Kumgxeki wokuhamba ngenqanawa u-Anne Campbell, umzuzu othile ngexesha lokuhamba nge-snorkeling kuhambo lwaseMexico ugqamile njengobungqina bohambo lwabakhenkethi abaninzi kumava okuhamba okwenyani.
“Sasithabathe iphenyane elincinane malunga nemizuzu engama-45 ukusuka kwizibuko laseCabo San Lucas sisiya kwindawo yokurhweba emanzini, elunxwemeni, yaye ekufikeni kwethu kwakungekho ntlanzi,” ukhumbula oku uCampbell, uMhleli weCruising waseNew York. Umkhokeli okwi-intanethi ochaza ngohambo lokuhamba ngenqanawa ukusuka kwizikhululo ezintathu zesiXeko saseNew York, “Ngoko umkhenkethisi wethu wakhupha inkonkxa yeCheez Whiz waza wayitsibela emanzini, yaye yayingathi sisigidi seentlanzi ezifikayo.”
Kodwa xa kufikwa kuhambo ngenqanawa, icebiso lakho lokuqala lokuba amava awazukuphila ngokwezinto ozilindeleyo ezingaqhelekanga ziya kuza njengoko ungena echwebeni.
“EBaja nakunxweme lwePasifiki eMexico, unengxaki kuba zininzi iinqanawa ezihamba iveki yonke zisuka eSan Diego naseLos Angeles, unyaka wonke, kwaye la mazibuko agcwele amanzi,” utshilo uCampbell, “ Utsalela kwiindawo ezinjengeMazatlan, Cabo San Lucas kunye ne-Ixtapa, kwaye zizele ziinqanawa. ”
Ewe, nawaphi na amaphupha abakhweli abahamba ngenqanawa banamalwandle afihlakeleyo okuhamba-hamba kwelanga, iindawo ezikwanti zonxweme lwe-kayaking-kwanakwikona yabucala yedesika apho unokujonga khona uthando-zingaphezulu koku: Amaphupha.
Iintengiso zeCruise line zisebenza nzima ekuzameni ukuveza ububodwa, ukusondelana kunye nokuba nedwa. Kodwa eneneni, abantu abangaphezu kwezigidi ezilishumi abahamba ngenqanawa nyaka ngamnye baya kwiindawo ezininzi ezifanayo. Iibhasi zabakhenkethi zibeka umngcelele kwizikhululo ezifana nemikhosi ehamba phambili, ngelixa izikhokelo zokuwangawangisa imiqondiso kunye nezikhenkethi ezizimeleyo zilwela ukuhoywa kwabakhweli. Kwaye ayisiyiyo iMexico kunye neCaribbean kuphela apho amazibuko axineneyo asoyikisa ngokunzulu izantyalantyala zemvula enkulu xa uhamba ngenqanawa.
Thatha iAlaska. Lilonke, inani labakhweli abahamba ngenqanawa ukuya eAlaska liphindwe kathathu ukusukela kwiminyaka yoo-'90s, ngokutsho kweNorth West CruiseShip Association. IJuneau lelona zibuko lixakekileyo likarhulumente, lihamba ngenqanawa ezimalunga nama-650 ngexesha leenyanga zasehlotyeni. Abemi bengingqi yaseJuneau bajikeleza malunga nama-30,000 kwaye ngosuku oluqhelekileyo ngexesha lonyaka ophezulu, ngaphezu kwe-5,000 yabakhweli abahamba ngenqanawa bahamba ngenqanawa bejikeleza idolophu encinci, bekhwela iibhasi zohambo oluya eMendenhall glacier kunye nezinye izinto ezinomtsalane zasekhaya.
“Ungahamba ngeenyawo usuka eVancouver uye eSeward unqumla phezulu kwiinqanawa zokuhamba ngenqanawa ngeenyanga zasehlotyeni kuba zininzi izikhephe,” utshilo uCampbell.
E-St. Thomas, isiqithi esiziikhilomitha ezili-13 ubude neekhilomitha ezine ububanzi, abakhenkethi abaphantse babe zizigidi ezibini bafika ngenqanawa ngo-2006, ngokutsho komcebisi wophando uGP Wild International Ltd. Iinqanawa ezinkulu ezintandathu ukuya kwezisibhozo ngosuku zishishini njengesiqhelo kule Caribbean. ievergreen-sithetha ngaphezulu kwama-20,000 abakhenkethi ngenqanawa ngosuku oluphakathi besiya kumalwandle ambalwa kunye nezinto ezinomtsalane.
Yinto enye e-Nassau nase-St. Maarten, apho ukuxinana kwezithuthi kuxhaphake njengokutshiswa lilanga kunye nee-hangover. Kwilizwe lokuhamba ngenqanawa, "okukodwa sisithethantonye 'yenqanawa encinci,'” utshilo uCampbell, kwaye inqanawa yakho encinci kwaye iphezulu, kokukhona uya kunqanda awona mazibuko makhulu naxakekileyo. Ngokuqhelekileyo ezona nqanawa zincinane, zithwala abantu abali-100 okanye abangama-200 kuphela, aziboboki.
Ngama-2,000-plus izikhephe zabakhweli ezinokuthi zitsalele kumazibuko azele yintlanzana. IiBehemoth ezifana neRoyal Caribbean's Liberty of the Seas entsha inokuthwala abantu abangaphezu kwama-4,000, kunye nesiqingatha sabasebenzi. Ukujikeleza kweveki kubandakanya iCozumel kunye neGrand Cayman okanye iSt. Maarten kunye neSan Juan.
ICaribbean ibiyeyona ndawo iphambili yokuhamba ngenqanawa iminyaka. Kuzo zombini i-2005 kunye ne-2006, i-Caribbean ibalwa malunga neepesenti ze-40 ze-North American-based cruise fleet, ngokutsho kwe-Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA), iqela lokurhweba. I-Meditera kunye neYurophu zibophe malunga nesiqingatha sokuhamba ngenqanawa ngexesha elinye, ilandelwa yi-Alaska, i-Bahamas kunye ne-Mexican Riviera, nganye ingaphantsi kwe-10 yeepesenti yemarike iyonke. Kodwa ayingomanani nje abakhenkethi abehla kwizibuko elenza okanye laphula imicimbi yobungakanani bezibuko.
Amanye amazibuko anokusingatha uhlaselo ngcono kunabanye. Umzekelo, iSan Juan, ngelixa inobunzima njengeyona ndawo inkulu yokukhwela inqanawa kwiCaribbean, ikwanesiseko sesixeko esikhoyo kunye neempawu zezibuko zembali (funda: isixeko sasiyindawo echumileyo kwakudala ngaphambi kokuba ishishini lokuhamba ngenqanawa lifike edolophini) elivumela oko. ukufunxa abantu abaninzi ngobubele.
I-Ditto yezixeko ezikhulu njengeBarcelona kunye neNaples, enabemi kwizigidi kwaye inokuthatha ngokulula abanye abantu abangama-20,000. Izibuko elinje ngeVenice, nangona kunjalo, alinathamsanqa kangako, ngokutsho kukaCampbell. “NgoJulayi nango-Agasti, abantu abavela kwihlabathi liphela baseVenice, sele kugcwele abantu abaninzi,” utshilo. "Ukuba unako, kuphephe ukutyelela ngexesha lexesha eliphakamileyo."
Kwiziqithi ezincinane nakwiidolophu eziselunxwemeni, imeko imbi ngakumbi. Kwiindawo ezincinci ezikufutshane ne-Cote d'Azur umzekelo, indawo ebonakalayo ilinganiselwe, oku kuthetha ukuba abakhenkethi banokudlula ngokulula inani labemi. Kwaezo ndawo zikhenkcenkceshelwayo zenzeka kwidolophu encinci yolwandle yaseTurkey iKusadasi, enye yezona ndawo zidumileyo zokumisa iinqanawa zasempuma zeMeditera. Uninzi lweziqithi zaseGreece eziya kuba-idyllic zigqithise kakhulu kwiinyanga zasehlotyeni. Kwaye nangona ubukhulu becala iinqanawa ezincinci ezitsala kwizibuko laseCapri e-Italiya, incopho yeenyanga zasehlotyeni ijika esi siqithi sibe likomkhulu labakhenkethi ngenxa yohambo lwemini oluvela kwiivenkile ezinkulu zokuhamba ngenqanawa eNaples ekufutshane.
“Ngokwenyani kuxhomekeke kwizibuko nakwindlela bona kunye nathi abaphatha ngayo amava eendwendwe,” utshilo uMark Conroy, umongameli weRegent Seven Seas Cruises. “ISt. Petersburg, umzekelo, sisixeko esikhulu kwaye sisebenzisana kakuhle nezigidi zeendwendwe esizifumana minyaka le. Izibuko elifana neGrand Cayman, iMonaco okanye iJuneau, kwelinye icala, liyasokola ke ngoko siyazama ukuba singabikho xa zonke ezinye iinqanawa zikhona.
Ngokuka-Adam Goldstein, umongameli weRoyal Caribbean, ukolula iYurophu kunye neAlaska amaxesha okuhamba ngenqanawa ngaphaya kweenyanga zasehlotyeni-ukususela kwangoko kuEpreli ukuya ngasekupheleni kukaNovemba-inceda ukuthomalalisa ukuxinana kwabo bavumayo ukwamkela amaqondo obushushu apholileyo.
"Ukolulwa kwexesha elingeyona iphambili eYurophu kudala ukhetho olungakumbi kubathengi bethu," utshilo uGoldstein. Ngo-2008, inqanawa yaseRoyal Caribbean, iBrilliance of the Seas, yaba sisikhephe sokuqala senqanawa ukubonelela ngeenqanawa zokuhamba ngenqanawa zaseYurophu unyaka wonke, kunye nohambo lobusuku obulishumi kunye nolwe-11 olubandakanya iiCanary Islands kunye neMorocco, zisuka eBarcelona.
Enye indlela yokujikeleza i-cruise kumazibuko athile kukuphuma kwi-paradigm yendabuko ngoMgqibelo ukuya ngoMgqibelo. Imigca eyongezelelekileyo inikezela ngohambo lokuhamba ngenqanawa iveki yonke ngooLwezihlanu okanye ngeeCawe. UConroy uthi iRegent inxibe ijam ngoJuneau ngokuqhuba uhambo lwayo lwaseAlaska ngolwesiThathu ukuya kwishedyuli yangoLwesithathu, ukuze ibekho ngeentsuku apho ezona nqanawa zimbalwa zisedolophini. KwiCaribbean, imigca emininzi ikwapakisha iindlela zabo zokundwendwela iziqithi zabo zabucala, apho kukho inqanawa enye kuphela-ezimbini zininzi ngexesha.
Ekupheleni kosuku, abanye abakhenkethi bathanda ukuphithizela kwamazibuko adume kakhulu. Ezo zingahambanga ngenqanawa ngexesha lokuphumla okanye kwiinqanawa ezincinci ezifana ne-SeaDream Yacht Club, i-Seabourne, i-Windstar kunye ne-Star Clipper-ezithanda ukunqanda umkhondo obethiweyo kangangoko kunokwenzeka.
UGoldstein uthi: “Kungakhathaliseki ukuba umthamo ungakanani na ngosuku, kuya kubakho abantu abawanandiphayo amava ezibuko ngenxa yohambo oluthile abalukhethileyo.” Wongeza ngelithi “kangangoko kukho ukuxinana, ipesenti yeendwendwe iya kuchatshazelwa kakubi kuko.”
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