UPatrick wayetyelele evela phesheya; wayefuna ukuthatha uhambo losuku lweTable Mountain. Abahlobo bakhe babekhangela izinto abazenzayo eKapa, ngokunjalo. Nangona kunjalo, babenokulinda kuphela uPatrick ukuba afumane ulwazi kwi-intanethi. UPatrick wakhangela ulwazi ngokungapheliyo kodwa, wayebona kuphela amasuntswana kunye namaqhekeza edatha kwimisebenzi yeCable Car, amaxesha, iiyure zokuvula, kunye neendleko zamatikiti eTafile Mountain 2020. Ukudana kwakhe, I-Aerial Cableway iswele ulwazi malunga namanyathelo ayimfuneko okuthenga amatikiti eTafile Mountain. Yamenza wakhathazeka ngakumbi xa omnye wabahlobo bakhe wayemlandele kwinkqubela-phambili yohambo losuku lweNtaba yeTafile.. Ekuphela kwento awayenokuyenza uPatrick yayikukujonga kwi-intanethi imithombo yolwazi kumatikiti eTafile eNtabeni ngenketho yokuthenga uhambo losuku oludlula njengemiqulu ukuya kwintaba enkulu..
UPatrick ufumene iwebhusayithi yamatikiti eTafile eNtabeni, kunye nayo, lonke ulwazi awayeludinga. Abahlobo bakhe, iqela labantu abalishumi, babelindele ngexhala ulwazi oluvela kuye ngelo xesha. Ushiye kungekho enye inketho, UPatrick wathumela iwebhusayithi kunye nabahlobo bakhe, baqalisa ukuncokola baza bafumana ulwazi olukwiwebhusayithi yeTafile yamatikiti eNtabeni ibaluleke kakhulu ekucwangciseni uhambo lwabo oluya kwiPaki yeSizwe ekwiNtaba yeTafile eKapa.. I-Table Mountain Aerial Cableway yayicwangcisa umcimbi ozayo kunye namatikiti okutshona kwelanga kwimoto yentambo. Nangona kunjalo, UPatrick wayenomdla kuphela wokunyusa abahlobo bakhe kwiMoto yeCable ye-Aerial ngaphambi kokuba yehle ukuze ihambe ijikeleza okokugqibela 8 pm ngexesha lasehlotyeni. I-Cable Car iza kumisa ukusebenza kufutshane 8:00 pm kwiintsuku ezintathu ezilandelayo zomsitho, yiyo loo nto uPatrick ethenge amatikiti eTable Mountain kwangethuba ngamaxesha asemva kwemini, iintsuku ezintathu ngaphambi kweCPT.
Amatikiti athengwe kwi-intanethi ngokuthengwa okuhlanganisiweyo okufana namatikiti eTable Mountain. Ngokuthenga kwavela ithuba layo yonke imibuzo kaPatrick eyaphendulwa. Imibuzo equka iindleko zamatikiti eTafile Mountain 2020 kunye namaxabiso eqela ukuba linyuke likhwele kwimoto yentambo, isaphulelo sabafundi, kunye nabantu abadala, izaphulelo eziphezulu. Ukuthengwa kweGreen Card kwakufumaneka kwi-Aerial Cable Car, kodwa kuba uPatrick wayengengommi waseMzantsi Afrika, ngoko ke ukhetha ukwenza into eqhelekileyo kwaye athenge amapasi kwimoto yentambo njengetikiti eliphuma kube kanye. Kwakungekho ndlela ibhetele yokuba yena njengeqela afake iinkcukacha zekhadi lakhe letyala kwi-intanethi kuba le webhusayithi iwamkele omabini amakhadi etyala, PayPal, kunye nezinye iinketho. Kwade kwathathwa iidola, eyayintle kakhulu, kuthathelwa ingqalelo uninzi lweqela liguqukele kwiiDola phambi kokuza eMzantsi Afrika okanye bebesebenzisa amakhadi eDola kunye namakhadi abo., njengeAmerican Express, Mastercard, kunye ne-VISA. Amatikiti eTafile Mountain anokuthengwa ngayo nayiphi na imali kuba iwebhusayithi ineendlela zokukhetha abahambi abavela kwihlabathi liphela, bekukho imali yokuguqula kuphela ngeakhawunti yomthengisi, ibhanki, okanye umboneleli wekhadi. I-Euro yayiyenye into edumileyo kukutshintsha imali yamatikiti eNtaba yeTafile okanye iYuan ngeBhanki yase China., Mastercard, okanye iiakhawunti zeWeChat Pay.
UPatrick waqokelela imali kubahlobo bakhe waza wathenga amatikiti alishumi eTafile Mountain ngexabiso, ngaphantsi kunokuba kukhangelwa kwiwebhu ukufumana imithombo yolwazi olungathembekanga. Amatikiti eTafile Mountain aquka imephu yentaba yetafile kunye neenkonzo eziphambili ukongeza kwixabiso elongeziweyo lokufumana amatikiti entabeni.. Okongeziweyo kuquka ulwazi ngezilwanyana zasendle zaseTable Mountain kunye neendawo zokutya, isiselo, ivenkile eKapa. Ulwazi luquke neenyani ebezilindelwe kakhulu eRobben Island, I-Waterfront, kunye nezinye iziza ezidumileyo eKapa. Ukubonwa kwakhona kwacetyiswa kuhambo kwiwebhusayithi, kuquka neKapa leThemba eliHle, Ulwandle lwaseBoulders, kunye nezinye iimpawu zomhlaba eKapa, izinto eziphambili ukwenza eKapa, kwi. Emva kokuba uPatrick ewafumene amakhadi, inyathelo elilandelayo yayikukujonga ukuba umhla wamatikiti ungqamane nedatha efakwe kwi-intanethi. Oko kwakulungile kuba uPatrick wabona ukuba unyaka wawungoweentsuku ezintathu ukususela kumhla awawathenga ngawo amatikiti emoto yentambo eKapa.. Abahlobo bakhe babefika kwiintsuku ezimbalwa ezilandelayo, kwaye yena, ukufuna ukulungisa izinto, kujongwe ulwazi kwiCable Car, I-therial cableway, kunye neNtaba yeTafile ene-toothpick yengqalelo ihlela lonke ulwazi ngobulumko.
Yafika imini, kwaye uPatrick wakhupha amatikiti akhe eNtabeni yeTafile kwi-intanethi ngebhakhowudi yokungena ngeCableway. INtaba yeTafile yayifuna abakhweli ngaloo mini ukuba bathathe inqwelo-moya ye-Aerial esezantsi ukuya kwi-Upper Aerial Cablecar ngaphandle kokulibazisa okuncinci okanye kungabikho, yiyo loo nto izikhumbuzo zathunyelwa kusuku olungaphambili kukhuseleko olululo lokukhwela kwiNtaba yeTafile kubandakanywa noko kufuneka kuthintelwe kwiNtaba yeTafile.. IiMuggings kunye neeDassies eziluma indoda zazihlala zisenzeka ngelo xesha; nangona ubuqhetseba behlile kakhulu, UDassies wayesahamba kunye nesoyikiso esibalaseleyo kwiNtaba yeTafile. Iindwendwe zale paki ziya kuba nohambo oluthandekayo encotsheni yentaba xa ngequbuliso - Bam. Udassie wayehamba endleleni aze abaleqe ukuze bafumane ukutya, iziselo, okanye ilekese. IiDassies azisoloko ziluma abantu, kodwa ngenxa yokuba babelambile, babezingela de abantu bayilahle loo phakheji. Musa ukuphulukana namatikiti eNtaba yeTafile, UPatrick wacinga, konke kungcono ukuba zikwinguqulelo ye-elektroniki, inokuprintwa kodwa isahlawuleka ngokudlula simahla kumatikiti eTafile Mountain.
Isishwankathelo, UPatrick ube nosuku olumnandi entabeni ngoncedo lwamatikiti eTafile eNtabeni. Ulwazi alufumene kwiwebhusayithi nakwenye indawo luye lwamnceda ekukhetheni ukubhukisha iCable Car ngexesha elifanelekileyo kunye neendleko ezichanekileyo. Itafile yeNtaba yeAerial Cableway yayiqhuba umsitho ngelo xesha, ke ngokuthenga amatikiti kwangethuba. Ukufika apho ngaphambi kokuba umdlalo uqale, UPatrick wakwazi ukubona izimvo ezivela kwiNtaba yeTafile. Amava endalo ngaphezulu kweNew 7 Ummangaliso weNdalo kwaye ufumane iifoto.
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