点评:Sea turtles are a strong passion for me and I'd looked forward to experiencing a night watch in Sri Lanka. I arranged a tuktuk to get me to the meet point. Having read about it, read the groups advice and directions, arriving at the appointed time, immediately was disappointed. It was active with loud voices, many tourists who obviously had not read what I had, the operators were more concerned about getting the "donations" than orienting (me), the two women sitting at a desk kept saying that will be 2000rs. As the room and outside waiting area filled up the two male leaders said we could follow them down to the beach. NO lights allowed, no issue. NO smoking...haha one man couldn't go without a smoke for 15 minutes. NO talking/be quiet....OMG I was the only silent one. My heart was in sorrow. We were lead a mile down the beach to a place a turtle had been spotted. Holy Molly, you'd think that crowd suddenly was in a panic driving them insane! One guy heading for the front of the turtle EXACTLY what we were told NOT TO DO! She had tried to dig her hole but determined it was not a good place and turned back to the ocean to try again later. We stood and watched her get into the water....during which time a family in my left ear kept talking and talking not trying to be quiet! I told them to be quiet so we could just be and watch her. We were then lead back to the start, to either wait for another opportunity or leave. MORE people had come to join in, those who were in the first group churned and talked and smoked. The total disregard and disrespect, leaders not asking for cooperation, and since I had seen one mama I went looking for my tuk.
翻译:我一直对海龟充满热情,很期待在斯里兰卡体验一次夜间观龟之旅。我提前安排了一辆嘟嘟车前往集合地点。我事先阅读了相关信息,包括旅行团的建议和路线说明,并准时到达,结果却大失所望。那里人声鼎沸,喧闹嘈杂,很多游客显然没有像我一样事先了解过行程。工作人员似乎更关心如何收取“捐款”,而不是如何指导我。坐在桌子旁的两个女人不停地念叨着“2000卢比”。随着房间和外面的等候区越来越拥挤,两位男领队说我们可以跟着他们去海滩。禁止开灯,没问题。禁止吸烟……哈哈,有个男的15分钟不抽烟就受不了。禁止交谈/保持安静……天哪,我是唯一一个保持沉默的人。我心里无比难过。我们被带到海滩边一英里远的地方,据说那里发现了一只海龟。我的天哪,那群人简直像疯了一样,惊慌失措!有个家伙径直朝海龟的前面走去——这可是我们被告知绝对不能做的事!海龟妈妈之前挖了个洞,但觉得地方不合适,就转身回到海里,打算过段时间再挖。我们站在那里看着她下水……这时,我左耳边一家人一直在说个不停,一点儿也不安静!我让他们安静点,好让我们能专心看海龟。之后,我们被带回了起点,要么等下一个机会,要么就离开。又有更多的人加入了进来,第一批人则在一旁翻来覆去地聊天抽烟。他们完全无视海龟妈妈,不尊重人,领队也不征求大家的配合,而且因为我只看到一只海龟妈妈,所以我就去找我的小巴了。