Abokai biyu — Bafaransa ɗan Ingila da ɗan Kanada — suna ƙoƙarin ziyartar kowane ɗaya daga cikin filayen wasa 16 da ke karbar Gasar Duniya ta FIFA 2026, kuma suna yin haka ne a cikin wata tsohuwar tabin London da ake kira 'Abby the Cabby'.

Ollie Jenks da Seth Scott sun ƙarfafa kansu da manufar yin kimanin mil 10,000 a cikin ƙasashe uku a cikin kwanaki 39, suna kammala tafiyarsu a MetLife Stadium da ke New Jersey kafin wasan karshe na Gasar Duniya a ranar 19 ga Yuli.

Wahayi daga Stephen Fry da mafarkin babbar hanya

Ra'ayin ya samo asali ne daga wani fim ɗin bayani na BBC na shekarar 2008, Stephen Fry in America, wanda a ciki ɗan wasan kwaikwayo ya zagaya dukkanin jihohi 50 na Amurka da farko a cikin tabin London. Ga Jenks, mai son ƙwallon ƙafa tun yana ƙarami, Gasar Duniya ta zama yanayi mafi dacewa don irin wannan tafiyar babbar hanya.

«Sa'ad da Gasar Duniya ta sanar da cewa za a gudanar da ita a Amurka, Kanada da Mexico, a matsayin babban mai sha'awar ƙwallon ƙafa, na yi tunanin ba za a sami damar da ta fi wannan kyau ba don yin tafiyar da na yi mafarkin shekaru da yawa da suka wuce,» in ji Jenks.

Biyu ɗin sun riga sun kammala tafiya ta watanni huɗu, mil 14,000 daga London zuwa Cape Town da Reliant Robin a ƙarshen shekarar 2025 — sun zama farkon mutanen da suka yi tafiya a tsawon nahiyar Afirka da motar da ke da keken uku. Wannan balaguron shi ne aikin da ya biyo baya.

Neman 'Abby the Cabby'

Nemo tabin London na gargajiya a Arewacin Amurka ba abu mai sauƙi bane. Scott a ƙarshe ya sami ɗaya a wani wurin harba fim a Vancouver — amma motar tana da nisa sosai daga shirye-shiryen tafiya.

«Na dube ta na ce wa Ollie, 'bai kamata mu sayi wannan ba, ta kasance mara kyau',» in ji Scott yana tunawa. «Tankin mai ya yi tsatsa, birki ɗin sun makale kuma bai motsa da farko ba. Bututun mai cike da ƙazanta ne, injin kuma cike da laka. Radiyetar ta yi tsatsa. Tana da muni gaskiya.»

Duk da wannan yanayi mai ban tsoro, biyu ɗin sun sayi 'Abby the Cabby' da £1,000. An daina tuka motar shekaru bakwai, kuma tana buƙatar gyare-gyare na wata ɗaya kafin tafiyar ta fara.

Matsalolin injin, bincike a iyakoki, da alheri

Tun bayan fara gasar, biyu ɗin sun yi kimanin mil 350 a rana — babban abin alfahari ganin matsalolin injin da suka ci gaba. Matsalar zafi, hasken da ya karye, da gyare-gyare masu yawa sun gwada ƙudurinsu a kowane juzu'i. Tambayar ko motar za ta tsira har ƙarshen mil 10,000 har yanzu ba ta da amsa.

Wahalar ta zo ta hanyoyi daban-daban ma. 'Yan sanda a Mexico sun yi bincike mai zurfi a cikin takin, wanda a lokacin aka kama wasu kayan aikin su.

Duk da haka, a tsakiyar wannan hargitsi, Jenks da Scott sun dage kan ba da hawan kyauta ga masu kallo da ke fama da farashin halarta gasar. Masu goyon baya daga Colombia, Ghana, DR Congo, da Argentina suna cikin waɗanda suka riga sun hau takin.

«Matsakaicin albashi a Bosnia kusan $800 ne a wata, don haka za su yi aiki watanni uku ko huɗu kawai don samun tikiti,» in ji Jenks. «Idan za mu iya taimakawa ta kowace hanya, za mu yi aiki mai kyau a lokaci guda.»

Biyu ɗin suna tara kuɗi don ƙungiyar agaji a cikin tafiyar, kuma suna rubuta labaran balaguro ɗin a kafofin watsa labari na zamani ƙarƙashin sunan Hold My Gear.

Gaggawa har ƙarshen wasa

Yanzu sun wuce rabi na hanyarsu, Jenks da Scott suna cikin gasa ta gaske da lokaci. Kowace matsalar injin tana raguwa kan lokacin da suke buƙata don isa New Jersey kafin wasan karshe na 19 ga Yuli.

Jenks yana bayyana abin da ke sa shi ci gaba — da abin da yake fata wannan balaguron zai isar wa wasu.

«Ana cewa 'ba kowa zai iya yin haka ba', amma za su iya. Hadarin kawai ne,» in ji shi. «Yadda mutane suka fi tafiya, haka suke zama masu hikima kuma suka koyi mutunta juna.»

Game da zaɓin motar, Jenks bai damu da sharhi ba: «Ita ce mafi kyawun mota ta Burtaniya a kowane lokaci, tabin London. Da za a yi gajiyarwa sosai idan mun yi wannan a cikin mota mai kyau.»