For someone who ‘wasn’t into history’, I’m completely converted.
Cape Town Heritage Tours的点评
点评:I’ve never done a guided tour before. I’ve also never really considered myself someone who is particularly interested in history, but Cam completely changed that for me.
What an incredibly fascinating ADVENTURE this was - note the emphasis on adventure! Cam is wonderful. He has a voice made for bedtime stories, throws in the occasional joke to lighten the mood, and introduces you to deeply layered histories and heritage through storytelling.
Cam walks with a big tote bag filled with all kinds of books, and at almost every stop, he pulls one out - whether to show you an image of what a place once looked like or to read a passage from a writer describing the lives and experiences connected to it. It gives you such a rich, holistic understanding of place and time and somehow manages to transport you back there.
His knowledge is remarkable. He doesn’t simply tell you about the place you’re exploring, he constantly connects it to other places, people and moments in history, creating fascinating links you would never otherwise have considered. There is plenty of food for thought - and for dinner-table conversations afterwards.
I cannot recommend this more to tourists and locals alike. Especially locals. There is something so empowering about learning the stories of the places you live alongside and brush shoulders with every day, often without realising the depth of history that lies beneath them.
I walked away with a completely new curiosity for history and a desire to understand more about the places around me. I think CTHT may have sparked a whole new hobby.
翻译:我以前从未参加过导览游。其实我也从没觉得自己是个对历史特别感兴趣的人,但Cam彻底改变了我的看法。
这真是一次极其精彩的“冒险”——请注意,我特意强调了“冒险”二字!Cam太棒了。他的嗓音非常适合讲睡前故事,偶尔还会开个玩笑来活跃气氛;通过讲故事的方式,他带我们领略了那些底蕴深厚的历史与文化遗产。卡姆背着一个大手提袋,里面装满了各式各样的书。几乎每走到一处,他都会取出一本书——要么是给你展示某个地方昔日的模样,要么是朗读书中作家对当地人们的生活与经历的描写。这些书能让你对那个地方和时代有极为丰富且全面的了解,仿佛能带你穿越时空回到那里。
他的学识令人叹服。他并非只是简单地向你介绍正在游览的地点。他总是将某个地方与历史上的其他地点、人物和时刻联系起来,从而建立起一些你原本绝对想不到的有趣关联。书中蕴含了大量发人深省的内容——也足以成为餐后谈资。
我极力向游客和当地人推荐这本书,尤其是当地人。了解那些自己每天生活其中、朝夕相处的地方背后的故事,实在是一件令人倍感充实的事啊。往往在不知不觉中,我们便置身于深厚的历史氛围之中。
这次经历让我对历史产生了全新的好奇心,也渴望更多地了解我周围的地方。我觉得CTHT或许激发了我的一项全新爱好。