UPat ebeseKapa nomyeni wakhe phezolo. Babona izinto ezithile ekufuneka zenziwe eKapa, njengokuhamba intaba, kodwa akukho nanye eyabonakala inomtsalane ngaphezu kweNtaba yeTafile enye. IiPaki zeNdalo zisoloko zilukhetho olubalaseleyo lwezinto onokuzenza eKapa kwaye ingakumbi ezifumene ixesha elithile ebusika kunye nesibhakabhaka esicacileyo.. Imozulu ngexesha lobusika baseKapa ikholisa ukubanda kodwa akukho mvula kakhulu okanye kukho amafu. Into elandelayo eya kwenziwa nguPat kukuthenga amatikiti eTafile Mountain! Enkulu - Yeyiphi indlela yokuqalisa usuku kunokuhamba ukhangela amapasi. Ujonge iwebhu kwindawo ezimnyama ekhangela amatikiti afumaneka lula, kodwa maye, bekungekho nanye.
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Okulandelayo, wagqiba ngomhla wokukhwela iCable Car namatikiti. Usuku olungatshisi kakhulu kodwa lungabanda kakhulu luya kuba lufanelekile ukuba uchithe usuku entabeni. I-Table Mountain Café yayivulwa iintsuku ezininzi, kwaye babecinga ukuba banokusela isiselo esishushu ngaphezulu kwenduli kwaye bathabathe ukhenketho lwasimahla lweNtaba yeTafile. Ke bacwangcise kwangaphambili kwaye bajonge imozulu yaseKapa. Akubanga thuba lide ngaphambi kokuba badibane neengxelo zosuku olulandelayo zinelanga ngokwaneleyo kwaye zilungele nezicwangciso zabo zasemva kwemini. Babecinga ukuba bazakuthatha imoto eyiCable emva kwemini malunga nentsimbi yesihlanu, emva koko baya kubakho xa kutshona ilanga ngentsimbi yesi-7.
Imoto yekhebula ivala malunga ne-7-8pm, ke bacinga ukuba iya kwenza elona xesha lilungileyo lokuthatha imifanekiso. Ukutshona kwelanga eKapa kukhethekile, okanye beva, bahamba ke ngentsimbi yesihlanu emva kwemini ukuya kwiCable Car. Ukufika apho kwakumnandi ngesithuthi sabo sehotele, kunye neeMaphu zikaGoogle zaseMzantsi Afrika zenze kwalula ukufumana indawo yokuhlala amatikiti, abafumanise ukuba akuyomfuneko ukuba balinde emgceni kuba bebewathenge kwangaphambili amatikiti abo kwi-Intanethi ngale webhusayithi.. Lo msebenzi wokugcina ixesha unokusindisa 2 iiyure. Umgca wetikiti wawungenanto, kodwa oko kwakubangelwa kukuba ubusika babubanda kunesiqhelo eKapa, kwaye kwakupholile.
I-Cable Car yayikulungele ukukhwela kwi-Lower Aerial Cable Way, kunye noPat, efuna ukulinda umyeni wakhe, uthathe iifoto ezimbalwa zeCableway ukusuka ezantsi, ejonge phezulu. Intaba yeTafile ibonwe ivela ezantsi kweKapa kwindawo ephezulu ngaphandle kwemida. Itafile yeNtaba i-3km ubude iflethi kunye ne-1km ende ende eyenzelwe ukuthatha imifanekiso ngaphambi kokuba umyeni wakhe ahambe nohambo lweCable Car naye 4 ½ imizuzu. 360-iqonga lokujikeleza kwinqanaba kunye nethuba lokuthatha iifoto apha endleleni zanceda esi sibini ukuba simisele iindawo ezisingqongileyo kwaye sijonge iV&Indawo engamanzi engasentla kweKapa kwiCable Car.
Imoto yeNtambo ephezulu yayingahlukanga, bekukho imibono yeNtaba yeTafile kuwo onke amacala. Kwakusemva kwemini, kwaye uPat uthathe isigqibo sokuthatha isidlo sasemini kwivenkile yokutyela, indawo yokutyela ephezulu kwiNtaba yeTafile enecandelo le-buffet kunye nokutya okumnandi! Umyeni kaPat wajoyina, baye batyela phandle kweyona ndawo iphezulu yokutyela eKapa. Yayingamava amnandi, kwaye uPat wayeyixabisa le mbono ixesha elide, ixesha elide. Okulandelayo yayikukuphonononga incopho yentaba nokudibana nooDassies. Izidalwa ezincinci ezinoboya ezifana noDassies zithatha zonke iifoto kunye nelanga phezu kweNtaba yeTafile. UDassies uhlamba elangeni kwaye wenze ukufota okugqwesileyo. Bathanda ilanga, ukutya, ukusela, nokufota nabakhenkethi ukuze bafumane ukutya. Ngethamsanqa uPat wayesenazo nokutya okushiyekileyo, ngoko ke waphakela iiDassies kwangethuba ngaphambi kokuba afunde uphawu. Akuvumelekanga ukutyisa iiDassies kwiTafile Mountain National Park. Ngoba? Kuba ziyaluma abantu.
Ukugqiba usuku, UPat nomyeni wakhe bathatha iifoto kufutshane ne-Upper Aerial Cableway baza bamisela ikhamera yabo ukutshona kwelanga okumangalisayo eKapa., Ulwandle lweAtlantiki. Iimbono zazinkulu, kwaye urhatya lwalulunge ngakumbi kunokuba babecinga. Emva kokubamba ngokukhawuleza kunye nelanga, behla nge Table Mountain behamba nge Cable Car namatikiti okubuya. Imigca emifutshane yenze kwalula ukwehla kwiNtaba yeTafile, kwaye bashiye icebo 10 imizuzu emva kokutshona kwelanga, Ke ngoko kuthintela inyambalala yabantu eyehla emva kwabo kwimoto yentambo yokugqibela ezantsi. Ukhetho olugqibeleleyo kulawo mafutshane exesha okanye abafuna ukufumana ezona ndleko zibiza imali kwaye zisindisa ixesha. Akukho mathandabuzo, UPat wayonwabile nomyeni wakhe ngelixa ethatha amanyathelo okhuseleko ngaphezulu kwepaki yesizwe. Entle, ayisiyiyo - wayecinga. Kwakukho ixesha elininzi lokufota nokonwabela ubuhle nokufota. Kwenziwe ukuba kwenzeke ngoncedo lweeTikiti zeTable Mountain, umthombo ohlaziyiweyo wolwazi owenziwe wafumaneka kwi-intanethi kubo bonke abafuna amagama angundoqo “Amatikiti eTafile eNtabeni.”
Emva kwayo yonke loo nto, babuyela kwihotele yabo kumbindi weKapa kwaye bayonwabela iwayini yaseMzantsi Afrika kwiveranda yabo yokubona. Kanye into abacetyiswe ngumkhenkethi wabo wewayini ukuba bahambe emva kohambo olude losuku eKapa. Ngexesha elizayo baceba ukubona iTafile yeNtaba kusasa kuba kulapho bakuva ukuba imozulu yaseKapa ibisesona sihle kwaye zonke iiDassies zisendleleni! Izilwanyana zasendle zikwakhangela ukutya kwakusasa, nditsho neentaka ziyacula.
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