Don't go the commodity is you , and after that experience you want to vomit
Cai Rang Floating Market的点评
点评:THE FAMOUS FLOATING MARKET AT CAI RANG CAN THO VIETNAM
If you know what's good for you – DON'T GO TO THIS PLACE.
It is a TOURIST TRAP.
We got up very early, around 5 o’clock in the morning, excited to see the famous Cai Rang Floating Market near Can Tho in Vietnam. According to every travel guide and blog, this is supposed to be one of the most authentic experiences in the Mekong Delta – small boats trading fruits and goods between locals on the river.
When we arrived, the disappointment was huge.
About 90% of the boats were full of tourists, not locals. Instead of a real floating market where people trade between boats, you are taken – like every other tourist – to a few floating stalls. They make you get off the boat so you can buy junk and souvenirs.
Things you can easily buy near your hotel without waking up before sunrise and paying money for a tourist tour.
Everybody comes expecting to see a real local floating market – small boats with local people selling whatever they have, trading with each other on the river.
Maybe it was like that many years ago.
Today they don’t trade with each other.
They trade with us.
The truth is simple: you and me are the product.
We are the ones waking up early, paying for the tour, floating between dozens of tourist boats, buying things we don’t need.
What used to be a real market has slowly turned into a staged attraction for visitors.
When you look around, you see boats full of tourists taking pictures… of other boats full of tourists doing exactly the same thing.
The famous floating market may still exist in name, but the authenticity is long gone.
What you get today is mostly a tourist experience that makes you want to vomit.
翻译:越南芹苴市丐冷水上市场
如果你不想被坑,千万别去这个地方。
这里是个旅游陷阱。
我们清晨五点左右就起床了,兴致勃勃地前往越南芹苴附近的丐冷水上市场。根据所有旅游指南和博客的描述,这里应该是湄公河三角洲最原汁原味的体验之一——当地人在河上用小船进行水果和商品的交易。
然而,当我们到达时,却大失所望。
大约90%的船上都坐满了游客,而不是当地人。这里不是人们在船上进行交易的真正水上市场,而是像其他游客一样,被带到几个水上摊位前。他们会让你下船,然后让你购买一些廉价的纪念品。
你可以在酒店附近轻松买到东西,无需在日出前起床,也无需花钱参加旅游团。
每个人都期待看到真正的当地水上市场——小船上载着当地人,在河上买卖各种各样的东西,彼此进行交易。
也许很多年前确实如此。
如今,他们不再彼此交易。
他们与我们交易。
真相很简单:你我才是商品。
是我们早起,花钱参加旅游团,在几十艘游船之间穿梭,购买我们并不需要的东西。
曾经真正的市场,如今已逐渐变成了一个精心布置的旅游景点。
环顾四周,你会看到满载游客的船只在拍照……而其他满载游客的船只也在做着同样的事情。
著名的水上市场或许名存实亡,但其原汁原味早已荡然无存。
如今,你得到的,大多是令人作呕的旅游体验。