点评:Taken to the Village by a driver who didn’t explain - you are expected to make a donation upon entry to the village and then a donation to the guide who takes you around at the conclusion of the tour (I paid 50,000 to each which was fine).
The guide we had spoke good English and it was very interesting to see a traditional way of life. It would have been an enjoyable experience if it were not for the high pressure sales and lies - the guide took us to a weaving stall (presumably his wife and mother in law) for a demonstration and then they pressured us to take a closer look at their products. We were told everything for sale in the village was made in the village - given the mass manufactured nature of the sarongs I double checked that I had understood and the guide again stated that they wove and then painted the fabric. Once I had reluctantly selected a sarong to enquire the price, I was told 600,000. I offered 250,000 - generous as I had purchased something similar from a shop the week prior for a fixed price of 85,000. It became clear the tour would not proceed until I had purchased something so I reluctantly paid 400,000 for a sarong. We left the village very disappointed with our experience.
翻译:司机没有解释就把我们带到了村庄——进入村庄时需要捐款,然后在游览结束时向带您游览的导游捐款(我给每个人付了 50,000 卢比,还不错)。
我们的导游英语说得很好,看到传统的生活方式非常有趣。如果不是因为高压销售和谎言,这将是一次愉快的体验——导游带我们去了一个编织摊位(大概是他的妻子和岳母)进行演示,然后他们强迫我们仔细看看他们的产品。我们被告知村里出售的所有东西都是村里生产的——考虑到纱笼的批量生产性质,我再三确认我是否理解了,导游再次表示他们先编织然后给布料上色。当我勉强选了一条纱笼询问价格时,我被告知 600,000 卢比。我出价 250,000 卢比,这很慷慨,因为我上周在一家商店以 85,000 卢比的固定价格购买了类似的东西。很明显,除非我买了东西,否则游览不会继续,所以我很不情愿地支付了 400,000 卢比购买了一条纱笼。我们离开村庄时对我们的经历感到非常失望。