01 ngo-08
Ingabe i-Mumbai noma i-Goa?
Umgwaqo we-Vasai. Sharell Cook Imigwaqo enokuthula elinezandla ezinamahlombe, ibhishi elingenakulinganiswa, kanye nefa lesiPutukezi esandayo lenza idolobha laseVasai, emaphethelweni asenyakatho eMumbai, ngokumangalisayo kukukhumbuza iGoa.
Awusoze waziqagela kodwa u-Vasai ubelokhu ebaluleke ngaphezu kwe-Mumbai. Ngekhulu lama-16 nele-17, kwakuyizindlunkulu zokubusa isiPutukezi ngedolobha elikhulu elinamandla. Namuhla, i-oasis epholile ezwa kahle ngokunamathela esikhathini esithile se-warp. Ngokungafani nezindawo ezizungezile, ama-Vasai amaningi asindisiwe ekuthuthukiseni, njengoba ehlala ejabule ekukhunjweni komuzi wedolobha. Njengamanje, ibhuloho elilodwa phezu kwe-Vasai Creek, elihlukanisa i-Vasai kulo lonke elaseMumbai, liyisibhuloho sesitimela.
Umlando wokuhlukanisa u-Vasai nomvelo onokuthula (ngomoya omusha!) Kusho ukuthi kunokuningi okunikeza abahambi abafuna ukuphuma-ithrekhi-ithrekhi. Amakhulu amabili eminyaka yobukhosi basePutukezi namanje abhekisela enkolweni nasendleleni abaphila ngayo izakhamuzi zikaVasai, ezingamaKatolika amaningi. Isiko labo ngokuhlanganisela sihlanganisa izingqinamba zeConkani, isiPutukezi, iMarathi nezaseBrithani.
Ngivakashele iVasai ngodwendwe olulodwa oluhlukile lwe-Explore Vasai olunikezwa umhlahlandlela wendawo uLoyoy D'Mello, onomnikazi we-Amaze Tours. Ngemuva kokusebenza ekwakheni izihambi nokuphathwa kwehhotela, kufaka phakathi iziqu njengomphathi emahhotela amnandi kanye nasemikhumbi yamazwe ngamazwe, uLoyoy waqaphela ukuthi wayefuna ukuqala ibhizinisi lokuvakashela amasiko namasiko aseNdiya. Uyazi kahle ukuthi uVasai njengoba umndeni wakhe uphile futhi unomhlabathi lapho izizukulwane eziningi, futhi lokhu kwenza uhambo oluqondisisa nolwazi. Ungavakashela amasonto amnandi, ubone abenzi bokusebenza emsebenzini, isampula ukudla okwakhiwe endaweni yesifunda, futhi ubambe iqhaza ohlelweni lokupheka.
Funda ukuze ufunde mayelana nokukhangayo okuvezwe kulolu hambo.
02 ngo-08
I-Vasai Fort
Ukungena enqabeni yaseVasai Fort. Sharell Cook. Amanxiwa enqaba ye-Vasai ngokuqinisekile akukhanga kakhulu edolobheni. Ukuyihlola kuzokuthatha isikhathi esilandelayo esikhathini esichazayo emlandweni ngenkathi i-fort yayiwumuzi ophilayo ophumelelayo ngesikhathi sokubusa isiPutukezi. Izindonga zalo eziqinile zavikela indlu enhle yamaPutukezi, kanye namasonto, ama-convents, amathempeli, izibhedlela, amakholeji nezikhungo zokuphatha.
I-fort ibuye ikhulume ngempi ende yeVasai, phakathi kwePutukezi neMaratha, eyagcina iphelile iMarathas ekutholeni inqaba ngo-1739 emva kokuchitha igazi okukhulu.
Funda kabanzi: Ukubheka ngaphakathi kwe-Historic Vasai Fort
03 ngo-08
Amasonto angama-Ornate
Ngaphakathi kwesonto likaSt. Thomas. Sharell Cook. Kunamasonto angama-40 endaweni yaseVasai. Abanye banamakhulu eminyaka ubudala. Kunokubaluleka komlando okuphawulekayo futhi kusetshenziselwa ukukhulekela namuhla.
I-Saint Thomas Church, isonto elibaluleke kunazo zonke likaVasai, lakhiwa ngo-1566 futhi kwakuyibandla lokuqala elasekelwe ngaphandle kwe-Vasai fort. Kubonakala sengathi kucebile kangangokuthi abahlaseli abangama-Arabhu abangamaSulumane baseGujarat baphangiwe futhi bawubeka umlilo, ngo-1571. Wakhiwa ngo-1573.
Ayaziwa lapho isonto lesibili esibaluleke kakhulu, i-Lady of Grace of Cathedral, lakhiwa. Noma kunjalo, kukholelwa ukuthi ku-1570s.
04 ngo-08
Amakhaya Amagugu
Imizi yomlando e-Vasai. Sharell Cook U-Rautwada oneminyaka engu-135 ungomunye wemizi embalwa yamagugu esele eVasai, naseMumbai. Lezi zinsuku, iningi liye lafakwa esikhundleni sezakhiwo zezindlu zanamuhla. Indlu yenziwe ngezinkuni ze-teak kanti amathayili angaphandle ayenjalo uhlobo olusetshenziswa esiteshini sesitimela saseChhatrapati Shivaj Terminus (Victoria Terminus) , esakhiwe iBrithani e-Mumbai ngo-1887. Ngaphakathi, kunezixhobo ezindala nezitsha ze-antique.
05 ka-08
Isitatimende seSonto seCarving Workshop
Isiteji sokudweba isitembu e-Vasai. Sharell Cook Njengoba zizungezwe izinkuni zokhuni zazo zonke izinhlobo nobukhulu, izithombe zikaJesu noMariya uMariya ziqoshwe ngokuzikhandla emhlanganweni waseRoque noRenold Sequeira Abazalwane eVasai.
Leli bhizinisi elithakazelisayo lasekwa ngo-1920 futhi selilokhu lisebenza ngezizukulwane ezintathu. Kusuka ekutholeni ukuthobeka okuthobekile, abenzi bezithombe baye baqoqa iziklomelo eziyisihlanu ze-UNESCO ngokulondolozwa kwamagugu. Umklomelo wabo wokuqala wathola ngo-2005, kusukela ekubuyiselweni okubuhlungu kweDkt Bhau Daji Lad Mumbai City Museum .
Ngesikhathi ngivakashela le workshop, isithombe esivela kuDaman, esivela ngekhulu le-16 noma lesi-17, kwakukhona lapho okufanele sibuyiselwe khona. Ama-Sequerias athola futhi amarekhodi amasiko avela emhlabeni wonke, kuhlanganise nemigomo yegolide eqoshiwe.
Kuthatha cishe inyanga nengxenye ukuqedela isithombe. Inqubo iqala ngokufanekisa ngobumba bezithombe ezinikeziwe. Lo mfanekiso ubuyiswa kabusha ngokhuni, okuvame ukuguqulwa ukusuka eGaa nakwesifunda saseConkan. Ikhanda layo kumele likhishwe ukuze lifake amehlo anjengokuphila kodwa ukujoyina akusobala ngemuva kwalokho.
Indoda yamathalenta amaningi, uRenold Sequeira naye uyisayensi yezinkanyezi ezithandayo. Amamodeli akhe amabili aboniswa eSydney Observatory and Powerhouse Museum e-Australia.
Bona Izithombe Zami ze-Statue Carving Workshop ku-Facebook
06 ka-08
Indawo yokudlela yaseMahila Mandal
Abesifazane bepheka eMahila Mandal. Sharell Cook Ukuze uthole ukudla okungabizi, ukulungiswa ngokwemvelo okufana nokuthi yini oyothola ekhaya, ngqo ngqo kuMahila Mandal eduze neNew English School kuMahatma Gandhi Road eVasai. Kubonakala ku-nondescript. Kodwa-ke, ukudla kukhishwa futhi kunendaba ekhethekile ngemuva kwayo.
Le ndawo yokudlela iyingxenye ye-NGO enamandla kakhulu eyasungulwa eminyakeni engu-25 edlule yothisha wendawo uNksz Indumathy Vishnu Barve ukuqasha abesifazane abaswele. (Ngeshwa, imindeni eminingi ilahlekelwe imali engenayo ngemuva kokuthi izitshalo zaseMumbai zivaliwe). Manje, inezindawo eziyisikhombisa ngaphakathi naseVasai, futhi kunabesifazane abangaba ngu-250 ababambe iqhaza! Futhi, uNksz Barve uneminyaka engaphezu kwengu-90 ubudala futhi usasebenza!
Akumangalisi ukuthi ukudla kudume kakhulu. Ngangiphethe ipuleti ye- batata bhaji (i-dry Maharashtrian style style amazambane) kanye ne-catatti engaba ngu-30 ama-rupees. Kwakungekho nesikhathi sokuthatha isithombe njengoba bekuhle kakhulu, ngakuqeda ngokuhaha ngamaminithi amabili! Esikhundleni salokho, lesi yisithombe sabesifazane ababenzile.
Funda kabanzi mayelana noMahila Mandal nomsunguli walo kulesi sihloko.
07 ngo-08
Cuisine Local kanye Ukupheka
Ukwenza i-sandni. Sharell Cook. Umphakathi wamaKatolika eNdiya uyaziwa ngezokudla okuhlukile okuyi-fusion yezitayela zokupheka. Yiqiniso, ukuvakasha kwamasiko nezamagugu e-Vasai ngeke kuphelele ngaphandle kokuthola ukudla!
Ukuvakashela ikhaya lomfazi othandekayo ngentshiseko yokupheka, ngifanele ngihlanganyele ekwenzeni i- sandni. Lolu hlobo lwendawo lwendawo yokuqhafaza lulungiswa kusuka ku-batter yokuhlukanisa ubuningi be-bengal gram kanye nofulawa welayisi, oshaywayo.
Isinkwa sagcwalisa isidlo sasemnandi esasiphekwe ngumama kaLoyoy. Izitsha zokudla ezisekelwe inyama e-cuisine yamaKatolika ziyizijabulisa ezingewona imifino.
Ngaphambi kwesidlo sasemini, senza u- foogyas othandwa kakhulu (owaziwa nangokuthi uyisisindo ). Lezi zinyosi ezifakiwe zikafulawa, ubisi lwekakhukhunathi, i-cumin, ushukela, usawoti kanye nemvubelo ziyi-crispy ngaphandle kanti i-fluffy ngaphakathi. Akunakwenzeka ukudla eyodwa kuphela!
08 ngo-08
Okubalulekile
Isonto likaSanta Anthony laseFranciscan, iVasai Fort. Sharell Cook I-Vasai luhambo oluhle lokunconywa olusuka eMumbai, hhayi nje kuphela ukuphunyuka izixuku zedolobha namachashazi kodwa ukufunda mayelana nomphakathi waseNdiya omncane wamaKatolika nokubaluleka komlando wedolobha.
Idolobhana linombalo omkhulu wokukhangisa. Njengoba nje ngichitha isigamu sosuku lapho, ngeshwa angizange ngibe nesikhathi sokubona eziningi zazo (isizathu sami sokuhlela olunye uhambo)!
Ngaphandle kwalokho engangikufihlile, i-Explore Vasai Tour egcwele isenzo esiphezulu esinikezwe umhlahlandlela wendawo uLoyoy D'Mello wama-Amaze Tours uhlanganisa ukugibela isikebhe nokuvakashela ebhishi laseVasai, ikoloni yabadobi bendawo, nokuhlala kwabalimi bendawo.
Bona izithombe zohambo lwami lwe-Vasai ku-Facebook
Eqinisweni, ukuze uthole okuningi uhambo oluya ku-Vasai, kufanele uhlale ubusuku bonke. Kukhona okuningi ukupakisha usuku olulodwa, kuthola amandla. U-Leroy uhlose ukwengeza indawo yokuvakashela izivakashi maduzane, okuzokwenza ngcono kakhulu isipiliyoni.
Ukufika Lapho
I-Vasai itholakala cishe ngehora elisenyakatho yeMumbai. Umzila wesitimela waseMumbai uyindlela elula kakhulu yokufinyelela e-Vasai, njengoba ibhuloho elilodwa ngaphesheya kwe-Vasai Creek (elihlukanisa iVasai kulo lonke elaseMumbai) liyibhuloho yesitimela. Thatha isitimela esiboshwe nge-Virar, esivela eSontgate esentshonalanga, esiteshini sesitimela saseVasai Road. (Gwema izikhathi eziphakeme kakhulu, ngoba lokhu kuyitimela elibi kakhulu!). Kusuka esiteshini, thatha ibhasi noma u-auto rickshaw. I-Vasai Fort iseduze namaminithi angu-20.
Uma uvakashele noLoyoy, uzokukhipha ehhotela lakho bese ehamba nawe ngesitimela eya e-Vasai. Uma kungenjalo, uma ushayela kusuka eMumbai, okuwukuphela kwendlela oyi-Western Express Highway (National Highway 8), okuyindlela emide kakhulu.
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.