Maso adziko lapansi posachedwa atha kukhala pa Abu Dhabi, zomwe, monga Steffan Rhys adazindikira, ndizomwe akufuna.
Masiku angapo m'mbuyomo, Purezidenti George W. Bush adatuluka ku Emirates Palace. Mtsogoleri wa dziko laufulu ndi m'modzi mwa anthu ochepa omwe ali ndi moyo omwe amaonedwa kuti ndi olemekezeka kwambiri kuti azikhala pansanjika yachisanu ndi chitatu ya hotelo ya nyenyezi zisanu ndi ziwiri zokha padziko lapansi, pa £1.1bn yodula kwambiri yomwe idamangidwapo.
Simupeza malo apamwamba chifukwa chokhala mtsogoleri wadziko, komabe, chifukwa chodulira pakati pa atsogoleriwo akuwoneka kuti ndi ofunikira komanso omwe sakudziwika bwino.
"Mapurezidenti ena amakhalabe," antchito onse anganene.
Elton John anakanidwa kukhala pamwamba paulendo waposachedwa ku Abu Dhabi ndipo Tony Blair anakana chifukwa chinali chachikulu kwambiri. Tikukhulupirira, Bon Jovi atasewera holo ya hoteloyo sabata ino adadziwa kuti asafunse.
Kulowera ku Persian Gulf kumapeto kwa kumadzulo kwa khola la Abu Dhabi, hotelo yapamwamba, yodzaza ndi golide ndi miyala ya marble komanso yokongoletsedwa ndi ma chandeliers 1,002 opangidwa ndi makhiristo a Swarovski, ndichikumbutso chachikulu komanso chosavomerezeka.
Imakhala pachiwembu cha masikweya mita miliyoni yomwe imalowera kugombe lake lakutali, ili ndi antchito 2,000 - 170 mwa iwo ndi ophika omwe amakonza chakudya m'malesitilanti ake 11 - ndi domes 114, kuphatikiza tsamba lagolide la mita 42. Grand Atrium Dome yomwe imayandama pamwamba pa malo olandirira alendo apamwamba kwambiri komanso okulirapo kuposa omwe amakhala pamwamba pa St. Paul's Cathedral ku London kapena Basilica San Marco ku Venice.
Chakudya chopatsa mwezi umodzi pakhonde limodzi la hoteloyo yomwe ili ndi nyali zowoneka bwino komanso zokongola zowoneka bwino pamalo owoneka bwino omwe ali pansipa ndi njira ina yosangalalira madzulo, komanso kalabu ya Embassy Club, chowonjezera chaposachedwa ku malo odyera a Mayfair ndi makalabu ausiku a Mark Fuller ndi Gary Hollihead, ali kutsidya lina lolandirira alendo.
Pokhala ndi zowoneka zowonda kwambiri pansi ku Abu Dhabi komanso zochepa zomwe mungachite pongoyenda mozungulira mzindawo, hoteloyi ndiyokopa kwambiri ku Emirate, ngakhale kwa iwo omwe sangakwanitse kukhala kumeneko. Koma zonse zomwe zatsala pang'ono kusintha ndi chilengedwe, kuyambira pachilumba cha Saadiyat, projekiti yochititsa chidwi yomwe iphatikiza pafupifupi mahotela 30 atsopano, ma marina atatu, masewera awiri a gofu ndi nyumba za anthu 150,000.
Adzakhalanso malo aposachedwa kwambiri azikhalidwe ziwiri zapamwamba kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi, malo osungiramo zinthu zakale a Guggenheim ndi Louvre, omwe azidzalamulira dera la maekala 670 m'mphepete mwa nyanja limodzi ndi malo ochitira masewera olimbitsa thupi pofika chaka cha 2012.
Ngakhale kutentha komwe kumakhala kopitilira 45ºC m'chilimwe, Guggenheim sikhala ndi makina oziziritsa mpweya. M’malo mwake, anapangidwa m’njira yoti ngodya ndi malo a makoma ake ndi madenga azitha kuloŵetsa mpweya kudzera m’makonde ake.
Ntchito zina zikuphatikizapo Al Reem Island, yomwe pamapeto pake idzakhala anthu 280,000 ndi ma skyscrapers 100 ndi Yas Island, yomwe idzakhala ndi dera la Grand Prix.
Mtengo wa Saadiyat wokha wayikidwa ndi ena pafupifupi $ 15bn, koma pali chikhulupiliro chofala kuti anthu ochepa, ngati alipo, amadziwadi mtengo wake, komanso samawoneka okhudzidwa.
Zaka makumi asanu zapitazo, Abu Dhabi - likulu la, komanso mzinda wolemera kwambiri, United Arab Emirates - anali ndi anthu 15,000 makamaka otanganidwa ndi miyambo yachi Bedouin monga kuweta ngamila ndi ulimi waung'ono. Mu 1958, ofufuza a ku Britain adapeza chomwe chingakhale malo achisanu padziko lonse lapansi osungiramo mafuta osayaka mafuta, 90% omwe anali pansi pa Abu Dhabi, kuwasintha kuchoka kuchipululu choyendayenda kukhala mzinda wolemera kwambiri.
Zogulitsa zake zonse zapakhomo (GDP) pa munthu aliyense zili kale wachiwiri padziko lonse lapansi pa $ 37,000 ndipo GDP yake yonse ikhoza kukwera mpaka $ 150bn pofika 2025, dipatimenti yokonza mapulani ndi zachuma ku Abu Dhabi yalengeza kumene, makamaka chifukwa cha zokopa alendo, ndalama zaposachedwa komanso ntchito zazikulu.
Kusintha kwake kumabwera makamaka chifukwa cha Ulemerero Wake malemu Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan, yemwe, atayang'anira chuma chake chosayerekezeka kudzera mumafuta, adawulula masomphenya ake kumapeto kwa zaka za m'ma 1990 kuti Abu Dhabi akakhala kopita kopita kukachita bizinesi, masewera ndi zaluso, komanso mecca waulesi kwa olambira dzuwa a ku Ulaya.
Kuti afikitse anthu kumeneko, adayambitsa ndege ya Abu Dhabi, Etihad. Pofika, apaulendowa nthawi zambiri amapita kumahotela apamwamba kwambiri, omwe ku Abu Dhabi amatembenukira ku Chiarabu chachikhalidwe m'malo motengera momwe Dubai amapangidwira masiku ano.
Zomwe zimachitika, kufananiza pakati pa Emirates ziwiri sikukuyenda bwino ku Abu Dhabi, komwe ndi kolemera kwambiri komanso kudalira kunja komwe kudzakhala kopambana kwambiri posachedwa.
Kulowa Emirates Palace pakati pa mahotela abwino kwambiri ku Gulf ndi Shangri-La ku Qaryat Al Beri, akadali wamkulu mosakayikira koma hotelo yamtendere komanso yocheperako yomwe zipinda zake zabwino kwambiri zimakhala ndi minda yapayekha.
Malo ake odyera anayi amachokera ku buffet yokhala ndi akasupe akuluakulu atatu a chokoleti, kudzera ku China ndi Vietnamese, kupita ku malo odyera abwino a French Bordeau, pomwe menyu yosavuta imakhala ndi nkhanu, foie gras ndi Black Angus tenderloin.
Hoteloyi ili ndi malingaliro odabwitsa a Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque - mzikiti waukulu wachitatu padziko lonse lapansi - womwe ukukwera pamadzi koma mwala wamtengo wapatali wa Shangri-La ndi Chi spa. Zonena zake zoti "pamene mukulowa mumadzimva kuti ndinu osagwirizana ndi dziko lakunja" zitha kugwiritsidwa ntchito ku Abu Dhabi ambiri koma zipinda zake 10 zochizira anthu zimapanga malo opumira komanso opumula.
Moyo ku Abu Dhabi wasintha mopitilira kudziwika ndipo ndi chikhalidwe chaching'ono cha Bedouin chomwe chatsalira - mpikisano wa ngamila ndi makoswe ku Al Ain, mwachitsanzo - amapangidwa. Koma ulendo waufupi wopita m'chipululu ndi wofunika masana popanda chifukwa china koma ulendo wa m'chipululu, momwe madalaivala amisala amayendetsa ma 4x4 awo onyezimira m'mwamba ndi pansi pafupi ndi milu yamchenga ndi kukuwa kwa okwera ngati nyimbo m'makutu mwawo.
Kuyenda m'madzi, kuyenda pansi pamadzi, kutsetsereka kwandege, kusodza kapena kungoyenda m'mphepete mwa nyanja zam'mahotela okwera mtengo zonse ndi njira zabwino zopezera mwayi pamadzi oyera a Abu Dhabi ndi thambo losatha la buluu, ndipo mahotelawo amawerama cham'mbuyo kuti akuthandizeni kukonzekera.
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