Ngalo naluphi na usuku lweveki olunikiweyo ngexesha labakhenkethi, i-White Bay eJost van Dyke yindawo yomhlaba kuyo yonke into enobuqhophololo kunye ne-buzzy malunga neBritish Virgin Islands. Umqulu ikatsi bahlala bexinwa kwimigca efana ne-tailgaters phambi kwe-Soggy Dollar Bar, ikhaya le-Painkiller cocktail, kwaye i-rafters igqitywe ngeepenali zebhola ekhatywayo, ngoncedo lommelwane we-BVI obuyela umva (kude) emantla.
Hayi namhlanje.
Ndakhe ndayibona i-White Bay ingenanto njengale ngaphambili, kungekudala emva kokuba iNkanyamba u-Irma idlule, ilinganisa phantse yonke into elunxwemeni. Ngelo xesha, ndandisandul 'ukufudukela eziqithini. Kodwa ngoku, ndiyabona ukuba imida ivaliwe kwezi nyanga zisithoba zidlulileyo, noJost omncinci - ngoku owakhiwe kakuhle - ibingomnye nje umzi wabakhenkethi osokolayo ukuhlala phantsi kwe-radar ye-COVID ngokuvala abakhenkethi ngaphandle.
Kwafuneka sithathe isibonelelo sempelaveki esiphuma kuso eTortola, singaqinisekanga ukuba naziphi na iivenkile zokutyela ziya kuvulwa. UKevin, umphambukeli waseBrooklyn owayephethe IiVillas zaseWhite Bay , indawo efihliweyo yokuzifihla endulini apho iipropathi zayo ziye zahlaziywa ngokumangalisayo emva kweIrma, kwabonakala ngathi kungumdla othusayo wokuba ngumqhubi wethu kwimpelaveki, nangona kwakungekho ndawo apho singaya khona ngaphandle kolwandle. Kodwa ukuhamba nje okufutshane ukusuka kwilali yethu enamagumbi amabini okulala ukuya eWhite Bay, bekukho into ephekayo. Umphunga waphuma uphuma ngembiza, uvuselelwa yindoda edumbileyo eCrocs eyayidla ngokukhwela abakhenkethi ngapha nangapha ukusuka esikhepheni somkhumbi eGreat Harbour. Yayiyinto yonke eyindoda namhlanje; abafazi basekhaya, abanye babo ababedla ngokuthatha iiodolo zokutya okanye baqinisekise ukubekelwa indawo, babephezulu kwenye yeendawo zokuhlala ezazidlala ibhingo. Ngosuku olulandelayo, babedla ngokucima.