Traveler Express: Kushambadzira mapoinzi ekufambisa mafambiro endege kakawanda hakuna kunaka

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Sezvamungave makaona, mapoinzi eQantas Rewards ava nyore kuwana, unongofanira kutarisa fomu rako rechikwereti, inishuwarenzi yehutano nezvimwewo. Sei? Nekuti kudzoka kwavo kwaderera pane kare. Parizvino hazvigoneke kubhururuka nendege yebhizinesi kubva kuMelbourne kuenda kuEurope uchishandisa mapoinzi. Nguva dzose, chikamu chendege refu kupfuura zvese ndeche economy class, uye nzira yacho haisi yakananga. Kukwidziridzwa kwakanyanya kwemapoinzi ekufambisa ndege kazhinji inhema nekuti kukosha kwayo hakuchipo.
Ndakapedza mavhiki mashoma ndiri muKorea. Dai paiva nedenga remba, waizopfeka chifukidzo, uye 95% yevanhu vaizopfeka chifukidzo mumugwagwa. Zvinonyadzisa, saka tarisa mutambo wechangobva kuitwa wevatatu vezera repakati nepakati vane udyire vakavharirwa muSydney mundege nekuti vaida kusunungurwa. Vakawana zvavaida kunyangwe mushure mekunge vamwe vafambi vavataurira kuti vapfeke chifukidzo. Ndakava nerombo rakanaka rekugara kumashure kwavo kusvika kuSingapore. Mabhokisi asina chinhu anowanzoita ruzha rukuru.
Parwendo rupfupi rwekuenda kuMelbourne, mushure mekuburuka mutramu, ndakaona kuti ndakanga ndasiya bhegi rangu remusana ne iPad yangu pachigaro. Ndakakwira tramu rinotevera nenzira imwe chete ndikaudza mutyairi akatumira tsananguro yacho paredhiyo. Ndakafonera vatyairi vese uye mukati memaminitsi mashanu ndakaudzwa kuti bhegi rakanga rapihwa nemufambi. Mutyairi akashuma nezvechiitiko ichi akandiudza kuti ndimirire tramu kuti idzoke nenzira yakasiyana. Akandipawo nhamba yenzira nenhamba yemotokari kuti nditarise. Zvese zvaive sezvaakataura uye mukati memaminitsi gumi bhegi rangu remusana rakadzoserwa kwandiri. Kutenda kukuru kune vatyairi veTramu yeMelbourne nevafambi vakatendeka.
Tsamba nhatu dzeTraveller Letters dzaMay 21 dzakataura nezvekutsoropodzwa kweQantas, kunyanya tsamba yevhiki rino yekukundikana kutarisa chero mukwendege yemufambi kuenda kuLondon yaityisa. Ndanga ndiri mushandi wepasi weQantas anodada kwemakore anoda kusvika makumi matatu, uye mumakore mashoma apfuura zvave zvichisuwisa kuverenga nezvekukundikana kwebasa revatengi (kwakawanda kusati kwaitika COVID) sezvo kusingabvi kune veruzhinji chete, asiwo kune vamwe vanhu. Ndizvo zvakafanana neindasitiri yekushanya kubva kuvanhu vese. Ndinovimba kuti vatungamiriri veQantas vachatora kushoropodzwa uku vodzorera kambani iyi yakanaka ku 'mweya weAustralia' chaiwo wayaimbova nawo.
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Vamwe vevanyori venyu vakanyunyuta munguva pfupi yapfuura nezvebasa reQantas. Heino nyaya yakanaka: mavhiki mashoma apfuura taiva paPerth Airport takamirira kudzokera kuMelbourne. Ndege iri pagedhi rinotevera yakanga isina kusvika nenguva uye takaona kuti mhuri yevanhu vatatu mundege iyoyo yakanga ichinetseka nemaitiro evanakomana vavo vaviri. Sezvo kusuruvara kwakawedzera, mumwe wevana akarwisa nhengo yechikwata chepasi cheQantas, uyo akaramba akadzikama uye achizvidzora nguva dzese. Ndakafadzwa nehunyanzvi hwevashandi vepasi pakubata nemamiriro ezvinhu aya aishungurudza zvikuru.
Ndinoda chinyorwa chaLee Tulloch chinoenderera mberi (Traveller, Chivabvu 14). Chimwe chezvipo zvekutakura ndekuunza maenvelopu maviri kana matatu ane machira kuitira kuti ugone kutumira zvinhu kwauri. Hatina kumbobvira tasangana nedambudziko rekugamuchira machira ekuTurkey, majuzi ecashmere, mbatya itsva (kana dzakamboshandiswa) muSydney. Kutenga maenvelopu ane machira kunze kwenyika kunowanzo kuve kwakaoma, asi kushandisa posvo kunogara kuri chimwe chiitiko chinonakidza chetsika. Mushure memakore ekufamba kwakakomba kana kunonakidza, ndinoshandisa mbatya dzine mavara. Zvinogona kunetsa, asi zvichaita kuti utende kudzoka kumba.
Munyori wenyaya yenyu Lee Tulloch anonyora (asingade) kuti hapana chikonzero chekushandisa mikwende yakachekwa. Ndinokumbira kusiyana. Vanhu vanounza mikwende yakawanda mukamuri vanotora nzvimbo yevamwe uye vanowanzovhara nzira dzekuchengetera, kupinda uye kutora mikwende. Vamwe vavo vanoda kuti vashandi vatakure mabhegi avo makuru mubhuti. Mikwende inofanira kuganhurirwa kune zvaunoda chaizvo kana kuti zvausingakwanise kutarisa parwendo rwako.
Tsamba yaGlen op den Brou (Traveller Letters, Chivabvu 21) inopomera vafambi vekuEurope mhosva yekuregeredza hondo yeUkraine pavanoenda kuEurope, izvo zvinondishamisa uye zvinondishamisa. Handizivi kuti kusaenda kuEurope kungaita sei kuti Putin apfupise "basa rake rakakosha". Angangoda kuti tisarambe Europe. Maonero aGlenn haaonewo kurwadziwa kuri kukonzerwa nekurambidzwa kwekufamba kweCOVID kune vazhinji vekuEurope vanoda Australia kumusha uye vanoda kupora nemhuri yavo yekuEurope. Pakutanga kwedenda, baba vangu vakarasikirwa nehupenyu hwavo nekuda kweCovid-19 ndokudzokera kuNetherlands kekutanga mumakore maviri nehafu; zvese kukudza baba vangu vakafa uye kubatsira kupemberera zuva rekuzvarwa kwaamai vangu rechi90. Kunyange zvazvo ndichisemeswa nehondo inonyadzisa yakarwiwa nemudzvinyiriri aienda kurwisa nyika yakazvimirira, handioni kuti mafambiro angu akanyadzisa sei vanhu vekuUkraine - sezviuru zvevanhu vekune imwe nyika yangu vakadzika midzi munyika yekare - kudzokera kumusha kwangu.
Gwaro rako rega rekuenda kuCorfu, Greece (Traveller, Chivabvu 21) harina chivakwa chinoshamisa chenhoroondo. Shanyira Mon Repos, nzvimbo yakazvarirwa Muchinda Philip, Duke weEdinburgh, chinhambwe chipfupi kubva kuguta reCorfu, pamusoro pegomo rakanaka.
Chinyorwa cheMupepeti: Maita basa nezano iri, kunyangwe muchikwanisa kuwana mushumo wakazara weTraveler pamusoro pechinhu ichi chinonakidza cheCorfu pano, wakabudiswa denda risati rasvika.
IApropos Hotel inogarwa nembwa nedzimwe mhuka (Traveller, Chivabvu 7), uye mushure mekushanyira Canada makore mashoma apfuura, handina kunzwisisa kuti nei vaenzi vezororo vaifanira kuuya nembwa dzavo. Petotel yakagadzirwa kuitira kuti imbwa dzemhando yeMongrel dzikwanise kuzorora kubva kuvaridzi vadzo.
Pose pandinofamba, ndinouya nemapillowcases mashoma kuti ndinzwe ndakasununguka, uye dzimwe nguva piro yekurara kuti ndinzwe ndakasununguka. Pandakashaya vashandi, ndakaona kuti t-shirt yangu yekurerutsira yaizova sarudzo yakanaka. Kanganwa nezveP-slip, tora imwe T-shirt.
Chinyorwa cheMupepeti Tinoda kunzwa kubva kuvaverengi vedu nezvezvimwe zvinhu zvavanoda kutakura pavanenge vachifamba kuti vawedzere kunyaradzwa.
Nezvetsamba yaGreg Cornwell yekuti “Oh Canada” (Traveller Letters, Chivabvu 21), ini ndichangobvawo kudzoka kubva kunze kwenyika uye ndinofanira kuita bvunzo yePCR isati yasvika uye pandinosvika. Zvisinei, mhinduro dzese dzakawanikwa uye dzakachengetwa muchimiro chedhijitari, saka handinzwisisi kuti sei Greg nemukadzi wake vakakumbirwa kusvipira mubhodhoro zuva rega rega. Zvechokwadi vane mhinduro pafoni here? Vachiri pakombiyuta here? Nezvefomu reAustralia rekuzivisa vafambi nemagetsi, rave riripo kwemwedzi mishoma uye kambani yedu yendege yakanditumira meseji inenge vhiki tisati tadzokera kumba tichitiyeuchidza kuti tiizadze online kana kuburikidza neapp. Takaudzwa nezvezvipingamupinyi, uye kunyange zvazvo zvaive zvisina kunaka, zvaive zvakanaka kukwanisa kufamba zvakare.
Nguva pfupi yadarika ndakapedza zororo raitarisirwa zvakanyanya pahotera iri kure kuWestern Australia, inongosvikika nendege kana negungwa chete (ndakafamba ikoko neMelbourne, Darwin neKununurra). Zvinosuwisa kuti, ndichipinda muzororo, ndakaonekwa ndine Covid-19. Ndinofanira kutakurwa nendege kubva kuhotera kuenda kuKununurra nendege yakachengeteka yeCOVID nemutengo we $4810. Hapana inishuwarenzi (yakavanzika, kadhi rechikwereti, inishuwarenzi yehutano) inovhara mari dzine chekuita neCOVID. Kunyange hazvo COVID yakajairika muAustralia, chiitiko chakadaro chekuenda kure chakakodzera njodzi here?
Tichitaura nezvetsamba yaMichael Atkin inonzi “Open the Door” (Tipometer, Chivabvu 29) uye matambudziko ake ekudzoserwa mari kubva ku gotogate.com, takatanga kubata dhipatimendi remakadhi echikwereti rebhangi redu uye takaita maitiro ekuti mari yacho idzoserwe nenzira iyi. Nhau yedu ndeyekuti hatina kuwana mabasa atakabhadhara. Gotogate akakurukura izvi, asi bhangi rakatidzosera mari yacho. Rombo rakanaka, vafambi pamwe chete.
Ndatenda zvikuru nerubatsiro rwenyu, mazano, mazano uye kurudziro iri papeji rino (Lonely Planet, iyo nyaya yemibairo yenyu yevhiki nevhiki, iBhaibheri rangu rekufamba uye harimbokundikani). Heano mamwe emazano angu ekufamba andinofarira: gara uchibhuka pekugara riri pakati peguta kuitira kuti ugone kudzoka zviri nyore masikati kana husiku; dzidza mazwi ekutanga (ruremekedzo neruremekedzo) mumutauro wenyika yauri kushanyira; ziva nezvetsika; takura kero nenhamba yefoni yehotera yauri kugara newe.
Ndakadzidza kubva kushamwari dziri kunetseka nekudzidza uye dzinongobhuka online nevamiriri veAustralia vane mvumo. Ndinogara ndichitarisa atas.com.au kuti ndive nechokwadi chekuti vanozviita. Uchadzivirirwa nemutemo weAustralia pakubhadhara zvikwereti kana kudzoserwa mari.
Vanyori vetsamba vevhiki rino vakahwina mabhuku ekufambisa eHardy Grant anodarika $100. Muna Chikumi, kunosanganisira rwendo rwebhasikoro rwekupedzisira: Andrew Bain's Australia; Romy Gill paHimalayan Trail; Melissa Mylchreest naRewilding Kids Australia.
Bhuku rinonzi Tip Writer revhiki rino rakahwina seti yemabhuku matatu ekufambisa eLonely Planet, anosanganisira Ultimate Australia Travel Checklist, Travel Books uye Armchair Explorers.
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Nguva yekutumira: Chikumi-06-2022