Funchal, Madeira Port of Call
Madeira ili ku Nyanja ya Atlantic kufupi ndi gombe la Portugal ndi Africa. Ndi malo abwino kwambiri okafika ku tchuthi, mapiri, nyengo yabwino, komanso malingaliro abwino. Sitima zoyendetsa sitimayo zikuyenda m'mphepete mwa nyanja ya kumadzulo kwa Ulaya kapena zimayendetsa sitimayo pakati pa Caribbean ndi Ulaya nthaŵi zambiri zimapita ku chilumba chokongola chimenechi. Madeira nthawi zina amatchedwa "chilumba cha kasupe kosatha", "chilumba cha Atlantic", kapena "chilumba cha munda".
Maina atatuwa akuoneka kuti akugwirizana ndi malo ake, chilengedwe, ndi nyengo.
Pazinthu zokhazo zomwe zapangidwa pa Madeira ndi malo apansi ndi mabombe amchenga. Madeirans amagwiritsa ntchito matabwa ndi milatho kuti azilipira malo okongola ndipo amatha ulendo wopita ku chilumba cha Porto Santo chapafupi kukakhala m'mphepete mwa nyanja.
Portugal yakulamulira Madeira kwa zaka zoposa 500, ndipo nzika zambiri za ku Britain (komanso mitundu ina) zasamukira kumeneko zaka 200 zapitazo. Chilumbachi ndi chotchuka kwambiri ku Ulaya, ndipo sitimayi zimayenda mumzinda wa Funchal. Pafupifupi 90,000 mwa anthu 250,000 a Madeira amakhala ku Funchal, likulu la dzikoli.
Mukafika ku Funchal kudzera pa sitimayi, sitima yanu idzaima pafupi ndi likulu la likulu. Popeza kuti ngalawa zina zimayenda kapena kuchoka ku maulendo a Transatlantic ku Funchal, mukhoza kuthera nthawi yochuluka ku Madeira monga gawo lazowonjezereka.
Chilumbachi chili ndi kukongola kwachilengedwe kokwanira kuposa tsiku limodzi! Zigwa zake zam'mphepete mwachangu ndi mabwinja, zikuwoneka ngati chilumba cha Hawaii cha Kauai. Pa mtunda wa makilomita 58 ndi mtunda wa makilomita 23, chilumbacho sichiri chachikulu, koma chifukwa cha mapiri, ulendo umachedwa.
Anthu ambiri amatenga maulendo a basi pa chilumbachi kuti atenge zina mwazithunzi zabwino ngati zomwe zikuwonetsedwa pa chithunzi pamwambapa. Alendo ena ambiri omwe amasangalala ndi alendo amakhala ndi malo otchuka ku Reid's Palace Hotel kuti aone minda yake ndi tiyi.
The Silversea Silver Spirit inapita ulendo wapadera wapanyanja paulendo wopita ku Madeira ndi Canary Islands . Alendo adakwera mumtunda umodzi wa anthu oyendetsa galimoto kuchokera ku phiri la Monte kupita ku likulu la Funchal. Masiku ano anthuwa amagwiritsidwa ntchito poyendetsa alendo, koma ulendowu ndi wosangalatsa kwambiri. Madalaivala amavala mikanjo yoyera ndi zipewa, ndipo amayendetsa liwiro ndikuyendetsa galimoto.
Ngati simukuchita ulendo wapanyanja wokhazikika, galimoto ikufunika kufufuza chilumbachi. Misewu yambiri ndi yopapatiza komanso yovuta kuyendetsa, kotero "kuyendetsa" kungakhale kokondweretsa kusiyana ndi kuyembekezera. Kuyenda maulendo a ulimi wothirira, otchedwa levadas, ndi njira yotchuka yofufuza chilumbacho. Pali maulendo ambirimbiri oyendayenda pamapiri a levadas, ena mwa iwo ndi ovuta.
Madeira ali pa Gulf Stream, zomwe zimapangitsa nyengo kukhala yofatsa, yotentha kwambiri. Kutentha kwa madzi ndi mpweya kumakhala pakati pa 16-23 madigiri Centigrade (60 mpaka 73 digiri Fahrenheit) chaka chonse.
Komabe, chifukwa cha mphepo yamapiri, kutentha kumasiyana kwambiri kuchokera kumbali imodzi ya chilumbachi kupita ku chimzake. Funchal ndi mbali zonse za m'mphepete mwa nyanja nthawi zambiri zimakhala zotenthetsa komanso zowonongeka kuposa kumpoto kwa Madeira. Popeza kutentha kuli bwino chaka chonse, nyengo iliyonse ndi yabwino kuyendera Madeira. Nyengo iliyonse imakhala ndi kutentha komweko koma maluwa osiyana, zipatso, ndi zikondwerero. Nthomba zimakhala mu nyengo ya chaka chonse, koma mphesa zimakololedwa kuyambira August mpaka Oktoba. Miyezi yamvula imatha kumapeto kwa September mpaka October ndi March ndi April.
Kugula ku Madeira sikungokhala vinyo wotsekemera, ngakhale vinyo ndi chimodzi mwa zinthu zomwe zimagula kwambiri. Kuwombera ndi nsalu zokongoletsera ndizogula bwino, koma kupeza nyumba yogula nsalu yothamanga kungakhale kovuta sutikesi yanu!
Chinthu china chochititsa chidwi chomwe ndinapeza chinali barretes de lã, apolisi apamwamba kwambiri omwe amawoneka ndi abulu a Madeiran. Ili ndi khutu la khutu ndipo limawoneka mopusa kwambiri, koma ndi zokambirana zabwino komanso zodula. Amagulitsidwa kulikonse koma ndi otchipa ngati mutakhala kutali ndi malo ogulitsa alendo.
Funchal, Madeira kawirikawiri amawonekera paulendowu ngati malo otsekera kapena kutuluka, okondedwa ambiri okwera ngalawa samapeza mpata wowona zambiri za chilumbacho. Komabe, ndibwino kuti ndikhale ndi nthawi yambiri ndipo ndimapanga malo otchulidwa ku Madeiran kwa aliyense amene amakonda zilumba zamapiri, nyengo yabwino, ndi zomera zabwino.