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Chris H
Authentic Rhodes, with genuinely nice people and HAPPY donkeys
Donkey Cruise的点评
点评：What an absolutely AMAZING experience for all of the family!!
My family and I visited lindos midweek and saw those poor donkeys ferrying heavier set people up the steep streets to the acropolis and my daughter commented how unhappy the donkeys seemed. Upon returning to our hotel we mentioned the experience to one of the staff and they said we MUST go and visit Donkey cruise as a way to see how happy donkey’s behave.
We found their details and messaged via WhatsApp and had a timely response, booked for the next day, as we didn’t hire a car they also agreed to fetch us from our hotel.
We were met the next day by a very charismatic ‘donkey grandma’ who made us all feel welcome from the outset and gave us loads of information about the donkeys and the surrounding area, all whilst putting us at ease.
When we arrived Christos and Valeria (hope I have her name correct) introduced themselves and their beautiful donkey clan to us and a few other families that had driven there themselves.
We were immediately struck with the condition of the donkeys, comparatively to the poor ones we had witnessed at lindos, these donkeys all had perfectly trimmed hooves, had well cared for coats, and came to you rather than shied away….these we HAPPY donkey’s indeed!
After getting time to groom some of them and familiarize ourselves with them, our two daughters were sat upon Yanni and Sambika (though I thought of him as sambuca).
Our youngest, fearless as she is didn’t bat an eyelid and immediately became at ease, our eldest however was petrified of falling off, all three of them, donkey grandma, christos and Valeria picked up on her fear and gave such wonderful support to her, so much so, after only ten minutes riding she was away on her own laughing and smiling…it is these moments that you see the true nature of people, this is not a business to these three, their donkeys and their home really is their heart.
On the trek we stopped off at the most wonderful 12th century church with very rare fresco’s and it was a privilege to view them, and when coupled with home made (from the farm) food it was magical.
I truly cannot recommend enough Donkey Cruise to anyone who visits Rhodes, not only do you see how genuine humans treat donkeys who otherwise had harsh lives, but you get to experience, be it only a few hours, authentic Rhodes.
I expect all our children will mention in years to come when we speak of Rhodes will be Yanni and Sambika and how nice Donkey Grandma, Christos, and Valeria were!!!
My family and I visited lindos midweek and saw those poor donkeys ferrying heavier set people up the steep streets to the acropolis and my daughter commented how unhappy the donkeys seemed. Upon returning to our hotel we mentioned the experience to one of the staff and they said we MUST go and visit Donkey cruise as a way to see how happy donkey’s behave.
We found their details and messaged via WhatsApp and had a timely response, booked for the next day, as we didn’t hire a car they also agreed to fetch us from our hotel.
We were met the next day by a very charismatic ‘donkey grandma’ who made us all feel welcome from the outset and gave us loads of information about the donkeys and the surrounding area, all whilst putting us at ease.
When we arrived Christos and Valeria (hope I have her name correct) introduced themselves and their beautiful donkey clan to us and a few other families that had driven there themselves.
We were immediately struck with the condition of the donkeys, comparatively to the poor ones we had witnessed at lindos, these donkeys all had perfectly trimmed hooves, had well cared for coats, and came to you rather than shied away….these we HAPPY donkey’s indeed!
After getting time to groom some of them and familiarize ourselves with them, our two daughters were sat upon Yanni and Sambika (though I thought of him as sambuca).
Our youngest, fearless as she is didn’t bat an eyelid and immediately became at ease, our eldest however was petrified of falling off, all three of them, donkey grandma, christos and Valeria picked up on her fear and gave such wonderful support to her, so much so, after only ten minutes riding she was away on her own laughing and smiling…it is these moments that you see the true nature of people, this is not a business to these three, their donkeys and their home really is their heart.
On the trek we stopped off at the most wonderful 12th century church with very rare fresco’s and it was a privilege to view them, and when coupled with home made (from the farm) food it was magical.
I truly cannot recommend enough Donkey Cruise to anyone who visits Rhodes, not only do you see how genuine humans treat donkeys who otherwise had harsh lives, but you get to experience, be it only a few hours, authentic Rhodes.
I expect all our children will mention in years to come when we speak of Rhodes will be Yanni and Sambika and how nice Donkey Grandma, Christos, and Valeria were!!!
翻译：对于全家人来说，这真是一次绝对令人惊叹的经历！！
我和家人在周中参观了林多斯，看到那些可怜的驴子在陡峭的街道上运送着更重的人前往雅典卫城，我女儿评论说驴子看起来很不开心。回到酒店后，我们向一位工作人员提到了这次经历，他们说我们必须去参观驴子巡游，看看驴子的表现有多快乐。
我们找到了他们的详细信息，并通过 WhatsApp 发送了消息，并及时得到了回复，我们预订了第二天的行程，因为我们没有租车，他们也同意从我们的酒店接我们。
第二天，一位非常有魅力的“驴奶奶”迎接了我们，她从一开始就让我们感到宾至如归，并向我们提供了大量有关驴子和周边地区的信息，同时让我们感到轻松自在。
当我们到达时，克里斯托斯和瓦莱里亚（希望我说的没错）向我们和其他几个开车过来的家庭介绍了他们自己和他们美丽的驴子家族。
我们立刻被驴子的状况所震惊，与我们在林多斯看到的可怜的驴子相比，这些驴子的蹄子都修剪得很完美，皮毛保养得很好，而且会主动靠近你，而不是躲开……这些驴子真是幸福的驴子！
在给其中一些驴子梳理毛发并熟悉它们之后，我们的两个女儿骑上了 Yanni 和 Sambika（虽然我认为它是桑布卡）。
我们最小的孩子勇敢无畏，她连眼睛都没眨一下，立刻就放松下来了，而我们最大的孩子却害怕摔倒，他们三个人，驴奶奶、克里斯托斯和瓦莱里娅都意识到了她的恐惧，并给了她极大的支持，以至于骑了十分钟后，她就独自笑着离开了……正是在这些时刻，你看到了人们的本性，对这三个人来说，这不是生意，他们的驴和他们的家才是他们的心。
在徒步旅行中，我们在最美丽的 12 世纪教堂停下来，那里有非常罕见的壁画，能观看这些壁画是一种荣幸，再加上自制（农场出产的）食物，简直是太神奇了。
我真的强烈推荐任何访问罗得岛的人参加驴子巡游，你不仅可以看到真诚的人类如何对待原本生活艰苦的驴子，而且你可以体验到真正的罗得岛，尽管只有几个小时。
我希望在未来的几年里，当我们谈论罗德斯时，我们所有的孩子都会提到雅尼 (Yanni) 和桑比卡 (Sambika)，以及驴奶奶、克里斯托斯 (Christos) 和瓦莱丽亚 (Valeria) 有多么好！！！
我和家人在周中参观了林多斯，看到那些可怜的驴子在陡峭的街道上运送着更重的人前往雅典卫城，我女儿评论说驴子看起来很不开心。回到酒店后，我们向一位工作人员提到了这次经历，他们说我们必须去参观驴子巡游，看看驴子的表现有多快乐。
我们找到了他们的详细信息，并通过 WhatsApp 发送了消息，并及时得到了回复，我们预订了第二天的行程，因为我们没有租车，他们也同意从我们的酒店接我们。
第二天，一位非常有魅力的“驴奶奶”迎接了我们，她从一开始就让我们感到宾至如归，并向我们提供了大量有关驴子和周边地区的信息，同时让我们感到轻松自在。
当我们到达时，克里斯托斯和瓦莱里亚（希望我说的没错）向我们和其他几个开车过来的家庭介绍了他们自己和他们美丽的驴子家族。
我们立刻被驴子的状况所震惊，与我们在林多斯看到的可怜的驴子相比，这些驴子的蹄子都修剪得很完美，皮毛保养得很好，而且会主动靠近你，而不是躲开……这些驴子真是幸福的驴子！
在给其中一些驴子梳理毛发并熟悉它们之后，我们的两个女儿骑上了 Yanni 和 Sambika（虽然我认为它是桑布卡）。
我们最小的孩子勇敢无畏，她连眼睛都没眨一下，立刻就放松下来了，而我们最大的孩子却害怕摔倒，他们三个人，驴奶奶、克里斯托斯和瓦莱里娅都意识到了她的恐惧，并给了她极大的支持，以至于骑了十分钟后，她就独自笑着离开了……正是在这些时刻，你看到了人们的本性，对这三个人来说，这不是生意，他们的驴和他们的家才是他们的心。
在徒步旅行中，我们在最美丽的 12 世纪教堂停下来，那里有非常罕见的壁画，能观看这些壁画是一种荣幸，再加上自制（农场出产的）食物，简直是太神奇了。
我真的强烈推荐任何访问罗得岛的人参加驴子巡游，你不仅可以看到真诚的人类如何对待原本生活艰苦的驴子，而且你可以体验到真正的罗得岛，尽管只有几个小时。
我希望在未来的几年里，当我们谈论罗德斯时，我们所有的孩子都会提到雅尼 (Yanni) 和桑比卡 (Sambika)，以及驴奶奶、克里斯托斯 (Christos) 和瓦莱丽亚 (Valeria) 有多么好！！！
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