I-Cruise "elula" esuka eNorfolk ukuya eBermda ngeNew York City
Ngaba uke wathanda ukuthatha ikhefu "lula" - akukho nqwelo-moya, akukho mida, ayikho inzuzo? Kulabo abahlala ecaleni lentshona-mpuma ye-United States, ndinemicebiso ebalulekileyo - inqanawa eya eBermuda esuka eNorfolk, eVirginia, kwi-Regent Seven Seas Navigator kwi-Regen Seven Seas Navigator. Ukongeza kwiveki evelele (ubusuku obuthathu) kwi-dock eBermud, le mini ye-seven-day cruise esuka eNorfolk ibonisa usuku kwiSixeko saseNew York kunye neentsuku ezimbini ezizele elwandle ukuze ziphumule kwaye zivuselele!
Konke okufuneka ukwenze ukuqhuba i-Norfolk, khangela indawo yokugqeba yaseNorfolk yedolophu, uphonsa iibhegi zakho, paka imoto kwinqanaba elingaphandle kwisitalato kunye ne-cruise!
Le ndlela yokuthabatha inqabileyo ivumela abagibeli ukuba bangene okanye bayeke eNorfolk okanye kwiNew York City. Abagibeli abahlala eNorfolk banomhla wokuhlola iNew York ngelixa abanye abagibeli behla okanye beza. Abagibeli abakhe e-New York City banomhla eNorfolk ukutyelela indawo enhle yaseVirginia okanye batyelele i-colonial Williamsburg. Ngayiphi na indlela, ufumana uhambo lweentsuku ezisixhenxe ukuya eBermuda kwiinqanawa ezincinci ezinokungena kwiWamilton naseSt. Georges, eBermuda.
Sasihamba ngamamayela angama-600 ukusuka e-Atlanta ukuya eNorfolk ngosuku ngaphambi kokuhamba kwethu kwaye sahlala kwidolophu yaseNorfolk. Kwabo baqhubela eNorfolk, baninzi amahotele kufuphi ne-pie ship pier. Ii-Airports zaseNorfolk neNewport News zimbalwa nje emgama omfutshane ukusuka kwidolophu yaseNorfolk.
Emva kokutshekisha ehotele, sasijikeleza kwindawo yedolophu. Savuya kakhulu ukuhamba endleleni ekhanyayo ecaleni komlambo. Sasinombono omkhulu wePortsmouth ngaphesheya komlambo kunye neNauticus Maritime Centre. Yeyona indlela elula "yokulula" yokuqalisa iholide yekhefu!
Ukuqhubeka nomxholo othi "lula", sasinomdla wokuphumla ehotele ngaphambi kokuba siqhube siye emkhombeni kamva ngaphambi kwelanga.
Le nqanawa yayihamba ngomkhumbi nge-3: 00 ntambama, kodwa sasicinga ukuba singakwazi ukudibana nabanye abagibeli kunye nabo okanye sijonge kwiNauticus National Maritime Centre. URonnie kunye nam iiforkhsi zethu zawahlalisa i-porter kwinqanaba laza lafaka imoto ngapha kweso sitrato kwisigaraji sokumisa esetyenziswe yi-Seven Seas Navigator.
Asikwazanga ukukhwela inqanawa kude kube semini, kodwa sasinandipha ukuhlala esiqongweni kunye nokwazi abo bahamba nabo baseNorfolk. Uninzi lwabonakala luvela eMalton, eVirginia okanye ngeCarolinas, kodwa kwakukho nabambalwa abaye baqhubela eGeorgia njengoko sasenze. Omnye wabasebenzi wasitshela ukuba abagibeli abangaphantsi kwe-100 babethwele eNorfolk. Abaninzi abagibeli baseNew York babonisa umona wabo wokuba sasihamba nje kuphela, ngelixa kwakufuneka bahambe ngosuku olulandelayo! Ngokuqinisekileyo ezo mpendulo zenza sizive kakuhle malunga neveki ezayo.
Igumbi lethu elingu-1106 lalihle kakhulu kwaye lifana neli ndihleli kulo xa ndagqibela ukuhamba nge-Seven Seas Navigator ngoNovemba ka-2002. Sagqiba kwelokuba siphume emva kwexesha size siphumelele kwimini yethu yokudla emininzi yokuqala. Uhambo lwamanxweme lwabuya emva kwemini, kwaye i-Seven Seas Navigator yahamba ngomkhumbi i-Elizabeth River kunye ne-Chesapeake Bay.
Ngomso emva kwemini yeendudumo zeendudumo ezenzelwe umkhombe obalaseleyo. Sasiwela iChesapeake Bay ngezihlandlo eziliqela ngeTealdale Bay Bridge , kodwa le nto yayiyithuba lethu lokuqala ukuhamba ngomkhumbi kwinqanawa ehamba phambili. Le nqanawa yaphuma echwebeni yaza yajika ngasentla ngasentla kwisixeko saseNew York.
Isaziso sikaMbhali: Eli nqaku libhalwa ehlobo le-2004, kwaye i-Seven Seas Navigator ayisoloko ihambela iBermud. Le nqanawa inemizila embalwa equka ukuhlala eBermud, kunye nezinye iinqanawa ezihamba ngeenqanawa zihamba ngokutyelela esi siqithi esihle kakhulu e-Atlantic Ocean.
Ukuhamba ngaphantsi kweVrazzano Narrows Bridge kwaye idlule iSitembu sokuNkululeko kwiSixeko saseNew York yixesha elikhunjulwayo nabani na kwisikhephe. Iinqanawa ezisixhenxe zeeLwandle i-Seas Navigator zafika e-New York ngentshonalanga kusasa, kodwa sasimi kwibhantshi yethu kwaye saziva siqhayisa njengoko sasidlula kwiSitembu soKhululwa, esasecaleni lesigodi (eNew Jersey). . Inqanawa ibanjwe kuMlambo i-Hudson ngasecaleni kweMyuziyam.
Kwakumnandi ukukwazi ukungayithobeli ngokupheleleyo imiyalelo yokuhamba kwabagibeli. Bonke babetheke kakhulu becala ukuba bashiye i-Seven Seas Navigator.
Emva kwesidlo sakusihlwa, sasishiya umkhombe kunye nomtshato odibeneyo owawudibana nawo ngosuku olusemva kwendawo yokupaka yaseNorfolk. Xa bacetyiswa ukuba sidle ubusuku bethu bokuqala ukuba sisebenzise imini yethu eNew York ukutyelela isiqithi sase-Ellis kunye ne-WTC endaweni yangasese ukusuka ngomhla we-9/11/01, saye sabona ithuba lokubona ezi ziza zibini. Kunjengezinye iidolophu ezijikeleze ihlabathi, ngolunye usuku eNew York alukho okwaneleyo! Savuya kubahlobo bethu abatsha babe nesiphakamiso esihle ukubona iindawo ezimbini esingazange sizityelele ngaphambili.
Owesine sithatha itekisi yeTeksi yaseNew York kwaye saya kwiSitembu sokuBala / i-Ellis Island isikebhe eBattery Park . Sathengisa amathikithi ethu kwaye sikunandipha ukuhamba (kunye namanye amathandathu amathandathu abavakhenkethi) kwiSitembu soKhuseleko , landelwa yi-Ellis Island.
Ukubona indawo apho abaninzi abafudukayo bangena khona eUnited States babenomdla, kwaye babeya kuba yinto ekhethekileyo kunene nabani abazalwana babo abadlulayo kule ndawo yokungena. Isiqithi sase-Ellis siye savuselelwa, yaye isakhiwo esikhulu sasinomdla. Sasihamba ngokuzungeze indawo enkulu apho amawaka ayelindele ithuba lokufumana ubomi obutsha eUnited States, ecinga malunga nawo onke amabali esakhiweyo.
Sasibamba esinye isikebhe ukuba sibuyele eBattery Park size sihambe umgama omfutshane kwisiza se-World Trade Centre. Izakhiwo ezininzi zisabonakalisa umonakalo kwintlekele, kwaye umoya kunye nokulahleka kuya kuhlala kunye nam ngonaphakade. Ingenye yezo ndawo ofuna ukuzibona, kodwa afune ukuzibona. Ndivuyayo ukuba sihambe, kodwa kufuneka ndivume ukuba andithandi iimvakalelo ezivusayo kum-inzondo, ukulahleka, ukudabuka, kunye nokuqinisekiswa ukuba akukho nto iya kuba yinto efana nathi phambi kwe-9/11 / 01.
Sasidla isidlo sasemini size sihambe iteksi siye kwiiNye eziLwandle zeZixhenxe. Kwakumnandi ukubuyela emkhombeni, kwaye saqaphela ukuba sinamalungu angamazana ambalwa okuhamba ngeenqanawa.
Njengoko sasihamba kwisixeko saseNew York emva kwemini-ntambama, esinye isibhakabhaka sasisichukumisa elwandle. Le mozulu yeholide yayiyinto embi, kodwa sasingabakhathaleli. Sasiye eBermuda!
Sasineentsuku ezimbini ezipheleleyo elwandle kwi-Cruise Seven Seas Navigator ukuya eBermuda, kwaye zachithwa ngokugqibeleleyo. Umhla wokuqala wawuhamba ngomkhumbi ukusuka eNew York waya eBermuda, kwaye wasinika ithuba lokungena "kwimodi yokuhamba". Asizange sikhathazeke ngokutshatyalaliswa ukuze sibone iindawo ezikude. Yayiyimini epheleleyo elwandle ukuze ihlale emkhombeni kwaye ifunde incwadi. Abagibeli abaninzi babehleli elangeni; Ndakhetha umthunzi, kodwa sonke sasinandipha imini yethu elwandle.
Kwiintsuku ezine kamva safumana usuku lwethu lwesibini lolwandle - usuku lwethu lokugqibela kwi-Navigator-ukusuka eSt. George, eBermuda ukuya eNorfolk, VA. Le mini yayinzima kwaye imvula. Ndandivuyiswa kukuba ndandilungiselele ukutyelela kwi-Spa ephezulu, apho ndibenobuso. Ngokuqinisekileyo ndayimfuneko emva kweentsuku ezimbalwa eBrudda! Nangona iinqanawa "zagubungela zaza zahamba" ngaphesheya kweAtlantiki, isiqhwithi esinomlilo sasinomdla. Uninzi lwethu oluthandayo ukuhamba ngezilwanyana alukhange uhambo oluthile olwandle oluhamba ngeenqanawa. Kakade, into efanayo ayinakutsholwa ngokukhwela kwindiza!
Zomibini iintsuku zaselwandle (kunye nezinye iinqwelo zethu) zazibonakala zihamba. Kuhlala kumangalisa ukuba ixesha lingahamba njani ngokukhawuleza xa uhlala eholide, kodwa kubonakala ngathi udonsa xa usebenza! Inqanawa encinci njenge-Seas Navigator yeZixhenxe ayinayo imimandla eyahlukeneyo yemisebenzi efunyenwe kwiinqanawa ezininzi zeenqanawa, kodwa kusekho ininzi enokuyenza. Abanye abagibeli bacebisa umzimba wabo kwiziko lempilo okanye kwi-spa.
Abanye abagibeli bacebisa iingqondo zabo ngeentetho eBermud, umdlalo webhuloho, i-puzzle, iklasi yekhompyutheni, okanye umboniso wokutya. Ukuba akukho nanye yale misebenzi ingentla ibhenela kwabanye abagibeli, banokuhlala befumana isifundo kwiprogram yegalufu, bajoyine iqela le-needlepoint nook, baye kwiyunivesithi yobugcisa, badlale i-bingo, okanye bahlale ekhoneni kwaye ujabulele incwadi enhle.
Inqanawa yayineprogram yabantwana, kodwa yayisicacile kwaye iphantsi. Injabulo evulekile efumaneka kwiinqanawa ezininzi zokuhamba iyanqwenela abanye abantwana kunye nentombazana ngokuqinisekileyo ilahlekile kwiiNqanawa eziLwandle eziShenxe. Sasifuna ukuthula nokuphumla kwaye sikufumene kule nqanawa emangalisayo.
Ukungena kwizinto kwiiNqanawa zeNqanawa zeNxweme ziNinzi zeeLwandle eziKhuselekileyo - ikhefu lokusuka kwasekuseni, ukutya kwasekuseni okuqhelekileyo, kwidla yokutya, kusasa, itiye kunye nokuhlwa. Akukho buffet phakathi kwezambane kwi-Seven Seas Navigator, kodwa akukho mntu ulahlekile. Kukho iingenelo ezicacileyo zokutya kwinqanawa encinci njenge-Seven Seas Navigator. Iwayini eyancedayo ifakwe kwisidlo, kwaye ukutya kukuhle. Ukongeza, awuyi kufumana imigca emide ngexesha lesidlo sakusasa okanye isidlo sasemini kule nqanawa encinane. Nangona isidlo sasekuseni kunye nesidlo sasemini sisetyenziswe kwiindawo zokudlela eziphambili zeCompass, abagibeli abaninzi bathetha i-buffet kwi-Portofino Grill yezi zidlo ezimbini. I-Portofino Grill iyaguqulelwa ibe yindoda esondelene nayo, i-reservations-kuphela, i-steakhouse yaseNtaliyane kusihlwa. Akukho sikhokhelo kulolu hlobo lokukhethwa kwesidlo, kwaye ukutya kwakumnandi. I-Compass Rose iyindawo yokuhlala evulekile ukususela ngo-7: 00 ukuya ku-9: 00 ebusuku.
Ndiyakuthanda ukukwazi ukutya xa ndikhetha kunye nabamkhethayo. Ukuvula indawo evumela ukuba wenze njalo.
Ininzi yama-suites kwi-Seven Seas Navigator ine-balconi kwaye i-veranda iya kuhlala ngexesha laseBermuda yonyango olongezelelweyo. Iinqwelo ezisixhenxe zeeLwandle i-Navigator zithengiswa kwi-harbor eHamilton, eBermda ekuseni. Le nqanawa incinci ngokwaneleyo ukuya kwindawo ephantsi kwedolophu yaseHamilton. I-Bermuda ibonakala ngathi iifoto ezimnandi kunye neengubo endandizibonayo kwisiqithi. Ukuhamba ngomkhumbi kwinqanawa kwakumnandi. Ilanga laligubungela izakhiwo ze-pastel zesiqithi, kwaye into yokuqala esiyiqaphele yinto ebalulekileyo yeBermuda kunye nokungabikho kobuhlwempu obonwayo kwiziqithi ezininzi. Iindinyana eziya kumazibuko aseHamilton naseSt. George zincinci, kodwa i-Seven Seas Navigator ngumkhumbi omncinci okwaneleyo ukuhamba ngomkhumbi ukuya kwi-dock.
Ezinye iinqanawa ze-mega-cruise kufuneka zifake kwi-West End yaseBermuda kufuphi neRoyal Naval Dockyard.
I-Bermuda iyisiqithi esipheleleyo se-holide, kwaye sise-Atlantic Ocean malunga neekhilomitha ezili-650 empuma yeNorth Carolina kunye ne-775 eekhilomitha ezantsi kwimpuma yeSixeko saseNew York. I-Bermuda ifana nefestile kwaye ibusiswe ngemozulu epholileyo, iilwandle ezintle, abantu abanobungane, kunye neeklasi zegalufa ezihle kakhulu. I-Bermuda ngokwenene iluhlu lweziqithi ezininzi e-Atlantic Ocean, ezinye zazo zidibaniswe ngamabhuleji.
Mhlawumbi umfanekiso owaziwayo kakhulu waseBermuda ngowamaziko ase-pastel kunye namabhankinki amnyama athintshwe ngophawu olwandle oluqaqambileyo. Okuthakazelisayo kukuba, iilwandle zazingakhange zibukeke njengepinki xa sivakatye, kodwa ngokuqinisekileyo zibonakala ziyingqameko kwezinye zezithombe zam. Yiya.
Njengoko sihlolisise iBermud, sakhawuleza safumanisa ukuba kutheni iindawo ezinqabileyo zokuhamba. Esi siqithi sineendawo ezininzi zokuzonwabisa kunye neevenkile, kodwa ezininzi zibiza kakhulu. Wonke umntu esathetha naye kwinqanawa yavuma ukuba ukusebenzisa i-Seven Seas Navigator njengehotele ejikelezayo kunye "namagumbi okuhamba olwandle", yayiyindlela ekhethiweyo kwi-resort, kunye nenzuzo enkulu yokufumana ikhwalithi efunyenweyo. Iinqanawa zahlaselwa e-pier e-Hamilton naseSt. George yayiphelele.
Nangona iindwendwe zingenakuqeshisa imoto eBermud , ukujikeleza kulula. Ekuqaleni sasicinga ukuba siza kuqasha i-scooters; Nangona kunjalo, xa sibona inani lezothutho eHamilton, yonke imoto esecaleni, sashintsha ngokukhawuleza iingqondo zethu.
Ukuqhuba i-scooter kwindawo yaseSt. George okanye ngaphandle kwesixeko saseHamilton kwiindawo ezisemaphandleni kwakungaba lula, kodwa ndandingqongqo kakhulu ukuba ndizame ukuhamba ngezitrato ezincinci, ezithwele izithuthi zaseHamilton. Xa sifumene ngenkonzo ephezulu kakhulu yebhasi eBermud, eqinisekisile utshintsho lwethu kwizicwangciso.
Inkqubo yebhasi yaseBermuda ikulungele, kwaye iibhasi zihlambulukile kunye ne-air conditioned. Iibhasi zigijima malunga nemizuzu engama-15 kwaye zivame ukugcina ixesha. Ukuyeka kwebhasi kubhalwe ngeblue (amabhasi aya eHamilton) okanye i-pink (amabhasi aphuma ngaphandle kwe-Hamilton). Uya kufuna ukuba utshintsho oluchanekileyo okanye uphawu lwebhasi; umqhubi akakwazi ukwenza utshintsho. Ukuhamba kwexesha elipheleleyo kuyona elula, ngaphandle kokuba uceba nje ukukhwela elinye ixesha. Isibhedlele sebhasi esona sikhulu sisendaweni elula yokuhamba ngomkhumbi.
Ngosuku lwethu lokuqala eHamilton, iBermuda yayichithwa ngokuhlola i-capital city kunye nesiphelo sentshona yesiqithi. I-Hamilton iyisixeko esiqhankqalazayo, kwaye enye iinqanawa zokuhamba, i-Empress yeLwandle, nayo yayise-dock. Isithuba sethu sokubheka sibheke ngaphesheya kwechweba, ngoko ke sasinombono omkhulu ngeenqanawa, ii-speedboats, kayaks, nakwezinye izinto zokusebenza. Abagibeli kwii-suites kwicala le-Starboard ye-Seven Seas Navigator banokuyonwabela ukujonga abanye abatyeleli behamba nge-Front Street ngaphantsi okanye bajonga iindibano ezininzi ezikulo dolophu ukusuka kwintuthuzelo yabo ye-Seven Seas Navigator. Sasijikeleza isixeko size sihambe siye kubona i-pink Hotel yasePinki yasePinki. Abazali bam behlala apho kuma-1980, kwaye ihotele yembali yayimnandi kakhulu.
Akukho namnye wethu owayetyelele eBermuda ngaphambili, ngoko sagqiba ekubeni sichitha usuku lwethu lokuqala e-ashore nje sihlola isi siqithi. Sasihamba ngeendlela zebhasi ezihle kakhulu, simangaliswa kwiindawo ezibukisayo, kwiindawo zokuhlalisa kunye nakumakhaya. Asizange sikholwe ukuchuma okucacileyo kunye nokucoceka kwesi siqithi se siqithi. Zonke iindawo ezijikelezayo kunye nokujika kwendlela eya ngasentshonalanga kubonisa enye ibhantshi elimangalisayo. Sithwele i-snorkeling gear, kwaye ekugqibeleni saphelela kwinqaba elincinane, elincomekayo ngasecaleni lesentshonalanga ye siqithi. Ulwandle lwalusondele, kwaye sasichukumisa ingxoxo kunye nabantu abathandana nabo baseVancouver, eCanada, ababehlala kwisikhephe esikheyeni.
Ngosuku lwethu lwesibini eHamilton, sithatha i-Seven Seas Navigator i-half-day-snorkelling shore excursion kwi-catamaran egama lingumntu ongenalutho . I-catamaran yakhonza i-coamar edibeneyo, i-cookie eshushu, kwaye isikhokelo sethu sasingumthonyama waseBermuda osinike ulwazi oluninzi malunga nembali yaseBermuda kunye nabantu bayo.
I-snorkeling yayilungileyo, kwaye ukushisa kwamanzi kwakulungile kwaye kucace kakuhle. Kwakukho amaqabunga amaninzi ematye kunye nomkhombe ozele i-lobsters. URonnie wayekuthabathe ukukhwela iibhola zegalufu eziphantsi kwehlabathi elingenasiphelo. Sasicinga ukuba mhlawumbi kwakukho igalofu elisondeleyo, kodwa isicatshulwa sethu sasitshela ukuba abantu abaninzi banandipha ukusetyenziswa kolwandle njengoluhlu lokuqhuba! Kwakuyi-excursion enxweme enkulu, kwaye ndiyincoma kakhulu kunoma ubani othanda ukufunda nge-snorkeling kunye nokuhamba ngomkhumbi.
Emva kobusuku bobabini e-Hamilton, i-Seven Seas Navigator yahamba ngeSonto ekuseni ngaseSt. George ngasekupheleni kweBermud. Into yokuqala esiyibonile eSt. George yayiyiKrikhi yaseKapa emi emgodini ukuze isibingelele.
I dolophu yaseSt. George ihluke kakhulu kuHamilton. Kuncinci kakhulu kwaye kunqabile, kodwa kulungele ukutyelela. I-St. George yayiyinkunzi yokuqala yaseBermuda, okokuqala yahlala yinqanawa eyayibhubha yaseBrithani ngo-1609. Abaninzi balabo bahlala khona baya eJamestown, eVirginia, kodwa abanye bahlala eBermud.
Sagqiba kwelokuba sihambe kwidolophana ukubona iSt. St. Catherine ngasentla-ntshona yeSt.
Parishi yaseGeorge. Sayekela entabeni ukuya kwiCawa elingapheliyo. Isakhiwo esithakazelisayo seGothic esakhiwe ngo-1874 sibonelela ngokucacileyo kwilali engezantsi. Akuzange iqedwe ngenxa yokungabikho kwemali kunye neengxabano zezopolitiko.
Ukuqhubela phambili kwethu kwi-Fort St. Catherine, sahamba ngeklasi yegalufu yendawo eya kwi-Tobacco Bay enqabileyo kunye ne-St. Catherine Beach kufuphi ne-fort. Le nqaba enqabileyo yakhiwa ngowe-1614 waza wabuya wakhiwa ngowe-1812. Senze uhambo olukhokelayo kwaye sinovuyo gqitha ukubona imigudu kunye nemimandla engaphantsi komhlaba. Iimbono ezivela e-Fort St. Catherine nazo ziyamangalisa.
Sabuyela emuva kwinqanawa ngeendlela ezahlukeneyo zokuhamba, sifike ngexesha nje lokumiswa kwakhona kwesigwebo somnye wabasetyhini bendawo abaya kuba dunked ngenxa yokugxeka kwakhe, ukuhleba nokunyaniseka. Ummangaleli wedolophu kunye noorolophu babengamele isigqeba sakhe, kwaye sonke sasihleka ukuhlawula iindleko zakhe.
Ndandivuyiswa kukuba kwakungeyena mna, nangona ulwandle olunqumlayo ngexesha lasehlotyeni luya kuhlaziywa.
Emva kokukhawuleza kunye nesidlo sasemini sangasemva, sahamba ngeSt. George. Ekubeni bekuyiCawa, kuphela izitolo zokuvakasha ezivulekileyo, kodwa oko kwakulungile nathi. Sasikuvuyela ukuhamba kunye neempawu ezimnandi esizibonayo.
Ngokufana noHamton, bonke abantu esidibana nabo babenobungane.
Iinqwelo ezisixhenxe zeeLwandle i-Navigator zasuka eSt. George naseBermud ukuya eNorfolk emva kwemini ngeCawa. Abo bethu ababengakaze bavakashele eBermuda ngaphambi kokuba baqonde ukuba kutheni abaninzi bebuyela kwakhona kwakhona. Abo bahamba ngebhodi ababengakaze bahambe nge-Regent ngaphambi kokuba baqonde isizathu sokuba umgca wokuhamba umgama uninzi lwabaxumi. Iinqwelo eziLwandle ezisixhenxe zinezixhobo ezintle kunye neendawo eziqhelekileyo. Abasebenzi baxubha abagibeli, kunye neziphuzo ezipholileyo, iziphuzo, kunye nokungabikho nto zenza amava okuzonwabisa.