana iwe uri ku Accra , nzvimbo dzakawanda dzezvinhu zvinosanganisira Osu, Makola Market, uye Jamestown zvakafukidzwa ne tro-tros avo "vakaroorana" vanodanidzira "Accra!
Accra! Accra! ", Kana kuti" Circle! "Nokuda kwebhasiyo huru yebhasi. Kuti uende ku yunivhesiti, teerera" Legon! "Kana iwe uri kubvisa kubuda kunze kweguta, enda kunzvimbo yepamusoro uye ubvunze nokuda kwekodzero "kuratidza" tro tro tro kuenda kwako.
Tro-Tro Kubva Nguva
Tro-tros chete inobva painozadza. Kana uri muguta guru rakadai seAmbra kana Kumasi, kazhinji haufaniri kumirira kwenguva refu kuti motokari izadze uye iende. Asi kana iwe uri kutora kure-kure iwe unogona kunge uri kupisa kwazvo, nguva yakakosha yekugara uye kutuka paunenge wakamirira maziso kuti uzadze zvigaro. Kana zvichibvira, edza kuenderera mberi kune izvo zvatove zvakakwana. Kune dzimwe nzvimbo dziri kure , tro-Tros inogona kungobuda mangwanani, saka chengeta zuva rakapera rekufungidzira nguva yekuenda. Iko kunowanzova vashoma katatu pamusi weSvondo, kunze kwekuti iri zuva remashamba.
Kubhadhara Zvaunofunga
Mumaguta mauri kutora kubva kuA kuenda kuB, iwe unobhadhara mari yako kune "mudzimai". Achave akabata chikwata chemakadhi uye ave iye ari kudanidzira kunze kwaro. Kwenguva yakareba inotama kubva muguta neguta, iwe kazhinji unotenga tiketi yako kubva kune imwe Private Private Union kibato. Tro-tros haina kutengesa: vanotarisira kubhadhara makiromita mashanu kana kupfuura kune makiromita 100.
Mukati meguta, mafambisi haasati anopfuura makumi maviri nemakumi mashanu emapfumbamwe, anosvika kune mashomanana emari. Zvakakosha kuva nechinjana chekuchinja newe nguva dzose kana uchikwira tro-tros muguta. Kana iwe ukapa mumwe wako mucheche weCed 10, usashamisika kana kugunun'una kuchiitika.
The Tro-Tro Ride
A tro-tro haisi nzvimbo yakanaka ye claustrophobics. Munhu wese anowana chigaro, asi matanho akawanda anoshandurwa kuti awane zvigaro zvepamusoro - saka gadzirira kuswedera pedyo nevamwe vatinonamata navo. Muguta rakafanana neAmbra, iwe kazhinji unogara nevashandi vakapfeka zvakanaka uye vana vechikoro mune runyararo runokudzwa. Hapana mimhanzi inoparadza, uye vatengesi vazhinji vanotengesa mvura inotonhorera, donuts, uye plantain chips kuti ugare wakagutsikana pane zvishoma zvishoma. Nzvimbo dzakare-kure tro-tros mune dzimwe nzvimbo dzekumaruwa dzinoreva kuti iwe unogona kugoverana nefambi yezvizhinji zvezvipfuwo uye dzimwe nguva zvipfuwo.
Zvokudya Nekumwa
Kune vatengesi mumigwagwa yose yeGhana, pamagetsi emigwagwa uye tro-tro stops. Vafambidzani vako vachakubatsira kutenga marudzi ose ezvokudya zvepamugwagwa uye nezvinhu, kusanganisira mbanje, mvura, donuts, mabhatiri, matikiti eti lottery uye tablecloths. Kana iwe ukwanisa kuwana chigaro chehwindo, zviri nyore kuona zviripo. Kana uchinge uine chigaro chako, hazvisi zvisizvo kuti uende uye unotambanudza makumbo ako pakamira (apo iwe unotarisira kuti tro-tro izere zvakare). Kana iwe uchida kuenda, sarudza chigaro chinokuisa munzira yekudarika vatasvi uye shandisa icho sechikonzero chekubuda navo.
Tro-Tro Kuchengetedzwa
Migwagwa yeGhana haisi nguva dzose. Vanotyairi vanoshanda kwemaawa akawanda uye ngozi yemugwagwa yakawanda kwazvo. Tro-tro zviitiko zvinowanzoitika nguva dzose. Nhungamiro yeBradt kuGhana inokurudzira iwe kutora bhazi refu kana taxi kana iwe uine sarudzo iyo panzvimbo yekuti iwe uite, nekuda kwekukwirira kwepamhanho. Uye izvi zvinopesana nemashoko akanaka eBhaibheri uye mazwi echiKristu akaiswa pamhepo. Pane imwe trot tro ride ndeye inofanirwa kuGhana, kana chete nokuda kwechiitiko. Asi kana iwe uchikwanise kuwana imwe yakanakisa uye yakachengeteka sarudzo dzekufamba-kure-rwendo, funga kuchengetedza matanho ako mukati mekufamba kweguta muguta.
Top Tip: Zvichibva mumamiriro ezvinhu akaoma mukati mechitatu, mutoro wako uchakwira kumusoro. Pazvakawanda zvekutsika, iwe unogona kuwana rubatsiro rwechido nehombodo yako - tanga uine chokwadi chekuti inoguma pane imwechete iwe iwe. Tarisa kuti uone kuti bhagi rako rakasungirwa zvakanaka uye usasiya chero chinhu chinokosha mukati. Mvura inoputika inobatsira uye inoita kuti zvive zvakaoma kupukuta zvinhu kubva muhomwe.
Nyaya iyi yakarongedzwa naJessica Macdonald musi waSeptember 29, 2017.