点评:The Day of the Dead tour was, without a doubt, the worst part of our Mexico trip. It was poorly managed, profit-driven, and demonstrated little regard for participant safety. Key issues included:
1. Severe Delays: After a 45-minute wait for late arrivals and a two-hour delay from a broken bus, the tour, originally set to end at 3 am, dragged on until 6:20 am, causing multiple participants to miss their buses back to Mexico City.
2. Poorly planned Itinerary and sudden changes: We were initially assured we’d visit all six planned stops in first half of the tour until we were suddenly informed we’d only cover four. Skipped stops were the most anticipated ones on the itinerary, and this was def avoidable with better planning and puctuality
3. Safety Hazards: The bus doors and luggage compartments opened/closed, injuring two passengers. One passenger was left bleeding from the mouth and had to pay for medication out of pocket, as no first aid was provided.
4. Profit-driven: We wasted excessive time at the first two, relatively uninteresting stops, with over an hour spent at one location where we were encouraged to pay extra to decorate horses. At a local house visit, we found over 15 other pre-decorated horses already arranged, making the entire experience feel like part of a profit-driven operation. Meanwhile, we had only 15 minutes at Tzumurutaro Cemetery, the highlight of the tour, and completely missed two key sites, Cucuchucho and Tzintzuntzan.
In summary, though our interpreter tried, the tour was chaotic, exploitative, and careless with both our time and safety. We left feeling extremely disappointed and misled, wishing we had chosen a different experience.
翻译:亡灵节之旅无疑是我们墨西哥之行中最糟糕的部分。它管理不善、唯利是图,而且几乎不顾参与者的安全。主要问题包括:
1. 严重延误:由于迟到者等了 45 分钟,巴士坏了又延误了两个小时,原定于凌晨 3 点结束的旅行被拖延到早上 6:20,导致多名参与者错过了返回墨西哥城的巴士。
2. 行程计划不周,变化突然:我们最初得到保证,我们将在旅行的前半段参观所有六个计划站点,但突然被告知我们只能参观四个站点。行程中最令人期待的站点是被跳过的站点,如果计划得当、准时,这绝对是可以避免的
3. 安全隐患:巴士门和行李舱打开/关闭,造成两名乘客受伤。一名乘客嘴里流血,不得不自掏腰包买药,因为没有提供急救。
4. 以盈利为目的:我们在前两个相对无趣的站点浪费了过多的时间,在一个地方我们花了一个多小时,在那里我们被鼓励额外付费来装饰马匹。在一次当地家庭访问中,我们发现已经有超过 15 匹预先装饰好的马匹被安排好了,这让整个体验感觉像是以盈利为目的的行动的一部分。与此同时,我们在 Tzumurutaro 公墓只呆了 15 分钟,这是这次旅行的亮点,完全错过了两个关键景点,Cucuchucho 和 Tzintzuntzan。
总之,尽管我们的翻译尽力了,但这次旅行很混乱、剥削,而且对我们的时间和安全都漠不关心。我们离开时感到非常失望和被误导,希望我们选择了不同的体验。