01 a 08
Kodi ndi Mumbai kapena ndi Goa?
Misewu yamtendere ya kanjedza, gombe losasunthika, ndi cholowa chonse cha Chipwitikizi chikupanga tawuni ya Vasai, kumpoto kwa kumpoto kwa Mumbai, mwakadabwitsa kukumbukira Goa.
Simungaganize koma Vasai anali wofunika kwambiri kuposa Mumbai. M'zaka za zana la 16 ndi 17, ilo linali likulu la ulamuliro wa Chipwitikizi ndi mzinda wokongola kwambiri. Masiku ano, ndi oasis ozizira amene amamva mokondwera atagwiritsidwa ntchito nthawi. Mosiyana ndi madera ozungulira, Vasai ambiri apulumuka ku chitukuko, popeza akukhala mosangalala kuchokera kumzinda wodutsa mumzindawu. Pakali pano, mlatho wokhawokha pamtsinje wa Vasai, womwe umasiyanitsa Vasai ku Mumbai, ndi Bridge Bridge.
Vuto la Vasai losiyana ndi mbiri ndi malo amtendere (ndi mpweya wabwino!) Limatanthawuza kuti liri ndi zambiri zopereka apaulendo omwe akufuna kuti achoke. Zaka mazana awiri za ulamuliro wa Chipwitikizi zimakumbukirabe za chipembedzo ndi moyo wa anthu a Vasai, omwe ali Akatolika. Chikhalidwe chawo chikuphatikizapo Konkani, Portuguese, Marathi ndi British.
Ndinapita ku Vasai pa ulendo wapadera wa Explore Vasai womwe umaperekedwa ndi aphunzitsi a komweko Leroy D'Mello, yemwe ali ndi Amaze Tours. Atagwira ntchito yochereza komanso kukonza ma hotelo, kuphatikizapo zipilala monga mkuphi ku mahoteli odyetserako zapamwamba komanso pa sitima zapamadzi, Leroy anazindikira kuti akufuna kuyamba ulendo waulendo wolimbikitsa malonda ndi miyambo ya ku India. Amadziŵa bwino Vasai monga banja lake adakhala ndikukhala ndi malo kumeneko kwa mibadwo yambiri, ndipo izi zimapangitsa ulendo weniweni komanso waumwini. Mukhoza kuyendera mipingo yokongola, kuwona akatswiri kuntchito, kusakaniza zakudya zakumudzi, komanso kutenga nawo mbali pa kuphika.
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02 a 08
Vasai Fort
Mabwinja a Vasai omwe ali ndi mphamvu zowonongeka mosakayika ndiwotchuka kwambiri mumzindawu. Kufufuzira kudzakutengerani nthawi yobwereza ku mbiri yakale pamene malowa anali mzinda wopindulitsa mu ulamuliro wa Chipwitikizi. Makoma ake olimba anateteza nyumba yabwino kwambiri ya Akuluakulu a Chipwitikizi, komanso mipingo, convents, akachisi, zipatala, makoleji, ndi zipatala.
Nkhondoyi ikukamba za nkhondo yayitali yaitali ya Vasai, pakati pa Chipwitikizi ndi Marathas, yomwe idatha pomaliza ndi Marathas kulanda dzikolo mu 1739 pambuyo poika magazi ambiri.
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03 a 08
Mipingo ya Ornate
Pali mipingo pafupifupi 40 m'dera la Vasai. Ena ali ndi zaka mazana ambiri. Iwo ali ndi tanthauzo lapadera la mbiriyakale ndipo akugwiritsidwanso ntchito pa kupembedza lero.
St. Thomas Church, tchalitchi chofunika kwambiri cha Vasai, inamangidwa mu 1566 ndipo inali mpingo woyamba kukhazikitsidwa kunja kwa nkhondo ya Vasai. Zikuoneka kuti zinali zolemera kwambiri kuti opondereza achiarabu a ku Gujarat adalanda ndikuwotcha, mu 1571. Anamangidwanso mu 1573.
Sitikudziwa pamene mpingo wachiwiri wofunika kwambiri, Our Lady of Grace Cathedral, unamangidwa. Komabe, amakhulupirira kuti ali m'zaka za m'ma 1570.
04 a 08
Nyumba Zachikhalidwe
Rautwada wa zaka 135 ndi imodzi mwa nyumba zomwe zatsala ku Vasai, komanso ku Mumbai. Masiku ano, ambiri asinthidwa ndi nyumba zamakono zamakono. Nyumbayi imapangidwa ndi matabwa a teak ndipo matabwa omwe ali kunja kwake ndi ofanana ndi omwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito pa sitima ya sitima ya Chhatrapati Shivaj Terminus (Victoria Terminus) , yomangidwa ndi British ku Mumbai mu 1887. M'kati mwake muli zipangizo zakale komanso mipando yakale.
05 a 08
Sukulu Yopanga Zithunzi za Zipembedzo
Ozunguliridwa ndi matabwa a matabwa ndi kukula kwake, ziboliboli za Yesu ndi Namwali Maria zimapangidwa mwakhama pamsonkhano wa Roque ndi Renold Sequeira Abale ku Vasai.
Boma lochititsa chidwi limeneli linakhazikitsidwa mu 1920 ndipo lapita kwa mibadwo itatu. Kuyambira kumayambiriro akupentala, odzipanga ziboliboli akhala akusonkhanitsa mphoto zisanu za UNESCO chifukwa cha kusungirako chuma. Mphoto yawo yoyamba inapindula mu 2005, kuchokera ku kubwezeretsa kovuta kwa Dr Bhau Daji Lad Mumbai City Museum .
Nditafika ku msonkhano, fano lochokera ku Daman, kuyambira m'zaka za m'ma 16 kapena 17, linali kudzabwezeretsedwa. Sequerias amalandira maulamuliro a mayiko ochokera padziko lonse lapansi, kuphatikizapo malamulo ojambula zithunzi za golidi.
Zimatengera pafupifupi mwezi ndi hafu kukwaniritsa fano. Njirayi imayambira ndi kufotokoza dongo kwa fano lomwe laperekedwa. Mtengowu umabwereranso ku nkhuni, zomwe nthawi zambiri zimachokera ku Goa ndi ku Konkan. Mutu wake uyenera kuchotsedwa kuti uike mawonekedwe a moyo koma mgwirizano sungathe kudziwika pambuyo pake.
Munthu wina wamaluso ambiri, Renold Sequeira ndi katswiri wamaphunziro a zakuthambo. Awiri mwa mafano ake amapezeka mu Sydney Observatory ndi Powerhouse Museum ku Australia.
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06 ya 08
Mahila Mandal Restaurant
Kwa zotchipa, mwakonza chakudya choyenera monga momwe mungapezere kunyumba, yang'anani molunjika ku Mahila Mandal pafupi ndi New English School pa Mahatma Gandhi Road ku Vasai. Ikuwoneka ngati nondescript. Komabe, chakudya ndi scrumptious ndipo pali nkhani yapadera kumbuyo kwake.
Malo odyera ndi gawo la bungwe la NGO lomwe linakhazikitsidwa zaka 25 zapitazo ndi mphunzitsi wamba Mayi Indumathy Vishnu Barve kuti agwiritse ntchito amayi omwe akusowa thandizo. (Mwatsoka, mabanja ambiri adataya ndalama pambuyo poti mphero zaku Mumbai zitsekedwa). Tsopano, ili ndi malo asanu ndi awiri mkati ndi kuzungulira Vasai, ndipo amayi oposa 250 akugwira nawo ntchito! Ndipo, Akazi a Barve ali ndi zaka zoposa 90 ndipo akugwirabe ntchito!
N'zosadabwitsa kuti chakudya chimatchuka kwambiri. Ndinali ndi mbale ya batata bhaji ( yofiira ya mbatata ya dry Maharashtrian) ndi chapatimenti ya makoma pafupifupi 30. Panalibe nthawi yoti ndijambula chithunzi ngati zinali zabwino, ndinazidyera mphindi 2 pogona! M'malo mwake, ichi ndi chithunzi cha amayi omwe adapanga.
Werengani zambiri za Mahila Mandal ndi amene anayambitsa nkhaniyi.
07 a 08
Zakudya Zam'mudzi ndi Kuphika
Anthu achikatolika ku India amadziwika chifukwa cha zakudya zake zosiyana zomwe zimaphatikizapo mafashoni ophika. Inde, ulendo wa chikhalidwe ndi cholowa cha Vasai sungakhale wangwiro popanda kudya!
Ndikayendera nyumba ya mayi wokondedwa ndi chilakolako chakuphika, ndinayenera kutenga nawo mbali popanga sandni. Mtundu uwu wa phokoso wamtunduwu umakonzedwa kuchokera kumenyana wa galasi ya bengal gramu ndi ufa wa mpunga, umene umatenthetsa.
Mkate umaphatikizapo chakudya chamadzulo chophika chimene chinaphikidwa ndi amayi a Leroy. Zakudya zambiri zomwe zimadya nyama zakudya za Katolika ndi zosangalatsa zamasamba.
Usanafike masana, tinapanga zozizwitsa zotchuka za foogyas . Mipira yokazinga ya ufa, mkaka wa kokonati, chitowe, shuga, mchere ndi yisiti ndizopweteka panja ndipo zimayambira mkati. N'zosatheka kudya chimodzi chokha!
08 a 08
Mfundo Yofunika Kwambiri
Ulendo wa Vasai ndi wochokera ku Mumbai, osati kungochoka mumzindawu komanso kumenyana ndi mzindawo koma kuphunzira za madera ochepa a Akatolika ndi kufunika kwake kwa mzindawu.
Mzindawu uli ndi zokopa zambiri zodabwitsa. Monga ine ndinkangogwiritsa ntchito theka la tsiku apo, mwatsoka ine ndinalibe nthawi yowawona ambiri a iwo (chifukwa changa chokonzekera ulendo wina)!
Kuphatikiza pa zomwe ndaziphimba, tsiku lodzaza tsiku lonse la Explore Vasai Tour lomwe limaperekedwa ndi kondomeko ya komweko Leroy D'Mello wa Amaze Tours akuphatikizapo kukwera ngalawa ndikupita ku gombe la Vasai, ku nsomba za m'deralo, ndi kumudzi komwe akulima.
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Zoonadi, kuti mupindule kwambiri ndi ulendo wa Vasai, muyenera kugona usiku wonse. Pali zambiri zoti zinyamule mu tsiku limodzi, zimatopetsa. Leroy akukonzekera kuwonjezera nyumba ya alendo kwa alendo posachedwa, zomwe zidzakuthandizani kwambiri.
Kufika Kumeneko
Vasai ili pafupi ola limodzi kumpoto kwa Mumbai. Sitima ya ku Mumbai ndi njira yabwino kwambiri yofikira Vasai, monga mlatho wokha womwe umadutsa mumtsinje wa Vasai (umene umalekanitsa Vasai ku Mumbai) ndi bridge la njanji. Tengani sitima ya Virar, yochokera ku Churchgate kumadzulo , kupita ku siteshoni ya sitima ya Vasai. (Pewani nthawi zapamwamba, chifukwa izi ndizitima kwambiri!). Kuchokera pa siteshoni, tenga basi kapena auto rickshaw. Vasai Fort ali pafupi ndi mphindi 20 kutali.
Ngati mupita kukaona ndi Leroy, adzakutengani kuchokera ku hotelo yanu ndikuyenda ndi sitima kupita ku Vasai. Apo ayi, ngati mukuyendetsa kuchokera ku Mumbai, njira yokhayo ndiyo Western Express Highway (National Highway 8), yomwe ili njira yayitali.
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