IROSARITO BEACH – Kubadlali abangama-32 abaphuma emanzini ukuya kuthi xhaxhe eVenezuela nasePuerto Rico, uKhuphiswano lwePro-Am Surfing lwempelaveki ephelileyo ibe lithuba lokulwela i-10,000 yeedola kwibhaso lemali. Kodwa kumzi mveliso wokhenketho waseRosarito Beach, umsitho wawulungiselelwe ukuhambisa umyalezo wokuba isixeko sikhuselekile kubakhenkethi.
Ukusuka kwi-surfing e-Rosarito Beach ukuya ekungcamleni iwayini kwi-Guadalupe Valley ukuya kwi-Rosarito-Ensenada ye-50-Mile Bicycle Fun Ride kwinyanga ezayo, abagqugquzeli base-Baja California bathi iminyhadala ehleliweyo ingundoqo ekubuyiseleni abakhenkethi base-US kwilizwe labo.
"Abona bathunywa babalaseleyo abakhenkethi be-Baja ngabantu abehlayo kwaye bathathe inxaxheba kule minyhadala," utshilo uGary Foster, umgqugquzeli wokukhwela kabini ngonyaka, olindele ubuncinci abathathi-nxaxheba abangama-5,000 ngoSeptemba wama-26.
Umzi-mveliso wezokhenketho welizwe ulahlekelwe yirekhodi kulo nyaka uphelileyo njengoko ubethwe yindibaniselwano yezinto, kuquka ukudodobala koqoqosho lwehlabathi, ubundlobongela obunxulumene neziyobisi kunye nemida evalekileyo. Ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka, amanyathelo karhulumente waseMexico wokuthintela ukusasazeka komkhuhlane wehagu waphinda wabetha ukhenketho lwaseBaja California, nangona isifo sasigxile kumbindi weMexico.
Kumnyhadala waseSan Diego kule veki ukukhuthaza ukukhwela iRosarito-Ensenada, amagosa ezokhenketho athi iindibano ezicwangcisiweyo ezifana nokhuphiswano lokusefa kwimpelaveki ephelileyo kunye neVendimia yonyaka ye-Ensenada, okanye uMnyhadala wokuVuna iWayini, zinika ithemba lokuba imeko ingajikwa.
“Abantu banethemba ngakumbi ngoku,” utshilo u-Oscar Kawanishi, umlawuli weProturismo Ensenada, iofisi yezokhenketho yesixeko. Uthe umndilili wokuhlala ehotele esixekweni ufikelele kwiipesenti ezingama-91 ngoMgqibelo, ngobusuku bokuvalwa kweVendimia, etsale abantu abangama-20,000 e-Ensenada kwiminyhadala emibini phakathi kwe-6 ka-Agasti kunye neCawa.
ULaura Wong, umongameli weNkomfa yeRosarito kunye neeNdwendwe zeeNdwendwe, uthe ukuhlala kwehotele kwisixeko sakhe bekungama-52 ekhulwini kuphela ngoMgqibelo. Ngelixa ukhuphiswano lwe-surfing lwalungelomtsalane omkhulu wabakhenkethi, isixeko sasasaza usasazo lwewebhu lwabadlali baselwandle olutsale ababukeli abamalunga nama-2,000. “Kuthi ibikuvezwa ngakumbi kunomthamo wabantu,” utshilo uWong. Yayisisiganeko esihle ukubonisa ukuba iRosarito sisixeko esikhuselekileyo.
Olu khuphiswano lwalucwangciselwe okokuqala ngo-Epreli ophelileyo njengomsitho owagunyaziswa nguMbutho weeNgcali zokuSafa, iqumrhu elilawulayo lomdlalo. Kodwa umbutho uye wayirhoxisa inkxaso yawo, kuba iingxelo zolwaphulo-mthetho kulo mmandla zaphakamisa “inkxalabo ngokhuseleko lwaselwandle,” utshilo uBobby Shadley, igosa leendaba kulo mbutho.
I-Rosarito Beach iye yasibeka ngokwaso umsitho, yenza ikhontrakthi neSan Diego-based FDt Marketing, imema abachwephesha baselwandle kunye nabafundayo ukuba bathathe inxaxheba kukhuphiswano lwempelaveki ephelileyo.
UZach Plopper, umchwephesha ophuma eSan Diego ophume kwindawo yesihlanu, wothukile. "Iimeko zazimangalisa, umoya wawulula, amanzi ayecwengile."
Nangona kunjalo, uPlopper uthe, kusekho ibala elinxulunyaniswa nokuya e-Baja California, "ingakumbi phakathi kwabasenzi abancinci, abazali babo abafuni ukuba bahambe."
Kunyaka odlulileyo, abaququzeleli be-Rosarito Ensenada i-50-Mile Fun Bicycle Ride baye bagqiba ekubeni baphume e-Baja California ngenxa yokuncipha kwabathathi-nxaxheba base-US kunye nokungabikho kwenkxaso kumagunya asekuhlaleni. Kule veki, uFoster uthe uchukumisekile yinkxaso yabasemagunyeni kwezokhenketho.
U-Ives Lelevier, unobhala wezokhenketho wase-Baja California, uthe izolo urhulumente ungenelela nge-150,000 yeedola ukubhengeza uhambo. "Le yenye yezona zinto zibalulekileyo esinazo eBaja California," utshilo uLelevier.
