点评:I was let down by my travel companion and had to navigate 12 days in Egypt as a solo female traveler. I bought my ticket online and arrived early for the show. I watched small groups and families arrive and mill around in little pockets waiting for the signal to go to the boats. No-one paid extra for the boat ride.
The Boatmen would not let me get on a boat. They said I had to get a boat by myself and pay them an extra 600 EP. I knew my ticket included the boat ride but they physically blocked me from getting on a boat with others.
I headed back to the ticket office and met an American Family who told me they had not paid extra for the boat ride and agreed that I could get on their boat. The boat men again tried to prevent me from getting on a boat with the American family but I managed to get past them. They then tried to pull me off the boat, saying that I was not allowed to share a boat. We sat at a stalemate during which they came down to 450 EP for my own boat, whilst refusing to take the boat I was on to the temple. Eventually they caved and I rode the boat with the American family to and from the temple.
I shudder to think what would have happened if I hadn't met the American Family. It was dark, I was alone, most of the other guests were French and didn't seem aware of how I was being targeted. Unfortunately, my experience with the boat men ruined the evening for me and I was unable to get the most out of the beautiful music and surroundings.
翻译:我的旅伴让我失望了,我不得不作为一名独自旅行的女性,在埃及独自度过了12天。我在网上买了票,提前到场观看演出。我看到一些小团体和家庭陆续到达,挤在狭小的空间里,等待着上船的信号。没有人为乘船支付额外费用。
船夫不让我上船。他们说我必须自己坐船,还要额外付600埃及镑。我知道我的票包含乘船费用,但他们却强行阻止我和其他人一起上船。
我回到售票处,遇到一个美国家庭,他们告诉我他们没有为乘船支付额外费用,并同意我上他们的船。船夫再次试图阻止我和这个美国家庭一起上船,但我设法绕过了他们。然后他们试图把我拉下船,说我不能和别人共乘一艘船。我们僵持了一段时间,他们把我的船降价到450美元,却拒绝载我去寺庙。最终他们妥协了,我和那家美国家庭一起乘船往返寺庙。
我不敢想象,如果我没有遇到那家美国家庭会发生什么。天色昏暗,我孤身一人,其他客人大多是法国人,似乎并没有意识到我成了目标。不幸的是,和船夫的那段经历毁了我的整个夜晚,我没能充分享受美妙的音乐和周围的环境。