Uxolo, i-Vancouver engalungile!

U-Sallie Reavey wabamba ucingo ku-Briar wakhe othandekayo u-Rose Inn futhi ofonayo wabuza ngamakamelo maphakathi noFebhuwari. “Sinamagumbi amahle esiwakhethile ngalezo zinsuku,” ephendula, okwathi uma ofonayo ehefuzela: “Usenawo amagumbi phakathi nama-Olympics?”

U-Reavey kwadingeka amtshele: iVancouver engalungile.

I-Briar Rose iseVancouver, eWashington, hhayi eVancouver, eBritish Columbia, idolobha laseCanada elizosingatha ama-Olimpiki Wasebusika ka-2010 aqala ngoFebhuwari 12.

I-"Vancouver's Vancouver", njengemeya yangaphambili yedolobha ethanda ukuyichaza, ihlezi endaweni eqhele ngamakhilomitha angama-400 eningizimu yokusingatha ama-Olympic iVancouver futhi inabantu ababalelwa ku-165,000 - ngaphansi kakhulu kwedolobha laseCanada.

I-Hilton Vancouver Washington iphinde yafaka imibuzo kuma-Olympics futhi yaqeqesha abasebenzi bayo bokubhukha ukuthi bazwele ephutheni elingenzeka futhi, ngokwemvelo, baliguqule libe yithuba lokumaketha.

"Sifuna ngempela ukuthi beze lapha," kusho uGerry Link, imenenja jikelele yehhotela, engeza ngengxubevange yaseVancouver: "Kuze kube manje konke bekunobuntu obuhle."

Ukuvimbela noma yiziphi izinkinga, i-Hilton iphinde ihlole ukubhukha kwayo maphakathi noFebhuwari futhi ibize abantu eyesabayo ukuthi kungenzeka babhukhe amagumbi ezweni elingafanele.

“Asifuni kube khona ozophoxeka. Sifuna ama-Olympics abe yinto enhle kuwo wonke umuntu,” kusho u-Link.

IVancouver, eWashington, ijwayele ukudlala i-fiddle yesibili. Sekuyisikhathi eside isisithwe ngumakhelwane wayo omkhulu iPortland ehlezi ngaphesheya koMfula i-Columbia e-Oregon.

Ukudideka nedolobha laseCanada kwenzeka ngaphambi kwama-Olympics, kodwa imeya entsha yase-American Vancouver icabanga ukuthi le midlalo yethula umphakathi wayo ithuba lokuvula.

“Sicabanga ukuthi leli yithuba lendondo yegolide lokuthi iVancouver yethu igqame… Kusinikeza ithuba lokusho ukuthi singobani nokuthi yini okufanele siyinikeze,” kusho u-Tim Leavitt.

Womabili amaVancouver angalandelela amagama awo kuKaputeni George Vancouver, owahlola ugu lwasePacific lweBritish Navy ngeminyaka yawo-1790.

I-Vancouver yaseMelika yaqala njengekomkhulu lasentshonalanga le-Hudson's Bay Company - isithonjana saseCanada kanye nomxhasi wama-Olympics ka-2010 - futhi yayinesikhundla samasosha esichumayo, i-Fort Vancouver - manje esingesinye sezindawo eziheha izivakashi ezinkulu zedolobha.

"Uma abantu bedideka, kusinika ithuba lokukhuluma ngeVancouver yokuqala," kusho uJennifer Kirby weSouthwest Washington Convention and Visitors Bureau.

Idolobha lahlanganiswa ngo-1857, ngaphambi kweJohnny-Come-Lately eCanada ngo-1886.

Isiphithiphithi saseVancouver sesenze umqondo osenamashumi eminyaka wokushintsha igama ledolobha laseMelika libe yiFort Vancouver.

Iningi labantu, okuhlanganisa neMeya uLeavitt, bacabanga ukuthi ukunyakaza kokushintsha igama akunawo umsuka wangempela. Izakhamizi zivotele phansi ukushintshwa kwegama izikhathi ezintathu, kodwa abanye bacabanga ukuthi manje kungenzeka isikhathi.

“Ngicabanga ukuthi kungaba umqondo omuhle,” kusho uReavey. "Impela kuzokudambisa okunye ukudideka."