London, UK - Tikufuna kupepesa chifukwa chosiyidwa moyipa mu gawo la Lamlungu lapitali Njira 10 za Chilimwe Chopanda Kupsinjika. Tinayiwala kuphatikiza "Osapita ku USA".
Mwamwayi, Michael Chertoff, bwana wa baldie wa dipatimenti yachitetezo cha kwawo, watikumbutsa tsopano kuti sitikufuna. Kapena, m'malo mwake, kuti tikufunidwa (chifukwa alendo amabweretsa ndalama zambiri zabwino), koma pokhapokha ngati tidumphira m'mahopu ambiri panthawiyi.
Chertoff adadziwitsa kuti Europe ndi nsanja yauchigawenga. Iye wati ndikofunika kuonjezera macheke kwa apaulendo. Inde, ndiko kulondola, onjezerani iwo. M'malo mwake, zikanakhala zabwino kwambiri, sananene, koma mwina akuganiza, ngati tonse oyembekezera alendo titha kukhala abwino kukhala kunyumba ndikungotumiza ndalama zathu zatchuthi mu envelopu.
"Kupita ku US kumapereka zokumana nazo monga kwina kulikonse padziko lapansi." Izi ndi zomwe limanena pa discoveramerica.com, tsamba lovomerezeka la maulendo ndi zokopa alendo ku United States, ndipo ndizowona. Palibe kwina kulikonse kumene mlendo angayembekezere kulandiridwa kotereku kowawa ndi chisanu.
Kufunsa mafunso paulendo wopita ku ndege, mizere ya anthu othawa kwawo, mafunso amilomo yopyapyala kuchokera kwa alonda a m'malire ankhanza, ndi mwayi wakunja wa gudumu la mphira la mphira zonse ndizosangalatsa. Chifukwa chake, ngati Chertoff ndi mnzake akufuna kukhwimitsa Fortress America mopitilira, ndi nthawi yoti tiganizire njira zina zolandirira tchuthi. Monga Iran kapena North Korea.
Nawa njira zingapo zadzuwa zomwe muyenera kuziganizira musanasungitse ndege yanu, vulani nsapato zanu ndikuyesera kutsimikizira anzathu stateside kuti simukufuna kuwononga America, mwangobwera kudzagula ma hamburger.
NEW YORK? Yesani Hong Kong
New York ndi yosasinthika, koma momwemonso Hong Kong, choncho m'malo mwake m'malo mwake. Pamene ikuyandikira, sitima ya Star yochokera ku Kowloon imakwera ngalawa ya Staten Island kupita ku Manhattan. Kuyang'ana pamikodzo pa Felix, malo ochezera a hotelo ya Peninsula, akungogwetsa nsagwada monga momwe adachokera ku Top of the Rock(efeller).
Ndipo, chofunika kwambiri, ma iPod ndi mtengo womwewo. Inde, muyenera kukhala m'ndege kwa maola ena asanu, koma palibe mizere kapena zofufuzira zamagolovu kumapeto kwina. Hong Kong amakonda alendo.
Peninsula (00 800 2828 3888, www.peninsula.com) ili ndi malingaliro apamwamba komanso Rolls-Royces, okhala ndi zipinda ziwiri zoyambira pa £233. Kapena yesani hotelo yopangidwa ndi Philippe Starck ya Jia Boutique (00 852 3196 9000, www.jiahongkong. com), ku Causeway Bay. Zamakono, koma osati mokwiyitsa, zimawirikiza kawiri kuchokera pa £ 130. Thawirani ku Hong Kong ndi British Airways (0870 850 9850, www.ba.com) kapena Virgin Atlantic (0870 380 2007, www.virgin-atlantic.com); kuchokera pa £450.
DISNEWORLD? Kum'mawa kwa Paris
Kodi Johnny wamng'ono wosauka adzatha bwanji popanda kumwa mowa mopitirira muyeso wa nthawi imodzi ya saccharine yoviikidwa ndi makoswe ku Floridian? Pokokera ku Disneyland Paris m'malo mwake - inde, monga Father Christmas, Mickey Mouse akhoza kukhala m'malo awiri nthawi imodzi.
Ndipo, podumphira pa Eurostar m'malo mwa 747, mukuchepetsa kuchuluka kwa mpweya wanu komanso mwayi wanu wopita kumayiko ena. Thomas Cook (www.thomascook.com) amapanga phukusi losavuta kuchokera ku St Pancras yonyezimira; kuchokera pa £326pp kwa mausiku atatu ku Disney's atatu-star Explorers Hotel, kutengera akulu awiri ndi ana awiri (zaka 2-11).
Kapena kulumphirani Disney palimodzi ndikuyesa kutengerako kumayiko ena pamasewera a theme-park. PortAventura (www. portaventura.co.uk), ola limodzi kuchokera ku Barcelona, imapereka mwayi wocheperako wabanja wamalonda kuposa mapaki akuluakulu aku America - ndipo chakudya chimakhala chovuta kwambiri.
AKOWBOY? Iwo amachita bwino ku Spain
Zokopa alendo za ku America zimakhala ndi luso lokwera m'malo opaka zala zala-zala-pamtunda wa Stetson, kotero kupeza malo enieni odyetserako ziweto (opanda zisudzo zawannabe omwe akubwereza ziwonetsero za pukey kuchokera ku City Slickers) sikophweka. Bwanji osapita kwinakwake kumene amuna akadali amuna ndipo anyamata oweta ng'ombe amaweta ng'ombe (mosiyana ndi kuyendetsa sitima ya chidole kuzungulira OK Corral)?
Muli ndi njira ziwiri (yeehah!): Pampas ya ku Argentina kapena Extremadura, kumadzulo kwa Spain. Njira yoyamba mwachiwonekere ndi theka la dziko lapansi, koma imabwera ndi nyama yabwino kwambiri: lankhulani ndi Last Frontiers (01296 653000, www.last-frontiers.com) za ulendo wopangidwa mwaluso wa gaucho. Ulendo wausiku wachisanu ndi chitatu, ndi mausiku anayi kukhala woweta ng'ombe ndi atatu ku Buenos Aires, amayambira pa £ 1,995pp, kuphatikizapo ndege zochokera ku Heathrow.
Kunena zoona, njira yachiwiri ili m'munda wanu wakumbuyo, koma ndi munda wamtchire komanso wokulirapo bwanji - lowani nawo vaqueros, yankho losavuta kwambiri ku Spain kwa anyamata a ng'ombe, kudzera mu Ride World Wide (01837 82544, www.rideworldwide.com).
VEGAS, MWANA? Macau, wokondedwa
Mpaka posachedwa, kasino aliyense m'malo omwe kale anali achipwitikizi anali a munthu m'modzi - wabizinesi waku Hong Kong Stanley Ho - ndipo ntchito zawo zidaperekedwa kwa wotchova njuga waku China. Kenako aku China adasintha malamulowo, kulola mabiliyoni a Las Vegas Steve Wynn ndi Sheldon Adelson kukhazikitsa sitolo.
Zaka ziwiri pambuyo pake, Macau yadutsa Malipiro Otayika Ogwirizana ndi mabanja popereka ma kasino owoneka bwino momwe mungataye ndalama zanu, ma croupers okongola kwambiri kuti akutengereni ndi mahotela apamwamba kwambiri momwe mungalire kuti mugone. Chokani ku Las Vegas kupita ku Bette Midler ndikupita kummawa.
Macau ndi mtunda wa mphindi 55 kuchokera ku Hong Kong (£ 18 kubwerera, ndi Turbojet, www.turbojet.com.hk; paulendo wandege, onani pamwambapa), womwe mwasankha kale m'malo mwa New York. Osakhala paliponse koma Wynn (00 853 2888 9966, www.wynnmacau.com; kuwirikiza kawiri kuchokera pa £150).
HIGHWAY ONE? Pangani mtundu wa wigglier
Mphepo patsitsi lanu, yokhotakhota pambuyo pa phula lokongola patsogolo panu, mafunde akukupizirani kumanja kwanu: kodi pali msewu uliwonse umene umamasula ngati Highway One waku California? Inde - imatchedwa Great Ocean Road, ndipo imathamangira kumadzulo kuchokera ku Melbourne. Ili ndi kuchuluka kwa magalimoto ambiri, ndipo mulibe mwayi wokumana ndi Arnold Schwarzenegger wopaka mano pabwalo la cafe.
Koma mukulondola, Australia ili patali kwambiri kuti ikanize kulimbana ndi kuphwanya kwa alendo a Mr Chertoff. Nanga bwanji Amalfi, Highway One idatsikira pansi, kutukuka ndikutumikira ndi cornetto? Ndizovuta kwambiri ku Cinquecento bumper m'chilimwe, choncho pitani kumayambiriro kwa May kapena kumapeto kwa September. Citalia (0871 664 0253, www.citalia.com) ikhoza kukukonzerani galimoto ndi malo ogona a nyenyezi zisanu mausiku asanu ndi limodzi kuchokera pa £899pp, kukhala ku Positano ndi Amalfi, kuwuluka kuchokera ku Gatwick ndi British Airways. Kapena dzichitireni nokha: ndege zowulukira ku Naples zikuphatikiza Thomsonfly (www.thomsonfly.com) ndi EasyJet (www.easyjet.com). Travelsupermarket.com ili ndi magalimoto obwereketsa kwa sabata kuchokera pa £122.
ASPEN? St. Moritz ndi wojambula zithunzi
Malo ochezera a ku Switzerland adayambitsa lingaliro la tchuthi cha chipale chofewa cha anthu olemekezeka kale m'zaka za zana la 19. Aspen ndi johnny yemwe amabwera posachedwapa poyerekeza - alibe kanthu kofanana ndi zochitika zakunja zomwe zimaperekedwa kwa mpikisano wake wa ku Ulaya, monga Cresta Run ndi machesi a polo pa ayezi.
Descent International (020 7384 3854, www.descent.co.uk) ili ndi chalet kumeneko kuti ipikisane ndi nyumba zapamwamba kwambiri ku Aspen - nyumba yachifumu ya Chesa Albertini, yomwe idamangidwa mu 1655 ndipo ya banja lomwelo kuyambira pamenepo. Mlungu umodzi, kufika pa March 9, kumawononga £ 30,700 pa phwando la 12 (kuphatikizapo ana anayi), kuphatikizapo chakudya komanso champagne yaulere.
Ngati mukutsatira ma pistes opanda kanthu aku North America, m'malo mokhala ndi moyo wotchuka, yesani Canada. Thawirani ku Calgary ndikuyenda panjira kudutsa kuthengo la Rockies ndi British Columbia. Pali kufalikira kwa malo osangalalira kumeneko - Kicking Horse, Lake Louise, Fernie, Panorama - zomwe zimapangitsa America kuwoneka ngati Oxford Street Loweruka masana. Phukusi likupezeka kudzera pa Frontier Travel (020 8776 8709, www.frontier-travel.co.uk).
