I-Khaki Tours 'ye-Urban Safari: Indlela entsha yokubuka Mumbai

01 ka-06

I-Safari ye-Urban? Yini leyo?

I-sight ayinakuphela. I jeep evulekile-enemibala evulekile. Ngokungafani nokujula kwehlathi, i-jeep iyacaca ngokumelene nomuzi wayo. Lena i-Urban Safari, i-offbeat ne-tour entsha eyingqayizivele e-Mumbai.

I-safari iqhutshwa yi-Khaki Tours, inhlangano emkhankasweni wokuthola kabusha nokwandisa amagugu e-Mumbai. Yasungulwa nguBharat Gothoskar, injini engumshini othanda izakhiwo ezindala. Ngomdlandla ozwakalayo, uzichaza ngokuthi "umshumayeli wefa". Ubukhulu balokhu ngentshiseko kuwukuthi wazinikela ngonyaka wakhe wokugcina umkhankaso we-MBA ekuthengiseni ifa. Okuhle, uhlose ukuhlinzeka ngesipulatifomu esizimele ukufundisa abantu ngefa kanye nokubaluleka kokulondoloza.

Ukusuka Emagugu Ukuhamba kuya e-Urban Safaris

Kwakungokuvakashela indlu yokuphuza ebandayo eGrigaon ukuthi iBharat izuze ifa, ngo-2010, eliphefumulela umbono we-safari yasemadolobheni. Indlela emfushane kunazo zonke kwakukhona endaweni yakudala ye-Bhuleshwar, ekhaya ezindaweni eziningi zomlando ezingathandeki ezazingavumelani futhi zihlonishwa. Ukuzihlola nge-jeep evulekile kuzoshintsha indlela abantu abayibona ngayo umuzi, wacabanga.

I-Khaki Tours iqalile ekuqaleni ngezimpahla zokuhamba (kufaka phakathi i- Banganga Tank Parikrama ). Intshisekelo yasendaweni yayiyinkimbinkimbi, futhi ukuhamba okungafani kuka-20 manje kunikezwa kulo lonke idolobha. Noma kunjalo, akuwona wonke umuntu ongahamba ngezinyawo ezide, futhi akunakwenzeka ukumboza indawo ebanzi yabavakashi. Faka i-Urban Safari.

Ukuvakasha kwe-Mumbai ngemoto akuyona into entsha. Ukuvakasha kwe-Maharashtra kuqhuba ukuvakasha kwebhasi ehamba phambili e-Mumbai Darshan ezikhangayo ezidumile edolobheni. Kodwa-ke, i-Urban Safari iyazihlukanisa nalokhu ngokugxila ekuletheleni izakhiwo eziphila ngezindaba ezingenakulinganiswa. U-Bharat, umqoqo omkhulu wolwazi olungenangqondo, uqoqa ngokuyinhloko lezi zindaba kubantu abaxhumekile nabo.

Imininingwane ye-Urban Safari

I-#FortRide yayiyi-First Urban Safari ezosungulwa, ngoNovemba 2016. Yingamakhilomitha angu-15, uhambo lwe-2.5 ihora ngesifunda se-Mumbai, eqala eHholo LaseDolobheni futhi lihlanganisa izindawo ezingaphezu kwezingu-100 zamagugu.

I-#BycullaBylanes Urban Safari ihlanganisa enye yezindawo zokuqala zaseMumbai, ezikhangayo kusukela emnyuziyamu omdala edolobheni ukuya ethempelini le-Chinese kuphela. Ihora elide lamahora angu-#YeOldeMumbai Urban Safari libuye ligijime, libonise ukuguquka komuzi ngaphezu kwamakhulu eminyaka.

Amanye amaningi e-Urban Safaris nawo aqaliswa futhi. Ukwaziswa okwengeziwe kuyatholakala kwiwebhusayithi yeKhaki Tours kanye nekhasi le-Facebook.

Izindleko ze-Urban Safari yangasese i $ 150 kubantu abangabahlanu.

02 ka 06

I-#FortRide Urban Safari

Kunzima ukukholelwa ukuthi i-Mumbai yayingeyona idolobha elikhulu, eliphakathi kwezwe elikhulu kunawo wonke. Lapho amaPutukezi eqala ukubusa ngekhulu le-16, kwakuyinkampani yeziqhingi zasemaphandleni ezahlukaniswa nesikhukhula, esezansi enkampanini yabo eVasai Fort . INkosi yasePortugal yanikeza amabhangi eBritish njengengxenye yomshado womshado ngo-1662. Nokho, iNkosi uCharles II yayingabonakali kakhulu kangangokuthi wabaqasha eBritish East India Company ngepittance.

I-#FortRide Urban Safari iqala ngokufanele eHholo LaseDolobheni, lapho isifunda sase-Fort ne-Mumbai zikhula khona. Emayini ye-Naval ngemuva kweHholo LaseDolobheni ihlala enye yezakhiwo ezindala kunazo zonke edolobheni, i-Portuguese Manor House.

Ngaphambi kokuhamba, isingeniso sesigidi samaminithi angu-15 esitebhisini samaHholo saseDolobheni sikhombise ukuzalwa okudabukisayo kweBombay, kusukela ekusungulweni kweBombay Castle kanye nokuthunyelwa kweBrithani, ukuhlasela kweSiddi, noMlilo Omkhulu ngo-1803 - obhubhisa inqwaba ye Fort esifundeni, futhi baphoqeleka ukuba bajoyine iziqhingi zaseBombay nokwandiswa kwendawo yedolobha.

Ngokuvumelana nokuhlukahluka kwe-Mumbai, sifunda ukuthi ngenkathi isifunda sase Fort siphumelela, sithatha abantu abavela emiphakathini eminingi kuhlanganise neParsis namaJuda. Esikhathini saso, kwakuyindawo evulekile eyaziwa njengeBombay Green, lapho abathengisi bahlangana khona futhi bethengiswa khona. I-Parsis yakhula ebhizinisini le-opium, okwenza ingcebo enkulu eyasiza ukwakha iBombay.

03 ka 06

Ukuthuthukiswa kweBrithani kweBombay

Njengoba i-Urban Safari iqala ukuqhuma, i-jeep ihlezi ngaphesheya kweDokodo leNkundla ye-Naval neSango le-Lion Gate, kanye ne-Rampart Row enamaqabunga e- Kala Ghoda Arts Precinct . Amehlo ahlanjululwa ukubona izindawo ezifihlekile zefa.

Kukhona i-KR Cama Oriental Institute. Ekuqaleni kwakuyindlu eqhwa, eyayisetshenziselwa ukugcina ama-slabs weqhwa elithunyelwe ku-sawdust evela eMelika.

Futhi, bheka iSitolo seSilk Route ekhoneni leRampart Row? Kwakujwayele ukuba yiThe Wayside Inn, lapho uDokotela Babasaheb Ambedkar enza khona uMthethosisekelo waseNdiya.

Ngokushesha, konke kugxile kwi-Elphinstone College e-Gothic, ehamba phambili emgwaqeni ukusuka eKala Ghoda.

Akunakwenzeka ukungaqapheli ukuthi izitaladi eziningi zifana ncamashi nalabo baseLondon. Izakhiwo zobuKoloni ezisezingeni elihle zande kulo lonke isifunda sase Fort. Ukwakhiwa kwaqala ngempela phakathi nekhulu le-19 leminyaka, ngesikhathi sokubusa kweBrithani eNdiya, isitayela esibucayi seRothic Revival sithandwa. Yayisetshenziselwa ukwenza isitatimende sezombusazwe esaziwayo ( iNkantolo eNkulu yaseBombay ifana nenqaba yaseJalimane!), Futhi iholele esifundeni se Fort kube nezinye izakhiwo ezinhle kakhulu zama-Gothic e-Victorian emhlabeni. Lokhu kufaka phakathi i- Victoria Terminus (i-Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus) kanye nendawo eyakhelene ne-Mumbai Municipal Corporation, eyabonakala nase-Urban Safari.

04 ka 06

I-Watson's Hotel (i-Esplanade Mansion)

I-jeep ijika ekhoneni lapho isakhiwo se-decrepit, esingajwayelekile ukuba singabonakali, sibonakala. Mhlawumbe, ngaphandle, ukuze uqaphele ukuthi kuvela kanjani phansi.

Ukumangala kuyisimo esivame ukuphendula lapho kutholakala ukuthi le nyoni yayisinye sehhotela elihle kakhulu eNdiya. Ngaphezu kwalokho, kwakuyisakhiwo sokuqala sezwe esakhiwa kuqala. Yenziwe ngensimbi yaseScotland, isakhiwo sayo sathunyelwa eNdiya, lapho sahlanganiswa khona ngawo-1860 ngaphandle kwezindonga zase Fort.

I-Watson's Hotel, eyaziwa ngokuthi "isiteji sezinyoni" ngenxa yesakhiwo sayo sonke sensimbi, yayiyihhotela elimhlophe kuphela. Lokhu kwakuhlanganisa bonke abasebenzi bayo, ababengabaseBrithani. UMark Twain wahlala enkundleni ephezulu. Ihotela liphinde labona ukuzalwa kwemboni yamafilimu yaseNdiya, lapho abazalwane bakaLumière beqala ubuchwepheshe babo bezindawo lapho, bebonisa isithombe sokuqala sokuhamba emhlabeni ngo-1896.

Ngokudabukisayo, ukwehla kwehhotela kwashesha ngokushesha ngemuva kokuba umnikazi wayo efa futhi ihhotela leTaj Mahal Palace lakhiwa eCobaba. Kwavalwa eminyakeni yama-1960 futhi sekusuke kwaguqulwa waba isikhala sehhovisi. Uma ubheka ngokucophelela, uzokwazi ukubona "i-Ws" kuma-grills ama-balconi, okuyizinsuku zokudumisa.

05 ka 06

I-First Bhel Seller yaseMumbai

Uma kuqhathaniswa nobukhulu bezakhiwo eziningi eziseduze esizibonayo, uWithal Bhelwala ubonakala ehlonipha ezindaweni zakhe ezinesizotha. Kodwa-ke, leli bhizinisi eliyingqayizivele laqalwa ngumdayisi wokuqala waseBumbai - uVithal Khadawala owayevela eGujarat futhi wavula isitifiketi sejaji . Njengoba isibonakaliso sisho, sisekhona kusukela ngo-1875.

Ngesikhathi esifanayo nomunye umfuduki owayevela eGujarat, umshini wezezimboni waseParsi Jamsedji Nusserwanji Tata , wasungula lokho okwaba yinkampani enkulu ye-India, iTata Group. Izindlovukazi zaseTata zangekhulu leminyaka ubudala, lapho umndeni uhlala khona, ziwubufakazi bokuphumelela kwawo ekuqaleni. Omunye manje usethathwe yibhange elingamazwe angaphandle, kanti elinye (i-Esplanade House) libuyiselwe ngokukhululekile ngezingubo ezidwetshiwe ku-Sistine Chapel eVatican City yase-Italy.

Noma kunjalo, ukuqonda kwangempela eParsi nomphakathi wase-Iranian Zoroastrian kuya ekupheleni kwe-Urban Safari, lapho sihamba ngenhliziyo yeParsi microcosm yesifunda sase Fort.

06 ka-06

I-Parsis yesifunda se-Fort

I-jeep igxuma ngaphandle kwezithandani ezithandekayo zase-Yazdani Bakery, evuliwe ngo-1950 ePissi-ehlala e-Bora Bazaar esiphezulu enyakatho yesifunda sase-Fort. Siyahamba. Kuyinto yokuma i- chai nge- crusty brun maska (i- breadtered roll roll), efakwe kuwo, futhi i-apple pie enhle kakhulu-kokubili ibhakwa ngokushisa ehovini.

Ukuqokomisa okungalindelekile kungumnikazi wesiguli osekhulile, obani kakhulu umcebo njenge cafe yakhe. Umbhokisi webhola emuva ebusheni bakhe, uhlasela ngokushesha (futhi ukhuthaza abanye ukuba benze kanjalo). Kanye namawashi omkhulu we-antique, izindonga ze-vintage ze-cafe ezihlotshaniswayo zenziwa ngezithombe ezindala zabazibukeli bomzimba kanye nezimbangi, kanye nomklomelo we-Urban Heritage Heritage.

I-Parsis iyaziwa ngesinkwa sabo, futhi izindaba ezithakazelisayo zesikhathi esidlule saseMumbai nazo zivela kuzungeze iBread Market Street ku-Bora Baazar precinct. Lapha, imakethe yezinhlanzi esetshenziselwa ukuthenga imakethe yesinkwa, lapho ukunikezwa kwesinkwa kwamiswa njengendlela yokulambalala futhi kwehlisa iBrithani.

Amakhaya amadala aseParsi kanye nethempeli lesibili elidala kunazo zonke leParsi Fire eMumbai yizinye izindawo ezithakazelisayo kule ndawo.

Njengoba i-jeep ihamba kancane kancane, sibheka imigwaqo ebonakalayo isetshenziselwa bonke abanamasango ezizindongeni zase Fort. Siphinde sibone ingxenye esele yokugcina yodonga olunamandla, lapho izitsha ze-TV ze-satellites manje sezifakwe ngayo endaweni ehlabayo.

Ngesikhathi i-Urban Safari iphetha emuva eHholo LaseDolobheni cishe emahoreni amathathu kamuva, sesiye sagcwaliswa kahle futhi sagcwaliswa ngempela eMgungundlovu, futhi sithole ukwaziswa okusha mayelana nendlela idolobha lenze ngayo.

• Bona izithombe ze #FortRide Urban Safari ku-Facebook

Njengoba kuvamile embonini yezokuvakasha, umlobi wanikezwa ngezinsizakalo zokubhalisa ngezinhloso zokubuyekeza. Nakuba engathonye lokhu kubuyekezwa, i-About.com ikholelwa ukudalulwa ngokugcwele kwazo zonke izingxabano ezingase zenzeke. Ukuze uthole olunye ulwazi, bheka inqubomgomo yethu yokuziphatha.