UJohn Grey's SeaCanoe uphumelele i-Skal Club ye-International Ecotourism Award

I-SeaCanoe ka-John Gray ifumene imbasa ye-Skal Club International Ecotourism yezoThutho kwiNkongolo yeHlabathi ye-Skal ka-2008 eTaipei, eTaiwan. Ngo-1983, uJohn wakhetha iikayaki zaselwandle ezixhaswe ngabantu ukuze ahlole imiqolomba yolwandle kunye nonxweme olukude lwetropikhi, ekhuthaza enye indlela yokuhamba elwandle engangcolisi.

“Imbasa yeSkal ikhethekile kuba asizange sifake izicelo,” utshilo uGrey, “kodwa sichongwe nguAndrew Wood, uceba weSkal Int'l – Thailand, ngenxa yengxelo evela kumalungu amaninzi eSkal athe anamava kwiihambo zethu ukusukela oko ekwasekwa kukaJohn Grey’s. SeaCanoe ngo-2001.

“Abakhenkethi bethu, abaninzi abaneminyaka eli-12 okanye ngaphezulu, ngabona baphumeleleyo ngokwenene. Bathimba iintliziyo neengcinga zeendwendwe zethu imini nemini. Izimvo zeendwendwe ezincoma abakhokeli bethu zigcwalisa ibhokisi yam, ”utshilo uCaveman. "Imbasa ye-SKAL iqaqambisa ubugcisa babo obuqhubekayo, kubandakanya namabhaso asuka kwinkampani yethu endala, esusela kwiminyaka eli-13 eyadlulayo."

UGrey usebenza ngokuzibophelela okubanzi kokusingqongileyo. IYunivesithi yaseLeeds isanda kupapasha isifundo sayo malunga nePuerto Princesa, ePalawan, kwiiPhilippines. UJohn ufundisa kwiNkosana yeYunivesithi yaseSongkla - iPhuket, ubhala amabali / iifoto, ukhuthaza ukulondolozwa kwimbonakalo yevidiyo eqhubekayo, ubhala ikholamu ye-Phuket Gazette yokusingqongileyo-kwaye uhlala eqokelela inkunkuma yaselwandle kwi-kayak yakhe.

Ngo-1976, isazi sendalo esingqongileyo saseka kwaye sathiya igama elithi "Gcina Ilizwe Ilizwe", i-Honolulu, yaseHawaii NGO ekhuthaza ukucwangciswa okusekwe kubemi kwi-Oahu's North Shore.

Ngo-1983, waseka iMbali yeNdalo ngoLwandle lwaseKayak, eHawaii, ukukhuthaza ulondolozo lwendalo ngokuvunyelwa kwendawo. Kwiminyaka emihlanu eyalandelayo, uGrey wahlola iFiji, iTahiti, iSamoa, iRarotonga, iVanuatu, neNew Caledonia ngekayak yolwandle. Emva koko wajonga eAsiya. Uluhlu lwexesha olusemthethweni lwaseThailand “ngo-1989 – uJohn Grey wenza i-SeaCanoe, iphulo lokhenketho lwendalo, ukubonisa abakhenkethi imiqolomba yelitye likalika esemazantsi-ntshona eyaziwa ngokuba ziiHongs.” UGrey wahlola iHalong Bay yaseVietnam ngo-1992 nasePalawan, kwiiPhilippines ngo-1995.

Kwisikhumbuzo sakhe seminyaka engama-25, u-Waterman wobomi bonke uceba uhambo oluya kumazwe amaninzi apho waba nguvulindlela worhwebo lolwandle nge-kayaking nabantu basekhaya. Ishedyuli iqala ngohambo lwe-Phang Nga Bay lokucoca ngomhla wokuzalwa we-64 ka-Caveman-ngoJanuwari 14, 2009. I-Reunion Island lelona “khadi lasendle” elitsha. UGrey wathi, “Lixesha loLwandlekazi lwaseIndiya.”

Amabhaso ayonto entsha kwiCaveman. Ngo-1961 yeza iJunior Achievement President of the Year kunye neNew York Stock Exchange amabhaso eNgxelo yoNyaka. UCaveman wakhulelwa waza wabamba i-documentary "Molokai's Forgotten Frontier" eveliswe ngu-Honolulu weendaba we-anchor uGary Sprinkle kunye nomdwebi wevidiyo uMike May. Lo mboniso uphumelele i-EMMY yeNgingqi yowe-1985 kunye ne-TEDDY evela kwiBhunga leSizwe labaBhali baNgaphandle lase-US ngeMveliso yeMveliso yeMfundo yokuSingqongileyo eBalaseleyo. EThailand, inkampani kaGrey eyayisakuba ngumfuniselo we-ecotourism iphumelele iimbasa ezinkulu ezintandathu kwiminyaka emihlanu.

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