IiRediyo kunye neCayo Santa María, inkcubeko kunye neelwandle eCuba

ICuba ibe yenye yezona ndawo zinqwenelekayo kule minyaka idlulileyo ukusukela oko iincoko phakathi kuka-Obama noCastro zavula umsonto omtsha wethemba phakathi kwesiqithi seCaribbean, umhlaba, kwaye ngenxa yoko kukhenketho. Ngeso sizathu, Ukuya eCuba ngoku Ikwafuna i-ace yiphakamise umkhono wakho xa kufikwa ekufumaneni indawo exineneyo, indawo ethembekileyo nengabizi kakhulu. Ukhetho lwam lubandakanya isixeko iRededios kunye nokusondela kwayo kwindawo entle yaseCayo Santa María. Ngaba uza kufumana imimangaliso efihliweyo yaseCuba?

Unyango: ubomi phakathi kwamaqela kunye nemibala

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Nayiphi na indlela elungileyo edlula eCuba eqhayisa ngokudlula kwiindawo ezinje IHavana, iViñales okanye iTrinidad, nangona abanye belele kwindawo ethile engaziwayo ebenza ukuba babe zezona ndawo zinomtsalane njengoko sidlula kwisiqithi se-cigars, i-rum kunye ne-sauce.

Enye yezo ndawo I-Remedios, isixeko esincinci esikumantla ephondo laseVilla Clara ubukho babo buqala ukuvela kuhambo lwabakhenkethi ngezizathu ezininzi: inemibala, inelifa lenkcubeko elikhulu kwaye yeyona ndawo ikufutshane kuyo Cayo Santa Maria, apho indawo ekukuphela kwayo onokukhetha kuyo ziindawo zokuhlala. Kodwa masingahambi ngaphambili kwethu.

Iingcali ezininzi zisekwe ngo-1513 I-Remedios yindawo yesibini yokuhlala indala kuyo yonke iCuba, nangona ibonakala ngathi yeyesibhozo kuluhlu olusemthethweni. Udumo lwayo "olubi" lwandulelwa bubukho babaphangi abaphanga izitalato zabo, yiyo loo nto iintsapho ezizizityebi eRemedios zigqibe ukufudukela kwisixeko esikufutshane saseSanta Clara, sishiya ngasemva idolophu, ekuhambeni kwexesha. ikwazile ukugcina ubunjalo bayo ngohlobo lwee-erys eroded, i-facade ezinemibala kunye nokuba yintoni isikwere ekuphela kwaso esineecawe ezimbini kuyo yonke iCuba, IPlaza Martí. Mthubi kunye nozuko bayakhanya IParishi yeNenekazi lethu loHambo oluLungileyo, incinci kwaye okwangoku iyalungiswa, ngakumbi IParish yaseSan Juan Bautista de Remedios, icawa enembali eyeyona ibalaseleyo.

Kuthiwa ebudeni beminyaka apho abaphangi babephanga iRemedios bengena nasezicaweni zayo, abefundisi babefihlwe kwitonela elingaphantsi komhlaba elaliwela iPlaza Martí laza ladibanisa zombini iicawa. Ngokuhamba kwexesha itonela ladilizwa, kwashiyeka ishiyeke ishiyeke iicawa ezimbini eziye zaba zezona zibalulekileyo kule dolophu apho iihotele zeboutique ziqale ukwanda kule minyaka mibini idlulileyo. Isizathu? Zininzi, kodwa ngakumbi ukubhiyozela umthendeleko we Amaqela.

Kuthathelwa ingqalelo umdla welizwe kunye nodumileyo ngokutsala amawakawaka eendwendwe minyaka le, iLas Parrandas ngumbhiyozo owenzeka rhoqo nge-24 kaDisemba. (ngo-2016 babekelwa elinye ixesha ngenxa yokusweleka kukaFidel Castro), apho macala mabini, El Carmen kunye neSan Salvador, bajongene nomlo wokuyila benxibe iflothi kwizitrato zedolophu. Isimboli ka-El Carmen ngukhetshe, kunye ne-San Salvador umqhagi, izinto ezikhoyo ngexesha lepati ezifikelela ekukhetheni kweyona ndawo intle yokudada kunye nepati ehlala kude kuse nge-25.

Umboniso we-pyrotechnics, umculo kunye nombala ofumene i-Remedios ubume bayo njengemali eyonwabisayo kunye novuyo, kodwa cwaka nokuba uhamba nangaliphi na elinye ixesha lonyaka. Kwizitrato zeRededios akukho ndawo yabakhenkethi kwaye abantu baqhubeka nobomi babo ngokuzolileyo, phakathi kwezitrato ezimxinwa, bejonge ngaphandle kweefestile ezinemibala kwaye bajikeleze isikwere apho iivenkile ezinje ngeLas Arcadas (kunye nerayisi yazo emnandi yaseCuba) okanye i-mythical Louvre. kwabaninzi eyona bar indala kuyo yonke iCuba.

Xa kuziwa ekuhlaleni, enye yezona ndawo zibalaseleyo yindawo Indlu yabucala kaLizeth, ziimitha ezilishumi ukusuka ePlaza Martí kunye nokhetho olufanelekileyo ukuba kusuku emva kokufika kwakho kwiRediyo ufuna ukutyelela loo paradesi ibizwa ngokuba yiCayo Santa María.

Iikhilomitha ezingama-50 eziluhlaza eCayo Santa María

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Ngo-1988, kwaye ngelixa uCayos Guillermo kunye noCoco beqala ukutsala abakhenkethi, iCayo Santa María yayilunxweme olungena ngokulula lweengcongconi apho imisebenzi eyahlukeneyo yaqala ukwenziwa ukuze isebenzise iilwandle zayo ngelixa ihlonipha okusingqongileyo. iintaka kunye neelwandle zayo zokuphupha.

Nangona isitshixo ngoku sinendawo ezifana I-Villa Brujas, eyona ndawo iphambili kwiindawo ekuchithelwa kuzo iiholide, kunye nolunye unxweme olunqabileyo eCuba, Kuya kufuneka uhambe iikhilomitha ezingama-50 udume IPedraplén, indlela ewela isitshixo, ukuya kwindawo endiyithandayo kule ndawo: Ulwandle lwaseLas Gaviotas, indawo eseyintombi apho amanzi aluhlaza, ezinye izindlu ezincinci zesundu zisetyenziselwa ukugcina izinto zakho kunye nokungabikho kweelounger, iihotele kunye nezihlwele zenza le paradesi ibe yintsikelelo.

Ukufika kule ndawo yeCayo Santa María, eyona nto intle kukuba uqeshe iteksi ekwabelwana ngayo. Ixabiso lehlabathi lokujikeleza ukuya eLas Gaviotas lixabisa ama-50 CUC (malunga nama-euro angama-48), ixabiso elingaphezulu kwexabiso elifanelekileyo ukuba uhamba apho kunye nabanye abahlobo okanye abahambi. Ukuba uhamba ngemoto eqeshisayo, nikela ingqalelo kwimiqondiso kwaye ungaphoswa lithuba lokuma ukuze uthande ii-flamingo ezijonge ngaphaya kwendlela ukusuka Indawo yaseBuenavista Biosphere Reserve.

En Remedios kunye neCayo Santa María Uya kufumana i-combo efanelekileyo yeentsuku ezimbalwa zizele umbala, inkcubeko kunye neelwandle kumantla eCuba.

Ngaba uceba ukuya eCuba kwiinyanga ezimbalwa ezizayo?


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