ELondon, e-UK – Sithanda ukuxolisa ngokusishiya kwethu kwinqaku langeCawe edlulileyo, aManyathelo ali-10 okuya kwiHlobo eLungenaxinzelelo. Silibele ukufaka “Musa ukuya e-USA”.
Ngethamsanqa, uMichael Chertoff, umphathi wesebe leSebe lezoKhuseleko lweLizwe, uye wasikhumbuza ngoku ukuba asifunwa. Okanye, endaweni yoko, ukuba siyafunwa (kuba abakhenkethi bazisa imali eninzi kunye nabo), kodwa kuphela ukuba sitsiba kwiihupu ezininzi kwinkqubo.
UChertoff uye wazisa ukuba iYurophu liqonga lobunqolobi. Uthi kubalulekile ukuba kunyuswe iitshekhi kubahambi. Ewe, kunjalo, banyuse. Ngapha koko, kuya kuba kuhle ngokwenene, khange atsho, kodwa mhlawumbi ebecinga ukuba, ukuba sonke thina siza kuba ngabakhenkethi singalungela ukuhlala ekhaya kwaye sithumele imali yethu yeholide kwimvulophu.
"Ukundwendwela e-US kunika amava anjengayo nayiphi na enye indawo emhlabeni." Yiloo nto ikutshoyo kwi-discoveramerica.com, i-website esemthethweni yohambo kunye nokhenketho yase-United States, kwaye ilungile ngokupheleleyo. Akukho ndawo yimbi enokulindela ulwamkelo olunjalo lolwamkelo oluqhaqhazelis’ amazinyo.
I-e-interrogation ye-e-preflight, i-epic queues ekufudukela kwelinye ilizwe, imibuzo enemilebe emincinci esuka koonogada abandlongondlongo bemida, kunye nethuba langaphandle lerabha-iglavu ye-rectal rummage zonke ziyinxalenye yolonwabo. Ke, ukuba iChertoff kunye ne-co bafuna ukuqinisa iFortress America ngakumbi, lixesha lokuba sithathele ingqalelo ezinye iinketho zeeholide ezamkelwa ngakumbi. Njenge-Iran okanye iNorth Korea.
Nazi ezinye iindlela ezimbalwa zelanga onokuthi uziqwalasele ngaphambi kokuba ubhukishe inqwelomoya yakho, khulula izihlangu zakho kwaye uzame ukweyisela abahlobo bethu ukuba awuzimiselanga kutshabalalisa iMelika, uzele iihamburgers.
INEW YORK? Zama iHong Kong
INew York ayinakuphinda ithathelwe indawo, kodwa kunjalo neHong Kong, ke yithathele indawo leyo. Njengoko kusondela, isikhitshane seNkwenkwezi esivela eKowloon sikhwela isikhephe saseStaten Island ukuya eManhattan. Umbono ovela kwiindawo zokuchama eFeliksi, i-penthouse bar yehotele yePeninsula, ifana nje nemihlathi njengaleyo isuka kwiNgxoxo yeLiwa (efeller).
Kwaye, okubaluleke kakhulu, ii-iPods zixabiso elifanayo. Ewe, kufuneka uhlale kwinqwelomoya ezinye iiyure ezintlanu, kodwa akukho migca okanye iiglavu zerabha kwelinye icala. IHong Kong iyabathanda abakhenkethi.
I-Peninsula (00 800 2828 3888, www.peninsula.com) ineembono zakudala kunye neRolls-Royces, enamagumbi amabini aqala kwi-£ 233. Okanye zama iPhilippe Starck eyenzelwe iJia Boutique Hotel (00 852 3196 9000, www.jiahongkong. com), eCauseway Bay. I-Trendy, kodwa ayicaphukisi njalo, iphindwe kabini ukusuka kwi-£ 130. Bhabha uye eHong Kong ngeBritish Airways (0870 850 9850, www.ba.com) okanye Virgin Atlantic (0870 380 2007, www.virgin-atlantic.com); ukusuka malunga ne-450 yeedola.
I-Disneyworld? Ngasempuma yeParis
Uza kulawula njani uJohnny omncinci ohluphekileyo ngaphandle kokugqithisela kwakhe kwakanye ebomini be-saccharine efakwe kwi-saccharine, ukuzonwabisa okusekwe kwiimpuku zaseFloridian? Ngokutsalwa kwiDisneyland Paris endaweni yoko - ewe, njengoTata weKrisimesi, uMickey Mouse unokuba kwindawo ezimbini ngaxeshanye.
Kwaye, ngokutsibela kwi-Eurostar endaweni ye-747, wehlisa unyawo lwakho lwekhabhoni kunye namathuba akho okufuduka okusekwe kwi-superhassle. UThomas Cook (www.thomascook.com) wenza iipakethe ezilula ezisuka eSt Pancras ecwebezelayo; ukusuka kwi-£ 326pp ngobusuku obuthathu kwihotele ye-Disney yeenkwenkwezi ezintathu ze-Explorers, ngokusekelwe kubantu abadala ababini kunye nabantwana ababini (abaneminyaka eyi-2-11).
Okanye utsibe iDisney ngokupheleleyo kwaye uzame ukuthatha ilizwekazi ngakumbi kumava epaki yomxholo. I-PortAventura (www. portaventura.co.uk), iyure esuka e-Barcelona, inika i-adventure encinci yentsapho yorhwebo kuneepaki ezinkulu ze-American theme - kwaye ukutya kuyinkimbinkimbi.
ABAQHELEKILEYO? Benza ngcono eSpain
Abakhenkethi baseMelika banobuchule bokujikeleza kwindawo yokupaka iinzwane-curling kwindawo yokupaka iStetson, ke ukufumana amava okwenyani okufuya (okusimahla kubadlali be-wannabe abaphinda bakhuphe imifanekiso yepukey kwiCity Slickers) akukho lula. Kutheni ungayi kwindawo apho amadoda asengamadoda kwaye amakhwenkwe eenkomo asalusa iinkomo (ngokuchaseneyo nokuqhuba uloliwe wokudlala ojikeleza i-OK Corral)?
Uneendlela ezimbini ongakhetha kuzo (yeehah!): i-pampas yase-Argentina okanye i-Extremadura, i-wild west yaseSpain. Inketho yokuqala ngokucacileyo sisisiqingatha seplanethi ekude, kodwa iza nenyama egqwesileyo: thetha neLast Frontiers (01296 653000, www.last-frontiers.com) malunga ne-gaucho adventure eyenziwe ngomthungi. Uhambo olubusuku obusibhozo, kunye nobusuku obune bube yinkomo kunye nesithathu e-Buenos Aires, iqala kwi-£ 1,995pp, kuquka iinqwelomoya ezivela e-Heathrow.
Xa sithetha ngokuthelekisekayo, ukhetho lwesibini lukwigadi yakho yangasemva, kodwa yenjani igadi yasendle kwaye ikhule ngokucokisekileyo - joyina i-vaqueros, impendulo yaseSpain egqwethekileyo kuma cowboys, ngeRide World Wide (01837 82544, www.rideworldwide.com).
VEGAS, UNTWANA? Macau, sithandwa
Ukuza kuthi ga mva nje, yonke i-casino kule koloni yangaphambili yesiPhuthukezi yayiyeyendoda enye - usomashishini waseHong Kong uStanley Ho - kwaye iinkonzo zabo zazibekwe ngokuthe ngqo kumngcakazi waseTshayina. Emva koko amaShayina atshintshe imithetho, evumela ukuba iibhiliyoni zaseLas Vegas uSteve Wynn kunye noSheldon Adelson bamise ivenkile.
Kwiminyaka emibini emva koko, iMacau iwugqithile uMvuzo oLahlekileyo wosapho ngokunikezela ngeekhasino ezikhazimlayo apho unokuphulukana nemali yakho, ii-croupier ezintle zokuyithatha kuwe kunye neehotele ezithandekayo apho ungalila khona ukuze ulale. Shiya iLas Vegas ukuya eBette Midler kwaye uye empuma.
IMacau yimizuzu engama-55 yokutsiba ngesikhephe ukusuka eHong Kong (i-£18 ukubuya, kunye neTurbojet, www.turbojet.com.hk; iinqwelomoya, bona ngasentla), osele uyikhethile endaweni yeNew York. Ungahlali ndawo ngaphandle kweWynn (00 853 2888 9966, www.wynnmacau.com; kabini ukusuka kwi-£ 150).
UMGWAQO OMNYE? Yenza i-wigglier version
Umoya ezinweleni zakho, ijiko emva kwegophe lebhitumene entle phambi kwakho, amaza aqengqelekela ngasekunene kwakho: ngaba ikho indlela ekhululayo njengeHighway One yaseCalifornia? Ewe – ibizwa ngokuba yiGreat Ocean Road, kwaye iya ngasentshona iphuma eMelbourne. Inetrafikhi encinci kakhulu, kwaye awunalo kwaphela ithuba lokungqubeka kwi-Arnold Schwarzenegger enamazinyo kwi-cafe terrace.
Kodwa unyanisile, i-Australia ikude kakhulu ukuba ungama ngokuchasene noqhekeko lwabakhenkethi lukaMnu. Chertoff. Kuthekani nge-Amalfi, uHola weNdlela oNye wagxwala phantsi, wakhuliswa phezulu kwaye wakhonza nge-cornetto? Kunzima ukuya eCinquecento bumper ehlotyeni, ke yiya ekuqaleni kukaMeyi okanye ngasekupheleni kukaSeptemba. UCitalia (0871 664 0253, www.citalia.com) unokukulungisa ngemoto kunye nobusuku obuthandathu ngendawo yokuhlala yeenkwenkwezi ezintlanu ukusuka kwi-£899pp, ehlala ePositano nase-Amalfi, ibhabha isuka eGatwick ngeBritish Airways. Okanye zenzele: iinqwelomoya ezibhabha eNaples ziquka iThomsonfly (www.thomsonfly.com) kunye ne EasyJet (www.easyjet.com). I-Travelsupermarket.com inokuqesha imoto yeveki ukusuka kwi-122 yeedola.
ASPEN? ISt. Moritz yiposher
Indawo ekuchithelwa kuyo iiholide yaseSwitzerland yavelisa umbono weeholide ezinekhephu kubantu abadumileyo emva phayaa ngenkulungwane ye-19. I-Aspen yi-johnny eza mva nje ngokuthelekisa - ayinanto yokuthelekisa imisebenzi yangaphandle kwesikolo enikezelwayo kwimbangi yayo yaseYurophu, efana neCresta Run kunye nemidlalo yepolo emkhenkceni.
I-Descent International (020 7384 3854, www.descent.co.uk) ine-chalet apho ukuze ikhuphisane nezona zindlu zidumileyo zase-Aspen-ibhotwe i-Chesa Albertini, eyakhiwa ngo-1655 kwaye yosapho olunye ukusukela ngoko. Iveki enye, ukufika nge-9 kaMatshi, ixabisa i-£ 30,700 yepati ukuya kwi-12 (kunye nabantwana abane), kuquka ukutya kunye ne-champagne ekhululekile.
Ukuba ulandela iipistes ezingenanto zaseMntla Melika, endaweni yokuphila komntu odumileyo, zama eCanada. Bhabha ungene eCalgary kwaye uthathe uhambo oluhamba ngendlela enqumla endle eRockies naseBritish Columbia. Kukho ukuthe saa kweendawo ekuchithelwa kuzo iiholide apho – iHashe lokuKhabela, iLake Louise, iFernie, iPanorama – elenza iMelika ibukeke njengesitalato iOxford ngenjikalanga yangoMgqibelo. Iipakethi ziyafumaneka ngeFrontier Travel (020 8776 8709, www.frontier-travel.co.uk).
