Cabangela lokho abantu abaningi abakucabangayo uma becabanga ngohambo lwesitimela - i-Orient Express. Kuze kube manje, lesi ngesinye sezitimela ezidume kakhulu neziwubukhazikhazi emhlabeni wonke, esifana nokuceba kanye nemfihlakalo. Ake sibheke phansi amathrekhi futhi sibheke kabanzi umlando nokubaluleka kwawo.
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Yebo, i-Orient Express iye yaba khona isikhathi eside kangako, yethulwa ngo-1883 ekuqaleni ixhuma iParis ne-Istanbul futhi inqamula amadolobha anjengeParis, iBucharest, neBudapest. Isitimela saqala ukusebenza yiCompagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits, inkampani yaseBelgium.
Isitimela saba uphawu lokuhamba okunethezeka ekuqaleni kwekhulu lama-20, siheha abantu basebukhosini, amanxusa, nabahambi abacebile. Amakalishi abehlotshiswe ngokuwubukhazikhazi futhi izihambeli zihlotshiswe ngesidlo esimnandi kanye nenkonzo eyingqayizivele ebeziyijwayele.
Kwathi lapho nje umbhali u-Agatha Christie ekhipha inoveli yakhe yango-1934, ethi, Murder on the Orient Express, isitimela saziwa kakhulu futhi saduma, “savela” kumafilimu nasemidlalweni yethelevishini.
Oh the Luxury
Yaziwa ngedizayini yayo enhle, i-Orient Express ihlanganisa imininingwane ye-Art Deco evezwa ngezindwangu zikanokusho nokhuni olupholishiwe. Zibone ngeso lengqondo unegumbi lakho langasese elinegumbi lokugezela le-en suite.
Emotweni yokudlela izivakashi zizothola uChef u-Yannick Alléno, omunye wabapheki abaqavile nabahlonishwayo endaweni yezokudla yamazwe ngamazwe. Uyi-Executive Chef ye-Orient Express Train yodumo kanye neyacht enkulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni, i-Orient Express Corinthian. Esitimeleni, ulungisa ukudla okumnandi okunezithako zasendaweni ezintsha ukuze kunandiswe njengoba ukubukwa okumangalisayo kwezindawo zasemaphandleni zaseYurophu, izintaba, namadolobha kudlula khona kanye ngaphandle kwefasitela lakho. Yilokhu okwenza uhambo kube yiyo kanye indawo okuyiwa kuyo uqobo.
Kuhlelelwe namuhla
Ungesabi ukuthi lokho okulindele kwezokuvakasha kufanele kubuyele emuva ngesikhathi, njengoba manje usunomakhalekhukhwini ohlakaniphile futhi udinga isiteshi sokushaja nokufinyelela ku-inthanethi. Inkampani yezokuvakasha ewubukhazikhazi i-Venice Simplon Orient Express yavuselela isitimela ngeminyaka yawo-1980 ngenkathi igcina ubuhle bayo bangempela futhi yengeza imizila ukuze ihlanganise iLondon eya eVenice. Kungaba kubi kangakanani lolo hambo, kanti? Kanye nohambo olukhethekile uhambo olunetimu, imicimbi ekhethekile, ngisho namashadi ayimfihlo.
Esikhathini esizayo
Kunezinhlelo eziqhubekayo zokunweba nokusungula uhlobo olusha lwe-Orient Express, njengoba kucatshangelwa izitimela ezintsha nemizila, sonke lesi sikhathi kuqinisekiswa ukuthi ifa lohambo lwesitimela esiwubukhazikhazi liyaqhubeka.I-Orient Express namuhla isewuphawu lobuhle obungaphelelwa yisikhathi, enikeza abahambi ithuba lokuhlehla ngesikhathi futhi bezwe ubuhle bohambo lwesitimela lwasekuqaleni kwekhulu lama-20.
Lapho Uthatha Isikhashana Ukuma Futhi Ucabange
Cabanga ngalokhu - uhambo lwesitimela aluphumuli nje kuphela kubahambi bezokungcebeleka kodwa nakubahambi bebhizinisi. Njengoba iziteshi zesitimela ngokuvamile ezitholakala ezingxenyeni ezimaphakathi zamadolobha, izinzuzo zezitimela uma ziqhathaniswa nezinye izindlela zokuhamba zihlanganisa:
- Inkinga encane kunokudlula ezindaweni zokuhlola ukuphepha kwesikhumulo sezindiza.
- Izitimela zinerekhodi elingcono lokufika ngesikhathi nokwethembeka.
- Izitimela zinobungani bemvelo kunezindiza nezimoto, ezinomshini ophansi wekhabhoni umgibeli ngamunye.
- Indawo yokuhlala ivulekile, ungakwazi ukuhambahamba ngokukhululeka, futhi sithanda ukulokhu sisho izinsiza ezifana nemoto yokudlela ewubukhazikhazi.
Ngakho-ke ngemfihlakalo yokubulala noma ngaphandle kwayo, okuthi uma ufuna lolo hlobo lwesasasa ongaluthola ezinkundleni zemidlalo yaseshashalazini nasezitebhisini emhlabeni wonke, ukuhamba ngesitimela kuyindlela yokuthutha okufanele icatshangelwe. Esitimeleni, inkulumo ethi “pholisa amajethi akho” iba nencazelo ejabulisayo nengokoqobo ngendlela emangalisayo.
Ngakho-ke thola ucezu lomthwalo olubukeka lune-spiffiest ongaluthola bese uqala ukuwugcwalisa ngezingubo ezigqokile kanye nezinsiza zohambo lwakho lokungena emhlabeni wokunethezeka, lapho ukugqoka ngokweqile kungalokothi kukhathaze. Ungalondoloza amaphijama e-satin ukuze uwasebenzise uma ukusuite yesitimela sakho.
