点评:I signed up for a 9-day volcano expedition, with an open group date. I only paid extra for single accommodation so I wouldn't have to sleep in a room with a complete stranger.
On the first day, as planned, the guide picked me up from the hotel, only to find I was the only one there. He wasn't very knowledgeable about the trip as a whole, as he was only supposed to be there for two days. I thought someone might join me the next day, but that didn't happen.
I spent the entire trip with no one to talk to and feeling like a hot potato, thrown from hand to hand, because there was no promised tour operator to take care of me on-site from an organizational standpoint. I felt like I was a problem, and practically every day before leaving, I was informed who I would be spending the trip with/who my guide would be. They managed the trip day by day, partially learning the plan from me.
In the end, I didn't summit all peaks due to terrible weather conditions (which clearly weren't a reason to change the plan in any way). But to be clear – I don't blame Cotopaxi travel for the bad weather.
I paid extra for accommodation – the base price and additional for single accommodation, even though I wouldn't have had anyone to share it with anyway. I was also accused of using a private tour even though it was supposed to be a group- as if it was my fault the organizer didn't manage this situation.
This wasn't my first trip to the high mountains, and I can say that I've never encountered such terrible organization anywhere else. A huge waste of money.
翻译:我报名参加了为期9天的火山探险,团体日期不固定。我只额外支付了单人住宿费,这样就不用和完全陌生的人睡在一个房间里了。
第一天,导游按照计划去酒店接我,结果发现只有我一个人。他对整个行程不太了解,因为他只打算待两天。我以为第二天可能会有人来找我,但并没有。
整个行程我都无人交谈,感觉自己像个烫手山芋,被人从各个人手里辗转,因为旅行社没有承诺在现场安排我的行程。我感觉自己成了麻烦,几乎每天出发前,我都会被告知我的行程安排/我的导游是谁。他们每天都在安排行程,部分计划是从我这里学习来的。
最终,由于天气恶劣,我没能登顶所有山峰(这显然不是改变计划的理由)。但需要说明的是,我不会因为恶劣天气而责怪科托帕希火山旅行社。
我额外支付了住宿费——包括基本价格和单人住宿的额外费用,尽管我本来也没人可以合租。我还被指责参加了私人旅行,尽管我们本来应该是一个团队——就好像组织者没能处理好这件事是我的错一样。
这不是我第一次去高山旅行,我可以说,我从未在其他任何地方遇到过如此糟糕的组织。真是浪费钱。