I-Isle of Flowers Yayiyindlu KaPaul Gauguin
I-Taboga iyisiqhingi esincane eGulf of Panama eduze nomnyango wePacific ukuya ePanama Canal. Isiqhingi esihlanzekile kakhulu nendawo enokuthula ukuvakashela emkhunjini omncane wemikhumbi ngokusebenzisa i-Canal noma uhambo oluvela ePanama City.
Ungase umangale ukwazi ukuthi imikhumbi eminingi yokuhamba ngomgwaqo idlulisela iPanama Canal kodwa ayifaki ichweba lePanamani lamakholi. Kodwa-ke, iRiphabhlikhi yasePanama yenza imizamo yokuheha abavakashi kuloluhlanga olubandayo, futhi izwe lingaba yizindlela ezihambelana namazwe aseMelika.
Ngesikhathi ngiya ePanama amasonto ambalwa unyaka ngamunye kusukela ngo-1993-1998 ebhizinisini, ngathola izakhamuzi ukuthi zibe nobungane futhi izwe kanye nomlando walo kube mnandi kakhulu.
Ngibuyele e-Panama izikhathi eziningana kusukela ngaleso sikhathi ku-cruise, okwakamuva kuhambo lomhlaba / lokuhamba nge-Grand Circle Cruise Line. Loluhambo lokuvakasha olukhulu luhlanganisa nobusuku obuthathu kwi- catamaran Yokuthola I -Panama Canal, futhi sachitha amahora ambalwa esiqhingini saseTaboga.
Eminye imikhumbi yokuhamba ihlala eSan Blas Islands e-Caribbean noma ngasePanama City ekupheleni kweCanal. Uma unosuku ePanama futhi ufuna ukuba nesigodlo sebhajethi, uhambo oluya e-Isle of Taboga cishe ngamamayela angu-12 ukusuka enhloko-dolobha kungenzeka ukuthi yilokho okudingayo. Amaferi ashiya i-pierta e- Amador Causeway kabili noma kathathu ngosuku, kusukela ngo-8: 30 ekuseni. Isikebhe senza uhambo lwamazuzu angu-45 eTaboga cishe uhambo lwamaRandi ayi-11.
(I-Panama isebenzisa imali yaseMelika yamaphepha - akukho ukushintshaniswa okudingekayo.) Lokhu kuyinzuzo yangempela! Endleleni uthola ukubukwa okuhle kwePanama City ngaphesheya komgwaqo. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ungabheka ngokuqondile imikhumbi eminingi esalindelwe ukulinda ithuba lokudlulisela i-Canal.
I-Taboga yihambo oludumile oluvela ePanama City, ngakho-ke isikebhe singase siphelele, ikakhulukazi ngezimpelasonto.
Angisoze ngikhohlwa uhambo olulodwa olwenziwe ngoMgqibelo omuhle. Umkhumbi wawugcwele, umculo wawuzwakala, futhi wonke umuntu wayedansa futhi ejabulela usuku lwawo. Ngangisebenza nabalingani bami, futhi sasingabantu baseMelika kuphela. Abantu bendawo basikhuthaza ukuba sijoyine, futhi sasiba nesikhathi esihle ngesikhathi sihamba ngesikebhe.
Ngaphambi kokuba uhlale ogwini, kufanele uhlole lesi siqhingi. Ngeke kuthathe isikhathi eside ukubona "idolobha"! Lesi siqhingi singamamayela angu-2.3 square (amakhilomitha angama-5.9). Kukhona umgwaqo owodwa omncane, nemigwaqo embalwa. I "umgwaqo omkhulu" ikuthatha ngamabha yomoya ovulekile, futhi ikunika ithuba lokubona ukuthi iTaboga ithole kanjani igama layo, isiqhingi sezimbali.
Ungase ube nethuba lokuhlangana nabantu abathandekayo kulezi zindawo ezivulekile zomoya. I-Taboga yi-port ethandwa kakhulu yezingcingo zemikhumbi yemikhumbi elinde ukudlulisa i-Canal. UmAmerica washaya ingxoxo nathi ebhasini kwenye yamahhotela lapho ezwa amazwi ethu. Wayesehambe eCalifornia izinyanga ezimbalwa ngaphambili futhi wayesehamba ogwini lwaseMexico naseCentral America, emisa endleleni. Wayekhathazeka ukuzwa "izindaba ezivela ekhaya", futhi sachitha isikhathi esithile sikhuluma naye. Wasitshela ezinye izindaba ezinkulu zeziphepho ayezihamba ngazo kanye nokuphila olwandle.
Kukhona amakhaya athakazelisayo, amathuna amadala asethakazelisayo, kanye nolwandle kusezingeni elihlanzekile futhi liphumula. Ungahamba emgwaqweni omkhulu emaminithini angu-10 uma ungayeki. Uma uzizwa unamandla, ungayulazula inethiwekhi yezindlela ezigcinwe kahle eziseduze nesiqhingi, eziningi zazo zinezinhlobonhlobo zama-orchid nezinye izimbali. Ngokuya ngesikhathi sonyaka, ungase ubone izinkulungwane zezintambo ezihlala ezihlahleni ngemuva kwesiqhingi. Kuzokuthatha cishe amahora amathathu noma amane ukuhlola lesi siqhingi.
Ngesikhathi uvakashela lesi siqhingi, ungacabanga ngendima yomlando lesi siqhingi esincane esidlale. Umhloli wamaSpanish odumile waseVasco de Balboa wathola lesi siqhingi ngekhulu le-16. Omunye wabahlali bokuqala wayeyiPadre Hernando de Luque, owayengumfundisi wamasonto asePanama. Wakha indlu ekhululekile esiqhingini, wahlala lapho isikhathi esiningi.
UPadre Luque udume ngoba wayengumphathi wezimali kaFrancisco Pizarro, onqoba i-Incas. UPizarro naye wayenendlu eTaboga, izinsalela zazo eziseseqhingini.
Omunye ohlala edumile waseTaboga wayengumculi odumile waseFrance uPaul Gauguin. Wahlala esiqhingini ngo-1887 izinyanga ezimbalwa ngemva kokusebenza isikhashana esakhiweni sePanama Canal esenziwe yiFulentshi.
I-Taboga yayiyindawo ebalulekile yezindiza zaseNyakatho Melika nase-England ekuqaleni kwekhulu lama-20. Kubuye kube umthombo wokuphefumula ekushiseni komuzi nasezifo eziwumshayabhuqe. Esiqhingini esincane esinjalo, esidlule siphunga kakhulu. Manje, abantu abaningi bayakujabulela ukubhukuda kancane, behlezi emthunzini (noma ilanga), futhi bejabule elwandle elinoxolo ePanama naseGulf of Panama ePacific Ocean.