I-Caribbean iyindawo yokuvakasha esungulwe kangangokuthi isadonsa abantu abaningi abahamba ngomkhumbi kunanoma iyiphi enye isifunda emhlabeni. Kudume ngokumangalisayo futhi kuhlale kuyisinqumo esihle kulabo abafuna ilanga ebusika ngoba-okungenani kubantu baseNyakatho Melika-kuseduze. Ingase futhi inikeze amanani entengo.
Enye yezinselelo ezikhulayo iCaribbean ebhekane nayo eminyakeni embalwa edlule umuzwa wokukhathala. Uma usuhambe ngomkhumbi eNtshonalanga Caribbean usuka, uthi, eGalveston, eNew Orleans, noma eTampa, uke waba lapho futhi wenza lokho. Okufanayo kuya kulabo abaye bahamba ngomkhumbi e-Eastern Caribbean imizila esuka emachwebeni aseFlorida (ingasaphathwa eyosoGwini Olusempumalanga, njengeCharleston, Norfolk, Baltimore, naseNew York). Kulolu hambo lomkhumbi, abagibeli bavakashela amachweba afanayo kaningi—izindawo ezinjengeSan Juan, iSt. Thomas, neSt. Ukuminyana komkhumbi kanye nokushoda kwemizwa yasogwini eziqhingini ezithile akudonseli abahambi ukuthi babuyele esifundeni.
Ukuze ulwe nalokhu konakala, abaphathi bemboni bahlale befuna ukungeza izindawo ezisemfashinini nezintsha ezizoheha abagibeli ukuthi babuyele olwandle lwase-Caribbean. Bakhe amachweba amasha—njengendawo yeCarnival e-Grand Turk, iziqhingi ezihlala zikhona ezizimele zase-Bahamian kanye ne-Costa Maya eqoshwe ehlathini—ebonakala iphelelwe umoya. Baphinde baphonsa ekujuleni kwe-Southern Caribbean ukuze bathole izindawo ezintsha, balinde nje ukufika kwemikhumbi.
Kuze kube yilapho unswinyo lususwa futhi i-Cuba ivula iminyango yayo emikhunjini yemikhumbi yaseMelika, ungalindeli izimanga eziningi ezinhlelweni zohambo lwase-Caribbean. Kodwa, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ufuna izindawo ezizayo nezizayo, ezingakafiki ku-radar, noma nje unethemba lokugwema lokho okuye kwaba khona, funda ukuhlaziywa kwethu kokuthi yini okushisayo nokuthi yini engekho e-Caribbean isizini ezayo ye-cruise.
Izindawo Ezishisayo
St. Croix
Kungani: I-St. Croix, enye yeziQhingi ezintathu ezinkulu zase-US Virgin, yawa ebalazweni labahambi ngomkhumbi ngemva kwesizini ka-2001/2002, lapho izinkinga eziningi ezingakaxazululwa ngobugebengu obuncane bunxenxa olayini besikebhe ukuthi baye kwenye indawo. Ngakho-ke, eminyakeni emihlanu kamuva, isimemezelo se-Disney sokuthi izofaka imizila emisha yase-Caribbean ngo-2009-kuhlanganise ne-St. Croix-saphakamisa amashiya ambalwa. Kungazelelwe, imikhumbi eminingi ine-St. Croix ohambweni lwango-2009/2010—i-Royal Caribbean's Adventure of the Seas, i-Holland America's Maasdam, i-Celebrity's Millennium, kanye ne-Azamara Journey. Akulimazi futhi ukuthi uhulumeni wasekhaya utshale izigidi ezingu-18 zamaRandi ukuze ahlobise idolobha eliyitheku laseFrederiksted, eliguquliwe lisuka ekubeni yimbewu leya ekubeni elibukekayo. Ukwengeza, isiqhingi, njengabazalwane baso be-USVI, sihlangene phakathi kwezinye iziqhingi ezidumile futhi, ngakho-ke, ichweba lokushaya ucingo elilula ngendlela emangalisayo.
Okukhona: I-St. Croix inikeza ulwazi oluhluke kakhulu kune-mecca yokuthenga egcwele kakhulu yase-St. Thomas. Njengoba kunendawo enkulu yokuhamba (iSt. Croix ihlanganisa amakhilomitha-skwele angu-84 futhi ingaphezu kokuphindwe kabili kobukhulu beSt. Thomas), iSt. AmaKristu asenyakatho. Iphromothwe njengendawo yomlando yendawo yase-US ngenxa yezakhiwo zase-Danish eyikhaya, i-St. Croix iyikhaya lezinsalela zamasimu amaningi, izindlu ezinkulu, nama-windmill. I-Buck Island Reef National Monument iyindawo ekhangayo yemvelo ephambili esiqhingini esigcwele izizinda ze-snorkeling kanye ne-diving.
I-Tortola
Kungani: Njenge-St. Croix, inhloko-dolobha yase-British Virgin Islands yathola ukukhuthazwa okukhulu ngenkathi yenza isivumelwano ne-Disney Cruise Line, izingezela ohlelweni lwentandokazi yomndeni lwe-Caribbean ngo-2009. Ngokungafani no-St. Croix, i-Tortola ayinayo umlando wokweba kanye nobugebengu ukuvimbela ukuthuthukiswa kwayo njengechweba elidumile. Njengoba iseduze ne-San Juan—ichweba elivamile lendabuko yohambo lwemikhumbi lwase-Southern Caribbean—kanye ne-St. Thomas ehlala idumile, i-Tortola itholakala enkabeni yezwe. Iphinde isebenze njengendawo yokweqa ohambweni losuku oluya ezindaweni eziseduze ze-BVI njengo-Jost Van Dyke kanye no-Virgin Gorda. Ukuba yingxenye yendawo yaseBrithani kuyasiza, okungenani uma kuziwa ekuzuzeni umusa ngemigqa yaseYurophu yokuhamba ngomkhumbi. I-P&O kanye noFred. U-Olsen usebenzisa i-Tortola kakhulu ezinhlelweni zabo zase-Caribbean, kanti uHapag-Lloyd noCosta baphinde babize i-Tortola. Ngo-2009, cishe yonke imigqa ongayicabanga ine-Tortola ochungechungeni lohambo. Ezinsukwini ezimatasa kakhulu zechweba (ngoLwesithathu noLwesine), uzothola imikhumbi efika kwemihlanu esiqhingini ngesikhathi esisodwa, okungasho isilinganiso esisivivi se-Tortola ohlwini lwangonyaka ozayo olushisayo noma olungekho. Hamba manje.
Okukhona: Ngezinye izikhathi, ukungqongqoza eTortola kube ukuthi azikho izinto ezihehayo ezanele esiqhingini esinobuthongo ukuze kushwelezwe izindimbane zabagibeli bemikhumbi. Kodwa, lokho empeleni kuwumbono oyiphutha. Yindawo enhle kakhulu yemidlalo yasemanzini, eshiya isimo sokuthenga se-mecca siye e-St. Thomas; Izingosi ze-snorkeling kanye ne-diving zisezingeni lokuqala, futhi izingozi ezimbalwa ezingaphansi kwamanzi—okuhlanganisa ne-RMS Rhone—kuyizingosi ezidumile. Izivunguvungu ezifudumele zenza leli libe ipharadesi lamatilosi, kanti ezinye iziqhingi ezisochungechungeni lwe-BVI ziwuhambo olufushane nje lwesikebhe. Uhambo lwansuku zonke—ikakhulukazi oluya kumakhelwane i-Jost Van Dyke (ikhaya le-White Bay yaseZulwini kanye ne-Soggy Dollar Bar) kanye ne-Virgin Gorda (lapho ungahlola khona imigede namachibi Okugeza adumile)—luningi futhi luwusizo.
Saint Kitts
Kungani: Indawo ebaluleke kakhulu yase-St. Kitts iyibeka ngokuqondile phakathi kwe-Eastern Caribbean (i-Puerto Rico kanye ne-Virgin Islands) kanye ne-Southern Caribbean (i-Dominica, i-Martinique, i-St. Lucia), okwenza lesi siqhingi esigcwele abantu abaningi sibe ukukhethwa okuphezulu kuzo zonke izinhlobo ze-Caribbean. izinhlelo zohambo. Lesi sikhumulo esisebenziseka ngezindlela eziningi ngokuqinisekile senza umbono Kosaziwayo, owasikhetha njengelinye lamachweba amathathu ukuze afakwe ohlelweni lokuqalisa, lobusuku obuyisikhombisa lwe-Solstice yalo entsha, emisha, enkulu kunazo zonke yohlobo lwe-Celebrity Solstice. (Ngokuqinisekile, i-San Juan ne-St. Maarten bazungeza izitobhi ohambweni lokuya nokubuya ngomkhumbi i-Ft. Lauderdale.) Uma izindawo okuyiwa kuzo i-Solstice zithola ukunakwa okukhulu njengomkhumbi ngokwawo, i-St. Kitts ingase iqale ukuheha izixuku eziningi phela.
Okukhona: Ubuhle bemvelo base-St. Kitts budlulela ngalé kwezindawo zayo ezinhle ezingasogwini ukuze buhlanganise uhlaza olwengeziwe oluphakathi nezwe—umphumela wemboni kamoba yangaphambili yalesi siqhingi. (Umoba usakhula ezindaweni ezinhle, ezinamahlamvu, neziluhlaza.) Amabhishi anesihlabathi esimhlophe namagagasi azungezile aheha abashisekeli belanga, ababhukudi, abatshuzi emanzini, abatshuzwayo, abatshuza emanzini kanye nabatshuzi. Ihlathi lemvula lalesi siqhingi kanye nentaba-mlilo ethule kuyikhaya lezinkawu nezinyoni ezingavamile, futhi udaka olumise ngendlela engavamile yikona okukhanga kakhulu eBlack Rocks. Ukuze uthinte umlando wesintu kanye nemibono ethile evelele, izivakashi zingavakashela izindlu zamasosha zangaphambili zaseBrithani e-Brimstone Hill Fortress futhi ziye e-Bloody Point ukuze zihloniphe inkumbulo yezinkulungwane zamaCarib, abulawa abantu baseYurophu. Ohambweni losuku, ukugibela isikebhe ukuya esiqhingini esingudadewabo i-Nevis kuyisa abahambi endaweni engaminyene kakhulu yamadwala namabhishi.
Tobago
Kungani: Ngokuvamile kuhlanganiswe nesiqhingi esingudadewabo, i-Trinidad, i-Tobago isiqala ukugqama njengechweba elikhulayo le-Southern Caribbean cruise port. Ukwakhiwa kuqediwe endaweni entsha yokudoba echwebeni layo lase-Scarborough, ngakho-ke manje imikhumbi emikhulu njengemikhumbi yezinga le-Voyager ingama khona kanye esiqhingini, kunokuba iphoqwe ukuthi ithenda ngokungafanele. Eminye imiklamo eqhubekayo yokuthuthukisa ichweba ihlanganisa ukuxhuma indawo yechweba nomgwaqo wezitolo i-Esplanade, ukuqeqeshwa komsebenzi wamakhasimende kubashayeli bamatekisi nabanye abathengisi, kanye nokuthuthukiswa okungenzeka kwendiza yaseCharlotteville ukuze imikhumbi emikhulu ikwazi ukufika lapho, futhi. Futhi, imizamo iyasebenza; Usaziwayo uvumile ukwengeza i-Tobago ezinhlelweni zohambo zeNgqungquthela Yosaziwayo ka-2009/2010, futhi isizini ka-Tobago ka-2008/2009 izobona izingcingo eziningi eziphindwe kabili nezivakashi ezilinganiselwa ku-100,000 (irekhodi lalesi siqhingi).
Okukhona: I-Tobago iseduze namachweba wesikole sakudala sase-Caribbean njengoba eza. Kuyikhaya lehlathi lemvula elidala kunawo wonke elivikelwe eNtshonalanga Nenkabazwe futhi iyindawo ekahle yabahambi bezintaba nababukela izinyoni. E-Argyle Waterfalls, izivakashi zingabhukuda emachibini emvelo noma zijabulele ubuhle bendawo. Izixhobo zamakhorali zasogwini ziheha ama-snorkelers, kuyilapho abangenamava kangako bangajabulela ukubuka ngaphansi kwamanzi ohambweni lwezikebhe olungaphansi kwengilazi. Kunamabhishi amaningi okushiswa yilanga, futhi abathandi bomlando bazoba sezakhini zabo ngenkathi bevakashela izinqaba zomlando zesiqhingi kanye nesondo lamanzi.
I-Costa Maya
Kungani: ICosta Maya—ichweba eliseningizimu yeYucatan, elaqoshwa emahlathini ngokwezwi nezwi—yalahlekelwa isimo sayo “sokushisa” lapho iSiphepho uDean sicekela phansi isakhiwo sechweba, kanye nedolobhana eliseduze labadobi laseMajahual ngo-2007. , esikhathini esingaphezu konyaka kamuva, ichweba elakhiwe kabusha seliqalile ukwamukela imikhumbi yezokuvakasha ukuthi libuyele ogwini lwalo futhi liphezulu kumashadi adumile futhi. Kungani? Imisebenzi yokwakha yenze itheku, elifana nesiqhingi esizimele, laba ngcono kunangaphambili—inkundla enkulu, manje ekwazi ukumumatha imikhumbi emithathu esikhundleni semibili (kuhlanganise nemikhumbi elingana ne-Oasis of the Seas yaseRoyal Caribbean, imbangi entsha yemikhumbi emikhulukazi. -njalo uma iqala ekwindla ka-2009); izitolo, izindawo zokudlela, namachibi athuthukisiwe; kanye nokuvakasha okunjengohambo lwe-zip-line. I-Majahual yenziwe yaba yinhle futhi manje ine-boardwalk eduze nolwandle. Phakathi kwabokuqala abavakashele itheku elakhiwe kabusha kukhona iCarnival Legend, P&O Cruises' Oceana, Independence of the Seas yeRoyal Caribbean, iDisney Magic, Norwegian Spirit, ne-Holland America's Veendam ne-Westerdam.
Okukhona: Idolobhana elenzelwe izivakashi linikeza izindawo zokudlela ezivulekile namabha, amachibi okubhukuda, ulwandle oluyimfihlo, nezitolo ezingenamsebenzi. Ukusuka ethekwini, izivakashi zingabhekisa amabombo edolobhaneni laseMajahual ukuze zihambe ogwini, zidle ezindaweni zokudlela zasendaweni, zidlale ama-waterports, noma ziphumule ogwini olunesihlabathi e-Uvero Beach Club. Ezinye izinketho zokuvakasha zihlanganisa uhambo lwe-kayak olunqamula imihlume, i-snuba diving, ukuvakashela amanxiwa amaMaya, kanye ne-BioMaya Bacalar-usuku olunzima lokuphuma, oluphelele ngomzila we-zip, ukubhukuda nohambo lwasehlathini.
Ukupholisa Kuvaliwe
Grand Cayman
Kungani: Isikhathi eside esiyisisekelo sokuhamba ngomkhumbi eCaribbean, iziQhingi zaseCayman zibone ukwehla okukhuphukayo eminyakeni yamuva nje. Ngo-2008, isibalo sabagibeli nemikhumbi ebiza e-Grand Cayman sehla kusukela ngo-2007. Nakuba kuseyisizinda esinamandla okuthutha abantu, i-Grand Cayman, mhlawumbe, yamukele into enhle kakhulu. Ngesikhathi sesizini ephezulu, imikhumbi emikhulu efika eyisithupha ngosuku ingatholwa ngasogwini, ihambisa abagibeli eDolobheni elincane laseGeorge. (Ukuntuleka kwendawo yokugibela izikebhe noma indawo yokumisa imikhumbi kuyisithiyo esikhulu.) Futhi, naphezu kweqiniso lokuthi abanikazi bamabhizinisi endawo bonke bafuna ukugcina inani eliphakeme lokuhamba ngomkhumbi, ukuzibophezela kwesiqhingi ohlelweni lwaso oluthambile lwezixhobo zamakhorali kudala ukungezwani kwemvelo.
Okukhona: Eyaziwa kakhulu kuneGeorge Town, idolobha elincane lesiqhingi, i-Seven Mile Beach (empeleni engamamayela angu-5.5 ubude). Kufakwe ulayini wezindawo zokungcebeleka, izindawo zokuhlanza amanzi ezemidlalo, nezindawo zokudlela. Okunye okukhangayo kuhlanganisa i-Queen Elizabeth II Botanical Garden engamahektha angu-65, "inqaba" yomlando i-Pedro St. James (ecatshangelwa indawo okwazalelwa kuyo intando yeningi e-Caymans), kanye ne-scuba diving.
San Juan
Kungani: I-San Juan, eye yaba nempumelelo enkulu njengechweba lohambo lwe-Southern Caribbean, iphonselwa inselelo. Ngentwasahlobo ka-2008, i-American Airlines—umnikezeli omkhulu wezindiza eziya eSan Juan—inciphise izindiza eziya esiqhingini ngamaphesenti angu-45. Nakuba abathwali abafana ne-AirTran kanye ne-JetBlue bengenile ukuze bavale igebe, zisekhona izindiza ezimbalwa—ezibalulekile ekuthutheni abagibeli beya emikhunjini yazo—ziya kulesi sikhumulo esisuka kuzo, indawo edumile yokweqa ohambweni lwase-Southern Caribbean. Kanjalo, abahambi manje sebebhekene nezinketho ezimbalwa kanye nezindleko zokugibela eziphakeme. Njengechweba locingo losuku olulodwa, iSan Juan nayo idonsa kanzima. Impendulo engemihle evela kubagibeli bemikhumbi mayelana nolwazi lwechweba ibangela ukuthi imigqa yohambo lwesikebhe isuse isiqhingi ezinhlelweni zohambo. (Ngenxa yezinkinga zesikhathi, imikhumbi esuka emachwebeni ase-US asogwini ayingeni esikhumulweni semikhumbi kuze kube kusihlwa, lapho izitolo eziningi nezinto ezihehayo ezinomlando zivaliwe.). I-Royal Caribbean isanda kukhipha iSan Juan ohambweni lwayo lwe-Southern Caribbean yobusuku obuyi-12 ku-Explorer of the Seas ngo-2010, yakhetha ukuqala uhambo lolwandle ngezinsuku ezintathu ezilandelanayo zasolwandle, kunokuchitha ingxenye yosuku (noma ubusuku) e-Puerto Rico.
Okukhona: ISan Juan yaziwa kakhulu ngedolobha layo elidala eligcinwe kahle, okuyindawo lapho imikhumbi ehamba ngomkhumbi ifika khona. Izivakashi zingangena ezindongeni zedolobha elidala, imigwaqo yamatshe amatshe, izinqaba ezinkulu, nesonto lombhishobhi. Kukhona ama-boutique amaningi kanye nezitolo ezingenamsebenzi. Ngaphandle kwedolobha, amabhishi amaningi anikezela ngesihlabathi esibanzi, esivuthiwe ukushiswa yilanga, kanti ihlathi lemvula lase-El Yunque liyindawo okufanele uyibone kwabahamba ngezinyawo nabathanda imvelo.
Ku-Radar
Aruba
Kungani: Itholakala emaphethelweni aseningizimu ye-Southern Caribbean, i-Aruba sekuyisikhathi eside ingelinye lamachweba akude kakhulu endaweni—ekude, okungukuthi, ukusuka emachwebeni okugibelela kuwo, njengeSan Juan, iMiami, ne-Ft. Lauderdale. Ibanga layo, kanye nezindleko zikaphethiloli eziphakeme, kwabangela ukuthi imigqa yesikebhe—i-Carnival, eyodwa—idonse i-Aruba kumashejuli ka-2007, isho isidingo sokonga. Kodwa, ngo-2008, isibalo sabagibeli bemikhumbi ehamba ngomkhumbi abavakashela i-Aruba saqala ukukhuphuka, sibikezela ukuphindaphinda. Ingabe ukwehla kwamanani kawoyela kuyoyibuyisela e-Aruba umusa, noma ingabe abahambi, ababambelele esikhumulweni sezindiza esihamba ngomkhumbi ngezikhathi zezomnotho ezingaqinisekile, bazophoqa imigqa yokuhamba ngomkhumbi ukuze inikeze isiqhingi ihlombe elibandayo? Hlala ubukele.
Okukhona: Amabhishi, amabhishi, namabhishi amaningi. I-Aruba iyipharadesi le-beach bum. Futhi kuyindawo enhle yabadlala igalofu, abagembuli (isiqhingi sigcwele amakhasino), kanye nabathengi abangenamsebenzi.
