Funchal, Port Madeira yeFowuni
I-Madeira ikhona e-Atlantic Ocean ukusuka kummandla wasePortugal nase-Afrika. Indawo ephumayo yeholide, neentaba, isimo sezulu esihle kunye nemibono enhle. Iinqanawa ze-Cruise ezihamba ngentshona entshona yeYurophu okanye ukubeka iinqwelo zokuhamba phakathi kweCaribbean neYurophu zivame ukutyelela esi siqithi esihle. I-Madeira ngamanye amaxesha ibizwa ngokuba "isiqithi sentsuku yamandulo", "i-pearl isiqithi saseAtlantic", okanye "isiqithi segadi".
Amagama amathathu asenokubonakala afanelana nomhlaba, umoya kunye nesimo sezulu.
Malunga nezinto eziphela kuphela ezingekho kwiDiraira zihlaba umhlaba oqhekezayo kunye neelwandle. I-Madeirans isebenzisa imimandla kunye namabhuloho ukuhlawulela umhlaba ophangaleleyo kwaye uthathe uhambo olufutshane ukuya kwisiqithi esingumakhelwane sasePorto Santo ukuba uhlale kwiindawo eziselunxwemeni.
IPortugal ilawulwe iMiraira iminyaka engaphezu kwe-500, kwaye abemi baseBrithani (kunye nezinye iintlanga) baye bafudukela apho kwiminyaka engama-200 edluleyo. Esi siqithi sithandwa kakhulu kwiindawo zaseYurophu zokuvakatyelela, kwaye iinqanawa ezihamba ngeenqanawa zihlala zifakela kwi-capital of Funchal. Ama-90,000 abantu abangama-250,000 eMiraira bahlala eFinchal, kwisixeko-dolophu.
Ukuba ufika e-Funchal ngekhefu lomkhumbi, iinqanawa zakho ziya kufikelela kwindawo ephakathi kweso sixeko. Ekubeni ezinye iinqanawa ziqala okanye ziphuma e-transatlantic e-Funchal, unokukwazi ukuchitha ixesha elingakumbi kwi-Madeira njengenxalenye yokwandiswa kwangaphambili okanye kwe-cruise.
Ngokuqinisekileyo isi siqithi sinobuhle bokwenyama sichitha ixesha elide ngaphezu kwelanga elilodwa! Iintaba zaso ezinzulu kunye neziqhamo ezinqabileyo zibukeka njengeqithi laseHawaii laseKauai. Ngeekhilomitha ezingama-58 ubude kunye neekhilomitha ezili-23 ububanzi, isiqithi asinkulu kakhulu, kodwa ngenxa yokuba intaba, ukuhamba kuyancipha.
Abantu abaninzi bathatha ityelelo lebhasi kwisiqithi ukuze bathathe kwezinye iindawo ezintle ezibonakalayo njengento ebonwayo kwisithomi ngasentla. Olunye utyeleli uninzi luye lubonwa luquka ukuma kwindawo eyaziwayo yeReid's Palace Hotel ukujonga igadi kunye nebala leeyi.
I- Silversea Silver Spirit inikezela uhambo olunxwemeni olwandle oluya eDiraira naseCanary Islands . Iindwendwe zihamba kwelinye lalabo baqala ukusetyenziswa kwezothutho ezivela kwidolophana yase-Monte ukuya kwi-capital eFinchal. Namhlanje la ma-toboggans asetyenziswe ngokukodwa ukuthutha abahanjisi, kodwa ukukhwela kukuzonwabisa kakhulu. Abaqhubi bembethe ibhulukhwe emhlophe kunye neengubo zentambo, kwaye zilawula ijubane kwaye "ziqhube" izibophezelo.
Ukuba awuyi kwenza uhambo olulungelelanisiweyo lolwandle, imoto iyadingeka ukuhlola isi siqithi. Uninzi lweendlela zincinci kwaye kunzima ukuhamba, ngoko "ukuhamba ngokwakho" ukuqhuba ukuqhuba kunokuba mnandi kunokuba kulindeleke. Ukuhamba ngezintambo zokunkcenkceshela, ezibizwa ngokuthi i-levadas, kwindlela eyaziwayo yokuhlola isi siqithi. Kukho amakhulu eekhilomitha ezihamba ngeendlela ezihamba ngeevadas, ezinye zazo zinzima.
I-Madeira ilele kwiGulf Stream, eyenza isimo sezulu sinobubele, esincinci. Bobabini iqondo lokushisa kwamanzi kunye nomoya phakathi kwe-16-23 degrees Centigrade (60 ukuya kuma-73 degrees Fahrenheit) unyaka wonke.
Nangona kunjalo, ngenxa yamanzi eentaba, iqondo lokushisa linokuhluka ngokubanzi ukusuka kwelinye icala le siqithi ukuya kwelinye. I-Funchal kunye nayo yonke inxweme eselunxwemeni idla ngokufudumala kwaye idlulayo kunomda wasenyakatho we-Madeira. Ekubeni iqondo lokushisa lihle unyaka-wonke, nayiphi na ixesha elungileyo ukutyelela iMiraira. Ixesha ngalinye linamashisa afanayo, kodwa iintyatyambo ezahlukeneyo, iziqhamo kunye nemikhosi. Iibhanana zihamba ngexesha lonyaka, kodwa iidiliya zivuna ukususela ngo-Agasti ukuya ku-Oktobha. Iinyanga ezinamanzi ziphelile ngoSeptemba ukuya kuOktobha kunye noMatshi no-Epreli.
Ukuthengwa e-Madeira kungaphezu kwewayini layo elimnandi, nangona iwayini ngokuqinisekileyo yenye yezinto ezithengwa kakhulu. I-Wicker kunye ne-embroidery nazo zithenga kakuhle, kodwa ukufumana ikhaya elithengayo elinokugqithisileyo kunokuba ngumngeni kwi-suitcase yakho!
Enye into enomdla endiyifumeneyo yayingu-barretes de lã, ikhefu elibonakalayo elingaqhelekanga elise-pom-pom hat eligqitywa ngabalimi abaninzi be-Madeiran. Inendlebe iphosa kwaye ibukeka ibububuqili, kodwa incoko enhle kwaye ingabizi kakhulu. Zithengiswa kakhulu kuyo yonke indawo kodwa zingabizi ukuba uhlala kude nezitishi zokutyelela.
I-Funchal, i-Madeira ibonakala ihamba kwiindlela zokuhamba ngeendlela zokuhamba njenge-port of embarking or descending, abathandi abaninzi abahamba nge-cruise bafumana ithuba lokubona ezininzi zesiqithi. Nangona kunjalo, kulungele ixesha elide kwaye ndincoma iholide le-Madeiran kunoma ubani othanda iziqithi zeentaba, imozulu epheleleyo kunye neentyatyambo ezintle.