Matthew’s day usebenzisa iCable Car
Bekusebusuku eKapa, kwaye ndingazi nokuba iTable Mountain Aerial Cableway iya kuvulwa na ngosuku olulandelayo, UMatthew wasebenzisa ifowuni yakhe ukujonga ukuba iCableway yayiza kuvulwa na ngosuku olulandelayo. Ukulindela oku, wagqogqa “Imozulu yaseKapa” kuba imozulu yaseKapa iyalela ukuba iCable Car ivulwe ngosuku oluthile okanye ivalwe ngenxa yomoya onamandla., imvula, kunye okanye nemozulu embi. Kakhulu! Yatsho, “Linelanga, isibhakabhaka esicacileyo kunye nomoya ophakathi kunye 30 izidanga”.
Oko kuthetha ukuba iCable Car ingavulwa. Okulandelayo, UMateyu kuya kufuneka afumanise ukuba kuya kuba nelanga imini yonke okanye kunetha nanini na emini. Ukuba bekunetha, emva koko itikiti eliphelelwa kusasa okanye emva kwemini kwafuneka lisetyenziswe ngexesha.
Intaba yeTafile ibonelela ngeentlobo ezimbini zamatikiti, kusasa nasemva kwemini. Ke uMatthew wawajonga omabini la maxesha ukubona ukuba imozulu yaseKapa yayilelona xesha lifanelekileyo lokuthenga amatikiti kwi-Intanethi yeTable Mountain Cableway kwangaphambili..
Amatikiti akusasa ayasebenza de 1:00 emva kwemini, ngoko wacinga ukuba kuya kwenzeka ukuba afumane amatikiti kuqala kwakusasa ngaphambi kokuba umgca ube mde, okanye angayithenga kwi-intanethi ngoku ukonga ixesha emgceni.
Kuba uMateyu wayekunye nondwendwe, wagqiba ekubeni athenge amatikiti kwi-intanethi kwi-Table Mountain Tickets. Indawo ekukuphela kwayo kwi-intanethi apho ulwazi lwamatikiti lufumaneka ngobuninzi kubakhenkethi.
Inkqubo yokuthenga amatikiti yayihamba kakuhle, kwaye ekuphela kwento awayenokuyenza uMateyu yayikukuzalisa umhla awayecetywe ngawo, ixesha, kwaye wenze intlawulo kwi-intanethi usebenzisa i-PayPal, ukuhlawula okukhuselekileyo usebenzisa iKhadi lakhe leTyala.
Ngoku loo ntlawulo yenziwe, UMatthew wayefuna ukufumana isiqinisekiso sokuba amatikiti akhe ayaodolwa. Ngethamsanqa amatikiti eze nomyalezo othi ayathengwa kwaye aza kunikezelwa ngaphakathi 24 iiyure. Kakhulu, wacinga, kodwa ikhadi kufuneka libe lelangomso, ndingenza njani ukuze ndifumane itikiti kwangethuba kwiMoto yeCable? Kulapho amatikiti eTable Mountain athumela i-imeyile yokuqinisekisa ngebhakhowudi yetikiti phantse kwangoko.
Amatikiti esandleni, UMatthew wayefuna ukuprinta iipasi zakhe zeCable Car ukuze azi ukuba zikhuselekile. Iipasile eziprintiweyo zingcono kuneepasile zefowuni kuba zivumela iimeko zikaxakeka xa ifowuni ifile okanye yaphuka.
Ukufumana ivenkile yokushicilela kwakulula kuMatthew, nangale yure yamva, amatikiti ayenokuprintwa yihotele yakhe, ukwenza kube yindlela efanelekileyo yokumqinisekisa ukuba uya kupasa ngosuku olulandelayo. Ndijonge phambili kolu hambo, ngochulumanco wafaka amatikiti epokothweni yakhe wagqiba kwelokuba alale. Ngosuku olulandelayo, wavuka kwangentseni ukuze abethe umgca kwiNtaba yeTafile. Emva kokulala kakuhle, wapakisha ibhegi yakhe nezinto ezininzi. Amanzi, ibhatyi ekhanyayo kunye ne-sunscreen yayiyimfuneko, kunye nomnqwazi wokukhusela ilanga emehlweni akhe. Ifowuni yekhamera yayigqwesile, ngoko wayithabatha nje.
Ephethe ubhaka esandleni, waphuma ngomnyango esiya eNtabeni yeTafile. U-Uber ufike ngokukhawuleza emva kokuba evule ifowuni yakhe phandle ukuze aodole ukukhwela iteksi rhoqo. Umqhubi wafika kwimizuzu nje embalwa, wabulisa emotweni baqinisekisa apho baya khona, “Intaba yeTafile,” bavuma bobabini. UMateyu, befuna ukuseka, watsho, “I-Aerial Cableway.” Wanqwala intloko umqhubi.
Akubanga kudala ukuya apho, ingayiyo 20 imizuzu ukusuka kwiZiko leSixeko saseKapa. Kwakukho nendawana edlula ngaseLion’s Head kwaye ibonakalisa ukucinywa kwenduli. Kwakulula oko! Ngoku inxalenye enzima, umqhubi wathi akangowase Kapa, ngoko ke uMatthew wayenethemba lokuba uza kuyazi indawo anokwehla kuyo kwiNqwelo yeCable. Abaqhubi baseZimbabwe basemgangathweni eKapa nakwamanye amazwe akuMntla Afrika, njengoko uMatthew wafunda kumqhubi wesikhululo seenqwelomoya kwiintsuku ezininzi ngaphambili. Ukugcina iliso kuyo, UMatthew wayigcina i-smartphone yakhe ngaphandle neeMephu zikaGoogle ukuya kwiTable Mountain Aerial Cableway. Kwakulula ukuyifumana kuba i-Cableway yayiyi-1km kude kwindlela ukusuka apho iTable Mountain Road ijikela ekhohlo ukusuka kwi-Kloof Nek Road.. Xa efika, iTable Mountain Aerial Cableway yayilungiselela ukuvulwa. I 7:30 Imoto yekheyibhile yabasebenzi ibimkile, kwaye washiyeka eyiLower Aerial Cableway ezibuza ukuba makathini. Kwakukho iofisi yamatikiti kunye nophawu lweRed Bus, ngoko ngokulandelayo, wakhangela ezinye iisimboli. “Iofisi yamatikiti,” kwabonakala umqondiso mgama, kodwa kamsinya nje akuba ebone, kwabakho omnye umqondiso. “Ngamatikiti” kwaye “Ngaphandle kwamatikiti.” Umgca wawusiya usiba nde, yaye wayecinga ukuba kuza kuzala ngenye iyure, ngoko ke wemka esiya kukhangela amatikiti awayesithi: “ngamatikiti.” Olo yayilukhetho olufanelekileyo kuba kwisiqingatha seyure umgca wamatikiti wawugcwele. Kwakukho abantu abaninzi kangangokuba iimoto nenkitha yeendwendwe zathontelana ukuya kwi-Lower Aerial Cableway.
IKapa ngaloo nyanga liye lafumana ukuthontelana kwabatyeleli ngenxa yokupapashwa kwewonga lehlabathi leTable Mountain njengeNtsha. 7 Ummangaliso weNdalo kwaye yimini eshushu enelanga ngaphandle kwamafu. UMateyu wayefunde ukuba ngezinye iintsuku ilifu ligubungela iNtaba yeTafile kwindawo eyaziwa ngokuba yiTafile “Ilaphu letafile,” igama elifanelekileyo, kodwa namhlanje bekuqaqambile kwaye kunesizathu esihle. Yayiyimbalela.
Ixesha lembalela liziinyanga ezilishumi enyakeni, ngoko ke uMatthew wacinga ukuba iya kuba lixesha elihle lokucwangcisa utyelelo eKapa ngelo xesha. Iinyanga zexesha leemvula ibingoJuni-Julayi, hayi ixesha elimnandi ukuba umntu ebejonge ukuba seKapa, nokuba kusemsebenzini okanye kwiholide.
Unaloo nto engqondweni, wahamba njengomnye wabakhweli bokuqala kwiiMoto zeTable Mountain Cable Cars ezisanda kulungiswa. Abakhweli abangamashumi asixhenxe balayisha kwimoto yekheyibhile ngokupheleleyo phambi kokuba babhengeze, “hlala ngaphandle kweminyango, Ndiyacela.” Iingcango zivaliwe, wabe evukile. 4 ½ imizuzu kamva, Ufike encotsheni yeCable Car kuhambo lokuya nokubuya olumangalisayo nomgangatho wecable car ijikeleza igcwele. 360 Izidanga. Zonke izikhombisi-ndlela zibonelele ngeendawo eziphezulu ezingabonwanga nangayiphi na enye indlela eKapa ngaphandle kokhenketho lwenqwelo-ntaka. Oko kuthetha ukuba eli tikiti linike ixabiso lemali! Ikhadi elingaphantsi kweendleko zokukhenketha ngenqwelo-ntaka enombono kunye nexesha elininzi phezulu kunalo naliphi na elinye eKapa.
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