Jirgin ruwan Caribbean: Menene zafi, me ba haka ba

Ƙasar Caribbean ita ce wurin da aka kafa ta hanyar tafiye-tafiye wanda har yanzu yana samun ƙarin matafiya fiye da kowane yanki a duniya.

Ƙasar Caribbean ita ce wurin da aka kafa ta hanyar tafiye-tafiyen da har yanzu tana samun ƙarin matafiya fiye da kowane yanki a duniya. Yana da mashahuri mai ban sha'awa kuma koyaushe zabi ne mai kyau ga masu neman rana na hunturu domin-aƙalla ga Arewacin Amirka-yana da kusanci. Hakanan yana iya bayar da farashin ciniki.

Ɗaya daga cikin ƙalubalen da ƙasashen Caribbean suka fuskanta a cikin ƴan shekarun da suka gabata shine jin gajiya. Da zarar kun tashi zuwa Yammacin Caribbean daga, ku ce, Galveston, New Orleans, ko Tampa, kun kasance a can kuma kuyi haka. Haka yake ga waɗanda suka bi hanyoyin Gabashin Caribbean daga tashar jiragen ruwa na Florida (ba a ma maganar waɗanda ke gabar Gabas, irin su Charleston, Norfolk, Baltimore, da New York). A kan waɗannan tafiye-tafiyen jiragen ruwa, fasinjoji suna ziyartar tashar jiragen ruwa guda sau da yawa - wurare kamar San Juan, St. Thomas, da St. Maarten. Cunkoson jiragen ruwa da rashin samun gogewa a kan teku a wasu tsibiran ba su sa matafiya su koma yankin ba.

Don magance wannan rashin lafiya, masu aiwatar da masana'antu koyaushe suna neman ƙara sabbin wurare da sabbin wuraren da za su yaudari fasinjoji su koma jiragen ruwa na Caribbean. Sun ƙirƙiri sababbin tashoshin jiragen ruwa-kamar tashar Carnival a Grand Turk, tsibiran Bahamian masu zaman kansu da ke wanzuwa a koyaushe da sassaƙaƙe-da-jumin Costa Maya-da alama babu iska. Sun kuma zurfafa zurfin Kudancin Caribbean don nemo sabbin wurare, jira kawai jiragen ruwa su isa.

Har sai an ɗage takunkumi kuma Cuba ta buɗe kofofinta ga jiragen ruwa na Amurka, kada ku yi tsammanin abubuwan mamaki da yawa a kan titin Caribbean. Amma, ko kuna neman zuwa-da-zuwa, ba tukuna-kan-da-radar inda ake nufi ba, ko kuma kawai kuna fatan guje wa has-beens, karanta binciken mu na abin da ke da zafi da abin da ba a cikin Caribbean don kakar cruise mai zuwa.

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St. Croix

Me ya sa: St. Croix, ɗaya daga cikin manyan tsibiran Virgin Islands guda uku, ya faɗo daga taswirar matafiya bayan kakar 2001/2002, lokacin da yawancin batutuwan da ba a warware su ba tare da ƙananan laifuffuka suka rinjayi layin jirgin ruwa zuwa wani wuri. Don haka, wasu shekaru biyar bayan haka, sanarwar Disney cewa za ta ƙunshi sabbin hanyoyin Caribbean a cikin 2009 - gami da St. Croix - ya ɗaga ƴan gira. Ba zato ba tsammani, jiragen ruwa da yawa suna da St. Croix akan hanyoyin tafiya na 2009/2010 — Kasadar Royal Caribbean na Tekuna, Maasdam na Amurka na Holland, Millennium Celebrity, da Tafiya na Azamara. Har ila yau, ba abin damuwa ba ne cewa ƙaramar hukumar ta kashe dala miliyan 18 don ƙawata tashar tashar tashar jiragen ruwa na Frederiksted, wanda ya rikide daga mai laushi zuwa kyakkyawa. Bugu da ƙari, tsibirin, kamar ƴan'uwan sa na USVI, an taru a tsakanin sauran mashahuran tsibiran kuma, saboda haka, tashar kira ce mai matuƙar dacewa.

Abin da ke can: St. Croix yana ba da kwarewa da yawa daban-daban da cunkoson jama'a na makka na St. Thomas. Tare da ƙarin ɗaki don motsawa (St. Croix ya ƙunshi murabba'in mil 84 kuma yana da girman girman St. Thomas sau biyu), St. Kiristanci zuwa arewa. An inganta shi azaman wurin tarihi na yankin Amurka saboda gine-ginen Danish da yake ginawa, St. Buck Island Reef National Monument shine babban abin jan hankali na halitta akan tsibiri mai cike da snorkeling da wuraren ruwa.

Tortola

Me ya sa: Da yawa kamar St. Croix, babban birnin British Virgin Islands ya sami babban ci gaba lokacin da ya kulla yarjejeniya tare da Disney Cruise Line, yana kara da kansa ga dangin da suka fi so na Caribbean a cikin 2009. Ba kamar St. Croix ba, Tortola ba shi da. tarihin sata da laifuka don hana ci gabanta a matsayin tashar jiragen ruwa mai farin jini. Tare da kusancinsa zuwa San Juan- tashar jiragen ruwa na yau da kullun don tafiye-tafiyen jiragen ruwa na Kudancin Caribbean-da kuma sanannen St. Thomas, tabbas Tortola yana tsakiyar tsakiya. Hakanan yana aiki azaman wurin tsalle-tsalle don tafiye-tafiye na rana zuwa wuraren BVI kusa kamar Jost Van Dyke da Virgin Gorda. Kasancewar wani yanki na Biritaniya shima yana taimakawa, aƙalla idan ana maganar samun tagomashi tare da layin jiragen ruwa na Turai. P&O da Fred. Olsen yana amfani da Tortola da yawa akan titin Caribbean, kuma Hapag-Lloyd da Costa kuma suna kiran Tortola. A cikin 2009, kusan kowane layi da zaku iya tunanin yana da Tortola akan hanyar tafiya. A ranakun mafi yawan tashar tashar jiragen ruwa (Laraba da Alhamis), zaku sami jiragen ruwa har guda biyar a tsibirin a lokaci guda, wanda hakan na iya nufin kima mai zafi ga Tortola akan jerin zafi na shekara mai zuwa. Tafi yanzu.

Abin da ke can: A wasu lokuta, ƙwanƙwasa Tortola shine cewa babu isassun abubuwan jan hankali a tsibirin mai barci don gamsar da ɗimbin fasinjojin jirgin ruwa. Amma, hakika wannan kuskure ne. Yana da kyakkyawar makoma don wasannin ruwa, barin matsayin siyayyar Makka zuwa St. Thomas; wuraren snorkeling da wuraren ruwa sune na farko, kuma tarkacen ruwa da yawa-ciki har da RMS Rhone — shahararrun shafuka ne. Iskar iska mai dumi ta sanya wannan aljannar matuƙin jirgin ruwa, kuma sauran tsibiran da ke cikin sarkar BVI ɗan gajeren jirgin ruwa ne. tafiye-tafiye na rana-musamman zuwa makwabcin Jost Van Dyke (gidan White Bay na sama da Soggy Dollar Bar) da Virgin Gorda (inda za ku iya gano kogo da wuraren waha na mashahuran Baths) - suna da yawa kuma sun dace.

St. Kitts

Me ya sa: Muhimmin wurin St. Kitts ya saita shi daidai tsakanin Gabashin Caribbean (Puerto Rico da tsibirin Virgin Islands) da Kudancin Caribbean (Dominica, Martinique, St. Lucia), yana mai da wannan tsibiri mai ban mamaki mara cunkoso a matsayin babban zaɓi ga kowane nau'in Caribbean. hanyoyin tafiya. Wannan tashar tashar jiragen ruwa mai amfani da gaske ta yi tasiri kan Celebrity, wanda ya zaɓe ta a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin tashoshin jiragen ruwa guda uku don haɗawa a farkon, hanyoyin tafiya na dare bakwai na sabo-sabbin, sabbin abubuwa, mafi girma-na-jirgin Celebrity Solstice. (Ƙari ana iya faɗi, San Juan da St. Maarten suna zagaye tasha a kan tafiye-tafiyen tafiya Ft. Lauderdale sailings.) Idan wuraren da Solstice ke zuwa suna da hankali kamar jirgin da kansa, St. Kitts na iya fara zana taron jama'a bayan duka.

Abin da ke can: Kyawun yanayi na St. Kitts ya wuce kyawawan yankunan bakin teku don haɗawa da ciyawar cikin ƙasa—sakamakon tsohuwar masana'antar sikari ta tsibirin. (Har ila yau, gwangwani yana tsiro a cikin kyan gani, ganyaye, korayen faci.) Farin rairayin bakin teku masu yashi da raƙuman ruwa da ke kewaye da su suna jan hankalin masu ba da rana, masu ninkaya, masu kankara ruwa, masu hawan iska, masu tuƙi, da masu ruwa. Dajin dajin tsibirin da dutsen mai aman wuta suna gida ne ga birai da tsuntsaye masu ban sha'awa, kuma wuraren ajiyar lava da ba a saba gani ba sune babban abin jan hankali a Black Rocks. Don taɓo tarihin ɗan adam da wasu fitattun ra'ayoyi, baƙi za su iya zagayawa tsohon bariki na Birtaniyya a Brimstone Hill Fortress kuma su je wurin Bloody Point don girmama tunawa da dubban Caribs, waɗanda Turawa suka yi wa kisan kiyashi. Don tafiya ta yini, hawan jirgin ruwa zuwa tsibirin 'yar'uwar Nevis yana ɗaukar matafiya zuwa wurin da ba a cika cunkoso ba na rafuffuka da rairayin bakin teku.

Tobago

Me ya sa: Sau da yawa tare da tsibirin 'yar'uwarta, Trinidad, Tobago ya fara fitowa a matsayin tashar jiragen ruwa na Kudancin Caribbean. An kammala gine-gine a wani sabon tudu a tashar jiragen ruwa ta Scarborough, don haka yanzu manyan jiragen ruwa masu girman gaske kamar na Voyager na iya tsayawa a tsibirin, maimakon a tilasta musu yin tausasawa. Sauran ayyukan haɓaka tashar jiragen ruwa da ke gudana sun haɗa da haɗa tashar tashar jiragen ruwa tare da titin cinikin Esplanade, horar da sabis na abokin ciniki don direbobin tasi da sauran masu siyarwa, da yuwuwar haɓakawa zuwa jetty na Charlotteville don haka manyan jiragen ruwa na iya kira a can, haka nan. Kuma, ƙoƙarin yana aiki; Celebrity ya amince da ƙara Tobago zuwa Celebrity Summit's 2009/2010 itineraries, da Tobago's 2008/2009 kakar zai ga sau biyu da yawa na cruise kiran jirgin da kuma kiyasin 100,000 cruise baƙi (rakodi ga tsibirin).

Abin da ke can: Tobago yana kusa da tashar jiragen ruwa na Caribbean na tsohuwar makaranta kamar yadda suka zo. Gida ne ga dazuzzukan dajin mafi dadewa a Yammacin Duniya kuma wuri ne mai kyau ga masu tafiya da masu kallon tsuntsaye. A Argyle Waterfalls, baƙi za su iya yin iyo a cikin tafkuna na halitta ko kuma kawai su ji daɗin kyawawan yankin. Murjani reefs na bakin teku suna jawo snorkelers, yayin da masu sha'awar sha'awa za su iya jin daɗin ra'ayoyin ruwa a kan balaguron jirgin ruwan gilashin ƙasa. Akwai yalwar rairayin bakin teku masu don sunbathing, kuma tarihin buffs za su kasance a cikin su yayin da suke yawon shakatawa na tarihi na tsibirin tsibirin da ƙafafun ruwa.

Kosta Maya

Me ya sa: Costa Maya - tashar tashar tashar jiragen ruwa a Kudancin Yucatan wanda yake, a zahiri, an zana shi daga cikin gandun daji - ya rasa matsayin "zafi" lokacin da Hurricane Dean ya daidaita tashar tashar jiragen ruwa, da kuma ƙauyen kamun kifi na kusa da Majahual a 2007. Amma , fiye da shekara guda bayan haka, tashar jiragen ruwa da aka sake gina ta fara maraba da jiragen ruwa da ke bakin tekun zuwa gabar tekun ta kuma ta sake yin fice a jerin shahararrun mutane. Me yasa? Ayyukan gine-gine sun sanya tashar jiragen ruwa, wanda yayi kama da tsibirin mai zaman kansa, mafi kyau fiye da kowane lokaci - babban jirgin ruwa, yanzu yana iya ɗaukar jiragen ruwa guda uku maimakon biyu (ciki har da jiragen ruwa masu girman girman Royal Caribbean's Oasis of the Seas, sabon dan takarar don babban jirgin ruwa). - duk lokacin da ya fara fitowa a cikin fall 2009); ingantattun shaguna, gidajen abinci, da wuraren waha; da balaguro kamar balaguron balaguro. An ƙawata Majahual kuma yanzu yana da hanyar tafiya a bakin rairayin bakin teku. Daga cikin na farko da za su ziyarci tashar jiragen ruwa da aka sake ginawa akwai Carnival Legend, P&O Cruises' Oceana, Royal Caribbean's Independence of the Seas, Disney Magic, Norwegian Spirit, da Holland America's Veendam da Westerdam.

Abin da ke wurin: Ƙauyen da aka yi don yawon buɗe ido yana ba da wuraren cin abinci da mashaya, wuraren shakatawa, bakin teku mai zaman kansa, da shaguna marasa haraji. Daga tashar jiragen ruwa, baƙi za su iya zuwa ƙauyen Majahual don tafiya tare da rairayin bakin teku, cin abinci a cikin gidajen cin abinci na gida, wasan motsa jiki, ko shakatawa a bakin tekun yashi a Uvero Beach Club. Sauran zaɓuɓɓukan tafiye-tafiye sun haɗa da yawon shakatawa na kayak ta hanyar mangroves, snuba diving, ziyartar Maya ruins, da BioMaya Bacalar-wani rana mai ban sha'awa, cikakke tare da layin zip-line, iyo, da kuma tafiya na jungle.

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Grand Cayman

Me ya sa: Dogon babban jigon balaguro na Caribbean, tsibiran Cayman sun ga raguwar raguwa a cikin 'yan shekarun nan. A cikin 2008, yawan fasinjoji da jiragen ruwa da ke kira a Grand Cayman ya ragu daga 2007. Ko da yake har yanzu tashar tashar jiragen ruwa ta tashar jiragen ruwa, Grand Cayman, watakila, ya rungumi wani abu mai kyau. A lokacin babban lokacin, ana iya samun manyan jiragen ruwa guda shida a rana a cikin teku, suna ba da fasinja zuwa ƙaramin George Town. (Rashin tashar jirgin ruwa ko kuma wurin da ke cikin jirgin ruwa babban cikas ne.) Kuma, duk da cewa masu kasuwancin gida duk sun kasance don ci gaba da kololuwar zirga-zirgar jiragen ruwa, jajircewar tsibirin ga tsarinta na murjani mai laushi yana haifar da tashin hankali na muhalli.

Abin da ke can: Ko da mafi sanannun fiye da George Town, ƙananan tsibirin tsibirin, shine Bakwai Mile Beach (wanda ke da nisan mil 5.5 kawai). An yi masa layi tare da wuraren shakatawa, masu sayan wasanni na ruwa, da gidajen abinci. Sauran abubuwan jan hankali sun hada da 65-acre Sarauniya Elizabeth II Botanical Garden, da tarihi Pedro St. James "castle" (la'akari da wurin haifuwar dimokuradiyya a cikin Caymans), da kuma ruwa ruwa.

San Juan

Me ya sa: San Juan, wanda ya sami nasara da yawa a matsayin tashar jiragen ruwa na tashar jiragen ruwa na Kudancin Caribbean, an ƙalubalanci. A cikin bazara na 2008, American Airlines - babban mai ba da jigilar jirage zuwa San Juan - ya yanke jiragen zuwa tsibirin da kashi 45 cikin ɗari. Kodayake masu jigilar kaya kamar AirTran da JetBlue sun shiga don cike gibin, har yanzu akwai ƙarancin jirage - waɗanda ke da mahimmanci wajen jigilar fasinjoji zuwa jiragensu - zuwa wannan tashar tashi, sanannen wurin tsalle-tsalle na titin Kudancin Caribbean. Don haka, matafiya yanzu suna fuskantar ƙarancin zaɓuɓɓuka da yuwuwar farashin farashi mai yawa. A matsayin tashar tashar kira ta kwana ɗaya, San Juan shima yana kokawa. Mummunan martani daga masu ruwa da tsaki game da kwarewar tashar jiragen ruwa yana haifar da layin jirgin ruwa don sauke tsibirin daga hanyoyin tafiya. (Saboda matsalolin lokaci, jiragen ruwa da ke tashi daga tashar jiragen ruwa na Amurka na bakin teku ba sa shiga tashar har zuwa maraice, lokacin da yawancin shaguna da abubuwan jan hankali na tarihi ke rufe.). Royal Caribbean kwanan nan ya ɗauki San Juan daga tafiyar dare 12 na Kudancin Caribbean a kan Explorer na Tekuna a cikin 2010, yana zaɓar fara tafiye-tafiye tare da kwanaki uku a jere, maimakon ciyar da wani ɓangare na yini (ko dare) a Puerto Rico.

Abin da ke can: San Juan an fi saninsa da kyakkyawan tsohuwar birni mai kyau, wanda, dacewa, shine inda jiragen ruwa ke tsayawa. Baƙi za su iya ɗauka a cikin tsoffin ganuwar birni, titin dutsen dutse, ƙaƙƙarfar katafaren gini, da babban coci. Akwai boutiques da yawa da shaguna marasa haraji. A wajen birni, rairayin bakin teku masu yawa suna ba da yashi, cikakke don sunbathing, kuma gandun daji na El Yunque ya zama abin gani ga masu tafiya da masu sha'awar yanayi.

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Aruba

Me ya sa: Ya kasance a ƙarshen kudancin Kudancin Caribbean, Aruba ya dade yana daya daga cikin mafi nisa tashar jiragen ruwa a yankin - mai nisa, wato, daga tashoshin jiragen ruwa, irin su San Juan, Miami, da Ft. Lauderdale. Nisanta, tare da tsadar mai, ya haifar da wasu layin jirgin ruwa - Carnival, na ɗaya - don cire Aruba daga jadawalin a cikin 2007, yana mai nuni da buƙatar adana kuɗi. Amma, a cikin 2008, yawan fasinjojin jirgin ruwa da ke ziyartar Aruba sun fara hawa, suna hasashen sake dawowa. Shin faduwar farashin mai zai dawo da Aruba cikin tagomashi, ko kuwa matafiya, manne da balaguro zuwa tashar jiragen ruwa a cikin lokutan tattalin arziki marasa tabbas, tilasta layin jirgin ruwa don baiwa tsibirin sanyin kafada? Ku kasance da mu.

Abin da ke can: rairayin bakin teku, rairayin bakin teku, da ƙarin rairayin bakin teku. Aruba aljanna ce ta bakin teku. Hakanan wuri ne mai kyau ga 'yan wasan golf, 'yan caca (tsibirin na cike da casinos), da masu siyayya marasa haraji.

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