Umama ongayedwa wengane eneminyaka emi-5, UMary wayehlela ukuza eKapa ezobona iTable Mountain. Uhambo lwaluzoba lude 16 amahora ukusuka e-Ireland. Lokho kwamenza waba novalo kakhulu ngoba ingane yakhe yayisele yodwa 5 iminyaka ngeminyaka. Waqala ukusesha ku-inthanethi izinto angayenza eKapa futhi wazithela eTable Mountain National Park, kuphela a 20 imizuzu yokushayela ukusuka eCape Town City Center. Lokho akuthola kwamjabulisa, wayezibuza ukuthi uzonyuka kanjani 330 Intaba eneminyaka eyizigidi ubudala ngesikhathi ekuseni nengane yakhe. 5-izingane ezineminyaka engu-ubudala zithatha isikhathi ukuze zihleleke - noma wacabanga kanjalo. Elinde izinhlelo zakhe zokwenza umqondo obambekayo, wathatha isinyathelo sokuthenga amathikithi e-Table Mountain nge-inthanethi njengepasi elihlanganisiwe.
Ukukhethwa kwakhe kokuqala kwamathikithi e-Table Mountain kwaba iwebhusayithi etholakala lapha ku-TableMountainTickets.com ngoba kwakunolwazi oluningi nge-Cable Car etholakalayo., okuhlanganisa i-Aerial Cableway, amahora, izikhathi, izindleko, nokuthi ungafika kanjani lapho 2020. Amathikithi abehlanganisa umhlahlandlela kanye nolunye ulwazi abengeke alwazi ngaphambili ukube akazange acwaninge “amathikithi e-Table Mountain” ku-Google.com. Ehlakaniphe njengaye, wayengazi ukuthi athenge kanjani amathikithi kusasele izinsuku ezimbalwa kuhanjwe; kulapho isayithi linikeze khona yonke idatha edingekayo ukuze ukhethe ukuthi uzothenga yini manje noma uzothenga kamuva. Isimo sezulu saseKapa sishintsha ngokushesha, futhi yingakho ekhetha ukuthenga ke, njengoba kubikwe imvula ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezizayo, wayefuna ukuyilinda. Impela ekuseni libalele ngalolo suku, kodwa nakuba isibikezelo sathi imvula, wayezwile ukuthi eKapa kwenzeke kanjaniizinkathi ezine ngosuku olulodwa. Kuyajabulisa njengoba kungase kube, UMary wayefuna ukuthenga amathikithi ngesikhathi eKapa elinesimo sezulu libalele.
Kulandela umbono wakhe ngesimo sezulu saseKapa, wathenga amathikithi 3 izinsuku kusukela efikile eKapa. Yize izulu belina ekuseni, imvula engu-1mm ayizange imhlukanise, futhi wabona ngayizolo iKapa ihlangabezana nezinguquko zesimo sezulu ngokushesha. I-Table Mountain inesimo sezulu sayo, futhi ngoba wayehlala entabeni ebuka iWaterfront, I-Devils Peak, kanye neKapa ePhakathi, wakhetha ukuyidlala ngendlebe abone isimo sezulu ngalolo suku. Ezinsukwini ezintathu kamuva futhi waba nesikhathi esihle sokuvakashela iCable Car eKapa, nesimo sezulu esihle ngangokunokwenzeka, ukhetha ukusebenzisa amathikithi akhe e-Table Mountain ekuseni. Amaphasi abevumeleke ukusuka 8:30 ngize 1:00 ntambama, ngaleso sikhathi uzodinga ukuthenga ithikithi elisha laseTable Mountain leNtambama yeCable Car. Amathikithi asekuseni abengavumelekile ngemuva kwalokho 1:00 pm noma kunjalo - ucabange ukuthi kungcono ukuyisebenzisa ekuseni isentsha, futhi ulayini oya ku-Aerial Cableway mfushane.
Ingane yakhe yayimi ngomumo 7:00 ngi, futhi kuthathe imizuzu embalwa kuphela ngabakwa-Uber ukufika ku-Lower Aerial Cableway, useshe ku-Google.co.za ngobusuku bangaphambilini. Futhi, ku-inthanethi bekukhona imininingwane ngezikhathi zokuvulwa kweCable Car, abengeke akwazi ukube akazange afune “amathikithi e-Table Mountain.” Umsebenzi wenziwa, futhi yena kanye naye oneminyaka emihlanu ubudala bagibela inqola yekhebula namathikithi e-electronic ababewathole ngayizolo. Kwathatha kuphela 24 amahora okuthi athole amathikithi nge-imeyili, kodwa akazange ahlole ngoba ubematasa kakhulu ngezinto ezifana neBoulders Beach kanye namaphengwini aseSimons Town.. Ngosuku olwedlule wayethenga eWaterfront efuna into azothengela ingane yakhe eneminyaka emihlanu, kufaka phakathi amathoyizi agxishiwe nezinye izinto eziyisikhumbuzo ezitolo ezifana nemakethe ye-PnP.
I-Upper Aerial Cableway yayimatasa, wazithola ebhekene nabantu abaningi, bonke ababenomqondo ofanayo wokusebenzisa amathikithi e-Cable Car ukugibela i-Table Mountain Aerial Cableway. Lapho bathatha izithombe futhi benza into efanayo naleyo ayenzile, Kuphela nje ukuthi wayetshelwe kakhudlwana ngezikhathi zeCable Car futhi wayazi ukuthi wayesheshe ahambe ngaphambi kokuba izixuku zabantu amathikithi e-Table Mountain abe esemthethweni ohambeni lwakhe lokubuya ngakho yayingekho indlela ayezohamba ngayo ngemva kwalokho. 10:00 ngi. Ngemva kwalokhu, izixuku zabuthana, futhi wayezoba nokubambezeleka ohambweni lwakhe lokubuyela ezansi neTable Mountain. Ingane yakhe eneminyaka emihlanu yayiziphethe kahle yonke indlela. Ngemva kweTable Mountain, UMary wayefuna ku-skype ukushayela umndeni nabangane bakhe e-Ireland, wabe esecupha ucingo nge-sim card ayeyithenge kwaVodacom ngobusuku bangaphambilini kwa-V&Indawo yaseWaterfront. Ukuxhumeka kwe-4g bekunomusa ngokwanele ukusingatha ikholi yevidiyo ye-HD esuka ku-Lower Aerial Cable Car isebenzisa i-Wifi yabo. I-Wifi yamahhala ibitholakala ku-Lower Aerial Cableway, okwenze kwaba lula kuMary ukuthi asingathe ikholi yevidiyo yamahhala emndenini wakhe e-Ireland. Wama esitobhini sebhasi eCity Sightseeing eTable Mountain ukuze abonise umndeni wakhe umgwaqo oya eSignal Hill naseLions Head., kanye neTable Mountain North Face kanye neCable Car. Umndeni ushaqekile ngendlela iTable Mountain, enye yeziNtsha 7 Izimanga Zendalo, ingabamba i-Aerial Cableway cishe i-1km phezulu esibhakabhakeni. Njengoba yayikhona 10:00 ngi, UMary wanquma ukubuyela ehhotela lakhe kanye naye oneminyaka emihlanu ubudala ukuze bayodla i-brunch engxenyeni ye-buffet. UMary wayezibuza ngaphambi kohambo lwakhe ukuthi wayezohlalaphi eKapa, futhi wathola indawo ethokomele ebekwe emithambekeni yaseTafelburg ne-Booking.com. Kwakuyimali eshisiwe ngoba uMary wayehlele uhambo lwakhe lokuphumula, ishibhe kakhulu kunangezinyanga zasehlobo zaseKapa, Disemba kuya kuJanuwari. Ukwamukela izivakashi ngalesi sikhathi kuzoba nzima njengoba abantu bendawo ku-Airbnb bekuthola kuyinselele ukuhambisana nesidingo sendawo yokuhlala eKapa.. Okuhle kakhulu ukuthi uMary ubebhukhele ukuhlala kwakhe izinyanga ezingasebenzi!