点评:I have to admit, I was a skeptic. As a couple, we book our own hotels, drive rental cars, and find guides if we need them. But after two weeks with Travel Exploration, we don't want to go back. We had a driver for the entire trip and guides in every city if we wanted them (we did), but with Travel Exploration, it was not just any driver and guides. Everyone was highly educated, fluent in English (and other languages), knew their city inside and out, and were honestly fun to hang out with. Our driver, Ismail, has an encyclopedic knowledge of Morocco, besides being thoughtful, flexible, skilled behind the wheel, and patient (with all our questions on a million topics). We saw astonishing landscapes, shopped in ancient medinas, went to beautiful bars and restaurants, stayed in gorgeous riads and hotels, and ate delicous food (all chosen from an array of restaurants suggested by Alecia Cohen, the founder.) And here's the thing: we would not have known where to park or whom to tip in many cases; we would not have found all the little alleyways and special places in the medinas; we wouldn't have stopped at the ceramics factory, the date store, the fossil factory, or "Little Switzerland"; and most important, we would not have been entertained and educated for hours on the road, as we were by Ismail, whom we both now consider truly a friend. A million thanks to Alecia, Ismail, Hakim, iAtimad, Abdellah, and our other guides.
翻译:说实话,我一开始是持怀疑态度的。我们俩通常自己预订酒店,租车自驾,需要的时候再找导游。但和Travel Exploration一起旅行两周后,我们彻底改变了看法。虽然我们全程都有司机,每个城市也都有导游(我们确实需要),但Travel Exploration的司机和导游可不是一般的。他们个个都受过高等教育,英语(以及其他语言)都很流利,对各自的城市了如指掌,而且和他们在一起真的非常愉快。我们的司机伊斯梅尔对摩洛哥了如指掌,不仅体贴周到、灵活变通、驾驶技术娴熟,而且对我们提出的各种问题都耐心解答。我们欣赏了令人惊叹的风景,在古老的麦地那购物,光顾了美丽的酒吧和餐厅,入住了华丽的摩洛哥传统庭院住宅和酒店,品尝了美味佳肴(所有这些都是从创始人Alecia Cohen推荐的众多餐厅中挑选出来的)。但关键在于:如果没有Alecia的帮助,我们很多时候都不知道该把车停在哪里,也不知道该给谁小费;我们不可能发现麦地那里那些幽静的小巷和别具特色的角落;我们不可能去参观陶瓷厂、椰枣店、化石工厂,或者“小瑞士”;而最重要的是,我们不可能像在旅途中那样,被Ismail一路热情地陪伴和讲解,Ismail现在也成了我们真正的朋友。衷心感谢Alecia、Ismail、Hakim、iAtimad、Abdellah以及我们其他的向导们。