I-Isle of Flowers yayisakuba Kwindlu yasePaul Gauguin
I-Taboga isiqithi esincinane kwiGulf of Panama kufuphi nomnyango wePacific ukuya kwiPanama Canal. Isiqithi esicocekileyo kunye nendawo ephumlileyo ukutyelela kwinqanawa encinci ngeCanal okanye ngosuku lokuhamba ukusuka kwiSixeko sasePanama.
Usenokumangaliswa ukwazi ukuba ezininzi iinqanawa zihamba ngeCanama Canal kodwa azibandakanyi ichweba lePanama yefowuni. Nangona kunjalo, iRiphabliki yasePanama yenza iinzame zokuheha abatyelelo kwilizwe elitshatyalaliswayo, kunye nelizwe liyakwazi ukulungiswa kwamanani aseMerika.
Xa ndandisiya ePanama iiveki ezimbalwa ngamnye ngonyaka ukususela ngo-1993-1998 kwishishini, ndafumana abemi banobubele kwaye ilizwe kunye nembali yalo ibe yinto enomdla kakhulu.
Ndabuyela ePanama ngamaxesha amaninzi ukususela apho, ngethuba lokuhamba, ngoku kutshanje kwiholide lomhlaba / yeenqanawa kunye ne-Grand Circle Cruise Line. Uhambo olujikelezayo luquka ubusuku obuthathu kwiCatamaran Discovery ePanama Canal, kwaye sachitha iiyure ezimbalwa kwisiqithi saseTaboga.
Ezinye iinqanawa zokuhamba zihlala kwiSan Blas Islands kwiiCaribbean okanye kufuphi neSixeko sasePanama ekupheleni kwePacific yeCanal. Ukuba unomhla ePanama kwaye ufuna ukufumana uhlahlo lwabiwo-mali, uhambo oluya kwi-Isle yeTaboga malunga neekhilomitha ezili-12 ukusuka kwisixeko-dolophu sinokuba yiloo nto oyifunayo. Amaferi ashiya i-pier kwi- Amador Causeway kabini okanye kathathu ngosuku, eqala ngo-8: 30 ekuseni. Esi sikhephe senza uhambo lwemizuzu engama-45 ukuya eTaboga malunga nohambo lwama-11 olujikelezayo.
(I-Panama isebenzisa imali yaseMelika yamaphepha - akukho tshintsho olufunekayo.) Le yintetho yangempela! Endleleni ufumana imibono ephakamileyo yeSixeko sasePanama ngaphesheya kwendlela. Ukongeza, unokujonga ngokukhawuleza kwiinqanawa ezininzi ezilindelekile ukuba zilinde ukujika kwazo.
I-Taboga yindlela eyaziwayo yokuhamba ephuma kwiSixeko sasePanama, ngoko ke umkhombe unokuba lukhulu, ingakumbi ngeveki.
Andiyi ku libala olunye uhambo esilwenze ngoMgqibelo omhle. Umkhumbi wawugcwele, umculo wawuvakala, kwaye wonke umntu wayedlala kwaye wayenandipha usuku lwakhe. Ndandisebenza nabasebenzi bam, kwaye sasingabantu baseMelika kuphela. Abahlali basikhuthaza ukuba sijoyine kumnandi, kwaye sasinethuba elide ngexesha lokuhamba kweekhephe.
Ngaphambi kokuba uhlalise elwandle, kufuneka uhlolisise isiqithi. Akuyi kuthatha ixesha elide ukuba ubone "isixeko"! Isiqithi malunga neekhilomitha ezingama-2.3 (5.9 km). Kukho isitrato esincinane, kunye neendlela ezimbalwa. "Isitalato esona sikhulu" sithatha ngeembalo zomoya ovulekileyo, kwaye ikunika ithuba lokubona indlela iTaboga ezuze ngayo igama layo, isiqithi seentyantyambo.
Unokuba nethuba lokudibana nabantu abanomdla kule mibala evulekile. I-Taboga iyindawo eyaziwayo yefowuni yeefowuni ezilindele ukuhamba kwiCanal. UmAmerica wabetha ingxoxo nathi kwibhar kwenye yeehotele xa evile izivakalisi zethu. Wayeshiya eCalifornia inyanga ezimbalwa ngaphambi kwaye wayedlula umda waseMexico naseMntla America, ehleli endleleni. Wayexhalabele ukuva "iindaba ezivela ekhaya", kwaye sachitha ixesha elithile sithetha naye. Wasitshela ngamabali amnandi ngeemvula eziye zahamba kunye nobomi olwandle.
Kukho amakhaya atshabalalayo, amangcwaba amanqabileyo anomdla kunye nolwandle lolwandle lucocekile kwaye luphumle. Unokuhamba ngesitalato esiphambili malunga nemizuzu engama-10 ukuba awuyeki. Ukuba uziva unamandla, unokuyulahla inethiwekhi yeendlela ezigcinwe kakuhle kwiqithi, ezininzi zazo ezinemihlathi eyahlukeneyo kunye nezinye iintyatyambo. Ngokuxhomekeke kwithuba lonyaka, unokubona amawaka eentlanzi ezinqamlekileyo ngasemva kwe siqithi ukusuka kwisikhunjini samatye. Kuya kuthatha malunga neeyure ezintathu okanye ezine ukuhlola isiqithi.
Ngexesha lokutyelela isiqithi, unokucinga malunga nendima yembali esi siqithi esincinane. Umphenyi odumileyo waseSpain uVasco de Balboa wafumanisa isiqithi kwikhondo le-16. Omnye wabahlali bokuqala wayeyiPadre Hernando de Luque, umfundisi weCatama. Wakha indlu ekhululekile kwisiqithi, waza wahlala apho ixesha elininzi.
UPadre Luque udume ngokuba wayengumcebisi kunye nomcebisi kaFrancisco Pizarro, umqoqo we-Incas. U-Pizarro naye wayenendlu eTaboga, iindawo zayo eziseleyo kwisiqithi.
Omnye owaziwayo waseTaboga wayengumculi odumile waseFransi uPaul Gauguin. Wahlala kwisiqithi ngo-1887 ngeenyanga ezimbalwa emva kokusebenza ixesha elifutshane kwakhiwo seCanama Canal eyenziwe yiFrentshi.
I-Taboga yayisisigxina esibalulekileyo kwimikhumbi yaseNyakatho Melika neyesiNgesi ekuqaleni kwekhulu lama-20. Kuye kwaba ngumthombo wokuphefumula ukushushu komzi kunye nezifo zesifo. Kulo siqithi esincinci, ixesha elidlulileyo livumba. Ngoku, abaninzi abantu banokubhukuda encinci, behleli emthunzini (okanye ilanga), kwaye banqwenela ulwandle olusoloko lwePanama kunye neGulf of Panama e-Pacific Ocean.