Abahambi abaninzi, ngakumbi abasuka kuNxweme oluseNtshona, bayazi iSt. Thomas kuphela kwindawo yokumisa iinqanawa. Iziqithi ezikunye nayo iSt. John neSt. Croix zaziwa kangako.
Ayilunganga le nto. IZiqithi zaseVirgin zase-US zifanelekile ukutyelela, kwaye kungekhona nje kwinqanawa.
ISt. Thomas ibonakala ibhetele ngoku kunokuba injalo kwiminyaka emalunga ne-15. Kwasokola iminyaka elishumi ukuchacha kwiNkanyamba uMarilyn ngo-1995 kunye nokuhla emva kwe-9/11. Ngoku, ibonakala ixhaphakile kwaye ikwimo engcono kunezinye iindawo zaseU.S. ISt.Croix, ekwiikhilomitha ezingama-40 ukuya emazantsi, yathwaxwa yiNkanyamba uHugo malunga neminyaka engama-22 eyadlulayo, kodwa ibuyile yaye inamandla ngakumbi kunangaphambili.
Iziqithi, ngokuqinisekileyo, ziyazamkela iinqanawa zokuhamba ngenqanawa. I-USVI, njengoko ibizwa ngamanye amaxesha, yindawo yesithathu edume kakhulu yokuhamba ngenqanawa emva kweBahamas kunye neCayman Islands. Iziqithi zibamba iindwendwe ezimalunga nezigidi ezi-2 ngonyaka, zinciphisa inani labantu bazo, ngokobalo luka-2010 lungaphantsi nje kwe-110,000.
Abo bakhetha ukuhlala i-spell baya kufumana iziqithi enchanting. Ngaba ufuna itrafikhi, iivenkile, abantu abaninzi kunye nokutya? Khetha iSt. Thomas. Ngaba ufuna ukubona kungabikho mntu? Khetha ulwandle olukude eSt. Ngaba ufuna indibaniselwano yezi zimbini? Zama eSt. Croix. Kukwakho nembali eninzi kwiziqithi zangaphambili zaseDanish ezibanika ubutyebi benkcubeko ngaphaya kwemithi yesundu kunye neepirates.
Kwaye kulula kakhulu ukuya kwi-island-hop: iSt. Thomas kunye neSt. John ziqelelene ngemizuzu eli-15 kuphela ngesikhephe.
I-St. Thomas, eyona nto iphuhliswe kakhulu kwezi zintathu, yenye yezona ndawo kuphela kwihlabathi apho uqhuba iimoto zohlobo lwaseMelika kodwa kunye nemithetho yaseBritani yendlela - ngasekhohlo. Abaqhubi bayalunyukiswa ukuba babeke igxalaba lakho emagxeni ukuthintela iingozi.
Iphephandaba lasekuhlaleni elincinane lesi siqithi, iVirgin Islands Daily Press, laphumelela iBhaso lePulitzer lenkonzo karhulumente ngo-1995 ngothotho lwalo lorhwaphilizo lwamapolisa, impumelelo emangalisayo yobuntatheli kwiphepha elincinane.
UCharlotte Amalie, isixeko esikhulu kunazo zonke saseSt. Thomas kunye nesihlalo sikarhulumente kunye neenkundla, wathiywa ngegama likakumkanikazi waseDatshi ukusuka ekupheleni kwe-1600s. Abantu bayaphikisana nokuba libizwa ngokuba nguCharlotte a-MAL-ye-a okanye a-ma-LEE, kodwa iMerriam-Webster Dictionary idwelisa zombini njengezichanekileyo.
Abemi baseVirgin Island ngokwabo bayathetha, banezimvo kwaye bathe ngqo, kwaye bakwamele indawo apho isimilo kunye nentsasa elandelayo ibalulekile. Uya kufumana isihlwele esihamba ngesikhephe kunye ne-quirky eshwabeneyo yokufakelwa kwesikhumba sase-US, abathi ngenxa yezizathu zabo ezingaqondakaliyo baye bazalelwa.
Nantsi, izizathu eziphezulu zokutyelela iiVirgin Islands kobu busika:
Amanzi kunye ne-vistas. Ngaba ukhe wathenga ubucwebe be-Navajo turquoise? Nguwo umbala wamanzi apha. Kwaye ubushushu bamanzi ngama-80 degrees ngoFebruwari. Ayinakwenzeka enye indawo e-US ngaphandle kweHawaii.
KwiZiqithi zaseVirgin, i-hilly vistas ephuma elwandle yinto oyiphuphayo ebusika. Sisigcina-skrini sakho ekhaya.
Yimo YEZULU. Amaqondo obushushu eZiqithi zaseVirgin akafane ahluke ukusuka kwi-80s emini kunye ne-70s ebusuku. Umoya ucacile. Iinwele zakho ziziva zifumile ngesiquphe, kwaye ulusu lwakho lukhangeleka lulungile.
Imimoya yorhwebo engagungqiyo evela empuma igcina amaqondo obushushu angavuthi. Ukuba kuyanetha, ngokuqhelekileyo ivelisa ngokukhawuleza kwisibhakabhaka esiluhlaza.
Akukho pasipoti. Yindawo yase-US, okuthetha ukuba ufuna kuphela ilayisenisi yokuqhuba kunye nesatifikethi sokuzalwa ukuze ungene.
Iilwandle, i-snorkeling, ukuhamba ngeenqanawa kunye ne-scuba. Ayikokubaxa ukuba ungahamba elunxwemeni kwaye uhambe nge-snorkel phakathi kwezikolo zeentlanzi zetropikhi. Ukuntywila kuhle, nako. Iilwandle? Iilwandle zaseSt. Thomas zaseCoki naseSapphire zintle kakhulu zibonakala ngathi uye wangena efotweni. ESt. John, iTrunk Bay imile njengoncumo olukhulu. Kuxakekile okanye akunanto, iilwandle zikho kuyo yonke indawo, zonke zinesanti ecolekileyo emhlophe namanzi athambileyo – kwaye akukho jellyfish.
Iihambo ezinomdla ezisecaleni. Iihambo ezisecaleni? Ukusuka esiqithini? Iziqithi zikumgama wenqanawa ukusuka kwiZiqithi zaseBritane ezimangalisayo, nangona uya kufuna ipaspoti. (Tortola iyure ukusuka eSt. Thomas, Jost Van Dyke 45 imizuzu.)
Ungaqhuba ujikeleze. Kwiindawo ezininzi zokuchithela iiholide zaseCaribbean naseMexico, abakhenkethi bayalunyukiswa ukuba bangazishiyi iindawo zabo zokuchithela iiholide okanye baqhube. Ngelixa iZiqithi zaseVirgin zinesabelo sazo solwaphulo-mthetho (ubukhulu becala obunxulumene neziyobisi), kukhuselekile noko ukuziqhubela ngokwakho eziqithini, uthatha izilumkiso ezifanayo obuya kuzenza ekhaya. Oko kukunika inkululeko engakumbi.
Inxalenye ekhohlisayo? Ukuqhuba imoto yohlobo lwaseMelika kwicala lasekhohlo kwiindlela ezijikajikayo ezimxinwa.
Umoya ongaqhelekanga kodwa oqhelekileyo. Abantu baseVirgin Islands bathetha IsiNgesi, kwaye idola yimali esetyenziswayo. Uya kufumana izikhululo zeTV zaseMelika kwihotele yakho, kwaye ifowuni yakho iya kufumana umqondiso olungileyo. Kukho neKmart eSt. Thomas. Nangona kunjalo, le yiCaribbean, kwaye ukusebenza kakuhle ligama elihambelanayo.
Ukuba ufuna isantya kunye nocwangco, namathela eFlorida, utsho uDavid Bello, umnini weFair Wind Sailing School eRed Hook, eSt. Le yi-US, kodwa ayisiyiyo iU.S.
Ukuthenga. I-St. Thomas idume njengeyona ndawo inkulu yokuthenga engahlawulelwa rhafu, ingenamsebenzi kwi-Caribbean. Iziqithi ziyaziwa ngobugcisa bazo, njengoko zilikhaya labapeyinti abaninzi, ababumbi kunye namanye amagcisa.
Iindwendwe zivumelekile ukuba ziphume eSt. Thomas kunye ne-$ 1,600 kwizinto ezingenamsebenzi - ngokuphindwe kabini kwiindawo ezininzi zokuya.
Amalungelo okuqhayisa. Iziqithi zaseVirgin zibukeka ngakumbi kuneHawaii okanye iFlorida. Yiholide nje ye-sexier.
Imbali yeZiqithi zase-U.S
Abemi bokuqala, iCiboneys, bafika ngexesha leenkcubeko ezithathwa njenge-Pre-Ceramic Culture. AmaArawaks afika malunga no-A.D. 100, elandelwa yiCaribs neTainos. UChristopher Columbus wabanga iziqithi eSpeyin ekupheleni kweminyaka yoo-1500; idabi phakathi kwamaIndiya noColumbus ligqalwa njengemvukelo yokuqala kwiLizwe Elitsha.
Esi siqithi sasilawulwa yiSpanish, isiFrentshi, isiNgesi, iKnights yaseMalta kwaye ide kakhulu ngamaDanes. Ngomnyaka we-1694, iDenmark yaseka indawo yokuqala yokuhlala eSt. Thomas, eyandisa eSt. John ngo-1694 naseSt. Croix kwi-1733.
Ngowe-1685, uSt. Thomas waba sisikhundla sokurhweba ngamakhoboka. Amakhoboka angaphezu kwama-200,000, ubukhulu becala asuka kunxweme olusentshona Afrika, athunyelwa ngenqanawa eziqithini ukuya kuvuna ummoba, umqhaphu kunye ne-indigo. Ngowe-1733, amakhoboka ahlasela iSt. IDenmark yayeka ukurhweba ngamakhoboka ngowe-1792, kodwa inkululeko ayizange inikwe amakhoboka de kwangowe-1848.
KwiMfazwe Yehlabathi I, iUnited States yabona indlela ezilungelelene ngayo ezi ziqithi yaza yazithenga ngowe-1917 ngeedola ezingama-25 ezigidi. Noko ke, akuzange kube ngowe-1927 apho ubumi banikwa abantu baseVirgin Islanders. I-Organic Act ka-1936 ivumele ukusekwa kwendlu yeengwevu; ngo-1970, abahlali bonyula irhuluneli yabo yokuqala.
Namhlanje, ezi ziqithi ziyindawo echumileyo yokuya ekhefini.
Ithatyathwe kulwazi olunikwe yi U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Tourism.
Ukuba uyahamba
Jonga iipakethi zokuhamba ezibandakanya imali yenqwelomoya kunye nendawo yokuhlala. Jonga iindawo zehotele/zokuphumla ukuze ufumane amaxabiso. Kungcono ke, urente i-condo okanye ivilla.
Indawo yokuhlala: E-St. Thomas, jonga iisayithi zokubhukisha iihotele kwiintengiso kwiindawo zokungcebeleka ezinkulu ezifana ne-Wyndham Sugar Bay, i-Marriott Frenchman's Reef, i-Bolongo Bay okanye i-Ritz-Carlton.
Zama ukurenta ngekhitshi ukuze ukwazi ukupheka okunye kokutya kwakho. Iindawo ezininzi ekuchithelwa kuzo iiholide zineeyunithi zabucala, ngoko ke unokufumana iintengiso ezingcono kwiiwebhusayithi zeendawo ekuchithelwa kuzo iiholide, okanye vrbo.com okanye vacationtimesharerentals.com ukufumana amaxabiso angcono. ESt. Thomas, jonga amaxabiso eSapphire Village, Crystal Cove, Point Pleasant, Secret Harbor okanye Elysian.
Landela icebiso elifanayo kwi-St. John kunye ne-St. Indawo yokulala yaseSt.
Ezothutho: E-St. Thomas, qesha imoto kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya okanye kwimpuma yesiqithi - ukuba unovalo ngokuqhuba, iiteksi zininzi kwaye zinengqiqo.
Isazisi: Udinga ilayisenisi yokuqhuba kunye nesatifikethi sokuzalwa ukuze ungene usuka eUnited States. (Ipaspoti iya kusebenza, nayo.) Kufuneka ucoce amasiko ase-US ngaphambi kokushiya iSt.
Ukuthenga: Iiwotshi, amatye anqabileyo, imidiza, utywala azihlawulisi mali kwaye azibizi mali ininzi; buyisela i-1,600 yeedola kwintengiso-simahla.
Ukufumana ulwazi oluthe kratya: I-U.S. Virgin Islands yeSebe lezoKhenketho: usvitourism.vi , 800.372.8784 okanye vinow.com .
