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Monga mwazindikira, mapointi a Qantas Rewards tsopano ndi osavuta kupeza, muyenera kungoyang'ana fomu yanu yofunsira khadi la ngongole, inshuwaransi yazaumoyo ndi zina zambiri. Chifukwa chiyani? Chifukwa ndalama zomwe amapeza ndizochepa kuposa kale. Pakadali pano sizingatheke kuyendetsa ndege ya kalasi yabizinesi kuchokera ku Melbourne kupita ku Europe pogwiritsa ntchito mapointi. Nthawi zonse, gawo lalitali kwambiri la ndege ndi la kalasi yazachuma, ndipo njira yake si yolunjika. Kutsatsa kwakukulu kwa mapointi oyendera maulendo pafupipafupi ndi chinyengo chifukwa mtengo wake suliponso.
Ndangomaliza milungu ingapo ku Korea. Ngati denga linali kumeneko, mungavale chigoba, ndipo 95% ya anthu amavala chigoba mumsewu. Zochititsa manyazi kwambiri, ndiye onerani sewero laposachedwa la gulu la anthu atatu azaka zapakati omwe anali odzikonda omwe anali atasowa ndege ku Sydney chifukwa chofuna kuti asatengedwe. Anakwaniritsa zomwe akufuna ngakhale anthu ena atawauza kuti avale zigoba. Ndinali ndi mwayi wokhala kumbuyo kwawo mpaka ku Singapore. Makontena opanda kanthu nthawi zambiri amapanga phokoso lalikulu.
Paulendo waufupi wopita ku Melbourne, nditatsika mu tramu, ndinazindikira kuti ndasiya chikwama changa ndi iPad yanga pampando. Ndinakwera tramu yotsatira mbali yomweyo ndipo ndinauza dalaivala yemwe anatumiza uthengawo pa wailesi. Ndinayimba foni kwa madalaivala onse ndipo pasanathe mphindi zisanu ndinauzidwa kuti katunduyo waperekedwa ndi wokwera. Dalaivala yemwe anafotokoza za ngoziyi anandiuza kuti ndidikire tramuyo kuti ibwerere mbali ina. Anandipatsanso nambala ya msewu ndi nambala ya galimoto kuti ndiziyang'anira. Zonse zinali monga momwe ananenera ndipo pasanathe mphindi 10 chikwama changa chinabwezedwa kwa ine. Zikomo kwambiri kwa madalaivala a Tramu ku Melbourne ndi okwera oona mtima.
Makalata atatu mwa a Traveler Letters a pa Meyi 21 adalankhula za kutsutsidwa kovomerezeka kwa Qantas, makamaka kalata ya sabata ino yokhudza kulephera kulembetsa katundu wa anthu paulendo wopita ku London inali yoopsa kwambiri. Ndakhala ndikugwira ntchito yodzitamandira ku Qantas kwa zaka pafupifupi 30, ndipo m'zaka zingapo zapitazi zakhala zomvetsa chisoni kwambiri kuwerenga za kulephera kwa ntchito kwa makasitomala (zambiri zisanachitike COVID) chifukwa sizimachokera kwa anthu onse, komanso kwa anthu onse. Zomwezo zimachokeranso kwa makampani oyendera alendo. Ndikukhulupirira kuti oyang'anira Qantas atenga kutsutsidwa kumeneku ndikubwezeretsa ndege yabwinoyi ku 'mzimu weniweni wa ku Australia' womwe unalipo kale.
Mukatumiza imelo yanu, mukuvomereza Migwirizano ndi Zikhalidwe za Fairfax Media komanso Ndondomeko Yachinsinsi.
Ena mwa olemba nkhani anu posachedwapa adandaula za ntchito ya Qantas. Nayi nkhani yabwino: milungu ingapo yapitayo tinali ku Perth Airport tikuyembekezera kubwerera ku Melbourne. Ndege yomwe inali pa chipata chotsatira sinali pa nthawi yake ndipo tinazindikira kuti banja la anthu atatu mu ndegeyo linali ndi vuto ndi khalidwe la ana awo awiri aamuna. Pamene mkwiyo unakula, mmodzi mwa anawo anaukira wogwira ntchito pansi pa Qantas, yemwe anakhala chete komanso wodziletsa nthawi zonse. Ndinachita chidwi ndi momwe ogwira ntchito pansi pa ndegeyo anachitira ndi vutoli lovuta kwambiri.
Ndimakonda nkhani yopitilira ya Lee Tulloch (Woyenda, Meyi 14). Limodzi mwa malangizo onyamula ndi kubweretsa ma envulopu awiri kapena atatu okhala ndi mapepala kuti mutumize zinthu zanu kwa inu nokha. Sitinakhalepo ndi vuto lolandira zophimba ma cushion aku Turkey, ma juzi a cashmere, zovala zatsopano (kapena zogwiritsidwa ntchito) ku Sydney. Kugula ma envulopu okhala ndi mapepala kunja kwa dziko nthawi zambiri kumakhala kovuta kwambiri, koma kugwiritsa ntchito positi ofesi nthawi zonse kumakhala kosangalatsa kwambiri pachikhalidwe. Pambuyo pa zaka zambiri zoyenda mozama kapena zosangalatsa, ndimagwiritsa ntchito zovala zokhala ndi mitundu yosiyanasiyana. Zingakhale zosasangalatsa, koma zidzakupangitsani kuyamikira kubwera kunyumba.
Wolemba nkhani wanu Lee Tulloch akulemba (mosafuna) kuti palibe chifukwa chogwiritsira ntchito katundu wonyamulidwa. Ndikupempha kuti musiyane. Anthu omwe amabweretsa katundu wambiri m'nyumba amatengera ena malo ndipo nthawi zambiri amatseka njira zosungira, kulowa ndi kutenga katundu. Ena mwa iwo amafuna kuti ogwira ntchito anyamule matumba awo akuluakulu m'bokosi. Katundu wonyamulidwa ayenera kukhala wochepa pa zomwe mukufuna kapena zomwe simungathe kuwona paulendo wanu wandege.
Kalata ya Glen op den Brou (Traveller Letters, Meyi 21) ikudzudzula apaulendo aku Europe chifukwa chonyalanyaza nkhondo ya ku Ukraine akapita ku Europe, zomwe zimandidabwitsa komanso kundidabwitsa. Sindikudziwa momwe kusapita ku Europe kungapangitsire Putin kufupikitsa "ntchito yake yapadera". Mwina angafune kuti tisapite ku Europe. Maganizo a Glenn sakuzindikiranso kuvutika maganizo komwe chiletso cha maulendo a COVID chikubweretsa kwa anthu ambiri aku Europe omwe amatcha Australia kwawo ndipo akufunika kuchira ndi mabanja awo aku Europe. Poyamba mliriwu, abambo anga adataya moyo wawo chifukwa cha Covid-19 ndipo adabwerera ku Netherlands koyamba m'zaka ziwiri ndi theka; zonse kulemekeza abambo anga omwalira komanso kuthandiza kukondwerera tsiku lobadwa la amayi anga la 90. Ngakhale ndikunyansidwa ndi nkhondo yochititsa manyazi yomwe idachitika ndi wankhanza wochoka motsutsana ndi dziko lodziyimira pawokha, sindikuwona momwe maulendo anga achitira manyazi anthu aku Ukraine - monga zikwizikwi za anthu akudziko langa omwe adakhazikika m'dziko lakale - kubwerera kumudzi kwathu.
Buku lanu lokhalo lotsogolera ku Corfu, Greece (Woyenda, Meyi 21) lasowa nyumba yakale yosangalatsa. Pitani ku Mon Repos, komwe kunabadwira Prince Philip, Duke wa Edinburgh, mtunda waufupi kuchokera mumzinda wa Corfu, pamwamba pa phiri lokongola.
Chidziwitso cha Mkonzi: Zikomo chifukwa cha malangizo, ngakhale mutha kupeza lipoti lonse la Traveler pa nkhani yosangalatsayi ya Corfu apa, lofalitsidwa mliri usanachitike.
Hotelo ya Apropos ili ndi malo ogona agalu ndi nyama zina (Traveller, Meyi 7), ndipo nditapita ku Canada zaka zingapo zapitazo, sindinamvetse chifukwa chake alendo odzacheza anayenera kubweretsa agalu awo. Petotel inamangidwa kuti agalu aang'ono azitha kupuma ndi eni ake.
Nthawi iliyonse ndikayenda, ndimabwera ndi mapilo angapo kuti ndikhale ndi mtendere wamumtima, ndipo nthawi zina ndimabwera ndi pilo yogona kuti ndikhale ndi mtendere wamumtima. Nditasowa antchito, ndinazindikira kuti t-sheti yanga yotsala ingakhale njira yabwino. Iwalani P-slip, tengani t-sheti ina.
Chidziwitso cha Mkonzi Tikufuna kumva kuchokera kwa owerenga athu za zinthu zina zomwe amakonda kunyamula akamayenda kuti awonjezere chitonthozo.
Ponena za kalata ya Greg Cornwell ya “Oh Canada” (Makalata Oyendera, Meyi 21), inenso ndangobwera kumene kuchokera kudziko lina ndipo ndiyenera kuchita mayeso a PCR asanakwere ndege komanso akafika. Komabe, zotsatira zonse zinapezeka ndikusungidwa mu mtundu wa digito, kotero sindikumvetsa chifukwa chake Greg ndi mkazi wake anapemphedwa kulavulira mu botolo tsiku lililonse. Kodi ali ndi zotsatira pafoni? Kodi ali pakompyuta? Ponena za fomu yolengeza okwera ndege ya ku Australia, yakhalapo kwa miyezi ingapo ndipo kampani yathu ya ndege inanditumizira uthenga pafupifupi sabata imodzi tisanabwerere kunyumba kutikumbutsa kuti tidzaze pa intaneti kapena kudzera mu pulogalamuyo. Tinauzidwa za zopinga, ndipo ngakhale zinali zovuta, zinali zabwino kuyendanso.
Posachedwapa ndakhala ndi tchuthi chomwe ndimayembekezera kwambiri ku hotelo yakutali ku Western Australia, komwe ndimatha kufikako pandege kapena panyanja yokha (ndinapita kumeneko kudzera ku Melbourne, Darwin ndi Kununurra). Tsoka ilo, pofika nthawi ya tchuthi, ndinapezeka ndi Covid-19. Ndiyenera kunyamulidwa kuchokera ku hotelo kupita ku Kununurra pa ndege yotetezeka ku COVID pamtengo wa $4810. Palibe inshuwaransi (yachinsinsi, khadi la ngongole, inshuwaransi yazaumoyo) yomwe imaphimba ndalama zokhudzana ndi COVID. Ngakhale kuti COVID ndi yofala kwambiri ku Australia, kodi kupita kutali chonchi kuli koyeneradi kuyika pachiwopsezo?
Ponena za kalata ya Michael Atkin ya “Tsegulani Chitseko” (Tipometer, Meyi 29) ndi mavuto ake opeza ndalama kuchokera ku gotogate.com, tinayamba kulankhula ndi dipatimenti ya makadi a ngongole ya banki yathu ndipo tinapitiliza njira yopezera ndalamazo motere. Mtsutso wathu ndi wakuti sitinalandire ntchito zomwe tinalipira. Gotogate adakambirana izi, koma banki yatibwezera ndalamazo. Zabwino zonse, apaulendo anzanga.
Zikomo kwambiri chifukwa cha thandizo lanu, malingaliro, malangizo ndi chilimbikitso chanu patsamba lino (Lonely Planet, mutu wa mphoto zanu za sabata iliyonse, ndi Baibulo langa loyendera ndipo silimandilepheretsa). Nawa ena mwa malangizo omwe ndimakonda kwambiri paulendo: nthawi zonse sungani malo ogona omwe ali pakati kuti mubwerere mosavuta masana kapena usiku; phunzirani mawu oyambira (ulemu ndi ulemu) m'chilankhulo cha dziko lomwe mukupita; dziwani bwino chikhalidwe chanu; nyamulani adilesi ndi nambala ya foni ya hotelo yomwe mukukhala nayo.
Ndaphunzira kuchokera kwa anzanga omwe akuvutika kuphunzira ndipo amangosungitsa pa intaneti ndi othandizira ovomerezeka aku Australia. Nthawi zonse ndimafufuza pa atas.com.au kuti nditsimikizire kuti ali ndi ngongole. Kenako mudzatetezedwa ndi malamulo aku Australia pa ngongole kapena kubweza ndalama.
Olemba makalata a sabata ino apambana mabuku oyendera a Hardy Grant okwana $100. Mu June, pali ulendo womaliza wa njinga: Andrew Bain's Australia; Romy Gill pa Himalayan Trail; Melissa Mylchreest ndi Rewilding Kids Australia.
Buku la Tip Writer la sabata ino lapambana seti ya mabuku atatu abwino kwambiri oyendera a Lonely Planet, kuphatikizapo Ultimate Australia Travel Checklist, Travel Books ndi Armchair Explorers.
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Nthawi yotumizira: Juni-06-2022