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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.

UFred noAnna babesisibini esiphuma eUnited States of America naseUkraine. Bobabini babenobugcisa obukhethekileyo. UFred wayengumphuhlisi wesicelo, ukusebenza ikakhulu ngeWordPress, kwaye uAnna wayeligqwetha kunye nengcali kwiilwimi ezininzi, ethetha phantse iilwimi ezisixhenxe ezahlukeneyo ngokutyibilikayo. Babefuna ukuza eKapa ukuze bafumane iPaki yeSizwe ekwiNtaba yeTafile, kodwa babengaqinisekanga ngento eNtsha 7 Ummangaliso weNdalo kwafuneka unikezele malunga nokuhamba, imoto yekhebhula, ukuhamba, iindlela, kunye nokuninzi! Ke benza eyona nto ikrelekrele ukuyenza kwiwebhu, ethi-“Google it!.” Baye baphendla amagama kuGoogle “amatikiti eNtaba yeTafile” kwaye kwafika amacandelo okukhangela, kuquka iindleko ze 2020 kunye newebhusayithi Tablemountantickets.com. Ihlaziywe ngolwazi kwi-Aerial Cableway yonyaka 2020.

UFred wayefuna ukulungisa izinto, ukuba yeyona isengqiqweni, wazama ukucwangcisa nokuthenga kwangaphambili amatikiti okubuyela eLower Aerial Cableway eKapa kusuku phambi kokuba bafike kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya.. Ukubhukisha ngefowuni yakhe, wachwetheza kwi-URL yewebhusayithi ukuthenga amatikititablemountantickets.com kwaye kwaphuma ulwazi lwamva nje ngamaxesha amatikiti, iindleko, kunye nokufumaneka kosuku olulandelayo. Ukukhupha ikhadi lakhe letyala, wabona ukuba iwebhusayithi nayo inokukhetha ukuhlawula nge-PayPal, kuba wayevela e-US, olu yayilukhetho olukhethiweyo kubasebenzisi abaninzi bokuthenga kwi-intanethi. Amatikiti eTafile eNtaba, ithengwe ngeendlela ezininzi, kuquka kwi-intanethi ngekhadi letyala, PayPal, kunye nezinye iinketho ezintsha, ifumaneka kuphela kwiindwendwe zeemoto zeentambo zeVIP zaseTable Mountain. Iinketho ezineendleko eziphantsi bezikhona kubafundi.

Imini elandelayo nayo yaba yimini entle eKapa; Uqikelelo lwemozulu luthe kunelanga phantse alikho ithuba lemvula. Ekwindla eKapa kwakulo moya ukhethekileyo, njengentsha, imini epholileyo enezehlo ezincinci zamafu okanye umoya obhudla ngamandla. UAnna waye waphanda elona xesha lilungileyo lokuhlala eKapa kwaza kwafika inyanga ababeyikhethile; babecwangcise iveki kuphela ngaphambili, kodwa oko kwalunga ngenxa yokuba imozulu yaseKapa ibonise iziphumo ezithembisayo kangangenyanga phambi kokufika. Iinkampani zeenqwelomoya zonke bezicebisa ngoku ukuba amaxabiso alungile kwiinqwelomoya eziya eKapa, kwaye abantu bangaqiniseka ngenqwelo moya enexabiso eliphantsi ukusuka eNew York ukuya eKapa ngexabiso elincinane leedola ezimbalwa., iUSD. IDola ibingxola ngoku, ngoko uFred wacinga ukuba ngoku iya kuba lixesha elifanelekileyo lokuthenga iinqwelomoya ukusuka eNYC ukuya kwiCPT.

Kulapho ke waqinisekisa uAnna ukuba bazakuthatha ikhefu emsebenzini kwi-Big Apple ukuze bafumane indalo neentaba eziluhlaza eziluhlaza kumathambeka eKapa., Mzantsi Afrika. Yayisisigqibo esifanelekileyo kuba kwiveki elandelayo, amaxabiso eenqwelo-moya anyukile, kwaye iTafile yeNtaba yeNtambo yeeMoto iya kuqala sisicwangciso sonyaka sokugcinwa, ivaliwe iiveki ezimbini- Ayilunganga into xa utyelele uMama weSixeko saseKapa. Iiveki ezimbini zinokuthetha umahluko phakathi kokuthatha iCable Car okanye mhlawumbi nokunyuka iNtaba yeTafile ngenkonzo yomkhokeli wabakhenkethi efana nokhenketho lwasimahla lweTable Mountain.. Ukujonga indawo kweSixeko kubonelela kuphela ngezothutho eziya kwiLower Aerial Cableway ukusuka eLong Street, iofisi yokuBona isiXeko yabasa ngqo kwiCable Car. U-Anna wayecwangcise ukuba bazakukhwela ibhasi ebomvu ngosuku ukuya kubona idolophu yaseKapa. Kwakubathatha kusasa ukuya kwiCable Car kwangoko kuvulwa. 8:00 ndim, kwaye iAerial Cableway yayifikeleleka kubantu abaninzi ababethontelana ukuya kukhwela ishuttle yokuqala ukunyuka intaba.

UAnna noFred, Ndithenge amatikiti kusuku olungaphambili, bafumene isiqinisekiso setikiti leNtaba yeTafile nge-imeyile kusasa ngala mini bafika ngayo. Kuba bobabini bebebatsha eKapa, njengeendwendwe zaseMelika, bathathe ixesha lokufunda ibhlog kwiitafile zeNtaba yeTafile, eyayingumthombo ophambili wolwazi kwiCable Car, kubandakanya izinto ezinje ngamaxesha, iiyure zokuvula, amaxabiso, kunye neendleko. Le bhlogi yayinolwazi nangezilwanyana zasendle ezinje ngeeDassies kunye nengcebiso ngokhuseleko zokusebenzisa iTable Mountain Aerial Cableway kunye nokutyelela eKapa., Mzantsi Afrika. UAnn wayefunde oko ngokusebenzisa amatikiti akhe okuya kwiNtaba yeTafile; Kusenokwenzeka ukuba abone iimfene kunye nezilwanyana zasendle xa befika kwisikhululo senqwelo moya saphezulu. Nangona kunjalo, le nyani yajongwa kwiiwebhusayithi ezinje ngeeTikiti zeNtaba yeTafile kwaye yathathwa njengenyaniso ngokusekwe kubuninzi bokubona kwabo.

Iimbila, nangona kunjalo, zizinto eziqhelekileyo zokubonwa kwiNtaba yeTafile, inokubonwa xa ungena kwi-Upper Aerial Cableway, kwaye banobubele kubatyeleli. Okulandelayo kuluhlu lwabo yayikukubuyela kwiMoto yeCable kwaye basebenzise amatikiti abo ukubona umbono we-360-degree yeMother City ngaphambi kokutshona kwelanga kweNtaba yeTafile.. Amatikiti okubuya ebesebenza kwindlela enye okanye uhambo lokubuyela kwi-Aerial Cableway, basebenzise ikhadi labo emva koko 4 iiyure zokutyelela iNtaba yeTafile nokubona iKapa.

Amatikiti eNtaba yeTafile yiwebhusayithi yolwazi yeendwendwe eziphanda ngeCable Car, I-therial cableway, Itikiti letafile lentaba, amaxesha, kunye neendleko. Amatikiti athengwe kwangaphambili kwi-intanethi yiphakheji ehlanganisiweyo kwiMoto yeCable, kwaye emva koko udlula kwiCable Car yinkonzo yesibini xa kuthelekiswa nolwazi.

UAnna noFred bakwazi ukufumana ulwazi oluhlaziyiweyo kwiCable Car, I-therial cableway, kunye namatikiti eTafile Mountain, kuquka iindleko kunye neeyure ezihlaziyiweyo, nokuba iCable Car ibivuliwe na. Uphando lwabo lwabanceda kakuhle, kuba babengabokuqala ukukhwela iCable Car baze bafikelele kwi-Upper Aerial Cableway kusasa, kusuku emva kokufika kwabo, ngaloo ndlela bebetha imigca kwaye bafumane ezona mbono zilungileyo zeNtaba yeTafile. IKapa yayingamava amangalisayo kubo ngala matikiti okubuya.

Okulandelayo, UAnna noFred babefuna ukuya kubona iSiqithi saseSeal siqubha kunye namatywina, kodwa leyo ibingamava ocwangciso olwahlukileyo kunye nokhenketho lwaseKapa olwahlukileyo oluxabisa onke amanye amagama kunye nexesha elingakumbi.

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.

Umama ongatshatanga oneminyaka emihlanu ubudala, UMary wayeceba ukuza eKapa ukuza kubona iNtaba yeTafile. Uhambo luya kuba lude 16 iiyure ukusuka eIreland. Lonto ibimenza abe novalo ngakumbi ngoba umntana wakhe ebemnye qha 5 iminyaka ubudala ixesha. Waqala ukukhangela kwi-intanethi izinto azenzayo eKapa kwaye wadibana neTable Mountain National Park, kuphela 20 Ukuhamba imizuzu ukusuka eCape Town City Centre. Ukufumanisa oko kwamenza wonwaba, wayezibuza ukuba uza kunyuka njani 330 yezigidi zeminyaka ubudala ngexesha lasekuseni nosana lwakhe. 5-abaneminyaka ubudala bathathe ixesha lokuzilungiselela- okanye wayecinga njalo. Ukulinda kwizicwangciso zakhe zokwenza umbono ophathekayo, uthathe inyathelo lokuthenga amatikiti eTafile eNtabeni kwi-intanethi njengesixa esigqithileyo.

Ukhetho lwakhe lokuqala lweetafile zeNtaba yeTafile yayiyiziko lewebhu lafunyanwa apha kwiTafileMountainTickets.com kuba lwaluninzi ulwazi malunga neCable Car ekhoyo, kubandakanya ne-Aerial Cableway, iiyure, amaxesha, iindleko, kunye nendlela yokufika apho 2020. Amatikiti abandakanya isikhokelo kunye nolunye ulwazi ebengazukukwazi ngaphambili ukuba akaphandanga “Amatikiti eNtaba yeTafile” kuGoogle.com. Ulumkile njengoko wayenjalo, wayengazi ukuba angalithenga njani itikiti kushiyeke nje iintsuku ezimbalwa; Kulapho indawo yanikezela khona yonke idatha efunekayo ukwenza ukhetho lokuba uza kuthenga ngoku okanye uza kuthenga kamva. Imozulu yaseKapa itshintsha ngokukhawuleza, yiyo loo nto ekhetha ukuthenga ngoko, unikwe ingxelo yokuba kunikelwe ingxelo kwiintsuku ezimbalwa ezizayo, wayefuna ukuyilinda. Intsasa yayibalele ngalo mini, kodwa nangona uqikelelo belusithi imvula, wayevile ukuba iKapa linjaniamaxesha amane ngosuku olunye. Inomdla njengoko inokuba njalo, UMary wayefuna ukuthenga amatikiti ngexesha elinemozulu enelanga eKapa.

Ukulandela ukuqaphela kwakhe kwimozulu yaseKapa, wathenga amatikiti 3 kwiintsuku zokufika kwakhe eKapa. Nangona imozulu ibinetha kusasa, Imvula eyi-1mm ayimhlulanga, kwaye wabona njengosuku olungaphambi kokuba iKapa lifumane utshintsho kwimozulu ngokukhawuleza. Itafile yeTafile ibamba imozulu yayo, Kwaye ngenxa yokuba wayehlala ngasentabeni ejonge eWaterfront, Iidemon Peak, kunye neKapa eseMbindini, wakhetha ukuyidlala ngendlebe kwaye wabona imozulu ngosuku. Kwiintsuku ezintathu kamva kwaye wayezenzele intsasa elungileyo yokundwendwela iCable Car eKapa, ngemozulu entle njengoko inokuba njalo, ukhetha ukusebenzisa amatikiti eTafile yeNtaba kusasa. Iipasile zazisemthethweni ukusuka 8:30 Ndiza 1:00 emva kwemini, Ngeli xesha ke kuya kufuneka ukuba athenge itikiti elitsha leNtaba yeTafile kwimoto yasemva kwexesha yeCable. Amatikiti asekuseni ebengasebenzi emva koko 1:00 pm nangayiphi na indlela - wayecinga ukuba kungcono ukuyisebenzisa ekuseni ngelixa isentsha, kwaye umgca oya kwi-Aerial Cableway mfutshane.

Usana lwakhe lwalukulungele 7:00 ndim, kwaye kuthathe kuphela imizuzu embalwa ngu-Uber ukufikelela kwi-Lower Aerial Cableway, wakhangela kuGoogle.co.za kubusuku obungaphambili. Kwakhona, Kwi-Intanethi yayifumaneka ingcaciso ngamaxesha okuvula kweCable Car, ebengazukuyazi ngenye indlela ukuba ebengakhange akhangele "amatikiti eTafile yeNtaba." Umsebenzi wenziwe, kwaye yena kunye neminyaka emihlanu ubudala bakhwela kwimoto yekhebula kunye namatikiti e-elektroniki ababewafumene kubusuku obungaphambili. Ithathe kuphela 24 iiyure zokuba afumane amatikiti nge-imeyile, kodwa akazange akhangele kuba wayexakeke kakhulu zizinto ezinje ngeBoulders Beach kunye noonombombiya baseSimons Town. Ngosuku olungaphambili ebethengela eWaterfront kwaye ekhangela into anokuyithengela umntwana wakhe oneminyaka emihlanu ubudala, kubandakanya izinto zokudlala ezifakiwe kunye nezinye izinto ezikhumbuza iivenkile ezinje ngemakethi ye-PnP.

I-Aerial Cableway ephezulu yayixakekile, Wazifumana ejongene nabantu abaninzi, Bonke abo babenombono ofanayo wokusebenzisa amatikiti eemoto zeCable ukuya kwiNtaba yeTafile yeAerial Cableway. Apho bathabatha iifoto kwaye benza into efanayo naleyo wayenzayo, kuphela ukuba wayexelelwe ngakumbi ngamaxesha eCable Car kwaye esazi ukuba makahambe kwangoko phambi kokuba isihlwele sabantu itafile yeNtaba yeTafile ibisemthethweni kuhambo lwakhe lokubuya ngoko ke akukho ndlela ebezakuhamba ngayo mva 10:00 ndim. Emva koku, izihlwele zaqokelelwa, kwaye wayenokulibaziseka kuhambo lwakhe lokubuya ezantsi kweNtaba yeTafile. Umntwana wakhe oneminyaka emihlanu wayeziphethe kakuhle kuyo yonke le ndlela. Emva kweNtaba yeTafile, UMary wayefuna ukubiza usapho kunye nabahlobo bakhe eIreland, ke wabeka umnxeba nge sim card awayeyithengile eVodacom phezolo kwa V&Umda wamanzi. Unxibelelwano lwe4g lwalulungile ngokwaneleyo ukuba lubambe umnxeba wevidiyo ye-HD ukusuka kwiCandelo leMoto esezantsi yomoya kusetyenziswa iWifi yabo. I-Wifi yasimahla yayifumaneka kwi-Aerial Cableway esezantsi, eyenza ukuba kube lula kuMary ukuba abambe umnxeba wevidiyo yasimahla kusapho lwakhe eIreland. Uye wema kwindawo yokuma kweebhasi eSixeko kwiNtaba yeTafile ukubonisa usapho lwakhe indlela eya eSignal Hill nakwiNtloko yeeNgonyama, kunye neNtaba yeNtaba yeNtaba yoBuso kunye neMoto yeNtambo. Usapho lothukile yindlela iTable Mountain, enye yeNew 7 Izimanga zeNdalo, Ungabamba iAerial Cableway phantse i1km phezulu esibhakabhakeni. Kuba yayijikeleze 10:00 ndim, UMary wagqiba ekubeni abuyele kwihotele yakhe kunye neminyaka emihlanu ubudala ukuze abe ne-brunch kwicandelo le-buffet. UMary wayezibuza ngaphambi kohambo lwakhe ukuba uza kuhlala phi eKapa, kwaye wafumana indawo emnandi ehleli kumathambeka eTafelburg nge Booking.com. Kwakubiwe ngexabiso kuba uMariya wayecwangcise uhambo lwakhe lwexesha lonyaka, zitshiphu kakhulu kunokuba bezinokwenzeka ngeenyanga zaseKapa zasehlotyeni, Disemba ukuya kuJanuwari. Ukubuka iindwendwe ngeli xesha kunganzima kuba abahlali abakwi-Airbnb bakufumanisa kunzima ukuhlangabezana neemfuno zokuhlala eKapa. Eyona nto ibalaseleyo uMariya ayibhukishe ukuhlala kwakhe kwiinyanga ezingekhoyo!

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.
Wade wafumana iwebhusayithi TableMountainTickets.com! Indawo yayiyeyona ndlela ilula yokuthenga amatikiti eTable Mountain kwi-Intanethi ngamaxabiso afanelekileyo kunye nokudityaniswa kwepasi.. Amatikiti ayethengiswa kunye neenkonzo, yaye wavuma ngokukhawuleza. UPat wayekrelekrele kuba wayesazi ukuba iKapa linokuba secaleni kancinane. Amatikiti eTafile eNtabeni’ Iwebhusayithi ibonelele ngolwazi lokuqala ngayo yonke into ayidingayo ukugubungela uhambo lwakhe lwaseNtabeni yeTafile. Loo nto yashiya into enye kuphela eKapa.
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.

UJames nosapho lwakhe lwase-UK babecinga ngeKapa njengendawo yokuya kwiholide yabo elandelayo. Ngethamsanqa badibana nolwazi ngeMoto yeTable Mountain Cable. Enye yezinto ekufuneka zenziwe eKapa, ke uYakobi wazimisela ukuphanda ngakumbi kumatikiti eNtaba yeTafile, amaxesha, kunye neeyure. Akuzange kube kudala wadibana nale ndawo inalo lonke ulwazi olufunekayo xa ethenga amakhadi.
Kwakusentwasahlobo, kunye neTable Mountain Aerial Cableway yayisandula ukuvulwa kwakhona kulungiso lwayo lonyaka. Oko kwaba kuhle nje ngokuba, iiveki ezimbini, ivaliwe ukuze ihlolwe. Ukuqaphela ukuba amatikiti ngoku akwisaphulelo, UJames wathengela usapho lwakhe amatikiti entaka. Ixabiso lilonke lali 20% ngaphantsi kunesiqhelo, kwaye yayilixesha elifanelekileyo. Isebenza kangangeentsuku ezisixhenxe ukususela kumhla okhutshwe ngawo ipasi. Amatikiti ayethetha ukuba uJames nosapho lwakhe banokungena kwiTable Mountain Cable Car. Isebenza ukuya kwiveki epheleleyo emva komhla wokupasa osemthethweni.
Imozulu yaseKapa iyatshintsha rhoqo, okanye uYakobi ufunde, ngoko kwakuxhomekeke kuye ukukhetha usuku olufanelekileyo lokutyelela ipaki yelizwe. Ngentsasa yokupasa kwakhe, usapho lwalungiselela inqwelo ukuya kwiNtaba yeTafile. Kuphithizela umgca kwiLower Aerial Cableway kuba kwakusentwasahlobo, kwaye abantu babefuna ukunyuka kwangethuba. Ngokukwanjalo noJames nentsapho yakhe bothuswa kukubona abantu abaninzi ababekhwela kwinqwelo-mafutha enentambo. Ngexesha lokufika kwabo apho, ibiyi 7:30 ndim. Ixesha lokuqala apho imoto yentambo inyuka nabakhweli kunye nabasebenzi.
Ngala matikiti, UJames wayibona kakuhle iNtaba yeTafile, Kapa, kunye ne-Atlantic Seaboard ejikelezileyo. Usapho lwakhe lwafota iifoto ezintle kakhulu ukusuka phezulu emhlabeni. Imoto imise endleleni ezantsi nje kweLower Aerial Cableway, usapho lwakhe lwakwazi ukubona ihotele ababeyibhukishe kwintaba yeDevils Peak. Amakhulu amathathu anamashumi amathandathu edigri kamva kunye neebhulukhwe ezimfutshane ezininzi, usapho lwaluphezulu kwiNtaba yeTafile. Unyana, iminyaka encinci 4, zange ndifune tikiti leNtabeni yeTafile. Yayilusuku lwakhe lokuzalwa, kwaye ngokudibeneyo i-Aerial Cableway ayizange ifune ikhadi lakhe.
Imizuzu emine enesiqingatha yolo hambo lumangalisayo lwayisa olu sapho encotsheni yeNtaba yeTafile, kufutshane neCafé kunye nerestyu. Ukusuka apho, baye batya isidlo sakusasa kwindawo yokutyela. Yayingabizi kakhulu kwaye kwangethuba, ngoko bebengenakukwazi ukufumana isidlo sakusasa ngokukhawuleza. Abasebenzi baseTable Mountain babalathisa kweyona ndawo ikufutshane ukuze batyele eKapa, kwenzeka njalo phezu kwentaba. Amatikiti eTafile Mountain esandleni, usapho lwahamba ngenqanawa entabeni ukuze lukhusele indawo yalo yokubuyela kwiCable Car. Baye babhukisha ukhenketho lwasemva kwemini ukuya eSimons Town nooPenguins.
Ulwandle abaluvileyo lwalukufuphi neCape Point, indawo yolondolozo lwendalo edumileyo kumazantsi eKapa. Izaliswe ngoonombombiya baseAfrika, ulwandle yayiyindawo ethandwayo yabakhenkethi eKapa, Mzantsi Afrika. Ukwazi ukuhla entabeni kwangethuba ngenxa yenani eliphantsi labantu abalinde iCable Car, amatikiti eTable Mountain abanika ixesha abalidingayo lokubuyela kwihotele yabo kwaye batshintshe ngaphambi kokuba baphume baye eBoulders Beach kwixesha elizayo lokhenketho kunye nearhente yabo yokubhukisha.. Oonombombiya babelungile, babekwindawo kwaye bajonga ikhamera njengoko bebenzile ngaphambili. Njengenye yeendawo ezidumileyo eKapa, IBoulders Beach yayiyeyona ndawo inomtsalane ukuya kubona izilwanyana zasendle.
Ekubeni i-drive yayinde, UJames nosapho lwakhe babesandul' ukufika bevela kwindlela yaseTafelburg, phantsi kweAtlantiki, yonke indlela edlula iChapmans Peak Drive, kwiKoloni yaseKapa (Ulwandle lwaseBoulders). I 1 iyure plus ukukhwela babebuhlungu ukusuka imini yonke ukuqhuba. Nangona kunjalo, babefumene into ebalulekileyo ngemini, eyayiyiTable Mountain Cable Car kunye namatikiti ahamba nokuthenga kwabo kwiwebhusayithi. Ngoku babelugqibile olo suku kwaye bafuna ukuphumla kwenye yemimandla engaselunxwemeni yaseKapa. Baphumla ixeshana phambi kokuba baye eCamps Bay kwisidlo sangokuhlwa ngaselwandle, apho bekukho ukhetho oluninzi lweendawo zokutyela eKapa. Ukutya kwaselwandle yayilukhetho lwabo lwesidlo sangokuhlwa ngenxa yeendawo zokutyela ezifana neCodfather, ICafé Caprice, kunye nezinye iinketho ezigqwesileyo zaseKapa izidlo, ukutya okumnandi kulindelwe!
Ngoku badla isidlo sangokuhlwa, babefuna ukwenza into yokuphumla; Amatikiti eNtabeni yeTafile abancedile ukuba banyuke behle kwi-Aerial Cableway. Nangona kunjalo, babengekabinamava eRobben Island, kakhulu ngosuku olunye. Okwangoku, babenombono wokuya kuV&IWaterfront enezikhephe kunye nokukhwela. I-V&Ivili leLiso laseLondon laliyeyona nto ibalulekileyo kwiWaterfront. Babeluvile uhambo lwalapho banika iliso lentaka iKapa kunye neNtaba yeTafile, ngoko ke uJames wathabatha intsapho yakhe waya nayo kwi-V&Ukukhwela iWaterfront. Ngoku kwiintsuku ezininzi, iV&A angaxakeka. Okwangoku, baqale kwangentseni ukuya kwiNtaba yeTafile, ngoko ke kwakulula ukutsibela emotweni kwaye uthathe idrayivu ukusuka kwindawo eyayiza kuba yindlela egcweleyo kwaye uqhubele phambili ukuya ku-V.&Umda wamanzi. Okulandelayo, babenezimvo ababefanele ukuba babe nazo kwi-V&IWaterfront ngevili kwaye yathatha iifoto ezintle zeKapa elijikelezileyo.
Ukusuka apho, intsapho yakhawuleza yakwazi ukubuyela ehotele yayo njengoko ubusuku bufikile, kwaye uJames wayexhalabele usapho lwakhe nokhuseleko eKapa. UJames wayefunde ukuba kwakungcono ukubuyela emva kobumnyama eKapa ngenxa yemibandela yokhuseleko kunye nokwenza izinto zibe ngcono ukuze uvuke ngosuku olulandelayo.. Ngosuku olulandelayo usapho lwasinga eRobben Island njengoko bekucwangcisiwe, kwabe kungenye imini yasentwasahlobo eKapa. Imozulu yayintle, kwaye uJames wayeyonwabela 4 iyure ukhenketho lwaseRobben Island nosapho lwakhe phambi kokuba bagoduke. UJames wayesoloko ewukhumbula umthetho waseKapa, eyayilukhuseleko kuqala, nto leyo eyasindisa intsapho yakhe emngciphekweni wokungahlali phandle ixesha elide sekumnyama ize imenze azive ekhuselekile xa eseKapa.

Ngexesha le ihlobo, IKapa liyaxakeka. Kwafika uAnn evela eOstriya, efuna ukufumana amadada akhe ngokulandelelana. Bafolelwe iTable Mountain Cable Car kwiveki elandelayo, UAnn waqala ukucwangcisa uhambo lwakhe oluya eNtsha 7 Ukumangalisa kwendalo. Wajonga amaxesha, iiyure zokuvula, kunye namatikiti eTafile eNtabeni. Konke kwakulungile de wafumanisa ukuba kunzima kangakanani yayikukufumana amatikiti kubathengisi abasoloko bethengisa idatha yakhe.

Ngoko ke UAnn wayefuna ukhetho lwearhente yokubhukisha engazange ithathe yonke idatha yakhe yabucala kwaye akayigcini ngeendlela ezingakhuselekanga. Ngelo xesha wayekhangela iiblogi kwi-intanethi ngolwazi. Indawo yamatikiti eTafile eNtabeni yayiseso sisombululo; yena ifumene ulwazi kuyo yonke into enxulumene namatikiti eNtaba yeTafile, iCable Imoto, kunye neNtaba yeTafile, kuquka iindleko ze 2020. Amatikiti ebekho ngentlawulo encinci. Okwangoku, akazange aphawule ukuba akhangele kwenye indawo ukuze afumane inkcazelo, yaye kwakungeyomfuneko ukuba athumele iinkcukacha zakhe kumbutho ongekho phantsi kukarhulumente.

Itheyibhile Amatikiti eNtabeni yayilukhetho lwakhe lwesisombululo esisiso ekumthengeleni iCableway uyapasa. Ngoko ke, wenze ukhetho olufanelekileyo kwaye wabhukisha amatikiti e kwiveki elandelayo. Ukuqinisekiswa kwaba ngoko nangoko, kodwa wayenexhala lokuba iodolo yetikiti zange yamkelwe. Kulapho amatikiti eTafile eNtabeni adibana ne impendulo ngokuzenzekelayo. Amatikiti ayaqhubeka nangaphakathi 24 iiyure. Oko kwaba kuhle kuba wayenokuhamba nohambo lwakhe lwaseKapa kunye nabakhweli bakhe kunye nomboniso iindawo ezininzi ezinomtsalane eKapa. IWaterfront yayingowoku-1 kuluhlu lwakhe lwezinto ekufuneka zenziwe ukwenza eKapa, ngoko ke waya kwisidlo sangokuhlwa nge-V&A.

Ukuza ekhaya kamva wafumana i-imeyile enamatikiti akhe eNtabeni yeTafile. Yayiyeye kwiveki elandelayo, kodwa yonke into yayilungelelene kwaye iququzelelwe yiarhente yokubhukisha wacingisisa nzulu ngengxelo yakhe yamaxesha, usuku, kunye nemozulu. I-arhente Kwakhona kwabelwane ngolwazi malunga nokusetyenziswa kwetikiti kunye nemiyalelo ye ukubhukisha kwakhona amapasi. Kwiintsuku ezisixhenxe kamva wabe uAnn ekwiMoto yeCable, njalo a amava fantastic. Wayelinda emgceni kangangesiqingatha seyure kuphela ngosuku kuba iAerial Cableway yayinomgca owahlukileyo kwabo baneTable Mountain amatikiti. Oko kuthetha ukuba utsibe ixesha elide 2 umgca weeyure ngokumthengela amatikiti kwi-intanethi. Linda nje de abahlobo bakhe beve ngamava akhe phezulu intaba. Kwakulula kakhulu kuye ukuba abe phambi kwesihlwele kunye nengqungquthela entsha Itheyibhile ePhezulu. Amatikiti eNtabeni yeTafile bekuthandeka ngakumbi ukungena phambili ngenxa yobushushu behlobo kunye nabantu abasezantsi xa efika ukuya phezulu, ifumene eyona mozulu yasezinzulwini zobusuku. KwiCable, UCar Ann ufumene ithuba lokufota iKapa kwi-engile ye-360-degree.

Imoto yeCable inomgangatho ojikelezayo macala onke. Yiyo loo nto ukuzisa ikhamera kubalulekile kusuku kwiNtaba yeTafile. Ndiphethe amatikiti esandleni, akukho kakhulu ukuxhalaba ngenxa yobukho bolwazi kunye nokuba luncedo amanqaku, izithuba zeblogi, kunye namava kwiwebhusayithi yeTable Mountain Tickets. Emva kokuba iNtaba yeTafile iphelile, UAnn wagqiba ekubeni asebenzise amatikiti akhe okubuyela Imoto yeCable kuhambo lwakhe lokuhla. Iiyure ezine yayilixesha aqalisa ngalo kwade kwalixesha lokuba alungele ukuhla kwakhona aye ezantsi. Yayiyi umgca omfutshane ukuhla ngenxa yokuba i-Cable Car ilingana phantse 70 abantu. UAnn wayengomnye yabantu bokuqala ukuhla, ngokunjalo nangomhla. Ukuba uAnn wayeqalile nayiphi na kamva, imigca yeTable Mountain Cable Car inokuba nde, kwaye ukufumana amatikiti emva kwexesha bekuya kuthetha ukuba ebeya kulinda emgceni.

Emva kweTheyibhile Intaba, UAnn wagqiba kwelokuba aye eRobben Island. Ukhenketho lwesiqithi lwathabatha olunye 4 iiyure, eyayilungele ukugcwalisa usuku eKapa. Iinqanawa ukuya eRobben Isiqithi sihamba rhoqo kwiiyure ezimbalwa, yiyo loo nto kucetyiswa ukuba kwenziwe iTable Mountain kusasa ngokuchasene nemva kwemini. UAnn waya ngqo eWaterfront ukusuka eLower Air Cable Car, ukhetho olubalaseleyo kuba ihlobo eKapa Idolophu ibishushu kakhulu. 30 degrees Celsius ngumlinganiselo wobushushu ngexesha kwiinyanga zasehlotyeni eNtshona Koloni, ngoko uze nomnqwazi kunye ne-sunscreen. Isikhephe kwakunomthunzi kodwa esiqithini kwakukho ubushushu obuninzi kakhulu kunasedolophini. Imithi igubungela inxenye ye Robben Island, ukuze ufumane ukhenketho ngaphandle ukuphelelwa ngamanzi emzimbeni kubushushu.

Ukubuya ukusuka kukhenketho lwaseRobben Island, Ukutshona kwelanga kweNtaba yeTafile kwakuqalisa ukuhla ngaphaya iLwandle lweAtlantiki. IRobben Island igqibile, kodwa oko kwakungathethi oko UAnn akazange akwazi ukuphuma aye kuphonononga. Amatikiti eTafile Mountain asetyenzisiweyo, kunye nexesha elide usuku, UAnn wabuyela ehostele yakhe ukuze adibane nabahlobo bakhe baxoxe ngale nto ebusuku. Wayehlala eKloof Street kwenye yeebhaka ezidumileyo. Kukho oobhaka abaliqela eKloof Street, kwaye indlela ingaphakathi kufutshane entabeni. Bekuya kuba lula ukuba ebejonge ukunyuka iNtaba yeTafile ngosuku olulandelayo. Ukuba nezinye izicwangciso, yena nabahlobo bakhe babefuna ukwenza itheko eLong Street. Umbono ogqwesileyo ukuba uAnn ukwiqela, ingcamango embi ukuba wayeyedwa. Yiyo loo nto wagqiba kwelokuba ahambe neqela kwaye asele iziselo ezimbalwa kwi indlela enkulu ejongene neeBhafu zaseLong Street. Indlela yokuhamba ipakishwe kuba yayiyi NgoLwesihlanu ebusuku.

Ukugcina ikhuselekile, UAnn wafaka i-smartphone yakhe epokothweni yakhe, kwaye wasebenzisa amatikiti eTafile Mountain ngokunjalo neRobben Island yokudlula isikhitshane. Wenza izinto zalula waza wamnceda uzive ukhuselekile emva kokuba ephumile nabahlobo bakhe. Konke kungcono ukuba ube ngcono usuku eKapa, eNtshona Koloni.

Ukushwankathela okungasentla, Amava ka-Ann enziwe lula ngokucwangciswa kwangaphambili kwenkonzo njengamatikiti eTafile eNtabeni. Amava akhe, njengabanye abaninzi, yaphuculwa ngu amanqaku akwiwebhusayithi kunye namacebiso aluncedo abantu abanawo namava kwaloo nto ngaphambili.

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.