Pfupisa nyaya yacho:  Kufungidzira, ndinoona, kunogona kuva kusina betsero chaizvoizvo, naizvozvo ndisati ndaenda kuThe Datai, hotera yomutambarakede muMalaysia, ndakasarudza kusawana chinhu pamusoro payo. Ndakanga ndasarudza panzvimbo pezvo kufadzwa - kana kuti kwete - pakusvika. Ndakanga ndichifamba nomukomana wangu wekare Doon Mackichan (anobva muSmack The Pony, Plebs, The Day Today). Nzira dzedu dzakatanga kuonana makore anoda kusvika 30 akapfuura sevanotanga mumutambo wemitambo, asi kubvira ipapo, nenzira yenjodzi, tose tiri vaviri takawana dzimba dzenguva isina kuzara mutaundi rimwe chetero romugungwa. NdiDoon akandidzidzisa kufamba somurwi muChannel inotonhora. Upenyu hwomutambarakede: Datai Hotel ine mavara ose nezvishamiso zveEmerald City, anodaro Maria McErlane. Tichienda kuFar East, paiva nechimwe chinhu cheHinge and Bracket pamusoro pedu, tichipururudza mumatoni evatambi, tichiedza kufadza vashandi veAir Malaysia kuti vatipe kukwidziridzwa kwokusada. (Izvo zvakakundikana.) Asi ikoku kwakakurumidza kukanganwika uye mufaro wokusiya Britain shure pakati pokutonhora kwaDecember wakazadzikwa zvizere apo takaburukira muhunyoro hunopisa zvikuru hweLangkawi. Pashure pokufamba nemotokari kwemaminiti 30 murima nemasango asingapindiki, Datai yakaoneka ine mavara ose nezvishamiso zveEmerald City. Mabhiza akavezwa akakura zvakakwana aivhenekerwa nemarambi ekare aichengetedza suo, sezvo vashandi veMalaysian vakapfeka sarei dzakanaka dzesirivha vaitigamuchira nezvokunwa. Mumashure, muridzi wepiyano nomuridzi wenziyo womuimba aivapo pose pose akanyarara achienda kuI Just Called To Say I Love You. Ruzha ruduku rwokufinhwa. Langkawi inzvimbo yezvitsuwa 104 muGungwa reAndaman, makiromita 20 kubva pamhenderekedzo yeMalaysia. Muna 2007 rakapiwa zita rokuti World Geopark neUNESCO. Datai Hotel and Resort iri kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumadokero kwechitsuwa chacho. Maria McErlane (kuruboshwe) nemupendi Doon Mackichan paThe Datai hotel muMalaysia. Iyi paradhiso iri pakati pesango rinogara richinaya rine makore ane mamiriyoni gumi yakasikwa muna 1990. Yakagadzirwa nomugadziri weAustralia Kerry Hill yakapoteredza Datai Bay - mhenderekedzo yegungwa ine jecha jena ine mwedzi miviri yakasarudzwa kuva imwe yemhenderekedzo gumi dzakanaka zvikurusa munyika, ine hwaro hwayo hunoshamisa hwomusango...
Mutambi wemifananidzo Maria McErlane akafamba neshamwari yake Doon Mackichan. Vaviri vacho vakashambira mangwanani, masikati nousiku muGungwa reAndaman. Inoridzwa nemakako uye tsoko dzakasviba.