点评:We went for a couple of hours to the gibbon rehabilitation centre followed by a short walk and dip in the nearby waterfall. We had such a lovely time.
We were shown round the gibbon sanctuary by a Swedish volunteer called Mikael (I hope we’ve spelt his name right). He explained the awful things that have happened to the gibbon community owing to the popularity of the babies in the “entertainment” business. Don’t ever agree to have your photograph taken with a baby gibbon, undoubtedly its parents and other members of its family were killed in order for the baby to be acquired. Gibbons are also kept as pets but discarded as they grown older and more aggressive. It was all very sad for these beautiful and intelligent, sociable creatures. The job of the rehabilitation centre is to get families of gibbons back in the wild. The process takes a lot of patience, skill and understanding. If you are staying close to this centre we highly recommend that you go and visit them. The combination of that and the trip to the waterfall made it a most enjoyable 2/3 hour trip.
Thank you so much to Mikael for your time - it was much appreciated.
翻译:我们花了几个小时去长臂猿康复中心,然后走了一小段路,在附近的瀑布里泡了一会儿。我们玩得很开心。
一位名叫米凯尔(我希望我们拼对了他的名字)的瑞典志愿者带我们参观了长臂猿保护区。他解释了由于“娱乐”行业中长臂猿宝宝的受欢迎程度,长臂猿社区所遭受的可怕事情。千万不要同意和一只小长臂猿合影,毫无疑问,它的父母和其他家庭成员为了得到这只小长臂猿而被杀死。长臂猿也被当作宠物饲养,但随着它们长大并变得更具攻击性而被丢弃。这些美丽、聪明、善于交际的动物都感到非常悲伤。康复中心的工作是让长臂猿家庭回归野外。这个过程需要很大的耐心、技巧和理解力。如果您住在这个中心附近,我们强烈建议您去拜访他们。这一切加上瀑布之旅,使这次 2/3 小时的旅行变得非常愉快。
非常感谢 Mikael 抽出时间 - 非常感谢。