Abantu base-Australia bayimilutha yokuhamba ngomkhumbi.
Izibalo ziyamangaza.
Kubantu base-Australia abayizigidi ezingu-20.5, abangu-263,435 bathathe iholide le-sea cruise ngonyaka odlule - noma cishe oyedwa kwabesilisa abangama-80, abesifazane nezingane. Abanye abantu base-Australia abangu-11,761 XNUMX bagwaza eduze kwemifula nemisele yaseYurophu.
Isamba sika-2007 singamaphesenti angu-116 esikhathini esiyiminyaka emihlanu, ngokusho kwenhlangano embulelayo, i-International Cruise Council Australasia.
Izikhulu ze-Cruise zithi indawo yazo yokungcebeleka isilindele omunye unyaka onezihibe - futhi ngeke ihlaselwe wulwandle oluneziyaluyalu lwezomnotho kunezinye imboni yezokuvakasha enezinkinga.
Amaholide ahamba ngokusobala anikeza ingxenye enkulu yomphakathi wase-Australia lokho okufunayo - hhayi ukuthi bonke abathandi be-cruise aficionados bakhangwa ngenxa yezizathu ezifanayo.
Abanye bangena emkhunjini ukuze bathole umkhathi wephathi - okuhloswe ngawo ukudla, ukuphuza kanye nama-nightclub. Abanye bafuna izindawo zokucasha ezithule ukuze bafunde, badlale imidlalo yebhodi futhi baphumule emisebenzini ematasa yasogwini.
Omunye wesifazane engahlangana naye emkhunjini waqhosha ngokuhamba ngemikhumbi yemikhumbi eyisishiyagalolunye futhi akazange aye ogwini kunoma yisiphi isikhumulo semikhumbi. Impilo yebhodi lomkhumbi yayimnele.
Abanye bakuncoma kakhulu ukukhululeka ekupakisheni nasekukhipheni izinto ngokuphindaphindiwe. Njengoba abantu abahamba ngomkhumbi bekubeka, "izindawo eziza kuwe".
Amathrendi amabili ukuduma okwandayo kwemikhumbi emikhudlwana ethwala abagibeli abengeziwe - futhi, okufakazela ukuthi lokhu akukona okwawo wonke umuntu, ngasikhathi sinye ukukhulisa amabhizinisi emikhunjini emincane, eyisipesheli eya ezindaweni ezishayekile ezingakwazi ukumumatha imidondoshiya yasolwandle. .
Nakuba ukukhetha kukukhulu - lapho kunamanzi, ukuhamba ngomkhumbi kuvame ukuba khona - izingibe ezingaba khona zikhona kunoma ubani othenga ikhefu lokuhamba ngomkhumbi.
Izindlela zokugwema lokhu zihlanganisa:
Ukucwaninga ngangokunokwenzeka ngomzila owukhethile kanye nomkhumbi (okuhlanganisa nokuhlola ukuthi umkhumbi uqondiswe ikakhulukazi kwabadala, abasha, abaphakathi noma zonke izigaba zeminyaka).
Kusetshenziswa i-ejenti yezokuvakasha eyisipesheli enolwazi oluhlotshiswe kahle lwebhizinisi lokuhamba ngomkhumbi.
Ukuba nohlelo lokusekela uma ukukhetha kwakho kokuqala komkhumbi kanye nezindawo oya kuzo kungatholakali - ukuze ungakhulunyiswa entweni engafanele. Phela, uma inhliziyo yakho izimisele ohambweni lwamaphupho oluya e-Antarctic eneqhwa, uhambo ngomkhumbi olunqamula indawo eshisayo yaseNingizimu Pacific - kungakhathaliseki ukuthi luhle kangakanani - lungakushiya udangele.
Baya kuphi abantu base-Australia? Izibalo ezivela ku-International Cruise Council Australasia ziveza ngaphezu kwesithupha koku-10 ukukhetha emanzini ase-Australia, eNew Zealand naseSouth Pacific.
Izindawo zase-Asia ziheha cishe amaphesenti ayisishiyagalolunye ezimakethe, kanti i-Alaska ne-Europe (iningi layo iMedithera) iheha kancane.
INingizimu Melika, i-Afrika, i-Antarctica (lapho amanani aphezulu egcina izinombolo zehla) kanye nomhlaba wonke kungamaphesenti ayisikhombisa nje.
Abagibeli abaningi bafuna uhambo lwezinsuku eziyisishiyagalombili kuya kweziyi-14, izinsuku ezinhlanu kuya kweziyisikhombisa ezilandelayo ezidume kakhulu. Nokho, idlanzana elandayo labagibeli likhetha uhambo olude.
I-Australia ilungele kuleli hlobo isizini yayo enkulu yokuhamba ngomkhumbi erekhodiwe, ngokusho kweCarnival Australia, inkampani enkulu kunazo zonke ezweni eneCunard Line, Princess Cruises kanye neP&O phakathi kwemikhiqizo yayo. Imikhumbi eyishumi nambili yeCarnival izoshaya izingcingo ezingama-225 emachwebeni ase-Australia.
Izinombolo zabagibeli “zikhuphuke ngamaphesenti angu-20 ngesizini edlule,” kusho u-Ann Sherry, isikhulu esiphezulu seCarnival Cruises Australia.
Abagibeli abaningi bandiza ukuze bajoyine imikhumbi yemikhumbi yezingxenye zohambo lwamazwe amaningi, ngezindiza nokuhlala emahhotela okwakhelwe phezu kwenani. Isibonelo, abantu base-Australia bangagibela le mikhumbi lapha - futhi behle esikhumulweni sangaphandle ukuze indizele ekhaya.
Noma, abanye abagibeli bandiza ukuze bajoyine uhambo lomkhumbi eMedithera noma eCaribbean - bese bethatha izindiza ezibuyela e-Australia.
Kodwa-ke, abantu abaningi base-Australia bakhetha imikhumbi yasendaweni - efana ne-P&O's Pacific Dawn kanye ne-Pacific Sun - evame ukuyilanda bese iyishiya ethekwini eliseduze nasekhaya.
Le mikhumbi emibili yengeze ubusuku obubili kanye nobusuku obuthathu mini-cruise kumamenyu ayo. Uhambo olude lwemikhumbi efanayo ngokuvamile luhlanganisa amachweba ase-Australia naseNew Zealand kanye nezindawo eziziqhingi eziseduze zaseNingizimu Pacific njengeFiji neVanuatu.
Imikhumbi emikhulu ivamise ukufaka ukukhetha kwezindawo zokudlela namabha kanye nama-nightclub, izindawo zokuphumula ze-cabaret, izitolo, izindawo zokungcebeleka, izikhungo zokunakekela izingane, amachibi okubhukuda nezinye izinsiza. IPrincess Cruises 'Diamond Princess - ezinze emanzini ase-Australasia kuleli hlobo - ingase ibonakale inkulu kakhulu: ithwala abagibeli abangu-2,700 nabasebenzi abayi-1,100.
Kodwa uma kuqhathaniswa neminye imikhumbi - ikakhulukazi imikhumbi yakamuva yaseMelika ezinze e-Caribbean - iyi-minnow. Isibonelo, iRoyal Caribbean's Freedom of the Seas ithatha abagibeli abangu-4,700.
Yize lokhu kuzokwenza abantu abaningi bakwazi ukuhamba ngomkhumbi, umthamo owengeziwe uza ngesikhathi esibi. Izimo zomnotho eziya ziba zimbi ikakhulukazi emakethe ebalulekile yase-United States zinesidingo esibi.
Isaphulelo, esivele sivamile embonini, kulindeleke ukuthi sande nakakhulu uhambo lokuya ezindaweni ezifana neCaribbean oluthengekayo njengoba imigqa yemikhumbi izama kanzima ukunxenxa abahambi abangebona abaseMelika.
I-Wow factor iyidivayisi ebalulekile yokuthengisa emikhunjini emikhulu - enemifula yokwenziwa, izimpophoma nokunye. Imboni, ebekwe kahle emakethe "evuthiwe", izama ukunweba ukukhanga kwayo entsheni yabantu abadala ngokwengeza izindonga zokukhuphuka kwamatshe, i-bowling alleys, i-ice skating nokunye okunjalo.
Kunanini ngaphambili, kubalulekile ukukhetha umkhumbi ozozizwa ukhululekile kuwo. I-Antarctic cruise ibonakala kakhulu ohlwini lwezifiso eziningi.
Iningi lisuka e-Ushuaia e-Argentina kanti abanye basuka ePunta Arenas eChile. I-Antarctic iyindawo ekhula ngokushesha. Ngonyaka odlule imikhumbi engu-612 ehamba ngomkhumbi yavakashela eningizimu eneqhwa, cishe kabili eminyakeni emihlanu edlule.
Futhi, yenza umsebenzi wakho wesikole. Imikhumbi eminingi etshalwe ohambweni lwase-Antarctic ayinawo amakhumbi aqiniswe yiqhwa.
“Ngokushesha nje lapho kuneqhwa elintantayo aphuma ngokushesha,” kusho uBenjamin Krumpen, isikhulu se-Phoenix Reisen ezinze eJalimane esithumela abagibeli abaningi e-Antarctic.
(Umkhumbi waseCanada wacwila ngonyaka odlule ngemva kokushayisa intaba yeqhwa, amakhilomitha angu-1000 ukusuka e-Cape Horn, kodwa bonke ababegibele bahlengwa ngokushesha futhi akuzange kushone ukuphila.)
Ngaphezu kwalokho, ikhodi yokusebenza yemboni yemikhumbi iqinisekisa ukuthi imikhumbi enabagibeli abangaphezu kuka-500 ayivunyelwe ukwenza uhambo lolwandle. Eminye imikhumbi imane inikeze umbono weqhwa elisenyakatho kakhulu.
Ukujoyina i-Orion yase-Australia, enesikebhe esiqiniswe yiqhwa, akudingi uhambo oluya eningizimu Melika. Isebenzisa i-Bluff yaseNew Zealand kanye ne-Hobart yase-Australia ohambweni lwayo lokuhlola i-Antarctic kanye ne-sub-Antarctic.
I-Orion ithatha abagibeli abangu-106 ezindaweni ezinezinkanyezi ezinhlanu futhi iye yazuza ekuthandeni, engxenyeni yemakethe, yemikhumbi emincane kanye nokuhamba ngesitayela sohambo olunohambo oluningi ogwini nabafundisi abanolwazi. (Olunye uhambo lwe-Orion luhlanganisa i-Papua New Guinea, isifunda sase-Australia esikude sase-Kimberley kanye namachweba ase-Asia.)
I-Papua New Guinea ingabuye ihlolwe ku-Aurora Expeditions' Marina Svetaeva. Lo mkhumbi waseRussia oqiniswe yiqhwa uyasetshenziswa futhi ohambweni lwe-Aurora lwase-Antarctic kanye nokuvakashela eMpumalanga Ekude yaseRussia.
I-Melanesia Travel Services isebenzisa i-Kalibobo Spirit encane kodwa enethezekile ukuze ihlole amadolobhana asogwini e-Papua New Guinea futhi ihambe ngomkhumbi yehle ngomfula omkhulu walelo zwe i-Sepik noma i-PNG's Trobriand Islands.
Uncamela imifula nemisele yaseYurophu? I-Globus iphakathi kwezinkampani ezikhangisa ngomkhumbi ngasemifuleni yase-Europe, lapho kunomkhuba phakathi kwezivakashi eziphindayo ukuhamba ngomkhumbi emigwaqeni yamanzi eyaziwa kancane. Kuwukuhlakanipha ukubuza opharetha ukuthi ukuvakasha komhlaba kuhlanganisa lokho ofuna ukukubona.
Isifunda sase-Western Australia esikude saseKimberley, nogu lwaso olumangelengele kanye nemifula ebanzi, sibhekwa umgibeli we-Pearl Sea Coastal Cruise's Kimberley Quest II.
Izivakashi zihlala emakhabetheni avulekile anama-en suite avulekile. Umkhumbi mncane ngokwanele ukuvakashela izindawo ezikude zomfula. Imifula enomugqa womhlume ifinyelelwa ngezikebhe ezinenjini. Uhambo olusogwini luhlanganisa ukugijima ukuya kubuciko basendulo bomdabu base-Aboriginal, izimpophoma ezinhle nezinye izindawo kanye nokuphahlazeka kwendiza yeMpi Yezwe II.
Lapho begibele, abagibeli basheshe bazane abahambi abakanye nabo endaweni ekhombisa ukudla okumnandi neziphuzo. Izinsiza zifaka i-swimming pool kanye nomtapo wolwazi.
Phakathi kwezimbangi zeKimberley Quest II kulesi sifunda kukhona abagibeli abangu-36 baseNorth Star Cruises i-True North engeze inketho yokuhlola izindawo ezingavakashelwa kancane zogwini lwase-Australia, ethembisa ngamathuba okubuka oshaka abakhulu abamhlophe kanye nokuvakashela iKangaroo Island kanye neMcLaren. Ama-wineries e-Vale.
Okunye ukuhamba kwemikhumbi emincane kuhlanganisa uhambo lukaCaptain Cook Cruises eGreat Barrier Reef, eMurray River, eSydney Harbour (impelasonto mini-cruise) naseFiji.
Okunye okunenani eliphansi ukuhamba ngomkhumbi okuwukuphela komkhumbi wasogwini osele wabagibeli onezimpahla ezixubile e-Australia.
Indlela eya e-Torres Strait, egcwele impahla evamile, i-MV Trinity Bay yase-Sea Swift ihamba ngomkhumbi ibheke enyakatho isuka e-Cairns njalo ngoLwesihlanu, ibuye ngoLwesithathu. Abanye abagibeli bakhetha uhambo oluya nokubuya, abanye baye enyakatho noma eningizimu (bandizela kwelinye icala noma balayishe imoto ukuze bashayele phezulu noma phansi kweNhlonhlo Yase-Cape York kuphela).
Ngenxa yokuthi uhambo oluningi lungaphakathi kolwandle, izimo zokuhamba ngomkhumbi zivame ukuzola kakhulu. Abagibeli abangaba ngu-38 banokukhetha phakathi kwe-en suite noma indawo okwabelwana ngayo enamazinga afana nalawo akumotele emaphakathi nemakethe.
Ngaphandle kwendawo yokuphuzela utshwala nendawo yokudlela, izinsiza ezitholakala emikhunjini emikhulu azikho. Amachweba okushaya ucingo ahlanganisa i-Horn Island kanye ne-Thursday Island lapho ukuvakasha kokuzikhethela kutholakala khona.
Kodwa iMV Trinity Bay - engavamile ukukhangisa - ivame ukuthengiswa. Ngakho, bhuka kusenesikhathi.
Enye inketho engavamile: umkhumbi wokugcina weposi omkhulu emhlabeni, i-RMS St Helena ka-Andrew Weir Shipping osuka eNingizimu Afrika eKapa uya kwelinye lamakoloni ambalwa asele eBrithani, isiqhingi sase-St Helena (esingenaso isikhumulo sezindiza).
Kuthatha abagibeli abangu-128 ngokunethezeka, kanye neposi nezinye izimpahla. I-St Helena - lapho abagibeli bengakwazi ukuhlala ngasogwini isikhathi esingangesonto ngenkathi umkhumbi uthatha uhambo oluya e-Ascension Island - inabantu ababalelwa ku-7000.
Isidala ngendlela ejabulisayo, “iNgilandi encane” yobugebengu obuncane kanye nemikhuba emnene. Abantu bayizizwe ezixubile zase-Afrika, e-Asia nase-Europe. Imigwaqo emincane emazombezombe iya endaweni ebukekayo yangaphakathi yesiqhingi. Amahhotela amaningana ahlinzeka izivakashi.
Ikoloni elingalodwa - lapho uNapoleon owayedingisiwe afela khona - iyona ehamba phambili ekubalekeni-yikho-konke. Njengoba umuntu wasesiqhingini asho kimi, imikhumbi yemikhumbi emikhulu yanamuhla ingathwala cishe sonke isibalo sabantu balo mkhumbi osodwa osolwandle i-Atlantic Ocean.
