I & apos; m kwisikhephe kunye nomphathi wam, uVibe, kunye nedeckhand yakhe yokufikisa, Storm. Yimvakwemini yam yokuqala eBequia, esinye seziqithi ezingama-30 ezenza iSt. Vincent kunye neGrenadines, kwaye sihamba ngeenxa zonke kunxweme olusentshona ukujonga Inyanga , Indawo eyayingumthonyama yabantu eyayixonxwe emaweni. Ngaxa lithile, babebaninzi abantu ababehlala kule dolophu kunye ne-eco-resort, eyasekwa ngeminyaka yoo-1960 yintengiso yeChicago. Ibaleke kumandla elanga kunye namanzi emvula kwaye yayakhiwe ngokupheleleyo kwizinto zalapha ekhaya, kubandakanya ithambo lomnenga kunye namatyathanga endala e-ankile.

Ukujonga ngezinyuko ezinobungozi ezisikiweyo kubuso obuqhekekileyo, iMoonhole ayizange ibe yindawo elula ukufikelela kuyo, kwaye kule minyaka idlulileyo, ukuxabana okuncinci kunye neenkqwithela ezinkulu ziye zayishiya ijonge kancinci. Okwangoku, omnye wabahlali basekuqaleni, uCharles Brewer - umakhi wezinto ezingamashumi alithoba owayefundisa eYale noFrank Lloyd Wright - uyaqhubeka nokuhlala apho, kwaye kukho izindlu ezintandathu zokurenta. Ngokuqinisekileyo ayizizo ezo ndizibonileyo zinemithi ekhula kuzo.

I-Grenadines, ichwebakazi elingapheliyo kumda osempuma weCaribbean ngaphezulu kweVenezuela, belisoloko linje-isendle kwaye ayinakufikeleleka. Ngokwembali, ezi ziqithi ziye zatsala iintlobo ezithandekayo, ukusuka kwiihippies ukuya kubathandi bokuhamba ngomkhumbi kunye noosomashishini abayibone njengelinye lamanqwanqwa okugqibela eparadesi engonakaliswanga kuloo mmandla.

Zisithoba kuphela i-Grenadines ezinabemi, kwaye nezona ziphucukileyo ziye zakwazi ukugcina iprofayili ephantsi ngokumangalisayo: iBequia, isiqithi sesibini ngobukhulu, esinabemi abangaphezulu nje kwama-5 000 nangaphezulu kweedolophu kunesiseko sokhenketho; ICanouan, ethi uthotho lwabaphuhlisi abakwiqondo eliphezulu bazamile ukumila kwiiCaribbean & apos; kunye neMustique, apho i-jet-setter zifihle khona ukuze zibaleke ukujongwa kwilizwe jikelele. Kutshanje, nangona kunjalo, ukungena kwabatyali mali kunye nabanini behotele bezama ukwenza ukuba i-Grenadines ifikeleleke ngakumbi-kunye neendawo ezintsha zokuchithela iiholide, ii-marinas, kunye neenqwelomoya ezinokuthi, ekugqibeleni, zihlale ngaphezulu kwe-injini yamawele.

I-Grenadines, ichwebakazi elingapheliyo kumda osempuma weCaribbean ngaphezulu kweVenezuela, belisoloko linje-isendle kwaye ayinakufikeleleka.

'Abantu abanomdla baphela eBequia,' utshilo uPhilip Mortstedt kwisidlo sasemini. Utata wakhe, u-Bengt Mortstedt, usomashishini wase-Sweden ozinze eLondon, waqala wadibana noBequia ngelixa ejikeleza i-Grenadines ngo-1992. Emva phayaa, lendawo yayikhumbuza u-Bengt 'waseSt. I-Bart & apos; kwiminyaka engamashumi asixhenxe '- isiqithi saseCaribbean esiqhelekileyo esingakhange sihlaselwe ziivenkile zoyilo kunye neeoligarchs. Wabethwa. Ngo-2009, wavula igumbi-eli-12 ngelo xesha Ihotele yeBequia Beach ngaphezulu kweFriendship Bay, kwisiqithi & apos; unxweme lweAtlantic.

Kwanasemva kongezwa kwamakamelo angama-47 kutshanje, i-yacht yeetshathi zeendwendwe, kunye nejeti yabucala yokuthabatha iindwendwe ezivela eBarbados, indawo yokubhukisha ine-vibe yesikolo esidala. Kukho abalandeli be-rattan isilingi, iiposta zokuvuna zeenqwelomoya ezingasasebenziyo kwesi siqithi, kunye neesutikheyisi zeesutikheyisi ezafunyanwa nguBatt kunye nenkosikazi yakhe kwiimarike zentakumba eYurophu. Ipiyano ide yavela kwikhaya labo eLondon. Kwisidlo sangokuhlwa ngobunye ubusuku, ndayalela i-carpaccio yentlanzi kunye ne-jerk-rub steak ku-Chef Clinton eBagatelle, indawo yokutyela ngaselunxwemeni, kwaye ndibukele izibini zidanisa kwi-calypso phantsi kwezibane zentsomi.

Ndafika kwiintsuku ezimbalwa ngaphambilana kwisikhitshana sasemanzini esivela eBarbados. (Ngexesha lenqwelomoya, sayeka ukuthatha abantu abambalwa base-Union Island.) Isikhululo seenqwelomoya e-Bequia siseyirustic - iintsana zebhokhwe ezitya ukhula ecaleni komgaqo weenqwelo-moya zodlula kude abakhenkethi abangena kwamanye amazwe. Ndakhweliswa kwiloli evulekileyo ndaza ndasiwa Umda , esi siqithi & ihotele entsha, evulekileyo ngasekupheleni kuka 2018. Iipos zenziwe zezindlu ezilithoba ezityheli, uninzi lunamachibi alo, amanyathelo nje aselunxwemeni. Kukho & apos; s nayo igumbi lokulala elinamagumbi amahlanu-ekoloniyali ezindulini kunye nephuli engapheliyo- kodwa ayisiyiyo enye into. Ukubeka umda KwiCaribbean slang kuthetha 'ukuxhoma' okanye 'ukonwabela indawo.' Kunye nesikhokelo esilula ukulandela. Ndikhawuleze ndazifumana ndiwela kwindlela yesiqhelo: gxuma echibini, funda kwi-chaise, tsiba elwandle, utye, ulale, uhlambe, uphinde.

Ndithe xa ndizikhupha kolu lonwabo, ndaya eBhayi, idolophu enezindlu ezinemibala ye-melon ene-gingerbread trim, imithi ye-frangipani, kunye needokethi ezizele ngamaphenyane okuloba. Apha, amanenekazi amadala aqhatha eSt Mary the Virgin, icawa entle yaseTshetshi, ayokuthenga iziqhamo kumafama amaRasta kwimarike. Abalobi batsala iikreyifishi ezinkulu emanzini. I-Bequia sisiqithi esisebenzayo, kunye noluntu lwakudala lweCaribbean luziva. Ndafunda kamva ukuba yenye yeendawo ezine kuphela emhlabeni apho 'ukuloba ngomkhono' kusesemthethweni, ukuba nje kusetyenziswa iindlela zesiko- izipuni kunye neenqanawa ezenziwe ngomthi. Ngapha koko, i-humpback yayithathiwe phantsi kwiiveki ezimbalwa ngaphambi kokuba ndifike.

Xa ndabuza iVibe ukuba iziqithi ezingabamelwane zithelekiswa njani neBequia, wemba ubhontsi wakhe esifubeni. 'Esi sisiqithi sam,' wandixelela. 'Kuvulekile kwaye kukhululekile kwaye kuyinyani.'

Ukubeka umda kwi-Caribbean slang kuthetha 'ukuxhoma' okanye 'ukonwabela indawo.' Isikhokelo esilula ukulandela.

Ngo-1993, malunga neekhilomitha ezingama-20 kumazantsi esiqithi saseCanouan, umphuhlisi wase-Italiya-waseSwitzerland ogama linguAntonio Saladino wakha indawo enabileyo ebizwa ngokuba yiCarenage Bay Beach & Golf Club, ngethemba lokurhwebesha abantu baseYurophu. Okoko kwafika ihotele & apos; ukufika kwesi siqithi-sabantu abayi-1,700-senziwe ngabaphuhlisi bamanye amazwe bezama ukusiguqula sibe yindawo enkulu yolwandle elandelayo yeebhiliyoni. Konke kwakulingana kwaye kuqala - ngaphandle kweelwandle ezimangalisayo, iCanouan kwakunzima kakhulu ukufikelela kuyo, nokuba yindiza okanye ngesikhephe. Emva kweminyaka yokusilela ekutsaleni abakhenkethi, ipropathi yathathwa nguRosewood, kwaye ngo-2003, uRaffles, ngelo xesha uSaladino wamema uDonald Trump ukuba asebenze kwikhasino apho. Umsebenzi we-Saladino kunye ne-apos; ekugqibeleni awuphumelelanga, ekugqibeleni wabethwa ngu-Dermot Desmond-umnini-ozelwe e-Ireland we-Barbados kunye ne-apos; s Sandy Lane -yatshintshwa i-Pink Sands Club.

Ipropathi yatshintsha izandla kwakhona ngo-2018, nini IsiMandarin saseMpuma uthathe imisebenzi. (Ngokuphathelene neTrump kunye neapos; ukungaphumeleli kwekhasino? Uninzi luya kukuvuyela ukuxelela ukuba isakhiwo ngoku sisebenza njengendawo yokuhlala yenkanyamba.) Ngokufika kweMandarin, kuvakala ngathi iCanouan ekugqibeleni iza kubetha ixesha elikhulu. Kutshanje uDesmond ubeke indawo yokugqibezela iGlossy Bay, i-250 yezigidi zeedola, i-marina eslip-120 ekufutshane neholide kunye neevenkile zokutyela kunye neeresityu. Waziqhayisa kumaphepha endawo esithi i-Glossy Bay iyakubonakala 'kumaGrenadines njengeNqaba ePisa, njenge-Eiffel Tower, kunye neBuckingham Palace.'

Endleleni eya e-Mandarin Oriental, sahamba sidlula i-yachts super-yachts kwi-marina entsha, apho iindwendwe zazisitya khona eShenanigans, indawo yokutyela esembindini. Ngaphandle kwendawo yokuchithela indawo - ethatha malunga nesibini kwisithathu sesi siqithi - ulwandle luyeyona nto iphambili eCanouan & apos. Kodwa amarhe athi uSoo House uthatha igumbi elinamagumbi angama-32 eTamarind Beach Hotel, kwaye kukho nokuhlebeza kwee-Aman Resorts zibeka ezantsi.

Isakhiwo esiphambili seMandarin kunye neapos; sinembonakalo yobukhosi yekhekhe lomtshato lemabhile, kodwa iivenkile zokutyela, i-spa, indawo yokuzivocavoca, kunye neephuli zihlaziyiwe kunye ne-patina yolwandle. Izindlu ezithandathu zezindlu ezitsha zihlala kwindawo enamatye, eyenziwe ngamatye, ngomthi nangeglasi, enamachibi angenasiphelo ajonge elunxwemeni. Uyaziva ukuba ihotele ibonelela isihlwele esisityebi. Kanye emva kokungena, ndadibana nesibini esasisebenza ngobuchwephesha esivela ePalo Alto esinamakhwenkwe amabini anentloko eyayidlala neefudo zaselwandle ezininzi ezingxolayo kwesi siqithi.

Uyasibona isizathu sokuba le ndawo ibhenele kubaxhasi be-C abasebenza nzima kakhulu, kwaye abafuni ukusebenza nzima ukuze baphumle. Zonke zilapha - iilwandle ezinesanti emhlophe, amanzi aluhlaza ogqobhozayo, nayo yonke into entle onokuyifuna, ukusuka kwinqanaba lehlabathi legalufa ukuya kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya esinokukwazi ukufumana iijets zabo ngokulula. Abasebenzi abaliqela ehotele bayigxininisile into yokuba banokubamba iindwendwe ezikumgangatho ophezulu ngasese.

Ngenye intsasa eShell Beach, ipropathi kunye neendwendwe-kuphela iklabhu yaselwandle, ndincokole nomfana oneminyaka eli-12 ubudala owayejonga abantwana bakowabo njengabazali bakhe ababhexe ebhodini kufutshane. Ndithumela incindi entsha yekhokhonathi kwindawo enophahla lwengca, wandibuza ukuba ndivelaphi. Xa ndamxelela eBrooklyn, wathi, ngendlela eqondakalayo yelizwekazi, 'Unethamsanqa! Ndimbuzile ba uvelaphi. Wancwina. 'Ndi & apos; ndivela eMonaco.'

Nangona iiVIP ezininzi ezingeneyo zingena, i-vibe ihlala isezantsi.

Ukuba i-Canouan yindawo ye-A & apos; s, iMustique yindawo yoludwe lwe-A. Esi siqithi sine-Cheeveresque vibe kuyo-oko kukuthi, ukuba ummelwane wakho oyintandokazi u-Mvun Jagger. Akukho zimpawu zezitalato okanye irobhothi; i-100 okanye amakhaya onke anamagama amnandi afana neJacaranda kunye neHibiscus. Wonke umntu ujikeleza isiqithi esine-skwele-mile 'kwiimeyile,' iinqwelo zegalufa kunye neejeep ezincinci ezinokuhamba ezindleleni ezixineneyo, ezimxinwa.

Isiqithi kunye neapos; s elihle (kunye ne-louche encinci) igama libuyela emva ngo-1958, xa uColin Tennant, aka Lord Glenconner, ethenga esi siqithi njengendawo ye-bohemian kubahlobo bakhe abanobuhle-kubandakanya iPrincess Margaret, owayejonge ukugcina indlela yakhe yokuphila ngaphandle kwelitha lokujonga amajelo eendaba. Ngokukhawuleza wamnika iihektare ezili-10, njengesipho somtshato, ukwakha i-Les Jolies Eaux: ipropathi ye-neo-Georgia eyilwe ngu-Oliver Messel, umakhi wezinye zezona zindlu zithandwayo kwiCaribbean. Ukutyhubela iminyaka, i-Brits-wattage ephezulu (uDavid Bowie phakathi kwabo) bathabathe imihlaba yabo evela eTennant. Ngo-1968, wasithengisa isiqithi njengesiqhelo Inkampani kaMustique . Namhlanje, abaninimzi apho - wonke umntu osuka kuTommy Hilfiger ukuya eMaguy Le Coze, ongumnini-mnini weNew York kunye neapos iLe Bernardin - nabo banezabelo.

Kodwa nangona kungena ii-VIP ezinesidima, i-vibe ihlala isezantsi. Ngapha koko, xa u-Russian-Israeli u-billionaire u-Roman Abramovich wangena kwi-yacht yakhe enkulu, wanikela nge-150 yezigidi zeedola kwesinye seziqithi kunye ne-apos; izindlu ezinkulu-emva koko wayirhoxisa, ngenxa yokuba u-Mustique engavumeli oonogada abaxhobileyo. 'Zikhona izikhephe, kodwa akukho mega-mega,' ucacisile uJeannette Cadet, umphathi weNkampani iMustique kunye nesiqithi & apos; indlovukazi yenyosi. Ngenye imva kwemini, wandikhapha wajikeleza izindlu ezimbalwa (ezinye zazo zifumaneka ngokuqeshisa ixesha elifutshane). ICadet ikhusele oomama malunga nabahlali bayo - nkqu, nangoku, kwiPrincess Margaret, eyanika unyana wayo, u-Lord Linley, ngo-1996 kwaye wasweleka ngo-2002. 'Abasoze bamshiye yedwa la mfazi ulihlwempu,' wakhalaza.

Phambi kokuba ndifike apho, i-mystique yaseMustique yayindifanekisile indawo esetiweyo-iAnnabel & apos elunxwemeni, ukuba uyafuna. Kodwa endaweni yoko, ukufika kwam kwilizwe elidumileyo Ibar yeBasil kunye neapos ngolwesiThathu 'ukutsiba,' okanye ipati yasesitalatweni, ndazifumana ndikumjondolo wamanzi oneziselo ezinxilisayo, ibhendi yentsimbi edlamkileyo, kunye nesihlwele sabantu abaqhelekileyo. (Ukusukela kutyelelo lwam, nangona kunjalo, iBasil & apos; zihlaziyiwe ayinguye omnye ngaphandle kukaPhilippe Starck.) Ngapha koko, emva kweentsuku ezimbalwa zokuqhuba ujikeleza isiqithi, ukupopola kulwandle lwaseMacaroni, nokuwangawangisa kula manenekazi mabini aphuma amandla- Ukuhamba ntsasa nganye, ndandiziva ngathi ndiqhelekile.

Olo luvo lunobuhlobo lubonwa kakuhle ngoLwesibini ebusuku Indlu yeCotton , Ihotele eneminyaka engama-52 apho ndibone wonke umntu esihla ezokuthenga i-cocktails kunye neetshipsi zecassava kwigumbi elikhulu ukubona ukuba ngubani omnye obengene kule veki. UTennant noMessel bakha igumbi elinamagumbi ali-17 kwindawo yokulima iswekile ngenkulungwane ye-18, kwaye ukulungiswa okutsha kunike ipolishi kwihotele & apos; ubukoloniyali-ubukeka-izifuba ezifakwe igobolondo, ifanitshala ye-rattan, kunye neengcango ezithandwayo. Ukusuka kwiveranda, unokubona iivillas zelitye zigxunyekwe emva kwemidiliya ye-bougainvillea kwelinye icala kunye nesiqwenga esimhlophe esimhlophe kwelinye. Ngokuqinisekileyo, unokubona ubuso obudumileyo okanye ezimbini- kodwa wena & apos; sinokubona nje usapho lubukele imovie kumdlalo bhanyabhanya ongaphandle, okanye kwiholide yabasandul 'ukutshata xa bebuya kumdlalo wentenetya.

I-Cadet indonwabisile ngokuhleba kwidolophu encinci malunga nabahlali ababalulekileyo. UBryan Adams, ophethe indlu eyilwe nguMessel, ngumntu othanda indalo. 'Ukhula yonke into ayityayo kwesi siqithi, utshilo uCadet. Umhlobo olungileyo kaLe Coze, uCadet & apos, ngokungathandabuzekiyo ngoyena mpheki ubalaseleyo eMustique. Kwiminyaka embalwa edlulileyo, xa uJanet Jackson wazama ukumqesha, 'sayeka.' Kwaye uJagger? 'UMick yindoda enkulu yosapho.'

Ekugqibeleni, wathi, 'AsingoSt. Bart & apos; s. Asizami kukhuphisana. '

Isikhokelo sakho kwiiGrenadines

Ukufika apho

Ihlala & apos; bekusoloko kunzima ngokuthelekisa ukufikelela kwezi ziqithi. Ukufika eBequia, eCanouan, okanye eMustique, uninzi lufumana olona khetho lufanelekileyo kukuya eBarbados, apho ungabhabha ngenqwelomoya SVG Umoya okanye Iindlela zomoya eziFumanekayo . Nangona kunjalo, ngoku kukho ukwanda ngenqwelomoya ukusuka eU.S ukuya kwisiqithi esiphambili, iSt. Vincent, enkosi kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya esitsha, apho iinqwelo-moya ezicwangcisiweyo zisuka rhoqo ukuya eGrenadines. Kwabo singenazo ii-yachts okanye iijets zabucala, ukungena phakathi kweziqithi kunokuba nzima-nangona uninzi lweendawo zokungcebeleka zibonelela ngokudluliselwa komoya. Kukwakho neenkonzo zokuhamba ngesikhephe esisebenza phakathi Bequia Express kwaye Uthutho lwe-Admiralty .

Bequia

Isiqithi & iapos; ihotele entsha yeyona Umda , apho ngalinye lamagumbi ali-13 linendawo yayo yokuntywila echibini. Ihotele yeBequia Beach lelona likhulu, elinamagumbi angama-59 kunye neyacht, iNkanyezi yoLwandle, ezinokuthi iindwendwe zigcinele ukhenketho. Abanini kutshanje baphehlelele inkonzo yenqwelomoya ebizwa ngokuba yiBequia Air yokuhambisa iindwendwe kunye neetshathi zabucala. Tyelela IJack & apos; ibha yaselwandle , osebenzela ukutya kwaselwandle okufuphi ePrincess Margaret Beach.

ICanouan

Esona siganeko siphambili IsiMandarin saseMpuma , Ipropathi eyi-1,200 enee-suites ezingama-26 kunye neendawo zokuhlala zabucala ezili-13. Kukulungele iintsapho, ezinabantwana abakumgangatho wehlabathi kunye neapos; iklabhu, ibala elihle legalufa, kunye nokufikelela kwezinye zeelwandle zeCaribbean & apos; Ndwendwela imivalo kunye neeresityu e Iklabhu yeSandy Lane Yacht , Inxalenye yophuhliso olutsha lwaselwandle eGlossy Bay.

Ngamagqabi omthi

Ngaphandle kokuba yindawo yezentlalo kwesi siqithi, igumbi le-17 Indlu yeCotton igcina imeko yokubuyela umva. Iindwendwe zinokungabonakali ngokulula phakathi kweehektare ezili-13 zegadi yetropiki. Ekupheleni konyaka we-2016, ipropathi yaphinda yajongwa kwakhona ngokujonga okucocekileyo kweCaribbean nguTristan Auer. Cwangcisa utyelelo lwakho malunga nolwesiThathu ebusuku itheko lokutsiba e Ibar yeBasil kunye neapos , umdlalo weMustique osandula ukwenziwa ngokutsha nguPhilippe Starck.

Inguqulelo yeli bali yaqala ukubonakala ku-Matshi 2020 umba wokuHamba + Ukuzonwabisa phantsi komxholo Umboniso kwiGrenadines. Indlu yeBequia Beach, iNdlu yeKotoni, iLinging, kunye neMandarin Oriental zibonelele ngenkxaso yokuxelwa kweli bali.