点评:We were never told by the shockingly unfriendly attendant who collected park entry fees that the last opportunity for a self-guided driving tour had literally just ended (maybe 7-10 minutes earlier) but happily grabbed our *$10 PER PERSON* car entry fees. Then we find out AFTER we’re in the park this is the case & if we want to come back in the morning to do it…yep, another $40 entry. OR they could take us on an open air tour (yes, it was almost 100 degrees at 4:45 pm and impossibly windy blowing the red sand everywhere)—and that privilege for $95 EACH. The despicable attendant should’ve told us and let us turn around. We would’ve happily come back tomorrow but now we will simply warn everyone that they only care about money (which we sadly found to be generally the case in this whole Navajo-run area of the country—an overcharge for Everything Possible) and there was no help with any questions to be found at the poorly-run visitor’s center. (“Closed” signs posted for things that if you wandered around enough, found to be open, that kind of thing.) It was a ghost town except for—you guessed it!—people working the souvenir sales counters. AVOID this place & just take your beautiful pictures as you drive outside this money-grubbing place.
翻译:那个收取公园门票、态度极其冷漠无礼的工作人员根本没告诉我们,最后一次自行驾车游览的机会其实刚刚结束(大概7到10分钟前)。不过他倒是爽快地收下了我们每人10美元的车辆入场费。直到我们进入公园后才知道实际情况如此;如果我们想第二天早上再来游玩……嗯,又得再付40美元的门票费。或者他们也可以带我们进行一场露天游览(没错,下午4点45分时,气温接近100度,风大得离谱,红色的沙粒被吹得到处都是——而享受这种“特权”的费用却是每人95美元。那个可恶的服务员本应该事先告知我们,让我们掉头离开的。我们本乐意明天再来的,但现在只能提醒大家:这里的人只关心赚钱而已(很遗憾,我们发现在这个由纳瓦霍人管理的地区,情况普遍如此——几乎所有东西的价格都被抬得离谱)。在管理混乱的游客中心,对于任何疑问都得不到解答。(上面挂着“关门”的牌子,可四处转转就会发现其实还是开着的,诸如此类的情况。)这里简直就是一座鬼城,只不过——你猜对了!——那些在纪念品销售柜台前工作的人员。千万别去这个地方,开车离开这个唯利是图的地方时再尽情拍照吧。