Isikhathi samaholide osekukudala silindelwe siseduze, kanye nokucindezeleka okungenakugwema. Hhayi-ke, zihlulele wena: kunezinto eziningi okufanele uzicabangele, ungakhohlwa, ukulawula: ukuhamba ekhaya ngesikhathi ukuze ungafiki sekwephuzile esikhumulweni sezindiza, ungakhohlwa ipasipoti yakho namathikithi, nokuba nesikhathi. ukubona yonke into oyihlelile ngaso leso sikhathi … Umhambi ongumakad’ ebona uJeffrey Morrison uyaqiniseka: Enye yezindlela ezinhle kakhulu zokunciphisa ukucindezeleka ngenkathi usohambweni ukuhlela kancane nokuzitika ngokuzenzakalelayo.
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Manje ake ucabange esinye isithombe. Futhi ulwandle, yonke isentimitha yesikwele ihlala imizimba yomuntu. Lesi yisikhathi seshumi ususa isihlabathi ezinweleni zakho emizuzwini emihlanu edlule: intsha eklabalasayo idlala eduze, ibhola layo lihlale lihlala eduze kwakho. Eduze nolwandle, kodwa yini! Amagagasi anamandla kangangokuthi ukubhukuda akuphephile. Ngaphezu kwalokho, umculo ongabekezeleleki nhlobo ubhonga ezipikheni ezimbili ngesikhathi esisodwa.
Vumelana, kuyihlazo: izinyanga ukuhlela iholidi ogwini lokuqala, bese uphela okwesibili. Amasonto amabili okuvalelwa ehhotela elingcolile elikude nolwandle kungaphenduka isihogo esiphilayo, kodwa yini ongayenza: awukayitholi imali yakho yehhotela. Kwakungagwenywa kanjani lokhu? Bhukha ihhotela ubusuku obumbalwa bokuqala kuphela. Yiqiniso, kubahambi abaningi, ikakhulukazi imindeni, ukuntuleka kokuhlela kuyethusa, kodwa kuseyindlela yokungavumeli izimo zonakalise iholide lakho.
Cha, awukho engozini yesiphithiphithi
Ukuhamba ohambweni olude lokuqala, ngicabange ukuthi kungaba kuhle ukwenza umzila onemininingwane eminingi. Ngabhukha amahostela amaningana, ngakhokhela izindiza ngisho nohambo lwamasonto amabili lwaseNingizimu-mpumalanga ye-Asia. Yini futhi? Ngemva kokuma kwami kokuqala eMelbourne, ngahlangana nabafana abahle kakhulu. Saba nesikhathi esimnandi, ngaphandle kokuthi bahlala eMelbourne, futhi kwadingeka ngiqhubeke nokundiza. Ngemva kwesonto, umlando waziphinda eBrisbane. Yeka ukuthi ngase ngiqalekisa kanjani «ubuhlakani» bami!
Eminyakeni emihlanu edlule, ngizamile ukuhlela izinsuku ezimbalwa kuphela zohambo. Amathuba amahle angivulekele njalo nje. ECherbourg, eFrance, ngathola indawo enhle yokuhlala futhi ngahlala isikhathi eside kunalokho engangikulindele. Ngemva kokuthatha uhambo lokuzungeza eNgilandi nabangane, ngahlangana nezinye izihambi ngaqhubeka nazo ngemoto. Futhi izikhathi ezingaphezu kwesisodwa ngahamba kusenesikhathi kusukela kulezo zindawo okufanele ngabe ngiyazithanda, kodwa ngesizathu esithile angizange ngenze umbono ofanele.
Okuxakayo ukuthi, cishe abukho ubunzima ngale ndlela. Yebo, yebo, kuyenzeka ukuthi azikho izindawo ehostela, indiza ivele ibize kakhulu, noma amathikithi omkhumbi kade adayiswa aphela. Kodwa uma leli hhotela noma indiza ethile ingabalulekile kuwe, uyohlale uthola indawo yayo efanelekayo.
Okuhlukile okubalulekile uhambo oluya eziqhingini. Amathikithi ezindiza nezikebhe ezihamba phakathi kwawo athengiswa ngokushesha, futhi ukuthengwa akufanele kuhlehliswe kuze kube umzuzu wokugcina. Futhi, ngezinye izikhathi ekulawuleni amaphasipoti bayacelwa ukuthi babonise ithikithi lokubuya noma ukubhukwa kwehhotela (okungenani ubusuku obumbalwa).
Hlela kahle ohambweni lwakho
Yiqiniso, ukuzenzela okunjalo kudinga ukulungiswa: kufanele ukwazi ukubhuka amathikithi namahhotela emgwaqeni. Ukuze wenze lokhu, udinga i-smartphone evamile kanye nokufinyelela kwe-inthanethi. Kungcono ukulanda ngokushesha izinhlelo zokusebenza eziyinhloko zabahambi (sesha amathikithi, amahhotela, abantu ohamba nabo, amamephu angaxhunyiwe ku-inthanethi): ukuwasebenzisa ocingweni lwakho kulula kakhulu kunezinguqulo zeselula zamasayithi. Ungakhohlwa ukubuza abantu bendawo nabahambi ohlangana nabo ukuze uthole iseluleko, futhi vele ungathathi imithwalo eminingi kakhulu nawe.
Vele uzame
Ingabe kudala uphupha ngokuvakashela ihhotela elithile futhi uthathe lolu hambo oluthile? Ungalahli amaphupho akho. Uma ohambweni kubalulekile kuwe ukuthi umane uthole uhlobo oluthile lwendawo yokukhosela futhi usuke ephuzwini A uye endaweni engu-B nganoma iyiphi indlela ongayenza, kungani ungaziniki inkululeko?
Uma uhlela iholidi lamasonto amabili, bhukha ihhotela ngobusuku bokuqala - futhi ngokuzikhethela nangobokugcina. Ngemva kokuchitha izinsuku ezimbalwa endaweni entsha, uzoqonda ukuthi kunjani kuwena, noma ngabe ufuna ukuhlala lapho noma kufanele ubheke okuthile okungcono - elinye ihhotela, indawo, noma, mhlawumbe, idolobha. Ngokwesibonelo, ngemva kokuchitha izinsuku ezimbalwa ogwini olugcwele abantu bakithi, uzothola ucezu lwepharadesi ngakolunye uhlangothi lwesiqhingi.
Umthombo: I-New York Times.