Southern Sun Elangeni & Maharani

Timakonda magalasi okhazikika. Timakonda mawonekedwe a nyanja ya India kuchokera pa windows yathu. Timakonda zakudya zamasana ndipo zinthu za vegan zinali zokoma kwambiri. Timakonda kuti anapereka chakudya cha comrades kuchokera pa 1:00 a.m. mpaka 3:00 a.m. ndi chakudya ndi mowa wotengedwa. Timakonda kuti tinatha kutenga mabasi a Comrades kumbali kwa hotelo, komanso kutenga ulendo wa Bruce Fordyce Comrades kuchokera kumbali kwa hotelo. Timakonda malo omwe ali pafupi ndi Comrades expo. Tinapita kuchokera ku hotelo kupita ku expo. Timakonda kuti tinali ndi mkazi wopanga kuchotsa, Mandy, amene anabwera tsiku lililonse. Iye anali wochezeka kwambiri ndipo anachita ntchito yabwino tsiku lililonse. Anthu a ntchito ya m'nyumba anali abwino kwambiri ndipo curry ya vegan ndi mpunga zinali zokoma komanso zotsika mtengo. Tinamva chitetezo mu hotelo. Timakonda gym yomwe ili pa malo omwe tinagwiritsa ntchito kawiri. Mawonekedwe a nyanja anali abwino kwambiri kuposa zomwe ndinachita mu gym! Timakonda spa ya tsiku yomwe tinagwiritsa ntchito kamodzi pambuyo pa Comrades Marathon, tikukondwera ndi masaja abwino a m'khutu ndi maphewa. Masewera athu a masaja anali a luso kwambiri komanso anali okonda. Pulozi inali yabwino kuyang'ana koma sitinagwiritse ntchito chifukwa inali yachilimwe kwambiri... nthawi ina 😊. Chifukwa chochita park run ya North Beach chinali chachikulu kwambiri. Tinatha kumva kuimba asanapite ku park run. Tinakonda kuti tinakhala ndi chakudya cha buffet ku hotelo pambuyo pa Comrades Marathon ndipo chifukwa tonse tinakhala ndi mtedza... inali yotsika mtengo kwambiri. Ogwira ntchito anali abwino kwambiri kwa ife panthawi ya chakudya chomwechi.. akuyenera kuti anazindikira kuti tinakhala ndi zovuta. Ulendo wopita ku Durban airport unali wabwino komanso wothandiza. Tinapangitsa izi mosavuta kudzera mu shopu yomwe ili pa hotelo. Mkazi amene anatikwetsa ku airport anali wochezeka komanso wodziwa zambiri. Zinthu zabwino za hotelo iyi zidakwanitsa zovuta zazing'ono zomwe tinakumana nazo. Ndinkaganiza kuti ndidapanga booking ya shuttle kuchokera ku Durban airport kupita ku hotelo chifukwa tinabwera usiku. Ndinatumiza imelo ku hotelo monga momwe anafunira ndi zambiri za ndege. Sindinazindikire kuti ndiyenera kudziwa fomu. Palibe amene anabwera kutitenga choncho tinamaliza kuchita zomwe tinanena kuti tisachite mu Durban ndikukambirana ndi munthu amene amagwira ntchito ku airport. Iye anakhala wochezeka komanso wothandiza ndipo anatilola masiku angapo asanatikweze chifukwa tinakhala popanda ndalama. Munthuyu anandithandiza kwambiri chifukwa panali osati Ubers kapena mabasi panthawiyi ya usiku ndipo sindinkatheka kulankhula ndi foni yanga kapena kulankhula ndi hotelo. Pa chakudya cham'mawa, palibe zinthu za vegan za yogurt ndipo ndinayenera kufunsa za soya ndi mafuta a vegan tsiku lililonse zomwe zinawoneka kuti zinali zovuta kwa ogwira ntchito. Ndinasowanso kufunsa za vegan milk mu chipinda changa tsiku lililonse ndipo ntchito ya m'nyumba inali yofunika kuibwera zomwe nthawi zonse zinali zovuta. Palibe zakudya za vegan mu chipinda, koma panali ma biscuit ngati simuli vegan. Panali kutuluka pansi pa sinki mu bafa. Panali malo pa mbali ya windows yomwe inalola mphepo kuti ipite m'njira, zomwe zinapangitsa kuti ikhale yowawa usiku limodzi pamene mphepo inali yowawa kwambiri. Mmodzi wa ogwira ntchito (pofika kumapeto kwa nthawi yathu) pa chakudya cham'mawa sanali wochezeka kwambiri. Tinavutika pa tipping ndipo tinaganiza ngati izi zinali zovuta chifukwa sitinapereke tip. Izi zinali mwachidziwitso chathu ndipo tidzafufuza za etiquette ndi expectations za tipping pa ulendo wathu wotsatira. Usiku limodzi ndinapempha spaghetti yokhala ndi napolitana sauce kuchokera ku ntchito ya m'nyumba ndipo ndinatsimikizira kuti palibe chiziwitsi chifukwa ndine vegan. Komabe, chakudya changa chinali ndi chiziwitsi chachikulu. Ndinachotsa chiziwitsi ndipo ndinachita kudya 😊.

Malo a hotelo, kuchotsa, chipinda chotetezeka komanso ogwira ntchito a Restaurant omwe ndi akatswiri komanso odalirika amene anatsimikizira kuti menyu ikugwirizana ndi aliyense ndipo chakudya chinali chokwanira. Ogwira ntchito a hotelo anali abwino komanso akatswiri. Komabe, sindinakonde kuti ma Porters sanali pafupi pa Foyer ya hotelo (kunja) ndipo sanali kutenga nawo mbali pa thandizo la katundu. Ndinasowa kuti ena a ogwira ntchito a Reception anali kuchita gum pamene akuthandiza alendo, zomwe mu maganizo anga ndizochita zochepa.

Ngakhale kuchotsa ndi zipinda zinali pa mfundo, kukhumudwitsa kunachitika pamene tinayenera kumanga mndandanda wautali kuti tipeze chakudya cham'mawa komanso chakudya chamadzulo? Komanso, inu mukudziwa kuti mwapanga zinthu za m'banja la Aislami pa chakudya cham'mawa ndi kuti chakudya cha non halal chinali chotetezeka koma sizikuchitika. Ndinafunsa akatswiri a chakudya pa nkhaniyi ndipo anali wosakhutira. Ndinasindikiza kwa manager wa fnb amene ali ndi udindo pa chakudya cha non halal chinali pakati pa zamasamba ndi nkhuku zomwe anati adzachita kusintha. Koma palibe chilichonse chofanana chinali chachitika pa ulendo wanga wachiwiri. Ndikuyenera kukhala dongosolo kuti aliyense akhale ndi mwayi woti akhale ndi chakudya cham'mawa popanda kumanga mndandanda wautali komanso chakudya cha non halal chikhale chotetezeka. Sindidzapereka chitsanzo cha hotelo iyi kwa abwenzi anga kapena banja. Kukhumudwitsa.