Amehlo ehlabathi anokukhawuleza abe kwi-Abu Dhabi, leyo, njengoko uSteffan Rhys wafumanisayo, yile nto kanye ayifunayo.
Kwiintsuku ngaphambilana, uMongameli uGeorge W. Bush waye wajonga e-Emirates Palace. Inkokeli yelizwe lasimahla ngomnye wabantu abambalwa abaphilayo abathathelwa ingqalelo njengobalaseleyo ngokwaneleyo ukuba bangahlala kumgangatho wesibhozo wehotele yeenkwenkwezi ezisixhenxe kuphela, nge- £ 1.1bn eyona ibiza kakhulu eyakha yakhiwa.
Awuyi kufumana umgangatho ophezulu ngenxa yokuba uyinkokeli yelizwe, nangona kunjalo, njengoko indawo yokunqunyulwa phakathi kwezo zinkulumbuso ibonwa ibalulekile ngokwaneleyo kwaye ezo zingacacanga.
"Abanye oomongameli bahlala," bonke abasebenzi baya kuthi.
U-Elton John wenqatshelwe kumgangatho ophezulu kutyelelo lwakutsha nje e-Abu Dhabi kwaye uTony Blair wajika kuba wawukhulu kakhulu. Ngethemba, xa uBon Jovi edlala iholo yehotele kule veki bebengazi ukubuza.
Ukuphuma uye kwiPersian Gulf ngakwintshona ye-Abu Dhabi's corniche, ihotele esekhaya, egcwele igolide kunye nemabhile kwaye ihonjiswe nge-1,002 yeekhandlela ezenziwe ngeekristali zeSwarovski, sisikhumbuzo esikhulu nesingathandabuzekiyo sokuzonwabisa.
Ihleli kwisiqwenga sesigidi esinye seemitha esikhokelela elunxwemeni lwangasese elizimeleyo, inabasebenzi abangama-2,000 170- i-11 kubo ingabapheki abalungiselela ukutya kwiindawo zayo zokutyela ezili-114- nakumakhaya ali-42, kubandakanya negqabi legolide elibanzi leemitha ezingama-XNUMX. I-Grand Atrium Dome edada ngaphezulu kwegumbi lokungenela liphezulu kakhulu kwaye likhulu kunalawo ahleli phezu kweSt.Paul Cathedral eLondon okanye kwi-Basilica San Marco eVenice.
Ukutya kwenyanga kwenye yeehotele ezikhanyisiweyo kunye neebhalkhoni ezimbejembeje ezineembono zommandla othe tyaba ongezantsi yenye yeendlela zokuchitha ngokuhlwa, kunye neKlabhu yoZakuzo kuphela yamalungu, ulongezo lwamva nje kwivenkile yokutyela yaseMayfair kunye nekhonkco yeeklabhu yasebusuku UMark Fuller noGary Hollihead, ngaphesheya kwendawo yokulinda.
Ngemibono ebhityileyo emhlabeni e-Abu Dhabi kwaye kuncinci ukufezekisa ngokuhamba nje esixekweni, ihotele yeyona nto inomtsalane kwi-Emirate, nkqu nakwabo bangenako ukuhlala apho. Kodwa konke okuza kutshintsha kunye nendalo, ukusuka ekuqaleni, eSaadiyat Island, iprojekthi enomdla ngokumangalisayo eza kubandakanya malunga neehotele ezintsha ezingama-30, ii-marinas ezintathu, iikhosi ezimbini zegalufa kunye nezindlu zabantu abayi-150,000.
Iya kuba yindawo yamva nje yamaziko enkcubeko aphambili kwihlabathi, iMyuziyam yaseGuggenheim kunye neLouvre, eya kuthi ilawule indawo yolwandle engangeehektare ezingama-670 kunye neziko lobugcisa lokudlala ngo-2012.
Ngaphandle kwamaqondo obushushu aphakathi kwe-45ºC ehlotyeni, i-Guggenheim ayizukubonisa imeko yomoya. Endaweni yoko, yenzelwe ngendlela yokuba ii-angles kunye neendawo zeendonga kunye nophahla ziya kudlulisa umoya ngokwendalo kwiipaseji zayo.
Ezinye iiprojekthi zibandakanya isiqithi iAl Reem Island, esiya kuthi ekugqibeleni sigcine abantu abangama-280,000 kunye ne-100 skyscrapers kunye neYas Island, eya kuthi ibonise isekethe yeGrand Prix.
Ixabiso le-Saadiyat lilodwa libekwe ngabanye ngeenxa zonke ze- £ 15bn mark, kodwa kukho inkolelo exhaphakileyo yokuba bambalwa abantu, ukuba bakho, abazi ngenene iindleko, kwaye ababonakali ngathi bachaphazelekayo.
Kwiminyaka engamashumi amahlanu eyadlulayo, i-Abu Dhabi- ikomkhulu, nesona sixeko sisityebileyo, e-United Arab Emirates - sasinabantu abangama-15,000 ubukhulu becala bezixakekisa ngemisebenzi yesintu yamaBedouin njengokufuya kweenkamela kunye nezolimo ezincinci. Ngo-1958, abaphandi base-Bhritane bafumanisa ukuba yeyiphi eya kuthi ibe yindawo yesihlanu ye-oyile ekrwada emhlabeni, i-90% yayo yayiphantsi kwe-Abu Dhabi, iyiguqula isuka kwintlango yohambo lwaba sisixeko esisityebi.
Imveliso yayo yasekhaya (i-GDP) ngomntu ngamnye sele ikwindawo yesibini kwihlabathi liphela nge- $ 37,000 kwaye iyonke i-GDP inokunyuka iye kwi-150 yeebhiliyoni nge-2025, isebe lase-Abu Dhabi lokucwangcisa kunye noqoqosho lisandula ukubhengeza, ubukhulu becala ngenxa yokhenketho, utyalomali lwamva nje kunye iiprojekthi ezinkulu.
Utshintsho lwayo ikakhulu lubangelwa kukuphakama kwakhe ongasekhoyo uSheikh Zared Bin Sultan Al Nahyan, owathi, xa ejonge ukufunyanwa kobutyebi obungenakuthelekiswa nanto ngeoyile, watyhila umbono wakhe ngasekupheleni kweminyaka yoo-1990 ukuba i-Abu Dhabi yayiza kuba yeyona ndawo yokuhamba ishishini, ezemidlalo kunye nobugcisa, kunye ne-mecca yobuvila yabanquli belanga baseYurophu.
Ukuya nabantu apho, waseka inqwelo moya ye-Abu Dhabi, i-Etihad. Ukufika kwabo, aba bakhweli ikakhulu baya kwiihotele ezinesidima, ezithi e-Abu Dhabi zivelise kwimveli yesi-Arabhu endaweni yoyilo lwangoku lwe-Dubai.
Njengoko kusenzeka, uthelekiso phakathi kwe-Emirates ezimbini azihli konke oko e-Abu Dhabi, esele ityebe kakhulu kwaye nangaphandle iqinisekile ukuba iya kuba yindawo ephezulu kakhulu kungekudala.
Ukujoyina i-Emirates Palace phakathi kweyona hotele zintle ze-Gulf yi-Shangri-La eQaryat Al Beri, nangoku ngaphandle kwamathandabuzo inkulu kodwa ihotele enoxolo kwaye inganyanzelekanga enamagumbi amahle anegadi zabucala.
Iivenkile zayo zokutyela ezine zisusela kwindawo yokutya okunemithombo emithathu emikhulu yetshokholethi, ngokusebenzisa amaTshayina kunye neVietnam, ukuya kwindawo yokutyela entle yeFrench Bordeau, apho imenyu elula ine-lobster, i-foie gras kunye ne-Black Angus tenderloin.
Ihotele inemibono emangalisayo ngeSheikh Zared Grand Mosque- eyona mosque yesithathu inkulu kwihlabathi liphela - inyuka inqumle amanzi kodwa iigugu zeShangri-La yiChi spa yayo. Ibango layo lokuba "ekungeneni kukho imeko yokuziva ubambekile evela kwilizwe langaphandle" inokusetyenziswa kuninzi lwe-Abu Dhabi kodwa amagumbi ayo onyango abucala ali-10 ayenza indawo yokuthula nokuzola.
Ubomi e-Abu Dhabi butshintshile ngaphaya kokuqwalaselwa kwaye yeyiphi inkcubeko encinci yaseBedouin esele ibalekile - ukugijima kweenkamela kunye ne-falconry e-Al Ain, umzekelo-yenziwe. Kodwa uhambo olufutshane oluya entlango alufanelekanga ukuba lube semva kwemini ngaphandle kwaso nasiphi na isizathu ngaphandle kwendlela yasentlango, apho abaqhubi ababhadazayo bahlawulisa ii-4x4 zabo ezikhazimlayo benyuka besihla kufutshane-nkqo kwiinduli zentlabathi kunye nokukhala kwabakhweli njengomculo ezindlebeni zabo.
Ukuntywila emanzini, ukuntywila, ukuhamba ngenqwelomoya, ukuloba okanye ukuloba kumanxweme abucala eehotele ezibiza kakhulu zonke iindlela ezilungileyo zokusebenzisa amanzi acocekileyo e-Abu Dhabi kunye nesibhakabhaka esiluhlaza, kwaye iihotele ziya kuguqa ngasemva ukukunceda ucwangcise.
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