Njengesibini esinezicwangciso zokutshata ngo-2020, mna nomyeni wam besingabo babenethamsanqa. Besisoloko sizimisele ukuba nomtshato omncinci, wabucala, ke ngelixa i Ubhubhane wanyusa imibhiyozo emininzi , Izicwangciso zethu azitshintshanga kwaphela. Kodwa njengombhali wohambo, ndiphuphe ngakumbi nge Ikhefu lomtshato Kunokwamkela umtshato - kwaye ezo zinto apho izinto ziye zonakala. Ekuqaleni sasigqibe kwelokuba siye esikhepheni KwiAntarctica , kodwa ukumiswa kokuhamba ngenqanawa kwikamva elibonakalayo, olo hambo lwaba yinto engenakwenzeka. 'Akukho ngxaki,' sacinga njalo. 'Siza kuhamba kamva!'

Nangona kunjalo, njengoko sasingena ngo-2021, ikamva laqala ukubonakala limfiliba ngokufika kwezitofu zokugonya kunye nokwehla kokubalwa kwamatyala kwiindawo ezininzi. Saye saqonda ke ukuba ezinye zeendawo zesiNtu zekrisimesi, ezizezona ndawo zikwitropiki, zilulungele uhambo ngoku, ngenxa yokujolisa kwabo kubucala nakwizibonelelo zomoya ovulekileyo. Ndiya & vuma, i-cabin fever yam kunye neminqweno yophando yafumana eyona nto ibalaseleyo kum, kwaye mna nomyeni wam sabhukisha i-honeymoon. Nangona kunjalo, satsala i-180 epheleleyo kwizicwangciso zethu zoqobo, ukuthengisa ii-icebergs kunye noonombombiya e-Antarctica yeefudo zaselwandle kunye iilwandle eMaldives .

Idibeneyo: Iimpazamo ze-9 zokuPhepha kwiiMaldives

Izilumkiso zaphambi kokumka

Kuyaqondakala ukuba, Ukuhamba ngexesha lobhubhane ngumba ophikisanayo- kukho umngcipheko ochaphazelekayo nokuba uthatha amanyathelo angakanani okhuseleko. Ke, sithathe isigqibo sokuya ngaphezulu nangaphaya kweemfuno zikarhulumente kunye nezikhokelo zokuqinisekisa ukhuseleko lwethu kunye nabo bakungqongileyo.

Ngaphambi kokuhamba, mna nomyeni wam sahlala kwigumbi lethu iiveki ezimbini, eli lixesha eliqikelelwayo lokufukama kwintsholongwane. Ingqondo yethu: Ukuba besinekhontrakthi ye-COVID-19 ngaphambi kokuvalelwa yedwa, intsholongwane ibiya kuba nexesha lokufukama, okuthetha ukuba iiapos zinokubonakala kuvavanyo lwe-PCR lwangaphambi kokubaleka. Ngelixa iiMaldives zifuna kuphela uvavanyo olubi lwe-PCR oluthathwe kwiiyure ezingama-96 zokumka, savavanywa kusuku olungaphambi kohambo lwethu-kwaye sasingenanto. Inyathelo lokugqibela lenkqubo yethu yaphambi kokuhamba yayikukugcwalisa ifom yezempilo ekwi-intanethi yokungena kweli lizwe, ekufuneka ingeniswe kwiiyure ezingama-24 ngaphambi kokumka.

Ukubhabha kwihlabathi liphela

IMaldives yenye yeendawo ezimbalwa ezikhoyo ezinenqwelomoya enkulu, kunye neenqwelomoya ezininzi ezisebenza ngenqwelomoya mihla le. Sibhukishe amatikiti kunye neQatar Airways, inqwelomoya eyithandayo, kuba bendisazi ukuba izakunika inkonzo epheleleyo yokutya xa sihamba ngenqwelomoya ixesha elide (ngokungafaniyo nabathile baseMelika ababhabha ezindleleni babuyela ekhaya). Ngenxa yokuba uhambo luza kuthatha phantse usuku lonke ukuya, kwakubalulekile ukuba nokutya.

Ukungena kwethu kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya sasekhaya, i-JFK eNew York, singenise amaphepha amaninzi ukuze iarhente yaseQatar iphonononge ngaphambi kokuba sinikwe iipasile zethu. Siprinte iziphumo zethu zovavanyo ezingalunganga, ikhowudi ye-QR esiyifumene emva kokugcwalisa ifom yezempilo yaseMaldivian, kunye neziqinisekiso zethu zehotele, zonke ezihloliweyo. (Ndicebisa ukuprinta iikopi ezininzi nganye, ukuba inqwelo moya ifuna ukugcina nayiphi na iirekhodi zayo.)

Kumlenze wethu wokuqala, weyure ezili-12 ukusuka eNew York ukuya eDoha, mna nomyeni wam sahamba ngenqwelomoya nge-Airbus A350, kwaye sasinayo yonke le ndlwana. Abakhweli bebembalwa kakhulu kangangokuba wonke umntu angathatha umqolo opheleleyo -thetha zonke izihlalo ezisithoba kunye neepaseji ezimbini, ukusuka ngefestile ukuya kwiwindow- kwaye bashiye ezingenanto phakathi. Awungekhe ucele naluphi na uhambiso olungcono lwentlalo. Kwaye xa unikwe inani lezihlalo ezingenanto, umlinganiso wabagibeli kubagadi beenqwelomoya uziva ngathi ngu-2: 1. Abasebenzi bekhabhathi babenomdla kwaye bekhawulezile ngenkonzo, kuthi, kuthi, kubandakanya ukutya ezimbini (ebesikuvukele, nokuba kunjalo) kunye nedessert ekhethekileyo yeholide yethu yasemva komtshato, ukuncoma komncedisi wethu wenqwelomoya. Iimaski, ewe, zazifuneka kuyo yonke inqwelomoya, kodwa bekungafuneki ukuba sinxibe amakhaka obuso, imfuneko yangaphambili eQatar.

Sichithe ukuphela kwethu eDoha eQatar & apos; s Al Mourjan lounge, indawo enamacala ayi-100,000 esitalato esinendawo ezimbini zokutyela, iindawo zokuhlala ezahlukeneyo, iishawari, kunye negumbi lokulala (zonke zazivulelwe ukusetyenziswa), ngaphambi kokuba sikhwele Inqwelomoya yesibini eya eMalé, idolophu elikomkhulu laseMaldives.

Ngelixa ikhabhathi yezoqoqosho isenokuba igcwele, sangena ngenqwelomoya Qatar kunye neeapos zeeQsuites , inqwelomoya kunye neapos; iimveliso zodidi oluphezulu lweshishini, apho izitulo ezileleyo zibekwe kwigumbi labucala elinamasango atyibilikayo-ukuseta okuphambili kwintlalo. Ukucwangciswa kwipateni ye-1-2-1 kwi-Boeing 777 yethu, iziko leQsuites linokudityaniswa libe lilungiselelo eliphindwe kabini okanye eline-quad. Njengesibini esitshatayo, sikhethe izihlalo ezibini eziphakathi apho ulwahlulelo phakathi kwabo lunokwehliswa khona ukuze kwenziwe ibhedi ephindwe kabini, egcwaliswe ngephedi yomatrasi kunye neduvet. Njengokuba uhambo lwenqwelomoya lwalufutshane kakhulu - ngaphantsi nje kweeyure ezine - sisitya isidlo esipheleleyo sayolala, kwaye yayisesezulwini.

Kumhlaba oseMaldives

Ukungena eMaldives kwakulula ngokumangalisayo. Njengoko sasimi emgceni phambi kokulawulwa kwepaspoti, amaqondo ethu obushushu athathwa, neebhegi zethu zaskenwa. Edesikeni, bendilungele ukubonisa iziphumo zethu zovavanyo ezingalunganga, kodwa iarhente khange ibabuze-ifom yezempilo ekwi-intanethi ibinalo lonke ulwazi oluyimfuneko, kwaye idatha yayihambelana neepasipoti zethu.

Ukuhlala kwethu iveki yonke eMaldives, sahlula-hlula ixesha lethu phakathi kweepropathi ezimbini: iNaladhu Private Island eSouth Male Atoll kunye neAnantara Kihavah Maldives Villas eBaa Atoll. INaladhu yayikufutshane, imizuzu engama-40 yokuhamba ngesikhephe ukusuka kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya eMalé. Ummeli wehotele wasikhawulela kwibango lempahla, wasikhapha wasisa kwigumbi lokuphumla ukuze sibhalise, emva koko wasizisa kwinqanawa yethu etofotofo (kunye ne-air-conditioner), apho yayingabo kuphela abakhweli.

Njengokuba sisehlise iphenyane lethu kwisantya esamkelwa ngomculo sisuka kubasebenzi baseNaladhu, seva iindaba ezingalindelekanga: Iindwendwe bekunganyanzelekanga ukuba zinxibe iimaski kwipropathi (nangona abasebenzi bekhona), kuba wonke umntu ebevavanye ukungabi nayo ngaphambi kokufika. INaladhu, isiqithi sabucala esinee-villas ezingama-20 kuphela, iphantse yaphumela ngaphandle, gcina indawo yokuhlala neendwendwe, ngenxa yoko kulula ukujongana noluntu-asizange sibe phakathi kweenyawo ezili-15 zezinye iindwendwe. Ukongeza, abasebenzi babekwinkqubo yokugonywa ngexesha lokuhlala kwethu, eziziindaba ezilungileyo zeshishini lokhenketho laseMaldives ngokubanzi. Okwangoku, umbono olungileyo ukunxiba imaski.

Iintsuku zethu ezintathu siseNaladhu besonwabile. Xa kuthelekiswa neziqithi ezininzi zokutyelela, ezilayishwe ziivenkile zokutyela, imivalo kunye namaziko emisebenzi, iNaladhu ine-Robinson Crusoe vibe ethe cwaka. Oko kukuthi, ukuba uCrusoe wayenendawo yokuhlala entle yaselwandle ene-air-conditioning, iWi-Fi, kunye nedama labucala lokuntywila, kunye nomphathi wendlu onokufikelelwa nguWhatsApp 24/7 ukumelana nazo naziphi na iimfuno. Kulungile, mhlawumbi akunjalo njengesiqithi esiyintlango, nangona kucacile ukuba iindwendwe zaseNaladhu zilapha ukuzokuqhawula kunye nokuphumla. Sichithe iintsuku zethu sithandaza, singenzi nto ngaphandle kokufunda nokujonga elwandle (okanye ookrebe, iintlanzi, iintaka, nononkala abadlula kwindawo yethu yabucala).

Ixesha liyanyibilika apha, kwaye khange siqwalasele iifowuni okanye iiwotshi zethu. Sasidla ngokukhetha ukutya e-villa - umphathi wethu wendlu, uAslam, wangena evela kumnyango osecaleni, esiza nokutya kwethu kwitafile yethu yokutyela ngaphandle kwaye siphuma singabonwa. Ukuba awuzange ufune ukunxibelelana naye nabani na ngexesha lokuhlala kwakho, awuzange wenze njalo. Ngamanye amaxesha, besisitya kwigumbi lokuhlala, isiqithi kunye neapos kuphela kwindawo yokutyela yangaphandle kunye negumbi lokuphumla, apho kunganxibanga zihlangu kuyinto eyamkelekileyo. Sikonwabele nokutya kwelanga ngokuhlwa elunxwemeni- le yayiyiholide yethu yasemva komtshato, emva kwayo yonke loo nto. Ngelixa singakhange sisebenzise eli thuba, iindwendwe zaseNaladhu zikwakhona ukufikelela kwiindawo ezimbini zokuchitha oodade ngaphesheya kwedike, apho kukho iindawo zokutyela ezininzi. Kodwa njengoko abasebenzi besazisile, uninzi lweendwendwe zaseNaladhu, njengathi, zingaphaya kokuhlala.

Ihotele yethu yesibini, iAnantara Kihavah, yayiyimizuzu engama-45 yokuhamba ngenqwelomoya ukusuka eMalé. (Lo mhlaba nawo awuzange ufune iindwendwe ukuba zinxibe iimaski.) Ngee-villas ezingama-80, iivenkile zokutyela kunye nemivalo, indawo yokutyela ngaphezulu kwamanzi, ii-boutique ezimbini, kunye neziko lokuntywila, sisiqithi esiphakathi nendawo sobukhulu esinemisebenzi emininzi kuneNaladhu. Kananjalo, inemoya eyahlukileyo eyahlukileyo-leyo i-edgier encinci kunye ne-chicer, ngokudibanisa uyilo lwala maxesha kunye nolwesiqhelo kunye noyilo.

Apha, sahlala kwindlu enamanzi egqibeleleyo enamanzi anephuli yokuntywila, eyayijongwa ngumamkeli ophindwe kabini njengomqhubi wenqwelo yethu yombane xa sasingaziva ngathi sikhwele iibhayisikile zethu esijikeleze isiqithi. Ngelixa sifumana ixesha lethu kwi-villa yethu ukuba liphumle, bekukho into eninzi kakhulu ukuba siyibone kwaye siyenze eAnantara Kihavah. Siye sarhuqa umtyibilizi wendlu, safumana unyango kwi-spa, saza satya kwiindawo ezahlukeneyo zokutyela, kubandakanya iTeppanyaki Grill yoMlilo, apho umpheki wethu owonwabisayo wenza umboniso. Ukuqaqanjelwa kokutya kuthi, nangona kunjalo, yayikukutya ngaphakathi ngaphakathi: Ulwandle, isisele sewayini esingaphantsi kwamanzi kunye nevenkile yokutyela ebonakala ngathi icekeceke elunxwemeni lwentlanzi ezaliswe ziintlanzi, phantse iinyawo ezingama-20 phantsi kwamaza.

Umsebenzi wam endiwuthandayo eAnantara Kihavah wawukhethekile kwiholide yesiqithi. Ngaphezulu kwebar yeSibhakabhaka yiMaldives & apos; ukujonga ngaphezulu kwamanzi kuphela, okugcina ummandla weeteleskopu ezinkulu. Njengendawo yesithuba, bendonwabile ukufumana i-honeymoon yabucala Iseshoni yenkwenkwezi kunye neholide yabakhenkethi iSky Guru, uShameem, osibhalele nazo zonke iinyani zesayensi azifundileyo kwiminyaka yakhe yokufunda kunye neentsomi ngeenkwenkwezi kwihlabathi liphela, kubandakanya usomajukujuku uBuzz Aldrin. Emva koko, sanikwa ithuba lokuzibiza ngegama ngenkwenkwezi- isibonelelo esikhethekileyo seseshoni yasemva komtshato.

Ukubuyela Ekhaya

Okwangoku i-US inesithintelo sokuhamba endaweni egunyazisa bonke abakhweli ababhabhayo ukuya kwilizwe ukuba babe neziphumo ezibi ze-COVID-19 kuvavanyo oluthathwe kwiintsuku ezintathu ngaphambi kokuhamba. Bobabini u-Anantara Kihavah kunye no-Naladhu babenoogqirha besiza ukuba benze uvavanyo-iziphumo zethu zabuyiselwa ngaphakathi kweeyure ezingama-24, zombini kwifomu yedijithali neprintwe. (Qiniseka ukuba ubuza iikopi ezimbini.) Umamkeli wethu wase-villa usikhumbuze ngobubele ukuba sigcwalise iiMaldives kunye neapos; ifom yezempilo kwakhona, ngeli xesha lokuhamba.

Ukubuyela kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya eMalé, ukungena kwakusisiphithiphithi ngakumbi kunakwicala laseMelika. Kuqala, kwakufuneka sibonise ikhowudi yethu ye-QR ukusuka kwifom yezempilo ukuya kukhuseleko kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya. Emva koko, eQatar, kuye kwafuneka sigcwalise ifom yokuvuma abakhweli kwindawo ekumkelwe kuyo ngabantu, kwaye siyiveze neziphumo zovavanyo ze-COVID-19 ezishicilelweyo kwiarhente yokungena. Uninzi lwabakhweli aluzange luzalise ifom kwangaphambili, kwaye khange baprinte iikopi zeziphumo zabo zovavanyo, ezibangela ukuxinana kwezithuthi kwabahambi abadidekileyo. Ngethamsanqa, nje ukuba iarhente yokungena ifumane onke amaphepha ethu afanelekileyo, sikwazile ukuya kwigumbi lokuphumla elilindele ukubalekela eDoha.

Njengamaxesha okugqibela, sahamba ngenqwelomoya eQatar kunye nee-Qsuites zalo mlenze mfutshane- kwaye ziyafana nohambo lwethu oluvela eU.S., Asizange sichithe ixesha elininzi sisitya okanye sisela. Kodwa sitshintshe izinto senzela i-14 yeeyure ebomvu-ukubuyela ekhaya eNew York, sishiya uqoqosho ngasemva kwebhedi ephangaleleyo eQsuite. (Kukho idesika kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya eDoha apho ungathenga khona ukuphuculwa ukuba bayazifumana - ziyafumaneka kwaye zihlala zifikeleleka ngaphezulu kwexabiso lodidi olupheleleyo lwamashishini adweliswe kwi-intanethi ngexesha lokubhukisha.)

Kwiindlela ze-Qatar & apos; zokuhamba ixesha elide, abakhweli beQsuite baphathwa ngalo naliphi na ixesha lokutya, ke wena & apos; nikhululekile ukutya okanye ukulala nanini na xa nifuna ukuhambelana neshedyuli ye-jet-lag. Ndiqale ngesimuncumuncu endisithandayo - iti yasemva kwemini ibisebenza ngeesandwich zomnwe, iscones nge-cream eqhotsiweyo, kunye neebhasikithi zaseFrance (kwaye kwimeko yam, i-rosé Champagne) -kwaye ke ndinesidlo sangokuhlwa se-lobster kunye ne-shakshuka yesidlo sakusasa. Phakathi kokutya, mna nomyeni wam sobabini salala ubusuku bonke- silalele - yintoni enye onokuyicela kwiliso elibomvu?

Ukufika ubuyile e-US bekukuhle ngokufanayo nexesha langaphambi kobhubhane, gcina iphepha lemibuzo lezempilo laseNew York elikhankanyiweyo abakhweli ababhabhela kurhulumente kufuneka baligcwalise ngaphambi kokushiya isikhululo seenqwelomoya. Ngaphandle koko, akukho namnye owajonga iziphumo zethu zovavanyo ze-COVID-19, nangona sasineekopi zethu ezizezethu. Ngokuhambelana nezikhokelo zeCDC, thina & apos; ngoku sivalela ekhaya iintsuku ezisixhenxe, ngaphandle kokwenza uvavanyo kusuku lwethu lwesine. Nokuba kuvavanywa ukuba awunto, siza kuthi sigqibe ukubekwa yedwa, ukuze sikhuseleke.

Umgca osezantsi

Njengoko izitofu ziqhubeka nokuqengqeleka kwaye umhlaba uvuleka kancinci, ungaqala ukucinga ngohambo kwakhona-ngakumbi kwiindawo ezixhomekeke kukhenketho, ezinje ngeMaldives, apho ishishini libala i-28% ye-GDP. Kodwa abahambi mabangazikhathaleli njengoko bebuyela endleleni, ngakumbi njengoko yonke indawo ekuyiwa kuyo iya kuba kwindawo eyahlukileyo ekubuyiseni kwayo. Ukuba uthatha isigqibo sokuhamba kungekudala, kubalulekile ukuba ubambelele kuzo zonke izikhokelo ezikhutshwe ngamabhunga olawulo, ukusuka kuvavanyo ukuya ekuvalelweni, ukuqinisekisa ukhuseleko lomntu wonke.