Mtsinje "Wosavuta" wochokera ku Norfolk kupita ku Bermuda mumzinda wa New York
Kodi munayamba mwafuna kutenga tchuthi "yophweka" - palibe mbalame, palibe mizere, palibe vuto? Kwa iwo okhala kumphepete mwa kum'maŵa kwa United States, ine ndiri ndi lingaliro labwino - ulendo wa ku Bermuda wochokera ku Norfolk, Virginia, pa Regen Seven Seas Navigator ya 490. Kuwonjezera pa mlungu wautali (usiku utatu) pa doko ku Bermuda, ulendo wa masiku asanu ndi awiri wochokera ku Norfolk uli ndi tsiku ku New York City ndi masiku awiri odzaza panyanja kuti akhalenso ndi mtendere.
Zonse zomwe muyenera kuchita ndikuthamangira ku Norfolk, fufuzani malo obaya a Norfolk, ponyani matumba anu, pangani galimoto mumtunda mumsewu ndi paulendo!
Ulendo wochititsa chidwiwu umapatsa anthu okwera kapena kutsika mumzinda wa Norfolk kapena New York City. Anthu okwera mumzinda wa Norfolk ali ndi tsiku lofufuza New York pamene anthu ena akuthawa kapena kukwera. Anthu okwera ku New York City ali ndi tsiku ku Norfolk kukaona malo okongola a ku Virginia kapena kupita kukaona colonial Williamsburg. Mwanjira iliyonse, mumayenda ulendo wa masiku asanu ndi awiri ku Bermuda pa sitima yabwino yaing'ono yomwe ingathe kumangidwa ku Hamilton ndi St. Georges, Bermuda.
Tinayenda ulendo wa makilomita 600 kuchokera ku Atlanta mpaka ku Norfolk tsiku lomwe tinkayenda ulendo wathu ndipo tinakhala kumzinda wa Norfolk. Kwa iwo omwe amayendetsa ku Norfolk, pali malo ambiri ogwira ntchito pafupi ndi oyendetsa sitimayo. Ndege za Norfolk ndi Newport News zili patali kwambiri kuchokera ku mzinda wa Norfolk.
Titafika ku hotelo, tinayendetsa dera lamtunda. Tinasangalala kwambiri kuyenda pamsewu wopita kumtsinje. Tinawona Portsmouth kwambiri pamtunda ndi mtsinje wa Nauticus Maritime Center. Imeneyi ndi njira yabwino kwambiri yothetsera tchuthi.
Kupitiliza "mutu wosavuta", tinasangalala ndi mmawa wokondwerera ku hotela musanayendetse m'chombo pang'ono pang'ono masana.
Sitimayo inali kuyenda ulendo wa 3 koloko madzulo, koma tinaganiza kuti tikhoza kukomana ndi anthu ena okwera nawo kapena tidzasangalala ndi chipatala cha Nauticus National Maritime Center. Ronnie ndi ine tinagaya matumba athu ndi porter pamtambo ndipo tinayima galimoto kudutsa msewu mu galimoto yosungirako magalimoto yomwe inagwiritsidwa ntchito ndi Seven Seas Navigator.
Sitinathe kukwera sitimayo mpaka pafupi masana, koma tinasangalala kukhala pakhomo ndikudziŵa anzathu oyendayenda a Norfolk. Ambiri ankawoneka kuti akuchokera ku Maryland, Virginia kapena Carolinas, koma palinso owerengeka omwe adachoka ku Georgia monga momwe tachitira. Mmodzi wa anthuwa anatiuza kuti anthu osakwana 100 anali kukwera ku Norfolk. Anthu ambiri a mumzinda wa New York anadandaula kuti tinangokwera basi, pamene adatsika tsiku lotsatira! Ndemanga izi zinatipangitsa kumva bwino pa sabata yotsatira.
Nyumba yathu # 1106 inali yokongola komanso yofanana ndi yomwe ine ndakhala ndikukhala pamene ndinatsiriza ulendo wachisanu ndi chiwiri m'nyanja ya Navigator mu November 2002. Tinasankha kuchotsa mtsogolo ndikupita kumalo athu odyetserako masewera oyambirira. Maulendo apanyanja adabwerako masana, ndipo Seas Navigator anayenda panyanjayi ku Elizabeth River ndi ku Chesapeake Bay.
Madzulo mvula yamkuntho inachititsa kuti panyanja ikhale yochititsa chidwi. Tidawoloka kanyumba ka Chesapeake nthawi zambiri mumtsinje wa Chesapeake Bay Bridge , koma iyi inali nthawi yoyamba kuti tiyendetse sitimayo pamtunda wapamwamba. Sitimayo inachoka pa doko ndipo inapita kumpoto ku New York City.
Author's Note: Nkhaniyi inalembedwa m'chilimwe cha 2004, ndipo Seas Navigator 7 sapita ku Bermuda kawirikawiri. Sitimayo imakhala ndi maulendo angapo omwe amapezeka ku Bermuda, ndipo sitimayi zina zimayenda nthawi zonse kukaona chilumba chokongola ichi m'nyanja ya Atlantic.
Kuyenda pansi pa Verazzano Narrows Bridge ndi kudutsa Chigamulo cha Ufulu ku New York City ndi nthawi yosaiwalika kwa aliyense pa sitimayo. Mphepete mwa sitimayo ya Seas Navigator inadza ku New York mvula yamadzulo, koma tinayima pa khonde lathu ndipo tinadzimva kuti ndife odzikuza pamene tinadutsa ndi Statue ya Liberty yomwe inali pamtunda wa ngalawa (New Jersey). . Sitimayo inaima pa Mtsinje wa Hudson pafupi ndi Museum of Intrepid.
Zinali zosangalatsa kukwanitsa kunyalanyaza mosamala malangizo a anthu okwera. Onse ankawoneka okhumudwa kwambiri pochoka ku Seas Navigator.
Tikadutsa chakudya cham'mawa, tinachoka m'ngalawayo pamodzi ndi banja losangalatsa lomwe tinakumana nawo tsiku lomwelo m'magalimoto a ku Norfolk. Pamene adakonza chakudya chamadzulo athu oyambirira kuti tigwiritse ntchito tsiku lathu ku New York kuti tikacheze ku Ellis Island ndi WTC pansi zero m'deralo kuyambira 9/11/01, tinalumphira pa mwayi wowona malo awa awiri. Mofanana ndi mizinda ina kuzungulira dziko lapansi, tsiku lina ku New York sikokwanira! Tinali okondwa abwenzi athu atsopano anali ndi malingaliro abwino kuti tiwone malo awiri omwe sitinawafikepo kale.
Anayi a ife tinagwira kampani ya taxi ya New York City ndikukwera ku Sitima ya Liberty / Ellis Island ku Battery Park . Tinagula matikiti athu ndipo tinasangalala ndi ulendo wokwera (pamodzi ndi anthu ena ochepa okaona malo) ku Statue ya Liberty , kenako Ellis Island.
Kuwona malo omwe alendo ambiri adalowa koyamba ku United States anali osangalatsa, ndipo akadakhala apadera kwa aliyense yemwe achibale ake adadutsa pa malo olowera. Ellis Island yakhazikitsidwa posachedwa, ndipo nyumba yaikulu inali yodabwitsa. Tinkayenda mozungulira malo ambiri kumene anthu zikwizikwi anali kuyembekezera nthawi yawo kuti apeze moyo watsopano ku United States, ndikudabwa ndi nkhani zomwe nyumbayi inachitikira.
Tinakwera sitima ina kuti tibwerere ku Battery Park ndipo tinayenda mtunda wautali kupita ku malo otchedwa terrorist World Trade Center. Nyumba zambiri zimasonyezeratu kuwonongeka kwa tsoka, ndipo mlengalenga ndi kutayika zidzakhala ndi ine kwamuyaya. Ndi chimodzi mwa malo omwe mukufuna kuwona, koma safuna kuwona. Ndine wokondwa kuti tinapita, koma tavomereze kuti sindimakonda malingaliro omwe anandipangitsa ine - kudana, kutayika, chisoni, ndi kutsimikiziridwa kuti palibe chomwe chidzakhale chimodzimodzi ndi ife tisanakwane 9/11 / 01.
Tinadya chakudya chamasana ndiyeno tinakwera tekesi kubwerera ku Seas Navigator. Zinali bwino kuti tibwererenso m'chombo, ndipo tazindikira kuti tinali ndi mabwenzi mazana angapo oyenda panyanja.
Pamene tinachoka ku New York City madzulo, mkuntho wina unatikankhira m'nyanja. Chilimwechi chimakhala chizoloŵezi choipa, koma sitinasamala. Tinachoka ku Bermuda!
Tinali ndi masiku awiri ogwira ntchito panyanja pamtunda wa Regent Seven Seas Navigator ku Bermuda, ndipo nthawiyi inamangidwa mwangwiro. Tsiku loyamba tinali kuchoka ku New York kupita ku Bermuda, ndipo zinatipatsa nthawi kuti tiyambe kuyenda mofulumira kwambiri. Sitinafunikire kudandaula za kuthamanga kukawona malo kumtunda. Unali tsiku langwiro panyanja kuti ukhale pamtunda ndikuwerenga buku. Ambiri ambiri ankakhala pansi; Ndinasankha mthunzi, koma tonsefe tinasangalala tsiku lathu panyanja.
Patapita masiku anayi tinalandira tsiku lachiwiri la nyanja - tsiku lathu lotsiriza pa Navigator - kuchoka ku St. George, Bermuda kupita ku Norfolk, VA. Tsikuli linali lovuta komanso lamvula. Ndinasangalala kuti ndinakonza ulendo wopita ku Spa yabwino, kumene ndinakhala ndi nkhope. Ine ndithudi ndinkazisowa izo patatha masiku angapo ku Bermuda dzuwa! Ngakhale kuti sitimayo "inagwedezeka ndi kugubuduza" kudutsa nyanja ya Atlantic, tsiku lamkuntho, lamphepo linali lochititsa chidwi. Ambiri a ife omwe timakonda kukwera panyanja sitimangokhalira kukwera pa sitimayi. Inde, chinthu chomwecho sichitha kunena pa kukwera ndege!
Masiku awiri a m'nyanja (komanso ulendo wathu wonse) ankawoneka ngati akuuluka. Nthaŵi zonse zimandidabwitsa kuti nthawi imatha bwanji mwamsanga pamene muli pa tchuthi, koma zikuoneka kuti ikukoka mukakhala kuntchito! Sitima yaing'ono ngati Seas Navigator ilibe ntchito zosiyanasiyana zomwe zimapezeka pa zombo zazikulu zedi za sitimayo, koma palinso zambiri zoti tichite. Anthu ena okwera galimoto ankawongolera matupi awo kuchipatala kapena spa.
Anthu ena okwera galimoto ankalimbikitsa maganizo awo ku Bermuda, masewera a mlatho, jigsaw puzzle, kapu yamakompyuta, kapena chiwonetsero chowoneka. Ngati palibe ntchito yomwe ili pamwambayi idapempha anthu ena, angaphunzirepo kanthu pa golo, adziphatikize ku gulu la anthu osagwira ntchito, ayambe kuchita masewera olimbitsa thupi, kusewera bingo, kapena kukhala pamphepete mwawo ndikusangalala ndi buku labwino.
Sitimayo inali ndi pulogalamu ya ana, koma inali yamtendere ndi yachinsinsi. Chisangalalo chomwe chimapezeka pa sitimayi zambiri zimakhala zosangalatsa kwa ana ena ndi achinyamata akusowa kuchokera ku Seas Navigator. Ife tinali kufunafuna mtendere ndi chisangalalo ndipo tinachipeza pa ngalawa yabwinoyi.
Kuphatikizidwa ndi zochitika pa Seas Navigator zimakhala ndi "nthawi yochulukitsa" - chakudya cham'mawa cham'mawa, nthawi yachakudya, nthawi yachakudya, masana, tiyi, ndi chakudya chamadzulo. Palibe buffet ya pakati pa usiku pa Seas Navigator, koma palibe amene adaiphonya. Pali zowonjezereka zabwino zodyera pa sitima yaing'ono monga Seas Navigator. Vinyo wodalirika amaphatikizidwa ndi chakudya chamadzulo, ndipo chakudya ndi chopambana. Kuonjezera apo, simudzapeza mizere yayitali pa buledi kapena chakudya chamadzulo pa sitima yaing'ono iyi. Ngakhale chakudya cham'mawa ndi chamasana kuchokera ku menyu chinatumizidwa ku ofesi yaikulu ya Compass Rose, anthu ambiri okwera ndege anasankha buffet ku Portofino Grill chifukwa cha zakudya ziwirizi. Grill ya Portofino imasandulika kukhala yokondana, yosungirako-yokha, chikhomo cha ku Italy madzulo. Palibe malipiro othandizira kusankha chakudya chamadzulo, ndipo chakudya chinali chokoma. Compass Rose ndi malo okonzeka kuyambira 7:00 mpaka 9:00 madzulo usiku uliwonse.
Ndimakonda kudya pamene ndikusankha ndi amene ndikusankha. Kutsegula mipando kumakuthandizani kuti muchite zimenezo.
Zambiri mwa suites pa Seas Navigator ali ndi zipinda komanso kukhala ndi velanda kuti azikhala ku Bermuda ndi mankhwala ena. Mphepete mwa nyanja zisanu ndi ziwiri (Navigator) anathamangira ku doko ku Hamilton, Bermuda m'mawa. Sitimayo ndi yaing'ono yokwanira kupita kumzinda wa Hamilton. Bermuda ikuwoneka ngati zithunzi ndi zojambula zabwino zomwe ndaziwona pachilumbachi. Kulowera panyanja kunali kosangalatsa kwambiri. Dzuŵa linali likuwomba pa nyumba zakale za pachilumbachi, ndipo chinthu choyamba chomwe tinazindikira chinali chikhalidwe cha Bermuda komanso kusowa kwa umphawi komwe kumawoneka pazilumba zazitentha. Mavesi opita ku doko la Hamilton ndi St. George ndi yopapatiza kwambiri, koma Seas Navigator asanu ndi awiri ndizochepa zokwanira zombo zokwera mpaka ku doko.
Sitima zina za mega-cruise ziyenera kudutsa ku West End ya Bermuda pafupi ndi Royal Naval Dockyard.
Bermuda ndi chilumba chabwino kwambiri cha tchuthi, ndipo chiri ku nyanja ya Atlantic pafupifupi makilomita 650 kum'maŵa kwa North Carolina ndi pafupifupi 775 miles kum'mwera kwa New York City. Bermuda ndi yapamwamba ndipo imakhala ndi nyengo yozizira, mabomba okongola, anthu ochezeka, komanso maphunziro apamwamba a golf. Bermuda kwenikweni ndizilumba zambirimbiri m'nyanja ya Atlantic, zina zomwe zimagwirizana ndi milatho.
Mwinamwake chithunzi chodziwika bwino cha Bermuda ndi nyumba za pastel ndi mabanki pinki ogwidwa ndi nyanja yowala kwambiri. Chochititsa chidwi, mabombe sankawoneka ngati pinki pamene tinkachezera, koma ndithudi amaoneka ngati pinki mu zithunzi zina zanga. Pitani muyeso.
Pamene tifufuza Bermuda, tinatulukira mwamsanga chifukwa chake chimayenda chotchuka kwambiri. Chilumbachi chili ndi malo abwino odyera komanso malo odyera, koma zambiri ndi okwera mtengo kwambiri. Aliyense yemwe tinalankhula naye pa sitima yathu anavomera kuti kugwiritsa ntchito Seas Navigator monga hotelo yoyandama yokhala ndi "zipinda zam'mphepete mwa nyanja", inali njira yosangalatsa ku malo osungiramo malo, ndipo ndizofunika kwambiri kuti khalidweli lilandire. Sitimayo imakwera pamapiri onse awiri ku Hamilton ndi St. George anali angwiro.
Ngakhale alendo sangathe kubwereka galimoto ku Bermuda , kuzungulira n'kosavuta. Poyambirira tinali kuganiza kuti timabwereka scooters; Komabe, pamene tawona kuchuluka kwa magalimoto ku Hamilton, onse oyendetsa galimoto kumanzere, tinasintha mwamsanga maganizo athu.
Kuyendetsa galimoto kumalo a St. George kapena kunja kwa mzinda wa Hamilton kumidzi kungakhale kosavuta, komabe ndinkathamanga ndikuyesa kuyenda mumsewu wopita mumsewu wa Hamilton. Titazindikira za ntchito yabwino kwambiri ya basi ku Bermuda, izi zinatsimikizira kusintha kwathu pazinthu.
Njira ya basi ya Bermuda ndi yabwino, ndipo mabasi ndi oyera komanso ozizira. Mabasi amayendetsa pafupifupi mphindi khumi ndi zisanu ndi zisanu ndi ziwiri ndipo amatha kukhala osunga nthawi. Mabasi amalembedwa ndi buluu (mabasi amapita ku Hamilton) kapena pinki (mabasi otuluka kunja kwa Hamilton). Muyenera kukhala ndi kusintha koyenera kapena chizindikiro cha basi; dalaivala sangathe kusintha. Mapepala amasiku onse ndi ophweka, pokhapokha mutangofuna kukwera nthawi imodzi. Galimoto yaikulu yamabasi imakhala pamtunda wochepa kwambiri wa chombo cha sitimayo.
Tsiku lathu loyamba ku Hamilton, Bermuda ankagwiritsira ntchito kuyang'anira likulu la dziko komanso kumapeto kwa chilumbacho. Hamilton ndi mzinda wokongola kwambiri, ndipo sitimayo ina, Empress of the Seas, idalinso pa doko. Malo athu oyang'anitsitsa sitimayi ankayang'anitsitsa pamwamba pa doko, kotero tinali kuona bwino sitimayi, sitima zapamadzi, kayaks, ndi ntchito zina. Anthu okwera mumasititi omwe ali pamphepete mwa nyanja ya Seven Seas Navigator akhoza kusangalala kuona oyendayenda ena akuyenda pa Front Street pamunsi kapena kuyang'ana mipiringidzo yambiri yomwe ili pafupi ndi doko kuchokera ku chitonthozo cha Survival Seven Seas Navigation. Tinayendetsa mzindawo ndikuyenda kuti tikaone wotchuka wotchedwa Princess Princess Hotel. Makolo anga anali atakhala kumeneko m'ma 1980, ndipo hotelo ya mbiri yakale inali yosangalatsa kwambiri.
Tonsefe sitinayambe tapita ku Bermuda, choncho tinasankha kuti tsiku lathu loyamba tipite ku gombe tikuyang'ana chilumbachi. Tinkakwera mabasi abwino kwambiri, kudabwa ndi mabomba okongola, malo ogulitsira, komanso nyumba. Sitinakhulupirire kulemera koonekeratu ndi ukhondo wa paradaiso wa chisumbu ichi. Kupotoka konse ndi kutembenukira kwa msewu wopita kumadzulo kumapanga nyanja ina yabwino kwambiri. Tinanyamula zida zathu zopangira njoka, ndipo potsirizira pake tinatsika pa gombe laling'ono, lokongola kwambiri kum'mwera chakumadzulo kwa chilumbacho. Mphepete mwa nyanja munali pafupi, ndipo tinakambirana ndi azimayi awiri a ku Vancouver, ku Canada, omwe anali kukhala pa sitimayo pa doko.
Tsiku lathu lachiwiri ku Hamilton, tinatenga nyanja ya Seas Navigator ya masiku asanu ndi awiri yopita kunyanja yopita kunyanja yokhala ndi mphepo yam'madzi yotchedwa Native Restless . Mbalameyi idatumikira mwatsopano kwambiri, ma cookies otentha, ndipo mtsogoleri wathu anali mbadwa ya ku Bermuda yemwe anatipatsa zambiri zokhudza mbiri ya Bermuda ndi anthu ake.
Snorkelling inali yabwino, ndipo kutentha kwa madzi kunali kolondola komanso kosavuta. Panali mapanga ambiri amathanthwe omwe anali pamphepete mwa nyanjayi. Ronnie ankakondwera kukwera mipira ya golf yomwe ili pansi pamtunda wosasunthika. Tinkaganiza kuti mwina panali golf pafupi, koma otsogolera adatiuza kuti anthu ambiri ankakonda kugwiritsa ntchito nyanja ngati galimoto! Anali ulendo wapamwamba kwambiri, ndipo ndimalimbikitsa kwambiri munthu aliyense amene amasangalala ndi kukwera njanji komanso kuyenda.
Patadutsa masiku awiri ku Hamilton, Seas Navigator asanu ndi awiri adayenda m'mawa kwambiri Lamlungu m'mawa kupita ku St. George kumapeto kwa Bermuda. Chinthu choyamba chomwe tinawona ku St. George chinali Mng'ombe wa Mzinda atayima pa doko kuti atipatse moni.
Tawuni ya St. George ndi yosiyana kwambiri ndi Hamilton. Ndizochepa kwambiri komanso zimakhala zochepa, koma ndikuyenera kuyendera. St. George anali likulu loyamba la Bermuda, pokhala atakhazikitsidwa ndi anthu ogwidwa ndi sitima ku Britain mu 1609. Ambiri mwa iwo adakhala ku Jamestown, Virginia, koma ena adakhala ku Bermuda.
Tinaganiza zopita kudutsa m'mudzi kukawona Fort St. Catherine kumpoto chakum'mawa kwa St.
George wa parishi. Tinkakwera phirilo kupita ku tchalitchi chosatha. Nyumba yokongola ya Gothic yomwe inamangidwa mu 1874 ikuwonetsa bwino mudziwu pansipa. Sizinatheke chifukwa cha kusowa kwa ndalama ndi mikangano yandale.
Pitirizani ulendo wathu wopita ku Fort St. Catherine, tinadutsa m'tawuni ya golf kupita kokongola kwambiri ku Tobacco Bay ndi kukafika ku St. Catherine's Beach pafupi ndi nsanja. Chinsanja chachikulu choterechi chinamangidwa mu 1614 ndipo kenako chinamangidwanso mu 1812. Tinayenda ulendo woyendetsa wokhawokha ndipo tinasangalala kwambiri kuona ma tunnel ndi malo osungirako malo osangalatsawa. Maganizo ochokera ku Fort St. Catherine ndiwodabwitsa kwambiri.
Tinabwerera mmbuyo ku sitimayo kudzera njira yosiyana yoyendayenda, tikufika panthawi yokonzanso chilango cha mmodzi mwa akazi a komweko omwe adayenera kukhala dunked chifukwa cha kumangokhalira kumenyedwa, kunong'oneza, ndi chikhalidwe. Wofuula tawuniyi ndi a Meya akuyang'anira bwalo lamilandu yake, ndipo tonse tinaseka phindu lake.
Ndinangokondwa kuti sizinali ine, ngakhale kuti m'nyanja ya chilimwe ingakhale yotsitsimula.
Titatha kudya ndi chakudya chamasana, tinayenda mozungulira St. George. Popeza linali Lamlungu, malo ogulitsa alendo okha ndiwo anali otseguka, koma izi zinali zabwino ndi ife. Tinasangalala ndi kuyenda ndi zizindikiro zozizwitsa zomwe tinaziona.
Mofanana ndi Hamilton, anthu onse omwe tinakumana nawo anali okondana.
Nyanja Zisanu ndi ziwiri (Navigator) zinanyamuka kuchokera ku St. George ndi Bermuda ku Norfolk madzulo Lamlungu. Ife omwe sitinayambe tapita ku Bermuda tisanamvetse chifukwa chake ambiri amabwerera mobwerezabwereza. Anthu oyendetsa sitimayo omwe anali asanayendepo ndi Regent asanamvetsetse chifukwa chake mzerewu uli ndi makasitomala ambirimbiri. Nyanja Zisanu ndi Ziwiri Navigator ili ndi zinyumba zodabwitsa komanso malo amodzi. Ogwira ntchito akugwedeza okwera, komanso zakumwa zoledzeretsa, zakumwa, ndi zopanda phokoso zaulere zimapangitsa kuti musangalale nazo.