Phila njengomuntu wasendaweni eNassau, eBahamas

I-Bahamas iyiqoqo leziqhingi zaseCaribbean ezisogwini lwaseFlorida ezinomlando omude wokuba amakoloni; nokho, izwe lakhululeka e-UK ngo-1973. Njengoba kunabantu ababalelwa ku-319,000, cishe amaphesenti angu-70 ezakhamuzi ahlala esiqhingini saseNew Providence. I-Paradise Island ixhunywe ne-New Providence ngebhuloho elikhokhelwayo elinamanye amabhishi angcono kakhulu kanye nezindawo zokuhlala ezisezingeni eliphezulu, izindlu zikanokusho, izinkundla zegalofu namakhasino.

Eziqhingini zayo ezingu-700, zingama-29 kuphela ezihlala abantu. Le ndawo iyikhaya lezixhobo zamakhorali ezicishe zibe ngu-2000, ezithatha ibanga ukusuka ogwini oluseningizimu-mpumalanga yeFlorida ukuya enyakatho-ntshonalanga ye-Hispaniola.

Uhulumeni ukhethwa njalo ngemva kweminyaka emihlanu futhi iphalamende lihlezi, lingaphazanyiswa, kusukela ngo-1729. I-Bahamas ixhumene ne-UK ngokusebenzisa i-Commonwealth of Nations, lapho uMhlonishwa u-Queen Elizabeth II eyinhloko.

Landela Imali

Abacebile nabadumile abakhetha i-Bahamas ngokuhlehla kwabo bahlanganisa: I-Nicolas Case ongumnikazi wendawo e-Paradise Island kanye nesiqhingi esizimele kuchungechunge lwe-Exuma; UTiger Woods, ungumnikazi wendawo e-Albany Estate; UMariah Carey, ungumnikazi wendlu eWindermere, isiqhingi esizimele esixhumene ne-Eleuthera. Abanye abagqamile (abadlule nabamanje) abachitha isikhathi eBahamas bahlanganisa uJohnny Depp, uBill Gates, uMichael Jordan, uLenny Kravitz, uTim McGraw, uFaith Hill, no-Eddie Murphy. Izindawo ezidume kakhulu phakathi kwabangaphandle yiNew Providence, Abaco kanye neGrand Bahama.

INew Providence, inhloko-dolobha yezwe, iyisihlalo sikahulumeni, isikhungo sezohwebo, indawo yesikhumulo sezindiza iLynden Pindling International futhi egcwele amahhotela amakhulu.

Amahhotela aphezulu e-Villas nama-Condos

Ngenani elikhulayo labavakashi bomhlaba wonke, amahhotela awakunqamuki. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi iklanywe futhi ihlotshiswe kahle kangakanani, indawo yehhotela ingaba nengcindezi...ikakhulukazi emindenini enezingane ezinezidingo ezikhethekile (kusuka ku-autism kuya ekondlekeni), abantu abadala abanokulimala kwezempi, i-Alzheimer's noma ezinye izinkinga zezokwelapha ezithena amandla kanye nabantu abadala abafuna ukudla, balale futhi bahambe ngama-PJs abo kanye/noma badinga ukuphepha komuntu siqu. Indawo yehhotela idinga ukuhambisana nemithetho nemithetho yabanye futhi lokhu, enanini elikhulayo labahambi, akulona nje iholide.

Yazi Ngaphambi Kokuhamba

Ukuthi uhlela ukuhlala e-Nassau ngesivivinyo ngokuqasha i-villa noma i-condo ngesikhathi seholide Lokubonga kanye Noncibijane, noma ukuthenga ikhaya lesibili nokudala indlela yokuphila entsha ye-Bahamian, kunezici eziningi okufanele zicatshangelwe. I-Nassau inikezela ngendawo enhle kakhulu yamathuba okuvakasha / ukuhlala-enwetshiwe…kodwa njengendawo yonke enye…impilo ayilona ulwandle.

Yebo!

Ngenxa yokusondelana kwe-US ne-Bahamas, i-Nassau inikeza ukuphunyuka okusheshayo "ku-exotic" ngenkathi iseduze nabangane, umndeni kanye nebhizinisi esimweni esiphuthumayo. Kukhona izixhumanisi zomoya ezivamile phakathi kwe-Nassau ne-US, isiNgisi siwulimi lwezwe futhi idola laseMelika liwuhlobo lwemali eyamukelekayo nakuba amaphasipoti edingeka ezivakashini zase-US e-The Commonwealth of The Bahamas.

Mhlawumbe?

 

1. Ukudla. Ngenxa yokuthi iningi lokudla/iziphuzo (amawayini nama-spirits) zingeniswa kwamanye amazwe futhi i-Bahamas ibeka intela ephezulu yokungenisa emikhiqizweni (esikhundleni sentela yemali engenayo), izindleko zokudla zingabiza “ngaphezulu” kunalokho obekuhleliwe. Abanye abantu base-Bahamas bandizela eFlorida beyothenga igilosa kanye nezingubo, ngakho-ke thintana nomdayisi wakho wezindlu ezithengiswayo ukuze uthole ulwazi mayelana nezinsizakalo zokulethwa kokudla kusuka ezweni elikhulu kuya e-Nassau kanye nezimakethe zokudla zasendaweni ezihamba phambili.

 

2. I-Bureaucracy. Uma use-Nassau njengomndeni weholide lokuhlala isikhathi eside, i-red tape kahulumeni cishe ngeke ibe yinkinga; noma kunjalo, uma unquma ukuthenga noma ukwakha ikhaya, ukuqala ibhizinisi noma ukutshala izimali (ukuba yisakhamuzi ngokutshalwa kwezimali), qiniseka ukuthi incwadi ye-tranquilizer ivuselelwe futhi ithoyizi lakho le-fidget lisebenza.

 

3. Ubugebengu. Kukhona izindawo zokuhlala emadolobheni, ubudlova bamaqembu ezigelekeqe, nobumpofu; kodwa-ke, ama-villas, ama-condo kanye neminye imiphakathi enamasango ezingxenyeni ezisempumalanga noma ezisentshonalanga ye-New Providence imiphakathi enezithombe ezinhle kakhulu enamachibi namabhishi ebangeni lokuhamba/ lokuhamba ngebhayisikili futhi iza ifakwe ukuphepha kwangasese.

 

4. Ezokuzijabulisa. Kukhona amasinema amancane ambalwa, i-bowling alley, i-roller skating rink, inkundla ye-paintball kanye namabhishi amaningi afinyeleleka kalula ngokubhukuda, i-snorkeling kanye ne-scuba kanye nokuhamba ngomkhumbi. Ithiyetha yaseDundas inikeza imidlalo nemibukiso yaseBahamian; I-Arawak Cay yokuhlangana nokudla nabantu bendawo; iNational Art Gallery ukuze kubonwe amaciko endawo nemisebenzi yawo; i-Baha Mar ihlanganisa abaculi bendawo kanti i-Atlantis, i-Baha Mar ne-Breezes inikeza amakhasino.

 

5. Isiko. Abantu baseBahamas bathanda ukuveza imizwa yabo ngobuciko, umculo nokudansa futhi baningi abaculi/abaqophi/abaklami abaningi bendawo abangahlangana nabo.

 

6. Ukunakekela impilo. I-Bahamas inezikhungo zezokwelapha eziningana ezihlomele kahle kanye nabasebenzi abaqeqeshwe kahle abanohulumeni abathathu nezibhedlela ezimbili ezizimele. Kunezikhungo zezempilo ezingama-55, eziyisishiyagalolunye eziseNew Providence.

 

7. Intela. I-Bahamas iyindawo yentela. Izwe alinayo intela yenzuzo enkulu, intela yefa, intela yomuntu siqu noma intela yesipho futhi, ngenxa yalokho, ingenye yezindawo zentela ezikhethwa kakhulu kubahlali base-US namazwe ase-Europe. Kukhona namabhange aphesheya kwezilwandle nokubhaliswa kwezinkampani zaphesheya kwezilwandle. Izinkampani zasogwini noma abantu abanama-akhawunti asebhange aphesheya kwezilwandle abanaso nhlobo isikweletu sentela ngemali etholwa ngaphandle kwendawo. Kuyathakazelisa ukuqaphela ukuthi i-Bahamas yayiphakathi kwamazwe okuqala aseCaribbean ukwamukela imithetho eqinile yezimfihlo zamabhange.

 

8. Ezokuvakasha ziwumthombo omkhulu wemali eziqhingini ezinkulu; kodwa-ke, iziqhingi zomndeni ezincane zicashile futhi zivumela izivakashi ithuba lokuzwa indlela yokuphila yokuzilibazisa.

 

Ama-Villas nama-Condos

Umuntu wokuqala ongaxhumana naye ngokushesha nje lapho uthatha isinqumo sokuchitha isikhathi esiseqophelweni eliphezulu e-Bahamas, ungumdayisi wezindlu ezithengiswayo. Muva nje ngichithe isikhathi no-Tim Roland, omunye wabakhiqizi abangu-4 abahamba phambili e-Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate, owakhulisa isifiso sami sempilo yase-Nassau ngokungethula ezindaweni eziningi zokuhlala lapho “ngingahlala khona njengendawo.”

Ichazwa ngokuthi "i-Villa Island Dream" lesi sakhiwo esingu-6500 sq. ft. sinikeza amakamelo okulala angu-5 namabhavu angu-6, ichibi lokubhukuda elingaphakathi, igceke elingemuva elinokubukwa kwamanzi nezihlahla zesundu. Ingaphakathi liklanywe ngobuciko besiqhingi se-colonial-island, ifenisha eyenziwe ngokwezifiso, iphansi le-travertine, i-accents yokhuni olumnyama namakholomu amhlophe, kanye nendlwana yezivakashi. I-villa ene-air-conditioned inefenisha ephelele futhi iza nobhavu oshisayo, i-inthanethi engenawaya kanye nedokodo lesikebhe. Eduze kunamabhishi angu-2, inkundla yegalofu kanye nehhotela lase-Atlantis elinikeza ipaki yamanzi, amachibi okubhukuda, izindawo zokudlela kanye ne-aquarium yokuhamba ngezinyawo. Ukuqashwa kwama-villas kuhlanganisa nokugcinwa kwansuku zonke (kodwa hhayi ngezimpelasonto namaholide). Ngemali encane eyengeziwe, i-villa ingagcinwa ngewayini lakho eliyintandokazi negrosa kanye nokudluliselwa kwesikhumulo sezindiza kanye nemisebenzi ekhethekile ingahlelwa.

Ihlonzwe ngokuthi “I-Island's End” le ndawo yendondo itholakala e-Paradise Island enamabhishi anesihlabathi esimhlophe aseduze namanzi aluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka kanye nebanga lokuhamba ngezinyawo ukuya phezulu - uma uthenga tier. Idokhi ye-teak iyi-perch efanelekile yeyacht yakho. Ngamakamelo okulala angu-6 angakwazi ukuhlalisa amalungu omndeni angu-12 noma abangani bakho abakhulu, i-master suite iza iphelele neshawa yesitimu kanye nebhavu ejethiwe. Vele, kukhona i-inthanethi engenantambo, futhi yonke i-villa ine-air conditioned. Ichibi liyafudumala, futhi lihlanganisa i-spa, ne-jacuzzi. Umninindlu uvakashela nsuku zonke futhi abapheki bomuntu siqu, abazanyana, abashayeli bezindlu, njll. kungahlelwa (ngemali eyengeziwe). Le villa engabhemi ayizilungele izilwane ezifuywayo futhi imicimbi yomphakathi idinga ukugunyazwa kusengaphambili.

Ngezabelomali ezincane nabangane abambalwa, i-villa enamagumbi amabili okulala (ingxenye ye-condo complex) ifaneleka ngaphansi kuka-$2 ubusuku ngabunye (ngokusekelwe kwisizini). Ngaphakathi kwebanga lokuhamba le-Atlantis (yokudlela/impilo yasebusuku/ukugembula) indawo inikezela ngevulandi yangasese kanye nedamu okwabelwana ngalo. Indawo enefenisha ine-air conditioning ngokugcwele futhi ihlanganisa i-TV ne-Wi-Fi.

 

Igumbi lokulala eli-1 elisanda kulungiswa, indawo yokugezela engu-1 endaweni ene-gated condo liseCable Beach elinendawo yokudlela, namabhishi aseduze. Le ndawo enefenisha ephelele, enenani lesabelomali, (engaphansi kuka-$200 ubusuku ngabunye ngokusekelwe kusizini), ihlinzeka ngeziphephetha-moya, i-cable TV, i-Wi-Fi nendawo yangaphandle yangasese.

 

Enye yezinketho zami engizikhonzile i-penthouse ecishe ibe yingilazi ngokuphelele e-condo esanda kuvulwa. Lesi sikhala sisanda kudayiswa kanti maduzane sizoba sohlwini oluqashwayo eCable Beach. (Ngena emgqeni walena - nakanjani izodingeka kakhulu).

Ingcweti kanye noMqophi. Keisha Oliver

Ngenkathi ukuqashwa okuningi e-Nassau kwethulwe kunikezwe impahla, izivakashi zingase zifune ukungeza ukuthinta kwazo okumbalwa ezindongeni nasematafuleni. Uma ukuvakasha kuphenduka isifiso sokuthenga noma ukwakha, ubuciko, abaculi nabaklami bangaphakathi bazoba ngokushesha abantu ababaluleke kakhulu empilweni yakho. Ngisanda kuchitha isikhathi esihle no-Kiesha Oliver futhi ngethulwa emisebenzini yakhe estudiyo sakhe e-Nassau.

U-Oliver wafunda eKolishi lase-The Bahamas, wathola i-BA yakhe eNyuvesi Yezobuciko Bobuciko kanye ne-Masters ku-Graphic Design e-University of the Arts London. Njengamanje uyilungu lobuhlakani kanye noMxhumanisi woHlelo Lobuciko Obubonwayo eNyuvesi yaseBahamas futhi ungumsunguli kanye noMphathi woHlelo Lobuciko Lomgcinimafa Womphakathi eNassau.

 

 

 

Impilo. Odokotela Hospital

Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi uhambo luhlelwe ngokucophelela kangakanani, kunenqwaba yamathuba okuba nokushelela noma ukuwa ngengozi, ukucosha umkhuhlane, ukusabela kabi encwadini kadokotela noma ukuzwa nje “ngaphansi kwesimo sezulu.” Izindaba ezinhle ukuthi i-New Providence inesinye sezibhedlela ezihamba phambili esifundeni, futhi abantu abavela emhlabeni wonke bakhetha Isibhedlela Sodokotela ngezinhlelo zabo zezokwelapha ezihlukile kanye nethimba lezokwelapha elivelele.

 

Ngo-2010, lesi sikhungo sezokwelapha sagunyazwa yi-Joint Commission International futhi sesilethe izinga eliphezulu kakhulu lokunakekelwa kwezokwelapha kwangasese iminyaka engaphezu kwengu-50. Njengoba sinemibhede engu-72, Isibhedlela Sodokotela siyisikhungo sokunakekelwa kwezempilo esizimele kakhulu esiphethwe abantu abazimele eCaribbean, sihlinzeka ngodokotela abangaphezu kuka-200 abafundile nabaqeqeshiwe njengengxenye yethimba labezindaba, abamele cishe yonke imikhakha yezokwelapha. Izivakashi zingasebenzisa isikhathi sazo samaholide ukuze ukuhlela Izivivinyo zabo Zonyaka Zomzimba.

Ngaphandle kwezikhungo ze-Out Patient, iSibhedlela sihlinzeka ngokuhlinzwa okukhethwa kukho, i-laboratory ye-onsite, izinsizakalo zokuvuselela kanye nezithombe kanye nokunakekelwa kwamanxeba, i-Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy chamber, kanye nezinhlelo ze-Fecal Microbiota Transplant kanye ne-Stem Cell.

Ukuzilibazisa

I-Marina + Yachts

I-yacht efanelekile ye-villa ephelele ingadinga i-windfall yelotho. Amanye ama-yacht amiswe yizithabathaba, amahhotela asezingeni eliphezulu nezindawo zokudlela ezisezingeni eliphezulu, akhanya elangeni lase-Bahamian, angaba nesilinganiso esingafika ku-$10 million. Uma ungumnikazi, ungomunye weqembu elincane kakhulu; abantu abayi-1,512 kuphela, emhlabeni wonke, abakwaziyo ukufuna ubunikazi (Camper & Nicholsons International). Ubani ongumnikazi noma oqasha lawa ma-yacht amangalisayo? Ikakhulukazi abantu baseMelika, kulandele abaseCanada, abaseYurophu nama-Arabhu. Isikhathi sokuhamba ngezikebhe siqala ngoDisemba - Meyi.

Ukuze ubize isikebhe sakho "nge-yacht ephezulu" kufanele ibe ngaphezu kwamamitha angama-98, futhi inabasebenzi abaqeqeshiwe. Izinsiza zifaka izindawo zokugcina iwayini, obhavu oshisayo, indawo yokuzivocavoca, amagumbi e-aromatherapy, amasinema, nezinsiza zokungcebeleka ezifana nabagijimi begagasi, nama-jet skis.

Uma ubunikazi be-yacht bungeyona ingxenye yohlelo lweholide, encane (55 ft. Otam Millennium) ingaba eyakho ngo-$6,250 ngosuku lwamahora angu-8 noma u-$8,250 ngesipiliyoni esisodwa sasebusuku. I-Moonraker, ebiza kakhulu ukuyiqasha, isebenzisa u-$30,000 amahora angu-8 kanye no-$40,500 wokuchitha ubusuku.

Ngemininingwane eyengeziwe, Chofoza lapha.

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