Iinqanawa zaseCaribbean: Yintoni eshushu, yintoni engenjalo

I-Caribbean yindawo emiselweyo yokuhamba ngenqanawa kangangokuba isabambisa abahamba ngenqanawa ngakumbi kunayo nayiphi na enye indawo emhlabeni.

ICaribbean yindawo esele imisiwe yokuhamba ngenqanawa kangangokuba isatsala abakhenkethi abaninzi kunayo nayiphi na enye indawo emhlabeni. Idume kakhulu kwaye ihlala ilukhetho oluhle kubantu abafuna ilanga ebusika kuba-ubuncinci kuMntla waseMelika-kusondele kakhulu. Isenokunikezela ngamaxabiso entengiso.

Omnye wemingeni ekhulayo iCaribbean ejongene nayo kule minyaka imbalwa idlulileyo kukudinwa. Nje ukuba uhambe ngesikhephe eNtshona yeCaribbean ukusuka, yithi, iGalveston, iNew Orleans, okanye iTampa, ube ulapho kwaye uyenzile loo nto. Kuyafana nakwabo baye bahamba ngeendlela zaseMpuma zeCaribbean ukusuka kumazibuko aseFlorida (singasathethi ke ngezo zikuNxweme oluseMpuma, ezifana neCharleston, Norfolk, Baltimore, neNew York). Kolu hambo, abakhweli batyelela amazibuko afanayo ngokuphindaphindiweyo—iindawo ezinjengeSan Juan, iSt. Thomas, neSt. Ukuxinana kweenqanawa kunye namava anqabileyo elunxwemeni kwiziqithi ezithile akutsali ncam ukuba abahambi babuyele kummandla.

Ukulwa le malaise, abaphathi beshishini bahlala bejonge ukongeza iindawo ezinefashoni nezintsha eziza kuhenda abakhweli ukuba babuyele kwiinqanawa zaseCaribbean. Baye wadala amazibuko amatsha-ezifana Carnival kaThixo kwisikhululo eGrand Turk, iziqithi ezihlala zabucala Bahamian kunye okroliweyo-ukusuka-i-jungle Costa Maya-ebonakala ngaphandle emoyeni obhityileyo. Baye bawabeka kubunzulu be-Southern Caribbean ukufumana iindawo ezintsha, balinde nje iinqanawa ukuba zifike.

De isohlwayo sisusiwe kwaye iCuba ivule iingcango zayo kwiinqanawa zokuhamba ngenqanawa zaseMelika, ungalindeli izinto ezothusayo ezininzi kwiindlela zeCaribbean. Kodwa, nokuba ujonge iindawo ezizayo kunye nezizayo, ezingekabikho kwi-radar, okanye unethemba lokuphepha i-ha-beens, funda uhlalutyo lwethu malunga nokuba yintoni eshushu kunye nento engekho kwiCaribbean ixesha elizayo lokuhamba ngenqanawa.

Amabala ashushu

St. Croix

Kutheni: I-St. Croix, enye yeZiqithi ezintathu ze-Virgin zase-US ezinkulu, yawa kwimephu yabahambi ngenqanawa emva kwesizini ka-2001/2002, xa imiba emininzi engasonjululwanga ngolwaphulo-mthetho oluncinci inyisela ukuba baye kwenye indawo. Ngoko, kwiminyaka emihlanu kamva, isibhengezo sikaDisney sokuba siza kubonisa iindlela ezintsha zeCaribbean kwi-2009-kuquka iSt. Croix-yaphakamisa amashiya ambalwa. Ngokukhawuleza, iinqanawa ezininzi zineSt. Croix kwiindlela ze-2009/2010-i-Royal Caribbean's Adventure of the Seas, i-Holland America's Maasdam, i-Celebrity's Millennium kunye ne-Azamara Journey. Ayikhathazi into yokuba urhulumente wasekhaya utyale i-18 yezigidi zeedola ukuhombisa isixeko sasechwebeni saseFrederiksted, esitshintshiweyo ukusuka kwimbewu ukuya kumtsalane. Ukongeza, esi siqithi, njengabazalwana baso base-USVI, sidityaniswe phakathi kwezinye iziqithi ezidumileyo kwaye, ke ngoko, lizibuko elifanelekileyo lokufowuna.

Yintoni ekhoyo: iSt. Croix inikezela ngamava ahluke kakhulu kwimecca yokuthenga exineneyo yaseSt. Thomas. Ngendawo eninzi yokujikeleza (iSt. Croix ibandakanya i-84 yeekhilomitha zeekhilomitha kwaye iphindwe kabini ubukhulu beSt Thomas), iSt. AmaKristu ukuya emantla. Yanyuswa njengendawo yembali yommandla wase-US ngenxa yezakhiwo zaseDanish ezihlala kuyo, iSt. Isikhumbuzo seSizwe saseBuck Island Reef yeyona nto inomtsalane kwindalo kwisiqithi esineziza eziphambili ze-snorkeling kunye neendawo zokuntywila.

Ufudo

Kutheni: Kufana neSt. Croix, ikomkhulu leZiqithi zaseBritish Virgin yafumana ukunyuswa okukhulu xa ibetha isivumelwano kunye neDisney Cruise Line, izongeza kwiindlela zohambo lweCaribbean kwi-2009. Ngokungafaniyo neSt. Croix, iTortola ayinayo imbali yobusela kunye nolwaphulo-mthetho ukuthintela ukukhula kwayo njengezibuko elidumileyo. Ngokukufutshane kwayo eSan Juan-izibuko lesiqhelo lemvelaphi yeenqanawa zaseMazantsi eCaribbean-kunye neSt. Thomas ehlala idumile, iTortola ikwindawo esembindini. Ikwasebenza njengendawo yokutsiba kuhambo lwemini ukuya kwiindawo ezikufutshane ze-BVI ezifana noJost Van Dyke kunye noVirgin Gorda. Ukuba yinxalenye yommandla wase-Bhritane kuyanceda, ubuncinci xa kufikwa ekuphumeleleni ukuthanda iindlela zokuhamba ngenqanawa zaseYurophu. P&O kunye noFred. U-Olsen usebenzisa iTortola kakhulu kwiindlela zabo zeCaribbean, kwaye iHapag-Lloyd kunye neCosta nabo babiza iTortola. Ngo-2009, phantse yonke imigca onokucinga ngayo ineTortola kuluhlu lohambo. Ngezona ntsuku zixakeke kakhulu kwizibuko (ngoLwesithathu nangoLwesine), uya kufumana ukuya kuthi ga kwiinqanawa ezintlanu esiqithini ngaxeshanye, nto leyo enokuthetha ukulinganisa okudikidiki kweTortola kuluhlu lonyaka ozayo okanye olungekhoyo. Hamba ngoku.

Yintoni ekhoyo: Ngamanye amaxesha, ukunkqonkqoza eTortola kukuba akukho mtsalane waneleyo kwisiqithi sobuthongo sokungxengxeza isihlwele sabakhweli ngeenqanawa. Kodwa, oko ngokwenene yingcamango ephosakeleyo. Yeyona ndawo ibalaseleyo yokuya kwimidlalo yasemanzini, ishiya imeko yokuthenga i-mecca ukuya eSt. Thomas; iindawo zokuntywila kunye neendawo zokuntywila zikumgangatho wokuqala, kwaye iindawo ezonakalisayo ezininzi ngaphantsi kwamanzi-kuquka iRMS Rhone-ziindawo ezithandwayo. Imimoya eshushu yorhwebo yenza le paradesi ibe yiparadesi yomatiloshe, kwaye ezinye iziqithi ezikwitsheyini le-BVI zihamba nje ngesikhephe esifutshane. Uhambo lwemini-ingakumbi oluya ebumelwaneni i-Jost Van Dyke (ikhaya le-White Bay yasezulwini kunye ne-Soggy Dollar Bar yayo) kunye ne-Virgin Gorda (apho unokuhlola imiqolomba kunye namachibi eeBhafu zodumo)-zininzi kwaye zifanelekile.

ISt. Kitts

Kutheni: Indawo ebaluleke kakhulu yaseSt. iindlela zohambo. Eli zibuko liguquguqukayo ngokuqinisekileyo lenze umtsalane kuMntu oMaziwayo, owalikhetha njengelinye lamazibuko amathathu ukuba liquke ukuvulwa, iindlela zobusuku obusixhenxe ze-brand new, innovative, inkulu-of-the-fleet Celebrity Solstice. (Ngakumbi, iSan Juan kunye ne-St. Maarten zijikeleza iindawo zokumisa kuhambo oluya nokubuya e-Ft. Lauderdale ngeseyile.) Ukuba iindawo zokufikela zeSolstice zifumana ingqwalasela njengenqanawa ngokwayo, iSt. Kitts inokuqalisa ukutsala izihlwele ezininzi emva kwayo yonke loo nto.

Yintoni ekhoyo: Ubuhle bemvelo baseSt. Kitts budlulela ngaphaya kweendawo zayo ezintle ezingaselunxwemeni ukuze buquke uhlaza olungakumbi phakathi kwelizwe—oluphuma kwishishini leswekile langaphambili kweso siqithi. (Ummoba usakhula kwiindawo ezintle, ezinamagqabi, neziluhlaza.) Unxweme olunentlabathi emhlophe namaza ajikelezileyo lutsala abantu abashushu belanga, abaqubhayo, abatyibilizi emanzini, abakhenkethi bomoya, abakhenkethi kunye nabantywili. Ihlathi elinemvula lesiqithi kunye nentaba-mlilo eleleyo likhaya leenkawu kunye neentaka ezingaqhelekanga, kwaye iidiphozithi ze-lava ezimile ngokungaqhelekanga zezona zitsala umdla kwiBlack Rocks. Ukuchukumisa imbali yoluntu kunye nezimvo ezibalaseleyo, abakhenkethi banokukhenketha indawo eyayisakuba yinqaba yaseBritane eBrimstone Hill Fortress kwaye baye eBloody Point ukuze bahloniphe inkumbulo yamawakawaka eCaribs, awabulawa ngabantu baseYurophu. Kuhambo losuku, ukukhwela isikhitshane ukuya kwisiqithi esingudade i-Nevis sithatha abahambi ukuya kwindawo enabantu abangaxinana kakhulu kwiingqaqa kunye neelwandle.

Tobago

Kutheni: Ihlala idityaniswa nesiqithi esingudade wayo, iTrinidad, iTobago iqalisa ukubonakala njengechweba lokuhamba ngenqanawa eliseMazantsi eCaribbean. Ulwakhiwo lugqityiwe kwipier entsha kwizibuko laseScarborough, ke ngoku iinqanawa ezinkulu njengeenqanawa zodidi lweVoyager zinokuma kanye esiqithini, kunokunyanzelwa ukuba zithenda ngokungafanelekanga. Ezinye iiprojekthi eziqhubekayo zokuphucula izibuko ziquka ukudibanisa ummandla wezibuko kunye nesitalato sokuthenga sase-Esplanade, uqeqesho lwenkonzo yabathengi kubaqhubi beeteksi kunye nabanye abathengisi, kunye nokuphuculwa okunokwenzeka kwijethi yaseCharlotteville ukuze iinqanawa ezinkulu zikwazi ukufowunela apho, ngokunjalo. Kwaye, iinzame ziyasebenza; Abantu abadumileyo bavumile ukongeza iTobago kwiindlela zohambo lweNgqungquthela yoSaziwayo ngo-2009/2010, kwaye isizini ka-2008/2009 ka-Tobago iya kubona iminxeba ephindwe kabini yeenqanawa zokuhamba ngenqanawa kunye neendwendwe ezithelekelelwa kwi-100,000 (irekhodi yesiqithi).

Yintoni ekhoyo: I-Tobago ikufuphi namazibuko aseCaribbean asesikolweni esidala njengoko beza. Likhaya lelona hlathi lidala likhuselweyo kwiNtshona yeIkhweyitha yaye yeyona ndawo ifanelekileyo yokuya kubahambi nababukele iintaka. Kwiingxangxasi zaseArgyle, iindwendwe zinokuqubha kumachibi endalo okanye zijonge nje ubuhle bendawo. Iingqaqa zekorale ezingaselunxwemeni zihenda abatyibilizi, ngelixa abo bangenamdla kangako bengonwabela iimbono zangaphantsi kwamanzi kukhenketho olusezantsi lweglasi. Kukho iilwandle ezininzi zokutshisa ilanga, kwaye i-buffs yembali iya kuba yinto yabo ngelixa ukhenketha iinqaba zembali zesiqithi kunye nesondo lamanzi.

eCosta Maya

Isizathu: ICosta Maya—izibuko elikuMzantsi Yucatan, ngokoqobo, elakrolwa ehlathini—yaphulukana newonga layo “lokutshisa” xa iNkanyamba uDean yatshabalalisa eli zibuko, kunye nelali ekufutshane ekulobeni yaseMajahual ngowama-2007. , ngaphezu konyaka emva koko, izibuko elakhiwe ngokutsha sele liqalisile ukwamkela iinqanawa zokuhamba ngenqanawa ezibuyela elunxwemeni kwaye liphakamisa iitshathi zokuduma kwakhona. Ngoba? Iiprojekthi zokwakha zenze izibuko, elifana nesiqithi sabucala, libengcono kunangaphambili—indawo yokungena enkulu, ngoku ekwaziyo ukuhlalisa iinqanawa ezintathu endaweni yezimbini (kubandakanywa neenqanawa ezilingana neRoyal Caribbean’s Oasis of the Seas, eyona ndawo intsha ikhuphisana neyona nqanawa inkulu. -nanini na xa iqala ekwindla ka-2009); iivenkile eziphuculweyo, iindawo zokutyela kunye namaqula; kunye nokhenketho olufana nohambo lwe-zip-line. I-Majahual iye yahonjiswa kwaye ngoku ibonakalisa ibhodi yokuhambahamba ngaselwandle. Phakathi kwabokuqala ukutyelela izibuko elakhiwe ngokutsha yiCarnival Legend, P&O Cruises' Oceana, iRoyal Caribbean's Independence of the Seas, Disney Magic, Norwegian Spirit, kunye neHolland America's Veendam kunye neWesterdam.

Yintoni ekhoyo: Ilali eyenzelwe abakhenkethi ibonelela ngeendawo zokutyela ezivulekileyo kunye neebhari, iiphuli, ulwandle lwabucala, kunye neevenkile ezingahlawulelwayo. Ukusuka echwebeni, iindwendwe zinokuya kwilali yaseMajahual ukuze zihambe ngaselwandle, zitye kwiindawo zokutyela zendawo, zidlale i-waterports, okanye ziphumle elunxwemeni lwesanti kwi-Uvero Beach Club. Olunye ukhetho lokuhamba lubandakanya i-kayak tour ngokusebenzisa i-mangroves, i-snuba diving, ukutyelela amanxuwa aseMaya, kunye ne-BioMaya Bacalar-usuku olunzima, olugqityiweyo kunye ne-zip-line ride, ukubhukuda kunye nokuhamba kwehlathi.

Ukupholisa

Makhulu uCayman

Kutheni: Ixesha elide lokuhamba ngenqanawa kwiCaribbean, iiCayman Islands zibone ukwehla okunyukayo kwiminyaka yakutshanje. Ngo-2008, inani labakhweli kunye neenqanawa ezifowunayo eGrand Cayman lehla ukusuka ku-2007. Nangona iselisikhululo samandla ohambo ngenqanawa, iGrand Cayman, mhlawumbi, yamkele into entle kakhulu. Ngexesha lonyaka ophakamileyo, ukuya kuthi ga kwiinqanawa ezintandathu ezinkulu ngosuku zinokufunyanwa kude nonxweme, zihambisa abakhweli kwidolophu encinci yaseGeorge. (Ukunqongophala kwendawo yokukhwela inqanawa okanye indawo yokumisa inqanawa ngumqobo omkhulu.) Kwaye, ngaphandle kwesibakala sokuba abanini bamashishini basekuhlaleni bonke benzelwe ukugcina incopho ephezulu yokuhamba ngenqanawa, ukuzibophelela kwesi siqithi kwinkqubo yaso eethe-ethe yolwalwa lwekorale kudala ukungavisisani kwemekobume.

Yintoni ekhoyo: Kwaziwa kakhulu kuneGeorge Town, idolophu encinci yesiqithi, yi-Seven Mile Beach (okwenene i-5.5 yeekhilomitha ubude). Izaliswe ziindawo ekuchithelwa kuzo iiholide, abahlangi bemidlalo yamanzi, kunye neendawo zokutyela. Ezinye izinto ezinomtsalane ziquka i-acre ye-Queen Elizabeth II Botanical Garden, i-Pedro St. James "castle" yembali (ithathelwe indawo yokuzalwa yentando yesininzi kwiiCaymans), kunye ne-scuba diving.

San Juan

Kutheni: ISan Juan, eye yaba nempumelelo enkulu njengezibuko lohambo kuMazantsi eCaribbean, icela umngeni. Ngentwasahlobo ka-2008, i-American Airlines-ababoneleli abakhulu beenqwelo-moya ukuya eSan Juan-yanciphisa iinqwelomoya eziya esiqithini ngama-45 ekhulwini. Nangona abathwali abafana ne-AirTran kunye ne-JetBlue baye bangena ukuze bazalise isithuba, kusekho iinqwelomoya ezimbalwa-ezibalulekile ekukhweliseni abakhweli ukuya kwiinqanawa zabo-ukuya kweli zibuko lokuhamba, indawo ethandwayo yokutsiba kwiindlela zokuhamba zaseMazantsi eCaribbean. Ngokunjalo, abakhenkethi ngoku bajongene neendlela ezimbalwa zokukhetha kwaye mhlawumbi namaxabiso aphezulu aphezulu. Njengezibuko losuku olunye lokufowuna, iSan Juan nayo iyatsala nzima. Ingxelo engalunganga evela kubahambi ngenqanawa malunga namava ezibuko ibangela ukuba imizila yokuhamba ngenqanawa iwise isiqithi kwiindlela zohambo. (Ngenxa yemicimbi yexesha, iinqanawa ezisuka kumazibuko ase-US ezingaselunxwemeni azingeni kwizibuko kude kube ngokuhlwa, xa uninzi lweevenkile kunye nezinto ezinomtsalane zembali zivaliwe.). I-Royal Caribbean isanda kuthatha i-San Juan kwiindlela zayo zobusuku be-12 ye-Southern Caribbean kwi-Explorer yeeLwandle kwi-2010, ikhetha ukuqala uhambo ngeentsuku ezintathu zolwandle ezilandelelanayo, kunokuchitha inxalenye yosuku (okanye ubusuku) ePuerto Rico.

Yintoni ekhoyo: ISan Juan yaziwa kakhulu ngesixeko sayo esidala esigcinwe kakuhle, apho, ngokulula, kulapho iinqanawa zokuhamba ngenqanawa zimisa khona. Abakhenkethi banokungena kwiindonga zesixeko esidala, izitrato ezinamatye anqabileyo, iinqaba ezinkulu, kunye necathedral. Kukho ii-boutiques ezininzi kunye neevenkile ezingenamsebenzi. Ngaphandle kwesixeko, iilwandle ezininzi zibonelela ngesanti, evuthiweyo yokutshiswa lilanga, kwaye ihlathi lemvula lase-El Yunque liyindawo ekufuneka ibonwe ngabakhenkethi kunye nabathanda indalo.

KwiRadar

Arubha

Isizathu: Ikwisiphelo esisemazantsi eCaribbean, iAruba kudala yaba lelona zibuko lithe qelele kulo mmandla—elikude, oko kukuthi, ukusuka kumazibuko ohambo, njengeSan Juan, iMiami, neFt. Lauderdale. Umgama wayo, kunye neendleko eziphezulu zepetroli, zibangele ezinye iindlela zokuhamba ngenqanawa-iCarnival, enye-ukutsala i-Aruba kwiishedyuli kwi-2007, ikhankanya imfuno yokugcina imali. Kodwa, ngo-2008, inani labakhweli benqanawa abahamba ngenqanawa abandwendwela i-Aruba laqala ukunyuka, liqikelela ukuba liya kuphinda libuyele. Ngaba ukuhla kwamaxabiso eoli kuya kuyibuyisela kwi-Aruba, okanye ngaba abahambi, babambelele kwizibuko lasekhaya lokuhamba ngenqanawa ngamaxesha angaqinisekanga ezoqoqosho, banyanzelise imigca yokuhamba ngenqanawa ukunika isiqithi igxalaba elibandayo? Hla umamele.

Yintoni ekhoyo: iilwandle, iilwandle, kunye nezinye iilwandle. IAruba yiparadesi yolwandle. Ikwayindawo entle yokuya kubadlali begalufa, abangcakazayo (isiqithi sineekhasino), kunye nabathengi abangenamsebenzi.

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