Brownsville, Texas

I-Brownsville yiTexas 'isixeko esisezantsi. Ekusekunene kwinqonga laseTexas, iBrownsville ihlala kwibhankini yeRio Grande River, ngokuthe ngqo ukusuka eMamamoros, eMexico. Kwakhona nje umgama omfutshane ovela kwiGulf of Mexico. Ngamafutshane, le ndawo yongezelela ukwenzela ukuba iBrownsville ibe ngumnyaka onobuhle malunga nokuya kweeholide.

Isixeko saseBrownsville ngokwawo siyimbali. Ngomnye weedolophu ezindala kunazo zonke eTexas, ehlala emva kwexesha laseTexas lizwe laseMexico.

Ukulandela ukuzimela kukaTexas kunye nokuxhaswa okulandelayo emva kwe-United States, uBrownsville wadlala indima ephambili kwiMfazwe yaseMexico. Jikelele u-Zachary Taylor kunye nemikhosi yakhe behleli e-Ft Texas, kufuphi nantoni na ngoku i-Fort Brown Golf Course. Imfazwe yokuqala yale mpixano yayilwa nje emakhilomitha ambalwa ngasentla kweBrownsville ePalo Alto. Le ndawo ngoku igcinwe njengePalo Alto Battlefield yeSayithi yeZimbali zeSizwe kwaye ivulelekile kwiintsuku ezisixhenxe ngeveki.

Enye into ekubhenkisayo ngaphakathi kwesixeko saseBrownsville yinto eyaziwayo iGladys Porter Zoo . Ngonyaka u-Gladys Porter Zoo uye wafumana ukuvakalisa okukhulu kwelizwe kwimiboniso yayo ekhethekileyo yezoo kunye neendidi ezininzi zezilwanyana. Namhlanje i-Gladys Porter ihlanganisa iihektare ezili-26 kwaye ikhaya lezilwanyana eziyi-1,300. Phakathi kwemiboniso ethandwa kakhulu yi-Zoo yi-Macaw Canyon, i-aviary ye-free-flight, kunye neTropical America. I-Zoo nayo ibonisa indawo engcono kakhulu yegadi yezityalo kunye neyona ndawo eyaziwayo yendawo yabantwana beNcinci.

Abantu abangaphezu kwama-400,000 bavakashela i-Gladys Porter Zoo unyaka ngamnye.

Iindwendwe ezininzi kwiBrownsville nazo zixhaphaza indawo yazo ukuze zizonwabela "iholide ezimbini zelizwe." Ukuhamba okanye ukuqhubela phambili kwi-Gateway International Bridge kubangela ukuba iindwendwe zifike kwiMatamoros. Ukuthenga kunye nokudla ngaphesheya komlambo eMatamos kuyindlela enhle yokugxininisa nayiphi na iholide yaseMzantsi Texas.

Indawo yaseBrownsville kufuphi nommandla wonxweme nayo ibaluleke kakhulu. Abavakatyeleli baseBrownsville banokhetho oluthile lwamanxweme. Ibhantshi iBoca Chica itholakala empuma yeBrownsville. I-Boca Chica, eyayidume ngokuziwayo njengeBrazos Island, isuka emlonyeni weRio Grande River ukuya kwiBrazos Santiago Pass, eyahlula kwiSiqithi saseSouth Padre, enye inxweme ekukhethiweyo kwaBrownsville. I-South Padre idlula ngaphaya kweBoca Chica, kodwa isengomzuzu ongama-20 ukusuka eBrownsville. Nangona zombini amabhantshi ahamba phambili nje, ahluke ngokupheleleyo. I-Boca Chica yindawo eselunxwemeni, elingahlali kuyo, ngelixa i-South Padre Island izaliswe ngezonka zokutya, ivenkile kunye nezinto ezikhangayo.

Kukho nenani lamathuba okuzonwabisa okwangaphandle kwiindwendwe eBrownsville. Enyanisweni, kwiminyaka elishumi edlulileyo, uBrownsville uye waba ngenye yeendawo eziphakamileyo eziza kubafundi beentaka. Iintaka ezihambela eBrownsville ziza kufumana lula kwi-World Birding Centre, i-Great Texas Coastal Birding Trail, iLaguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge, kunye nezinye iindidi eziphezulu zokubhaka. Ukuloba eGulf of Mexico kunye ne-kufuphi neLaj Laguna Madre bay bayathandwa. Kwaye, iBrownsville idonsa inani labazingeli abafuna i-dove, amadada, i-cow, kunye ne-turkey ngaphezulu.

Kuwo wonke unyaka, uBrownsville ubona neminye imikhosi ezalisa ikhalenda yezo ganeko. Nangona kunjalo, isiganeko saseBrownsville unyaka ngamnye yi-Charro Day Festival. Hayi kuphela imihla yeCharro enye yemikhosi emikhulu eTexas, yinto enye endala. I-"argosi ​​"yeCharro Day Celebration yaqala ngo-1938. Nangona kunjalo," ngokungafanelekanga, "iCharro Days ibuyele phakathi kwe-1800s xa abemi baseMatamoros naseBrownsville beqala ukuza kunye ukugubha umoya wabo wokubambisana. Intsebenziswano yamazwe ngamazwe isona sihloko esiyiNtloko yomkhosi weveki.