Kyakkyawan sauƙin "Cruise" daga Norfolk zuwa Bermuda ta hanyar birnin New York
Shin kun taba so ku dauki motsi na "sauki" - babu mai tashi, babu layi, babu damuwa? Ga wa] anda ke zaune a gabashin {asar Amirka, ina da wata kyakkyawar shawara - wani jirgin ruwa zuwa Bermuda daga Norfolk, Virginia, a kan fasinjoji 490 na Regent Seven Seas Navigator. Baya ga tsawon mako (dare uku) a tashar jiragen ruwa a Bermuda, kwanakin nan na kwana bakwai daga Norfolk yana da wata rana a Birnin New York da kwana biyu a cikin teku don shakatawa da sake sakewa!
Duk abin da zaka yi shi ne kullun zuwa Norfolk, gano wuri a cikin gari na Norfolk, ajiye kayan jakarka, ke motsa motar a cikin gida mai yawa a fadin titin da kuma tafiya!
Wannan hanya mai ban sha'awa na jiragen ruwa yana ba da damar fasinjoji su tashi ko kuma su tashi a ko dai Norfolk ko New York City. Fasinjoji da suka shiga Norfolk suna da wata rana don gano New York yayin da wasu fasinjoji suna kwance ko shiga jirgin. Fasinjoji da suka shiga birnin New York suna da rana a Norfolk don su ziyarci kyakkyawan yankunan ruwan teku na Virginia ko kuma su yi rangadin mulkin mallaka Williamsburg. Ko ta yaya, za ku sami jiragen kwana bakwai zuwa Bermuda a kan jirgin ruwa mai ban mamaki wanda zai iya kwashe a Hamilton da St. Georges, Bermuda.
Mun kalla kilomita 600 daga Atlanta zuwa Norfolk ranar da ta fara tafiya kuma muka zauna a cikin garin Norfolk. Ga wa] annan wa] anda ke motsawa zuwa Norfolk, akwai wa] ansu hotels a kusa da jirgin ruwan teku. Fusoshin Fasahar Norfolk da Newport suna da nisa daga cikin gari na Norfolk.
Bayan duba cikin otel ɗin, mun shiga birni. Mun ji dadin tafiya a kan hanya mai haske tare da kogin. Muna da babban ra'ayi game da Portsmouth a gefen kogin da kuma Nauticus Maritime Center. Wanne hanya mai sauƙi "mai sauƙi" don fara hutun jiragen ruwa!
Ci gaba da batun "mai sauƙi", mun ji dadin hutu a dakin hotel kafin a tuki jirgin zuwa kadan kafin tsakar rana.
Jirgin ya yi tafiya a karfe 3:00 na yamma, amma muna zaton za mu iya saduwa da wasu 'yan uwanmu na jirgin ruwa ko kuma su ji dadin filin Nauticus National Maritime a gaba. Ronnie da ni na bar jakunanmu tare da mai tsaron gida a kullun da kuma ajiye motoci a fadin titin a cikin gidan ajiye motocin da aka tsara don amfani da Seven Seas Navigator.
Ba za mu iya shiga jirgi ba har sai da tsakar rana, amma mun ji dadin zama a kan tashar jirgin sama da kuma sanin danginmu Norfolk cruisers. Mafi yawancin sun fito ne daga Maryland, Virginia ko Carolinas, amma akwai wasu da suka tashi daga Georgia kamar yadda muka yi. Ɗaya daga cikin ma'aikatan ya gaya mana cewa kimanin mutane 100 ba su shiga cikin Norfolk. Da dama daga cikin fasinjoji a New York sun nuna kishi cewa muna kawai shiga, yayin da suka tashi a rana mai zuwa! Wadannan maganganun sun sa mu ji daɗi game da mako mai zuwa.
Gidanmu na # 1106 yana da kyau kuma kamar yadda na zauna a lokacin da na yi nasara a watan Maris na shekara ta 2002 a Seven Seas Navigator. Mun yanke shawarar dakatar da shi daga bisani kuma muka sauka a farkon mu na abinci mai ban mamaki a kan jirgin. Tudun jiragen ruwa da aka dawo a farkon rana, da Bakwai Seas Navigator ya kwarara zuwa cikin tafkin Elizabeth River da kuma cikin Chesapeake Bay.
Yayinda rana ta tashi da tsakar rana da aka yi don babbar jirgi. Mun wuce kudancin Chesapeake Bay sau da yawa ta hanyar tafkin tafkin Chesapeake Bay , amma wannan shi ne karo na farko da muke tafiya a kan rami a kan jirgin ruwa mai ban sha'awa. Jirgin ya fita daga bay din kuma ya juya zuwa arewacin birnin New York.
Marubucin marubucin: An rubuta wannan labarin a lokacin rani na shekara ta 2004, kuma Bakwai Seiz Navigator baya ziyarci Bermuda. Jirgin yana da 'yan wasan kwaikwayo da suka haɗa da ɓarna a Bermuda, da kuma wasu jiragen ruwa suna zuwa wannan tsibirin mai kyau a cikin Atlantic Ocean.
Sailing a ƙarƙashin Verazzano Narrows Bridge kuma baya bayanan Statue na Liberty zuwa Birnin New York shine lokacin tunawa ga kowa a kan jirgin ruwa. Gidan jirgin ruwa na bakwai na Seas Navigator ya isa New York a cikin safiya da safe, amma mun tsaya a kan gadon mu kuma mun ji tsoro yayin da muka wuce Statue of Liberty, wadda take a tashar jiragen ruwa (New Jersey) a gefen jirgin. . Jirgin ya keta a kan Hudson River kusa da na Intrepid Museum.
Abin farin ciki shine iya iya watsar da umarnin don fasinjoji masu fashewa. Dukkansu sun yi matukar damuwa da barin barin Navigator bakwai.
Bayan karin kumallo, mun bar jirgi tare da wata ba'a da muka sadu da rana kafin a gidan ajiye motocin Norfolk. A lokacin da suka ba da shawara a abincin dare a farkon dare cewa muna amfani da kwanakin mu a Birnin New York don ziyarci tsibirin Ellis da kuma filin jirgin sama na WTC daga 9/11/01, mun yi tsalle a dama don ganin wadannan shafukan biyu. Yawanci kamar sauran birane a duniya, wata rana a New York ba ta kusa ba! Mun yi farin ciki da sababbin abokanmu na da kyakkyawan shawara don ganin wurare biyu da ba mu ziyarci ba.
Hudu na cikinmu sun kama takunkumi a birnin New York City kuma suka sauka zuwa filin wasa na Liberty / Ellis Island a tashar Battery Park . Mun sayo tikitinmu kuma mun ji dadin tafiya (tare da wasu 'yan yawon shakatawa) zuwa Statue of Liberty , sannan kuma Ellis Island ta biyo baya.
Ganin wurin da yawancin ƙaura suka fara shiga Amurka yana da ban sha'awa, kuma zai zama na musamman ga kowa wanda dangi ya shiga ta wannan wuri. An sake dawo da tsibirin Ellis kwanan nan, kuma babban gine-ginen yana da ban sha'awa. Mun yi tafiya a hankali a kusa da babban filin inda dubban duban jiragen sun sami damar neman sabon rayuwa a Amurka, suna mamakin duk labarun da ake ginawa.
Mun kama wani jirgin ruwa don dawowa Battery Park kuma ya yi tafiya zuwa nesa zuwa shafin yanar gizo na Cibiyar Ciniki ta Duniya ta Duniya. Gine-gine masu yawa suna nuna lalacewa daga bala'i, kuma yanayi da kuma asarar hasara za su kasance tare da ni har abada. Yana daya daga waɗannan wurare da kake son gani, amma ba sa so in gani. Na yi farin ciki mun tafi, amma mun yarda cewa ba na son irin abinda ya motsa ni - ƙiyayya, hasara, bakin ciki, da tabbacin cewa babu wani abu da zai kasance daidai da mu kafin 9/11 / 01.
Mun ci abincin rana sannan muka hau taksi zuwa bakwai na Navigator. Yana da kyau mu dawo a cikin jirgin, kuma mun lura cewa muna da 'yan sababbin sababbin abokan tafiya a jirgin.
Yayin da muka tashi daga birnin New York a cikin yammacin rana, wata babbar matsi ta tura mu zuwa teku. Wannan yanayi na yanayin zafi ya zama mummunan al'ada, amma ba mu damu ba. Mun kasance a kan Bermuda!
Muna da kwanaki biyu a bakin teku a kan tashar jiragen ruwa na Regent Seven Seas Navigator zuwa Bermuda, kuma sun kasance daidai. Ranar farko ta tashi daga Birnin New York zuwa Bermuda, kuma ya ba mu lokaci mu shiga cikin "yanayin tafiya". Ba mu damu ba game da tayarwa don ganin shafukan yanar gizo. Wata rana cikakke ne a teku don zama a kan bene kuma karanta littafi. Mutane da yawa fasinjoji sun zauna a rana; Na zabi inuwa, amma dukkanmu sun ji dadin zamanmu a teku.
Kwana hudu bayan haka muka sami rana na biyu na teku - kwanakinmu na karshe a kan Navigator - daga St. George, Bermuda zuwa Norfolk, VA. Yau akwai damuwa da ruwa. Na yi farin ciki da na shirya ziyarar zuwa kyakkyawan Spa, inda nake da fuska. Na bukaci shi bayan 'yan kwanaki a cikin rana Bermuda! Kodayake jirgin "ya girgiza kuma ya yi birgima" a duk faɗin Atlantic, hadari, iskar rana mai ban sha'awa ne. Yawancin mu waɗanda ke son tafiya cikin jirgin ruwa kada ku damu da tafiya a kan jirgi a wani lokaci. Hakika, ba za a iya ba da wannan abu ba don jirgi na jirgin sama!
Dukkan kwanaki biyu na teku (da kuma sauran jiragen ruwanmu) sun yi kama da tashi. Yana koya mini yadda lokaci zai iya tafiya da sauri lokacin da kake hutawa, amma yana son zana lokacin da kake aiki! Ƙananan jirgi kamar na bakwai Seas Navigator ba shi da nau'o'in ayyuka masu yawa da aka samo a cikin manyan jiragen jiragen ruwa, amma har yanzu akwai sauran yalwace. Wasu fasinjoji sun wadatar da jikinsu a cibiyar jin dadi ko kuma wurin shakatawa.
Sauran fasinjoji sun wadatar da zukatansu tare da lacca a kan Bermuda, wasan kwaikwayo, wasan kwaikwayo na jigsaw, kundin komputa, ko zanga-zangar noma. Idan babu wani daga cikin abubuwan da ke sama da suka yi kira ga wasu fasinjoji, zasu iya koyon darasi daga yarinin golf, shiga ƙungiya mai ƙauƙwalwa, ɓoye zane-zane, wasa bingo, ko zauna a kan bene kuma ji dadin littafin mai kyau.
Jirgin yana da shirin yara, amma yana da shiru da maɓallin ƙananan. Rawar da aka samu a kan jiragen ruwa da yawa a cikin jiragen ruwa suna da sha'awa ga wasu yara kuma matasa suna ɓacewa daga Maɗaukaki bakwai na Seas Navigator. Muna neman zaman lafiya da kwanciyar hankali kuma mun samo shi a wannan jirgin mai ban mamaki.
Abun ciki tare da ayyukan a kan Seas Navigator na bakwai yana da yawan "lokutan abinci" - karin kumallo na karin kumallo, karin kumallo na yau da kullum, abincin abincin dare, abincin rana, shayi, da abincin dare. Babu tsaka-tsakar dare a cikin Bakwai Bakwai Navigator, amma babu wanda ya rasa shi. Akwai wadataccen amfani ga cin abinci a kan karamin jirgin kamar su Seven Seas Navigator. Abincin giya yana haɗa da abincin dare, kuma abincin yana da kyau. Bugu da ƙari, ba za ku sami wata dogon lokaci ba a lokacin karin kumallo ko abincin burodi a kan wannan karamin jirgin. Kodayake ana amfani da karin kumallo da kuma abincin rana daga wani menu a babban gidan abinci na Compass Rose, mafi yawan fasinjoji sun zabi abincin burodi a cikin Gurasar Portofino don wadannan abinci guda biyu. Gishiri na Portofino an canza shi a matsayin mai sintiri, ajiyar-kawai, da gidan Italiya a maraice. Babu wani cajin wannan zabi na abincin dare, kuma abincin ya dadi. Ƙwararren Ƙwararren yana bude wurin zama daga karfe 7:00 - 9:00 na yamma kowane maraice.
Ina son kasancewa iya ci lokacin da na zaɓa da wanda zan zaɓa. Bude wuri yana ba ka damar yin haka.
Yawancin suites a kan Seven Seas Navigator suna da baranda kuma suna da tarho don zama a yayin da suke Bermuda wani karin karin. Bakwai Seas Navigator ya shiga cikin tashar jiragen ruwa a Hamilton, Bermuda da sassafe. Jirgin yana da ƙananan isa ya kwashe dama a tsakiyar Hamilton. Bermuda yayi kama da hotuna masu ban mamaki da na zane na ga tsibirin. Komawa cikin tashar yana da kyau. Rana na haskakawa akan gine-gine na tsibirin tsibirin tsibirin, kuma abu na farko da muka lura shi ne yanayin kirkirar Bermuda da rashin talauci da aka gani akan yawancin tsibiran na wurare masu zafi. Hanyoyin da ke cikin harkunan biyu na Hamilton da St. George suna da matsi sosai, amma Bakwai Seas Navigator wani ƙananan jirgi ne don ya isa jirgin ruwa.
Sauran jiragen jiragen ruwa na Mega-cruise su ne suka shiga jirgin ruwa a yammacin Bermuda kusa da Royal Naval Dockard.
Bermuda shi ne tsibirin tsibirin cikakkiyar hoto don hutu, kuma yana a cikin Atlantic Ocean kusan 650 mil gabas na North Carolina da kimanin 775 mil kudu maso gabashin birnin New York. Bermuda yana da laushi kuma mai albarka tare da yanayi mai haske, kyawawan rairayin bakin teku masu, mutane masu kyau, da kyawawan wasan golf. Bermuda shi ne ainihin jerin tsibirin tsibirin a cikin Atlantic Ocean, wasu daga cikinsu ana haɗa su da gadoji.
Wataƙila alamar Bermuda ta fi sananne shine gine-gine na pastel da rairayin ruwan rairayin ruwan rairayin ruwan teku wanda ke kusa da teku. Abin sha'awa shine, rairayin bakin teku ba su yi kama da ruwan hoda ba yayin da muka ziyarci, amma tabbas suna nuna farin ciki a wasu hotuna na. Go adadi.
Yayin da muka binciki Bermuda, mun gano da sauri dalilin da ya sa wannan hanya ne mai ban sha'awa. Tsibirin yana da wuraren da suka dace da gidajen cin abinci, amma yawancin suna da tsada sosai. Kowane mutum da muka yi magana a cikin jirgi ya yarda cewa yin amfani da Seiz Navigator na Seven Seas a matsayin otel mai tasowa tare da "ɗakunan da ke cikin teku", ya kasance mai matukar farin ciki ga makomar wuri, da kuma kyakkyawan ciniki don ingancin da aka samu. Jirgin jirgin a matakan da ke Hamilton da St. George cikakke ne.
Ko da yake baƙi ba zasu iya hayan mota a Bermuda ba , yin tafiya yana da sauki. Mun riga mun yi tunanin za mu hayan 'yan wasan motsa jiki; Duk da haka, lokacin da muka ga yawan zirga-zirga a Hamilton, duk motsi a gefen hagu, mun canza hankalinmu sau da yawa.
Koyarwa mai sauti a St. George ko kuma daga garin Hamilton a cikin yankunan karkara ya iya zama sauki, amma na yi matukar damuwa har ma na yi ƙoƙari na yi wa titunan Hamilton hanyoyi mai zurfi. Lokacin da muka gano game da kyakkyawan sabis na bas a Bermuda, wannan ya tabbatar da canji a cikin tsare-tsaren.
Tsarukan bas na Bermuda yana da kyau, kuma bass suna da tsabta kuma suna da iska. Buses na yin tafiya a kowane minti 15 kuma suna kasancewa da yawa. Ana nuna alamar bus din tare da blue (ƙananan da ke zuwa Hamilton) ko ƙananan goge (bus din fita-na-Hamilton). Kuna buƙatar samun ainihin canji ko alama na bus; direba ba zai iya canzawa ba. Kwancen kwana ɗaya sun fi sauƙi, sai dai idan kuna shirin tafiya ɗaya lokaci. Babban motar mota tana cikin sauƙi mai tafiya na jirgin ruwa.
Ranarmu na fari a Hamilton, Bermuda an kashe ta ne don bincika babban birni da yammacin tsibirin. Hamilton wani birni mai ban tsoro ne, kuma wani jirgin ruwa na jirgin sama, Mai Girma na Tekun, ya kasance a filin jirgin ruwa. Gidanmu na duniyarmu ya dubi tashar jiragen ruwa, saboda haka muna da babban ra'ayi game da jiragen ruwa, jiragen ruwa, kayaks, da sauran ayyukan harbor. Fasinjoji a cikin suites a kan starboard gefen Seven Seas Navigator iya jin dadin kallon wasu masu yawon bude ido da ke tafiya a kan Front Street a kasa ko duba fitar da sanduna masu yawa tare da tashar daga ta'aziyyar su Seven Seas Navigator suite. Mun yi birni a birnin kuma muka yi tafiya don ganin shahararren mai suna Princess Hotel. Iyaye sun zauna a can a cikin shekarun 1980, kuma dakin tarihi ya kasance kyakkyawa kamar yadda yake.
Babu wani daga cikinmu da ya ziyarci Bermuda a gabanin haka, saboda haka muka yanke shawarar kashe rana ta farko a bakin teku kawai don bincika tsibirin. Muna tafiya cikin kyakkyawan tsarin bas, muna mamakin kyawawan rairayin bakin teku, wuraren zama, da gidajen. Ba za mu iya yarda da wadata da wadataccen wannan aljanna ba. Kowace hanya da kuma juyawa na hanyar tafiya zuwa yamma ya kawo wani bakin teku mai ban mamaki. Mun dauki nauyin katako, kuma daga bisani ya ƙare a wani karamin bakin teku mai kyau a kudu maso yammacin tsibirin. Rashin bakin teku ya kusan ƙare, kuma mun fara tattaunawa da wasu daga Vancouver, Kanada, waɗanda suke zaune a kan jirgin ruwa a filin jirgin sama.
Ranarmu ta biyu a Hamilton, mun dauki masauki bakwai mai suna Seven Seas Navigator a kan iyakar kogi a kan wani catamaran mai suna 'yan' yan kasa . Katamaran ya yi amfani da kyawawan sauti masu kyau, kuma masu jagorancinmu ne dan ƙasar Bermuda wanda ya ba mu bayanai mai yawa game da tarihin Bermuda da mutanensa.
Macijin na da kyau, kuma yawan zafin jiki na ruwa yana da kyau da kyau. Akwai manyan duwatsu masu yawa tare da hawan da suke da lobsters. Ronnie na jin dadin karbar kwallun golf a kan kasa mai zurfi. Muna tunanin kila akwai filin golf a kusa, amma jagoranmu ya gaya mana cewa mutane da yawa sun ji daɗin yin amfani da teku a matsayin mai tuƙi! Tana tafiya ne mai zurfi, kuma ina bayar da shawarar sosai ga duk wanda ke jin dadin tserewa da tafiya.
Bayan kwana biyu a Hamilton, Bakwai Seas Navigator ya tashi zuwa safiya a St. George a gabashin Bermuda. Abu na farko da muka gani a St. George shine Crier City wanda yake tsaye a kan tashar don ya gaishe mu.
Garin St. George ya bambanta da Hamilton. Yana da ƙananan ƙarami kuma ya fi sauƙi, amma ya cancanci ziyarar. St. George shi ne babban birnin Bermuda, bayan da aka fara zama na farko da mutanen Birtaniya suka yi garkuwa da shi a shekarar 1609. Yawancin mazaunin suka tafi Jamestown, Virginia, amma wasu suka zauna a Bermuda.
Mun yanke shawarar tafiya ta ƙauyen don ganin Fort Catherine Catherine a gabashin arewacin St.
George's Ikklesiya. Mun haye dutse zuwa Ikilisiyar da ba a gama ba. Wannan tsarin Gothic mai ban sha'awa wanda aka gina a 1874 ya ba da kyakkyawan ra'ayi na ƙauyen da ke ƙasa. Ba a gama ba saboda rashin kudi da rikicin rikici.
Har yanzu muna ci gaba da tafiya zuwa Santa Catarina, muna tafiya ta filin golf har zuwa Tobacco Bay mai ban sha'awa da kuma St. Catherine's Beach a kusa da sansanin. An gina wannan sansani mai ban sha'awa a 1614, sa'an nan kuma sake gina shi a 1812. Mun yi tafiye-shiryen kai tsaye kuma muna jin dadin ganin tunnels da wuraren da ke karkashin kasa na wannan gagarumin gini. Hannun ra'ayi daga Fort Catherine Cristina suna da ban mamaki.
Mun koma kan jirgin ta hanyar hanya mai tafiya, ta isa ne kawai a lokacin da za a sake aiwatar da azabar ɗayan matan da za a yi dusar da su saboda ta ci gaba da rikice-rikice, gossiping, da kuma ma'ana. Magajin gari da magajin gari sun jagoranci kotun ta, kuma dukmu mun yi dariya a kan kudin da ta yi.
Na yi farin ciki ba ni ba ne, ko da yake ruwan da ke cikin rani zai zama abin shakatawa.
Bayan walwala da kuma abincin dare, mun yi tafiya a St. George. Tun da ranar Lahadi ne, kawai wuraren shakatawa sun bude, amma wannan ya dace da mu. Mun ji dadin tafiya da alamu da muka gani.
Yawancin kamar Hamilton, dukan mutanen da muka sadu da juna sun kasance abokantaka.
Bakwai Bakwai Navigator ya tashi daga St. George da Bermuda don Norfolk da yammacin ranar Lahadi. Wadansu daga cikinmu waɗanda basu taba ziyarci Bermuda ba sun fahimci dalilin da ya sa mutane da yawa sun sake komawa baya. Wadannan fasinjojin da ba su taba tafiya tare da Regent kafin su fahimci dalilin da yasa tashar jiragen ruwa tana da maimaita yawan abokan ciniki. Bakwai Seas Navigator yana da kyawawan shaguna da wurare na kowa. Ma'aikatan sun lalata fasinjojin, da kuma abin sha mai sha, da abin sha, kuma ba a yin amfani da su ba don samun karin kwarewa.