Lokhu kungase kuthuse, kodwa akuwona wonke uhambo lomkhumbi olumayelana neziphuzo zesambulela ezigcwele i-rum, ibhingo engu-24/7, itimu ethi “The Love Boat” esigubhu sensimbi kanye nomoya ojwayelekile ongenawo amasiko kanye nanoma yimuphi umcabango ojule kakhulu “Ngizodla amalobster nesiteki.”
Futhi nakuba lezo hambo zomkhumbi zikhona (ungawunqonqozi uze uzame), igama elithi “cruise” lisebenza ohambweni olungase lube olweqiniso, olunohambo olujabulisayo, olunethezeka noma olusondelene njenganoma yiluphi uhlobo lwe-terra firma. Izikebhe ezinkulu nezincane zihamba ngomkhumbi “okunye” okuthi, ngale kweziphuzo, ama-portholes, ukapteni nezinga elijwayelekile lokunyakaziswa kwemikhumbi, akufani neze nezikebhe zephathi zelanga nezijabulisayo ezizulazula ezindaweni ezifudumele zoMhlaba.
Okuhlangenwe nakho? Abagibeli abangamakhulu amabili esikhundleni sabangu-3,000, ukugcizelelwa kwezemfundo nokuqwashisa ngamasiko, kanye nethimba elincane lemisebenzi eminingi okungenzeka lidonsa olayini umzuzu owodwa bese liphakela amabhasi olwandle asolwandle ngokulandelayo. (Akuwona wonke umehluko omuhle: izitebhisi ezidinga ubuciko be-gymnastic; amagumbi angathandwa nguHoudini kuphela; kanye namathuba akhulayo okugula olwandle ezikebheni ezibhobozayo, ngokuphumelelayo, ama-buoy anehholo lokudlela.)
Kodwa uma okubalulekile kwakho kuya ngokusondelana nokufunda okwengeziwe - futhi kunokuguquguquka okuthile ekuchazeni kwakho indawo yomuntu siqu - okunye ukuhamba ngomkhumbi kungaba impendulo. Futhi, yebo, uhambo oluningi lwezikebhe ezincane ngokuvamile lumba eqolo ukwedlula lozakwabo bama-behemoth, kodwa ukuhlakanipha okufanayo kuyiqiniso njengakho konke ukuhamba njengamanje: Njengoba izinkampani ezihlala zintanta ngamaza ezaphulelo, ngeke zithengeke kakhulu kumanje.
(Qaphela: Lokhu ukubuka konke okuyisisekelo; funda kabanzi kumasayithi e-inthanethi e-cruise line noma, okungcono kakhulu, ne-ejenti yezokuvakasha oyethembayo.)
Izitimu zokugwedla
Okuyisisekelo: Uthando alunakuphikwa - ukhuphuka ukhuphuka u-Mississippi udlule i-Memphis ne-St. Louis, unqamule i-Columbia River Gorge, ungene ehlane eliseningizimu ye-Australia. Ukuhamba ngendlela okwakuyiyo ngaphambi kokuba izelamani zakwa-Wright zizalwe futhi u-Jack Kerouac wasungula uhambo lomgwaqo. Amandla ahlanganisa usayizi wekhabhinethi ohloniphekile (lawa, empeleni, amahhotela ahlezi phezu kwesikebhe), umlando oqinile nobuhle, cishe angekho nhlobo amathuba okuguliswa ulwandle kanye namathuba amancane okuthi amiswe amaphoyisa asolwandle ngokugijima ngesivinini esiphezulu. Izindaba ezimbi: I-Majestic America Line yaqoqa iningi lemikhumbi eyaziwa kakhulu ngo-2007, yavala imakethe ngempumelelo - yabe isiyeka ukusebenza futhi yathengisa imikhumbi, okuhlanganisa iDelta, Mississippi kanye ne-American Queens. Ngaphandle kwe-Murray Princess on the River Murray eNingizimu ye-Australia, kanye ne-Oberoi Philae Nile Cruiser emfuleni iNayile (kanye nohambo lwakusihlwa olumbalwa e-Mississippi nangale kwalokho), ama-paddle steamers ase-limbo. Kunesizathu sokukholelwa ukuthi eminye yemikhumbi yaseMelika izoqala kabusha ukuhamba ngomkhumbi, yize umnotho uzonquma ukuthi nini.
Uzoyithanda: Izazi-mlando, abalandeli bakaMark Twain nanoma ubani ofuna ukubona indawo ngesivinini esinqunyiwe sokungcebeleka.
Uzoyizonda: Noma ubani ofuna izinsiza ze-theme-park-at-sea, imiqhudelwano ye-belly-flop kanye, kahle, nolwandle.
Izifunda: INayile, uMfula iMurray eNingizimu ne-Australia.
Abaqhubi: UCaptain Cook Cruises (captaincook.com.au) kanye namahhotela e-Oberoi (oberoiphilae.com).
Isiphuzo sokuzikhethela: i-Mint Julep (Mississippi); ibhodlela le-Coopers Original (eNingizimu Australia); Ikhofi yaseGibhithe.
Izikebhe zohambo
Izinto eziyisisekelo: Nakuba ingavamile ukuba bushelelezi noma ikhanga ngendlela esabekayo, le mikhumbi emincane ingahlola zonke izindawo ezisogwini ezinhle ngokumangelengele ukusuka eNorway kuya e-Alaska kuya ePatagonia. Phakathi kwamandla abo ukusondela - izilwane zasendle, izinguzunga zeqhwa, ne-Galapagos - ngaphandle kokumboza indawo enephrofayili enkulu noma inani labantu.
Uzoyithanda: Abalandeli bezilwane zasendle, inkungu, amafjord, inkungu, izinguzunga zeqhwa, inkungu, amadolobhana asogwini amancane kanye, kahle, inkungu (ngaphandle kwase-Baja).
Uzoyizonda: Abashisi belanga abangochwepheshe (ngaphandle kwase-Baja), abalandeli bamashidi e-600-thread-count, nanoma ubani ophilela ukutotoswa.
Izifunda: I-Galapagos, i-Alaska, i-Sea of Cortez, i-Greenland, i-Antarctica, i-Norway, i-Torres del Paine e-Chile, kanye ne-intercoastal waterways yase-United States ne-Canada.
Abaqhubi: I-Lindblad Expeditions (lindblad.com), i-CruiseWest (cruisewest.com), i-Quark Expeditions (quarkexpeditions.com), i-Pearl Seas Cruises (pearlseascruises.com), i-American Cruise Line (americancruiselines.com), futhi ohlangothini olukhudlwana, i-Hurtigruten (i-hurtigruten.com).
Isiphuzo osikhethayo: Ikhofi lase-Ireland, i-hot toddy kanye no-Johnny Walker phezu kwama-ice cubes.
Ithiphu: Ungapakishi ngokweqile. Amanye amakhabethe angase angabi naso isikhala sakho esikhululekile kanye naleyo trunk yesitimu esinamasondo oyibiza njengomthwalo othwalayo.
Izikebhe zomfula
Okuyisisekelo: Iningi lezikebhe ezincane, ezinde zibukeka njengomugqa wamabhokisi kanokusho enkundla (futhi zihamba ngokushesha nje kancane), kodwa zinikeza ithuba lokuvuka usuku ngalunye ezweni elisha laseYurophu ngaphandle kokuthenga i-Eurail pass nokulala. emotweni yokudlela. Amandla ahlanganisa izilungiselelo zikanokusho, ukudla okuhle nezinqaba ezanele ukwelapha noma iyiphi inganekwane yenkathi ephakathi. Ngokungafani namachweba, amachweba emfuleni avame ukuba yisizinda sezinto emadolobheni aseYurophu. E-China, i-Victoria Cruises inenqwaba yezikebhe zikanokusho eziyisishiyagalombili phezulu e-Yangtze, okuhlanganisa nesiza se-Three Gorges Dam.
Izoyithanda: Abahambi abafuna ukusampula amadolobha amakhulu asemfuleni aseYurophu noma e-China ngokushesha okukhulu, futhi abafuna ukukwenza ngesitayela esicwengisisiwe.
Uzoyizonda: Noma ubani ofuna isenzo esiningi kanye nesixuku "se-MTV Spring Break". Ngenkathi imigqa izama ukuheha imibhangqwana nemindeni emisha, isixuku samanje kungenzeka sikhumbule iminyaka ye-Eisenhower.
Izifunda: INtshonalanga neNyakatho Yurophu (iRhine, iSeine, iDanube ne-Elbe), imizila yamanzi yaseRussia esuka eSt. Petersburg iya eMoscow, kanye naseYangtze.
Abaqhubi: I-Viking River Cruises (vikingrivercruises.com), AMA Waterways (amawaterways.com), Uniworld (uniworld.com), Tauck (tauck.com), Victoria Cruises (victoriacruises.com). Isiphuzo osikhethayo: I-Riesling ecolekileyo noma ubhiya we-Kölsch noma inkomishi yetiye eliluhlaza le-jasmine.
Okufanayo: Izikebhe zeCanal eNgilandi naseFrance, kungaba uwedwa noma ngosizo. Landela amasistimu abanzi emaphandleni futhi ufunde indlela efanele (kanye nengalungile, mhlawumbe) yokuvula nokuvala ukukhiya komsele.
Uhambo lwemikhumbi
Okuyisisekelo: Ayikho into enzima njengokuhamba ngolwandle olwandle oluluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka - ngeziqukathi zikaloliwe ezingu-5,000 ezigcwele izidlali ze-MP3 nama-TV esikrini se-plasma. Kukhona i-vibe ehlukile emkhunjini “osebenzayo”, lapho abagibeli bengeyona into ehamba phambili, ngesikhathi nje sokugibela - isikhathi eside. Imikhumbi yeFreighter ingahamba isonto lonke, kodwa inkambiso iphakathi kwamasonto amabili nezinyanga ezintathu. Phakathi kwemikhumbi eyaziwa kakhulu i-Aranui 3, ehamba ngomkhumbi eFrench Polynesia usuka eTahiti uya eziQhingini zaseMarquesas naseTuamotu. Izindawo zokuhlala zivame ukuba ntofontofo, nakuba ziyisisekelo, futhi izinto ezijabulisayo, um, zimbalwa.
Uzoyithanda: Labo abafisa ukwazi ngempilo olwandle ngale kohambo lwesikebhe olujwayelekile - futhi abanesikhathi esiningi ezandleni zabo.
Uzoyizonda: Noma ubani othanda izikebhe izinsuku eziningi olwandle, noma ophelelwa isineke lapho uweta engabonakali ngaso leso sikhathi naleyo piña colada.
Izifunda: Emhlabeni jikelele.
Abaqhubi: I-Maris Freighter Cruises (freightercruises.com) iyaziwa kakhulu; ukuze uthole ezinye izinketho, sesha ku-Google "uhambo lwemikhumbi yezimpahla."
Isiphuzo esikhethwayo: I-vodka kakaputeni yaseRussia kanye nobhiya weqembu elithi Singha.
Windjammers
Okuyisisekelo: Uma umbono wakho wohambo ungewona “Isikebhe Sothando” kakhulu njengoba “Uyinkosi noMkhuzi,” futhi ungenankinga nokuba semseni okungenani wezinto ezimbili kwezine, gibela. Kukhona okumele kushiwo ngokuzwa amandla olwandle, ukuzwa oseyili benqamula nokubuka umkhathizwe ngendlela abahloli bamazwe abebenza ngayo. Ngenhlanhla, ukudla kungcono kakhulu (hhayi kakhulu ingulube kasawoti kanye ne-hardtack) futhi oseyili abashayayo kanye nokudonsa ihange kuvame ukuzikhethela - nakuba kunconywa, njengengxenye yesipiliyoni.
Uzoyithanda: Abantu abajabulela izimanga futhi abavumelana nezimo ngombono wabo wosayizi wekhabethe, inhlanzeko (amashawa amancane), ukunethezeka, ukuhlela kanye nokuthi yini okufanele ugqoke "ebusuku obusemthethweni."
Uzoyizonda: Noma ubani olindele ishejuli eqinile nohlelo lohambo, opakishe isudi nothayi noma othambekele ku-mal de mer.
Izifunda: I-New England (i-Penobscot Bay), iNyakatho-mpumalanga yeCanada ne-Alaska ehlobo; iCaribbean kanye neBahamas, Greece kanye nePolynesia unyaka wonke.
Abaqhubi: I-Maine Windjammer (mainewind jammercruises.com), Star Clippers (starclippers.com), Canadian Sailing Expeditions (canadiansailingexpeditions.com). (Qaphela: Umhlinzeki wesikhathi eside u-Windjammer Barefoot wagwinywa ngokuphelele ngo-2007 igagasi lesikweletu kanye nokuqulwa kwecala. Idlanzana lezinkampani lizama ukulungisa inkinga, kodwa kungenzeka lingalungeli isikhathi sokuqala.)
Isiphuzo osikhethayo: I-Mai tais noma ubhiya we-Pacifico (inqobo nje uma kungekho grog etholakalayo).
Okufanayo: Imikhumbi esezingeni eliphezulu ye-Windstar kungaba imikhumbi emincane yokuhamba ngesikebhe noma izikebhe ezinkulu ngempela, ezibekwe phezulu (ngokungachazeki) ngezinsika noseyili. Izifunda zifaka iYurophu, iGreece Isles kanye neCaribbean. www.windstarcruises.com.
