UJeff wayetyelele eKapa nomfazi wakhe oneminyaka engama-86 ubudala; naye wayengeyo spring chicken. Ebudaleni bakhe, UJeff wayefuna ukubona yonke into ngaphambi kokuzalwa kwakhe kweminyaka engama-90. Ukhetha ukuya eMzantsi Afrika kunye nenkosikazi yakhe kuba babecinga ukuba banokubona zonke izilwanyana zasendle kukhenketho lweentsuku ezingama-29.. IKapa yaba yindawo yokuqala yokumisa apho iqela lalidibana khona ebusuku. Amashumi amathathu kubo bebonke, iqela laliza kudibana eHotel yodwa kwa 8:00 pm sharp.
Ngexesha uJeff wakwazi ukucwangcisa kwiCable Car 8 ndim. Ukusukela oko iCable Car yokuqala inyuke ngentsimbi yesibhozo, oko kwabanika ixesha lokutyelela iNtaba yeTafile. Amatikiti eTable Mountain athengwa kwiintsuku ezintlanu kwangaphambili, ngamakhadi amabini aphezulu ngexabiso lesaphulelo ukuya kwixabiso eliphakathi. Ngoku babewathengile amatikiti abo kwi-Intanethi, inyathelo lokugqibela ibikukufumana isiqinisekiso sokupasa. Ngobusuku ngaphambi kokuba uJeff abe nexhala lokuba amathikithi akhe akayi kufika, kodwa wajonga iGmail, kwaye wamangaliswa, amatikiti ayekhona ukusuka kwiintsuku ezimbini ngaphambili. Wenza izinto lula xa wayejonga ii-imeyile.
Ngomhla we-Aerial Cableway, UJeff wafika kwangethuba ukuze afumane umgca omde. Umgca wetikiti wawuchatshazelwa kakhulu ngabantu abavela kumazwe aseMzantsi-mpuma Asia. UJeff, ummi wase-USA wakudala, wayefuna ukukhawulezisa izinto ngokungena phambi kwabo bonke abantu, okanye bekungathatha ixesha elide ukunyuka intaba. Amatikiti anikezelwe njengepakethe edityanisiweyo kunye namatikiti eNtabeni yeTafile kwaye asemthethweni ukuba uphumelele ngeendlela ezimbini ngeCable Car eKapa.. Ixabiso eliphantsi kodwa elifikelelekayo ukuya kwiMoto yeCable ezimbini, UJeff wayefuna ukwazi malunga nosuku lwakhe lokuzalwa kunye nokuba i-Aerial Cableway inikezela ngamatikiti asimahla okanye athotyiweyo.
Ngelishwa, UJeff wayengummi wangaphandle, nto leyo eyenza kwanzima ukuba aveze isazisi. Kungenjalo, ibiya kuba licebo elihle ukusebenzisa isazisi sakhe esidala ukufumana amatikiti omhla wokuzalwa we-R 0.00. Amatikiti e-Sunset eyedwa ayekhona ngelo xesha ekhetha amatikiti e-AM, kodwa ekubeni wayenentlanganiso neqela labakhenkethi basemhlabeni ngobo busuku ngentsimbi yesibhozo, wayefuna AM.
Njengoko uJeff wayesele ethenge amatikiti akhe iintsuku ezininzi ngaphambili, wayekwazi ukudlula abantu abaninzi endleleni, befolele ukuthenga amatikiti kwi-Lower Aerial Cableway. Wayenehlombe ngokuba ngomnye wabantu bokuqala ukukhwela iCable Car ehlotyeni, elingana kuphela 70 abantu. Ngoku ixesha lalilungile, waxhuma phambi komngcelele wokukhulula amatikiti eTafile yeNtaba yakhe. Umsebenzi weNtaba yeTafile, unxibe iyunifomu eluhlaza ngaphambili, wayevuya kukufumana ikhadi kwilungu elidala elathenga itikiti labo kwi-intanethi kunye nebhakhowudi yokukhangela ebonakalayo.
Umsebenzi uvavanye itikiti ngesikena sebhakhowudi esiphethwe ngesandla kwaye wanika uJeff nenkosikazi yakhe. 4 ½ imizuzu kamva, babephezulu kwe-Aerial Cableway, kwaye kwabakho iimbono ezintle ngaloo mini. Amafu agubungele i-Atlantic Seaboard kwindawo eyayibizwa ngokuba yiColdfront; amafu agqume iNtaba yeTafile kusasa, elaziwa ngokuba liLaphu leTafile. Ezi ziganeko zibini zendalo zenzelwe ukuthatha umfanekiso kunye noJeff kunye nenkosikazi yakhe. Bathathele umzukulwana wabo iifoto ezithile eMelika.
Amazwe aneentaba ezintle kodwa azikho ezifana neTheyibhile yaseKapa. Incopho ephantse ibe yi-1km ukuphakama kunye ne-3km ubude ngumqolo osemva kumbindi wesixeko kwimimandla ekumbindi weKapa.. I-Atlantic Seaboard yindawo yokujonga ukusuka kwiNtaba yeTafile emva kweLions Head Mountain, kunye neSignal Hill Road kunye neRobben Island malunga ne-7km ukusuka kwiClock Tower e-V&Umda wamanzi. Kuba ezi mpawu zomhlaba zibonakala kakhulu ukusuka encotsheni yeNtaba yeTafile, akukho mfuneko yokusebenzisa imaphu, khangela! Ekuphela kwezicwangciso ekufuneka iindwendwe zisebenzise ziimephu zikaGoogle zaseMzantsi Afrika. Ukuhamba ngenqanawa kwisixeko esifana neKapa kufuna ulwazi lobuchwephesha lokuba kukhuselekile ukuya wedwa nalapho uhlala khona eKapa, kwi.
Ngethamsanqa, UJeff wayebhukishe kwindawo entle yokuphumla elwandle usuku okanye ezimbini kufutshane neWaterfront. Indawo ababehlala kuyo eKapa yayibanike iDo’s and Don’ts ukuze bahlale eKapa., okubandakanya ukuphepha iindawo ezifana neLong St kunye nemimandla ekufutshane nesikhululo seenqwelomoya saseKapa saMazwe ngaMazwe, ayikhuselekanga kubaphambukeli.
Ihotele yayiseWaterfront, eyindawo ekhuselekileyo equka iGreenpoint, Indawo yoLwandle kunye neendawo eziNtathu zeAnchor Bay. Ukuduma kwabo eKapa kwenza inxalenye ye-Atlantic Seaboard. Iindawo zeCamps Bay kunye neClifton zikwayinxalenye yale ndawo egqunywe phantsi kweAtlantiki Seaboard. Iimbono zeTable Mountain ziquka i-Atlantic Seaboard, nto leyo eyenza kube lula kuJeff nenkosikazi yakhe ukuba bayibone iWaterfront, Iilwandle ezifana neCamps Bay, kunye nokuninzi! UJeff wayenomdla kakhulu ekuboneni iindawo ezifana neBoulders Beach penguin, iKapa leThemba eliHle kunye neKapa.
Ezo ndawo zintathu zaqukunjelwa ngosuku lokuqala lokhenketho lwazo lwelizwe eNtshona Koloni. Unale nto engqondweni, bagcina iifoto zabo kwindawo yeNtaba yeTafile ukuze babonise iqela labo labakhenkethi labantu abangamashumi amathathu ngobo busuku xa babesihla kwiMoto yeCable..
Thatha kuJeff ukuba ekuphela kwendlela yokuthenga amatikiti eTable Mountain ikwi-intanethi. Iinkonzo ezifana neTable Mountain Tickets zibonelela ngokufikelela konke, amatikiti aqokelelweyo kwimoto yentambo. Amatikiti awutsibe umgca kumgca wamatikiti aphezulu, eyenze umahluko ekunyukeni kweNtaba yeTafile kwangethuba – Kunconywe kakhulu kwaye kubalulekile.
Isishwankathelo – UJeff uthenge amatikiti akhe eTafile Mountain kwiintsuku ezintlanu phambi kweCable Car eKapa, nto leyo emgcinele iiyure zexesha lokulinda kumgca wokupasa. Yena nenkosikazi yakhe bakwazi ukubona imbonakalo kwiNtaba yeTafile ngokujonga indawo ekufutshane ne-Upper Aerial Cableway..
Imifanekiso ethathwe kumazantsi eKapa ibandakanya ikakhulu iCape of Good Hope, Ulwandle lwaseBoulders, kunye nezinye iindawo ezinomtsalane zokubukela iKapa, nto leyo yena nenkosikazi yakhe ababeza kuyibona ngosuku olulandelayo ngoxa besekhenketheni.