I-Bahamas yaseTropical iyingqayizivele nje eFlorida
I-Nassau idolobha eliseNew Providence Island e-Bahamas archipelago. I-Bahamas ivame ukungena lapho abantu abaningi bezokuvakasha bezwa khona ekuhambeni kwabo kokuqala. Izikebhe ezintathu noma ezine ezinezinsuku ezine ziphuma eMiami, Ft. ULauderdale , noma iPort Canaveral futhi uhambe ngomgwaqo omfushane waya eNassau noma ku- Freeport e-Bahamas, unikeze abagibeli bokuqala ithuba lokuhamba.
Imikhumbi ye-cruise nayo isuka eCharleston iya eNassau.
I-Freeport, i-Nassau, neziqhingi ezizimele zeBahamas njengeHalf Moon Cay noma i-Castaway Cay yizindawo ezihamba phambili zokuhamba ngomkhumbi. Nakuba amaBahamas anesiqhingini esingaphezu kuka-700, angaphansi kwama-50 awakhiwe.
Ngahamba ngandlela-thile yokuqala ngo-1967, ngineqembu elivela ekilasini lami eliphezulu esikoleni esiphakeme. Cishe angu-90 kithi sagibela ibhasi ukusuka ezindlini zethu zaseNingizimu Georgia ukuya eMiami bese senza uhambo lwezinsuku ezintathu e-Nassau. Sahamba nge-Bahama Star yase-Eastern Cruise Lines. (Eminyakeni engaphezu kwengu-40 kamuva, inhliziyo yami iphuma kubo bonke abantu abadala ababekulo mkhumbi we-cruise nathi!) Ngikhumbula ukumangala ngemibala ekhangayo yase-Atlantic Ocean, amabhishi amahle, kanye nemidwebo nemisindo yalokhu "angaphandle" idolobha. Kwakuwuhambo lwami lokuqala ngaphandle kwe-United States (ngaphandle kweCanada), futhi ngiye ngigxila ekuhambeni kwamanye amazwe kusukela ngaleso sikhathi.
I-Bahamas ingamakhilomitha angu-50 kuphela ukusuka e-United States. Iziqhingi ezingu-700 zihamba ngaphezu kolwandle olungamakhulu ayisishiyagalombili ukusuka olwandle olusempumalanga yeFlorida kuya ogwini olusenyakatho lwaseCuba naseHaiti.
I-Bahamas ithola igama layo kusukela e-Spanish baja mar, okusho ukuthi ama-shallows.
Izinkulungwane zabantu abahamba ngesikebhe baseNassau njalo ngempelasonto. I-Nassau iyinhlanganisela ephelele yamagugu aseBrithani kanye nekolonialism kanye nezindawo zokuhlala zanamuhla nezikebhe ezihle kakhulu. I-Nassau itholakala esiqhingini saseNew Providence, esingamamitha angaba ngu-21 ubude namamitha angu-7 ububanzi.
Idolobha lihlanganisiwe futhi lingacubungulwa kalula ngezinyawo ngamahora ambalwa. Imikhumbi ye-cruise idonsa ngezinyawo emaphethelweni enyakatho yesiqhingi, ukuhamba ngezinyawo ezingu-10 ukusuka enkabeni yedolobha. I-pier yanamuhla, eyaziwa nge-Prince George Wharf, iyodwa ibhuloho eyaziwa yiBay Street, eyona ndlela yokuthenga yezitolo yase Nassau. Lapho umkhumbi wakho wokuhamba ngomkhumbi, uzothola amatekisi amaningi alindele ukukuthatha eduze kwesiqhingi.
Uma useseNassau ngosuku, ungase uthathe uhambo olwandle oluxhaswe umkhumbi we-cruise, ubhukule uhambo olwakho, noma usebenzise isikhathi sokuhlola idolobha, isiqhingi noma ibhishi. Ngenxa yezindawo ezishisayo, izinkambo eziningi zihlobene namanzi. Ukuhamba ngebhayisikili, ukuvakasha kwe-Nassau noma isiqhingi, ukuhamba ngezinyawo noma ukudilika, igalofu, ukubhukuda namahlengethwa, noma ukuhlola emkhunjini yizo zonke izinkambo ezidumile. Abagibeli abaningi abahamba ngezinyawo bathengela ukudlula e- Atlantis Resort enkulu esiseduze nesiqhingi sasePharadesi . Kukhona okuthile okukhona kuwo wonke umuntu!
Uma unquma ukungathathi uhambo oluhlelekile olwandle oluhle, hamba e-Bahamas Ministry of Tourism ngaseRawson Square. Bangakusiza ukukunikeza umqondo omuhle walokho okubonayo nokwenza eNassau. Awunakuphuthelwa - uzoyibona uma uphuma emgodini wokuhamba ngomkhumbi.
Banganikeza amamephu, izinkomba, nolunye ulwazi. Uma uhlola idolobha ngezinyawo, ngokuqinisekile kusiza ukwazi ukuthi ubheke ini!
I-Nassau yindawo enhle yokuvakashela i-short flight cruise noma njengechweba lokushaya isikhathi eside. Siseduze ne-US, kodwa "engaphandle" ngokwanele ukuba ibe mnandi kakhulu. Ngenxa yezinkulungwane zezivakashi, kunamathuba amaningi okwenza imisebenzi, kodwa izitaladi zivame ukupakishwa nezivakashi. Yonke imigqa emikhulu ye-cruise, kanye nezincane ezincane kanye nama-charter yacht, zifaka i-Nassau njengechweba lokubiza. Ngicabanga ukuthi uzokujabulela umlando wamakholoni, amanzi ahlanzekile, nezinketho eziningi zokuzijabulisa.
Igalari yezithombe kusukela ekuhambeni kokuhamba kweDowntown Nassau
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I-Nassau yidolobha eyaziwa kakhulu eBahamas, kodwa ungayisho igama lesi siqhingi esitholakalayo? I-Providence entsha yikhaya lase-Nassau elisenyakatho, futhi liphakathi ne-Bahamas archipelago yeziqhingi ezingaphezu kuka-700. Lezi ziqhingi ziqala ngamakhilomitha angama-50 eMiami futhi zilula ngamakhulu amakhilomitha kuya enyakatho ye-Haiti naseCuba. Kungaba ngu-35 kuphela noma ngaphezulu, futhi i- Nassau , i- Freeport , ne-Paradise Island bathola iningi lezivakashi.
Cishe ezimbili kwezintathu zabantu abangaba ngu-260,000 bahlala ku-New Providence.
Umlando weBahamian oqoshiwe uqala ngolusuku olujwayele abaningi bethu - ngo-Okthoba 12, 1492. UChristopher Columbus wenza umhlaba weNew World esiqhingini eBahamas owaqamba ngokuthi iSan Salvador. UColumbus noma abahloli bamazwe abamlandelayo abatholanga igolide noma ingcebo eziqhingini. Abahlali baseYurophu bafika kuqala eBahamas ngo-1648, kepha ngasekupheleni kwekhulu le-17 bathola ukuthi iBahamas igcwele izigebengu ezifana no-Edward Teach (Blackbeard) noHenry Morgan. AmaBrithani akwazi ukuletha lezi ziqhingi ngokulenga ama-pirates amaningi, kanti iBahamas yaba ikoloni yase-Great Britain ngo-1728.
Iziqhingi zisengxenyeni yeBritish Commonwealth yezizwe, futhi imasiko namasiko aseBrithani abonakala eNassau. Kukhona isithombe seNdlovukazi iVictoria Victoria phambi kwePhalamende laseBahamian, kanti iNdlovukazi yeNdlovukazi yakhiwa ukuhlonipha ukubusa kuka-Queen Victoria iminyaka engu-65.
U-Edward, uMbusi waseWesternsor, owachitha isihlalo sobukhosi saseNgilandi ngowesifazane ayemthanda, wayengumbusi weBahamas kusukela ngo-1940 kuya ku-1945.
Njengoba i-Bahamas iseduze kakhulu ne-United States, idlale indima ethandekayo emlandweni wezwe. Eqinisweni, i-America yathatha i-Nassau futhi yayibamba amaviki amabili ngesikhathi seMpi Ye-Revolutionary.
AmaBahamas nawo ayebandakanyeka ne-United States ngesikhathi sezimoto ezimbili ezedlule - isibhamu-egijima phakathi neMpi Phakathi Kwezwe, kanye ne-rum-egijima ngesikhathi sokuvimbela.
Ubuhlobo phakathi kweBahamas ne-United States bungase kungabi mnandi, kodwa abaseMelika bahlasela lezi ziqhingi ngesonto ngalinye ngomkhumbi wezindiza noma indiza ehambisa izakhamuzi zokuvakasha ezamukelekayo emnothweni waseBahamian.
Ukuhlola i-Nassau
Izivakashi eziningi zikholelwa ukuthi i-Nassau ingcono kunazo zonke zomhlaba. Kuyinto yesimanje ngokwanele ukuba ingqalasizinda yezokuvakasha isebenza kahle, isimo sezomnotho singcono kunazo zonke ezinye zeCaribbean, futhi akukho lutho edolobheni "olungavamile" ukwenza izivakashi ezincane ezihambele kahle. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, i-Nassau inelungelo elide lokukwenza ukuthi uqaphele ukuthi awukho ekhaya. Uma usuka emkhunjini bese ubona amaphoyisa, agqoke imfashini yabo "bobbie" futhi eqondisa umgwaqo oshayela ngakwesobunxele, uzobona ngokushesha ukuthi ushiye ekhaya! Izingosi zakudala zamakholoni, i-lilt yethonya lolimi lwaseBrithani, futhi abantu baseNtshonalanga kanye nemikhosi basiza ukwenza iNassau ibe indawo ekhangayo.
I-Nassau isolulwe ogwini olusenyakatho yeNew Providence.
Idolobha lihlangene futhi kulula ukuhlola ngezinyawo. Njengoba uhamba edolobheni, thola umlando wekoloni futhi uvumele isikhathi ukubuka amabhagi ezitolo nasemakethe wezinhlamvu . Imikhumbi ye-Cruise ivame ukunikeza uhambo olwandle lwaseNassau kanye ne-Ardastra Gardens edumile. Lolu hambo luhlanganisa ukuhamba phansi kweBray Street ukuya e-Queen's Staircase nokuvakashela eFort Fincastle naseFort Charlotte ngaphambi kokuphetha e-Ardastra Gardens.
Ngaphandle kweNassau esiqhingini saseNew Providence
Isiqhingi sase-Providence esisha singamamitha angu-21 ubude futhi ububanzi bamamitha angu-7 ububanzi, ngakho kulula ukubona emahoreni ambalwa ngebhasi, imoto, noma i-moped. Uhambo lokuhamba nge-Shore ngokuvamile luhlanganisa ukuvakasha kwe-Nassau, ukubuka ezinye izindawo, kanye nesikhathi ebhishi. Ukuvakashela e-Atlantis Resort edumile ePharadesi Island nakho kuyinto ethandwayo. Uma uye wachitha isikhathi Nassau ngaphambili, ungase uthande ukuthatha uhambo ngaphandle kwedolobha, elingabhalwa emkhunjini wakho we-cruise noma Nassau.
Okuningi ku-Nassau e-Bahamas ekhasini 1 lale ngxenye.