点评:I would that the kayaking started with food intent. But Dev's fails in safety standards. First, having kayaked in Sabah and Sarawak, one thing I would say is that the outfitters ALWAYS had 2 guides, one manning the front, the other managing the group from the back. Stragglers, anyone in distress, suddenly unable to turn their kayaks due to the currents, were swiftly taken off. Today, there was just one lone guide, struggling a group of 8, 3 of whom we're small children under 10 years. No forethought for safety, whether the parents who were Indian tourists, casual first time visitors to Langkawi, could handle the kayak, let alone paddle with and against the flow of the currents, from fast speedboats plying the river. The guide, Wan, did his best, to help, including myself.... at times, relying on the two Japanese male tourists who were kind enough to help stragglers....because I kept getting pushed by fast speedboats....I was seriously disappointed with the poor planning, no safety explanation, no forethought to ask or check if tourists had young children in the group. Dev's needs to take big lesson from other kayaking outfitters like Semadang Kayak in Kuching, Sarawak (have done base level kayaking with them many times).....safety is not something to be compromised. Especially with tourists who are unfamiliar with the currents, barely understand muffles English spoken by the guide. Utterly disappointing......the tour operator also did not confirm the trip in advance, I was only aware of availability of the tour yesterday afternoon.....a full week before I flew into Langkawi yesterday.
翻译:我希望这次皮划艇之旅的出发点是美食。但Dev's在安全方面实在令人失望。首先,我在沙巴和砂拉越都划过皮划艇,我可以肯定地说,那里的皮划艇公司总是会配备两名向导,一名在前,一名在后。任何掉队的、遇到困难的、或者因为水流突然无法转向的人都会被迅速带走。而今天,只有一个向导孤零零地带着8个人,其中3个还是不到10岁的小孩。他们完全没有考虑安全问题,也没有考虑那些第一次来兰卡威的印度游客父母是否能够驾驭皮划艇,更别提在河上高速快艇的干扰下,顺流或逆流划桨了。向导Wan尽力帮助我,也包括我自己……有时,我不得不依靠两位好心的日本男游客来帮助掉队的游客……因为我一直被快艇推来推去……我对糟糕的行程安排感到非常失望,没有安全讲解,也没有事先询问或确认游客中是否有小孩。Dev应该好好向其他皮划艇公司学习,比如砂拉越古晋的Semadang Kayak(我曾多次参加他们的基础皮划艇课程)……安全绝对不能妥协。尤其是对于不熟悉水流、几乎听不懂向导含糊不清的英语的游客来说。真是太令人失望了……旅行社也没有提前确认行程,我直到昨天下午才知道有这个行程……而我昨天才飞抵兰卡威,整整提前了一周。