I liked the hotel: clean, comfortable, I got an excellent room - a suite overlooking the pool and the sea, a large loggia. Everything electrical works, excellent air conditioning, powerful, quiet, well regulated. Cleaning daily with change of linen and towels, linen is clean, good quality. Left 2 times for 20 baht, but this is not necessary.
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I liked the hotel: clean, comfortable, I got an excellent room - a suite overlooking the pool and the sea, a large loggia. Everything electrical works, excellent air conditioning, powerful, quiet, well regulated. Cleaning daily with change of linen and towels, linen is clean, good quality. Left 2 times for 20 baht, but this is not necessary. There was no theft in the hotel during the stay. Money and documents were kept in a safe at the reception. A few days before our arrival, they began to take a deposit upon check-in - 1000 baht per room, they gave it back at check-out, but the flight was early, there was nowhere to spend it, I had to buy some kind of nonsense in the airport dutik. Breakfasts are varied: European traditional (sausage, sausage, scrambled eggs, croutons, butter, jam) and many Thai dishes - cooked very well, even soups (very tasty), the Thai menu changed mostly daily, from fruits - watermelons and pineapples, very I liked the coffee with cream. The pool is excellent: open around the clock, large, comfortable, illuminated underwater in the evening. There are always free sun loungers. Vacationers in the hotel are mostly compatriots, but they are very calm and decent, they didn’t create noise, mostly middle-aged families. Young people are more interested in the center - there is a rich night life, but it is very noisy. From the hotel on a tuk-tuk, which can be stopped right at the exit, to the pedestrian Walking Street (very center) without traffic jams reached in 10 minutes. Excursions were ordered to a tour company opposite the hotel - Thai Tanya, she speaks good Russian (she lived in Khabarovsk), a decent and sociable woman, she solved many problems of Russian tourists (which the guides categorically did not do), explained the map of the city, took her neighbor to the hospital and even paid for the dressing (there was an injury). On the eve of the next excursion, the husband fell ill - he immediately returned the full cost (in such cases, our tour operators do not return the entire cost of vouchers and not immediately). Thai massage - a must, excellent effect - both restorative and for various musculoskeletal problems. Phone SIM cards "happy" are sold in convenience stores "7-eleven", they cost 49 baht, but you immediately need to put 60 baht on them, the cost of calls with Russia is a few baht per minute, but with Europe it turned out very expensive - about a dollar a minute. When buying, the seller himself will insert a SIM card and replenish the account on the phone. I really liked the Thai cuisine at the macarons - we tried many different dishes - very tasty, cheap, unusual; no one had any unpleasant consequences, which cannot be said about food on excursions: apparently, everything is put on stream there, as in our catering - the rest is taken out again, but in such heat everything deteriorates instantly; there were several very serious poisonings in the hotel after such a diet: with intoxication, high fever and all the characteristic symptoms. I do not advise you to go to Samet Island - a hard road, the sea is as dirty as in Pattaya, and the food in the restaurant is not safe. The only tour that had to be cancelled. The rest are amazing, everything is wonderfully organized, scheduled to the minute, very saturated; transport was not expected anywhere. English is poorly understood in the hotel, the more literate you speak, the worse; my husband knows a few words in English, but he was understood there much better than me with a good conversational level. Shopping did not cause enthusiasm: there are large stores (2 festival "), by the type of boutiques - prices are European, but the quality is Thai; as in the market, where the same rags are very cheap. Thais do not know how to sew at all, although the materials are natural. T-shirts and jeans can be buy decent and cheap. On arrival, the guide immediately offers to take him to a new souvenir shop for free - (he gets a profit for this), for tourists - "divorce" - all things are several times more expensive than in other places, but since the prices are still you don't know, people buy all sorts of nonsense. It's worth a free (at the expense of the store) trip to the Vovan store - there are decent leather goods, good textiles and "no divorce. " One of the Russian TV channels broadcasts information about such free transfers from the hotel , with phones. On April 17, the New Year was celebrated in Pattaya - an amazing action, the streets are blocked, continuous traffic jams, all the people on the streets, barrels of water around, water hoses, water guns, every few steps you are poured with cheerful smiles, smeared with colored clay, the sensations are unusual, but very funny. Impressions from the trip are very bright and positive. I really want to go back there.
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We flew to Thailand for the first time, although for many years I already wanted to go there))). First impressions back in their native country (well, how can Pegasus not spoil the beginning of the holiday). Delay for more than 5 hours, the airport in Magnitogorsk is not adapted to such turns. Neither eat nor drink.
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We flew to Thailand for the first time, although for many years I already wanted to go there))). First impressions back in their native country (well, how can Pegasus not spoil the beginning of the holiday). Delay for more than 5 hours, the airport in Magnitogorsk is not adapted to such turns. Neither eat nor drink. The neutral zone at our airport is completely neutral. No drink, no snack. Of the pleasures, only a machine with cola, which does not give change. OK. After 6 hours of delay and 10 hours of flight, we are there. Yes, Bangkok is not there for you, here it is like that. 7 minutes in line for passport control and that's it. We are in a fairy tale.
HOTEL. The hotel is very clean, cozy treshka. I don’t know who in Pattaya needs more. Of course, the BIG minus is the complete absence of the sea, despite the fact that the hotel stands on the shore. Having gone in that direction on the very first day, I did not stick my nose there again. It's a shame....Everything else about the hotel is great. Cleaning, change of linen and towels every day. All quality, no theft.
Neighbors, not knowing the subtleties at first, left tips in a plate on the table. 3 days they were not touched. Until they put her on the bed. In my opinion, this characterizes the staff of the hotel. No one from the staff speaks Russian, but this has its own charm. To explain anyway, it always worked out even with our knowledge, or rather ignorance of English. The hotel, in my opinion, was bought by Pegasus (which is a pity), so the population in it is almost exclusively Russian. According to my observations, 1 room was occupied by a Thai or Chinese family, and 1 American with carrots. All. The rest are ours. The pool is clean and really 24/7. They clean it at 5-6 in the morning. The first floor is very convenient, we went to the pool through the balcony. Well, if one was sleeping, and the second was away somewhere, then without causing the sleeping person the discomfort of turning off the air conditioner, they calmly returned home through the balcony.
The hotel is located right on Naklua Beach Street, which goes directly to the center, so there were no problems with the delivery of bodies to civilization. 10 minutes and you are in the center of events. Near the hotel there is a fish market, and a vegetable, fruit and food market. Near the fish market there is a small eatery-cafe where they cook the most delicious, and most importantly, edible TOM Yam. Of course, it is edible everywhere, but everywhere they put some kind of bamboo that does not chew. And everything was eaten there. Whether the bamboo was pulled out before serving, or how, I don’t know. But delicious. The prices there are from the science fiction series TOM YAM from 35 to 45 baht (you can say rubles). In general, the most expensive dish is fried noodles with seafood. The store is right next door. Life in the north of Pattaya seemed to me more interesting than in the south. There are still many Thais who do not understand Russian, you can accidentally wander into the quarter to see their way of life. Certainly not rich, but real.
By the way, they also found a wonderful massage parlor. Before that, they were in 2 places and with the vaunted blind, and just in the cabin. And here the big Russian farang liked the massage the most. Well, the masseuse, a small and thin secret, really did it, using all the suitable parts of the body (and note that it was not a body massage, it was just that the farang was really big, and she could not knead it only with her hands, so both legs and knees were used, and elbows). In the photo and video I will show both the salon and the massage and the hotel. I really liked it. Yes, there was a lizard in the room. Didn't bother anyone. Yes, there were ants, but how in the tropics without living creatures at all. Ants become active if you leave fruits well or spill sweets. Just follow and everything will be ok. By the way from the hotel to the center left at the latest at 1.30 am. We returned at 4 am. And at this time just by tuk tuk for 10 baht. No price cuts. Of course, if you don't ask where he's going.
Then they really think that they should take more. You can't ask drivers for anything. If you ask how much, when paying, he will say 20. Silently you will give 10, he will take it and say thank you.
HOTEL. The hotel is very clean, cozy treshka. I don’t know who in Pattaya needs more. Of course, the BIG minus is the complete absence of the sea, despite the fact that the hotel stands on the shore. Having gone in that direction on the very first day, I did not stick my nose there again. It's a shame....Everything else about the hotel is great. Cleaning, change of linen and towels every day. All quality, no theft.
Neighbors, not knowing the subtleties at first, left tips in a plate on the table. 3 days they were not touched. Until they put her on the bed. In my opinion, this characterizes the staff of the hotel. No one from the staff speaks Russian, but this has its own charm. To explain anyway, it always worked out even with our knowledge, or rather ignorance of English. The hotel, in my opinion, was bought by Pegasus (which is a pity), so the population in it is almost exclusively Russian. According to my observations, 1 room was occupied by a Thai or Chinese family, and 1 American with carrots. All. The rest are ours. The pool is clean and really 24/7. They clean it at 5-6 in the morning. The first floor is very convenient, we went to the pool through the balcony. Well, if one was sleeping, and the second was away somewhere, then without causing the sleeping person the discomfort of turning off the air conditioner, they calmly returned home through the balcony.
The hotel is located right on Naklua Beach Street, which goes directly to the center, so there were no problems with the delivery of bodies to civilization. 10 minutes and you are in the center of events. Near the hotel there is a fish market, and a vegetable, fruit and food market. Near the fish market there is a small eatery-cafe where they cook the most delicious, and most importantly, edible TOM Yam. Of course, it is edible everywhere, but everywhere they put some kind of bamboo that does not chew. And everything was eaten there. Whether the bamboo was pulled out before serving, or how, I don’t know. But delicious. The prices there are from the science fiction series TOM YAM from 35 to 45 baht (you can say rubles). In general, the most expensive dish is fried noodles with seafood. The store is right next door. Life in the north of Pattaya seemed to me more interesting than in the south. There are still many Thais who do not understand Russian, you can accidentally wander into the quarter to see their way of life. Certainly not rich, but real.
By the way, they also found a wonderful massage parlor. Before that, they were in 2 places and with the vaunted blind, and just in the cabin. And here the big Russian farang liked the massage the most. Well, the masseuse, a small and thin secret, really did it, using all the suitable parts of the body (and note that it was not a body massage, it was just that the farang was really big, and she could not knead it only with her hands, so both legs and knees were used, and elbows). In the photo and video I will show both the salon and the massage and the hotel. I really liked it. Yes, there was a lizard in the room. Didn't bother anyone. Yes, there were ants, but how in the tropics without living creatures at all. Ants become active if you leave fruits well or spill sweets. Just follow and everything will be ok. By the way from the hotel to the center left at the latest at 1.30 am. We returned at 4 am. And at this time just by tuk tuk for 10 baht. No price cuts. Of course, if you don't ask where he's going.
Then they really think that they should take more. You can't ask drivers for anything. If you ask how much, when paying, he will say 20. Silently you will give 10, he will take it and say thank you.
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My first trip to Thailand. On the eve of departure, a lot of information was studied about Thailand, the hotel and excursions, etc. Flight Nizhny Novgorod-Bangkok by Nord Wind airline. I was very worried about the flight delay. As a result: when buying a tour, the departure time was scheduled for 19.00, then the agency warned that the departure would be at 20.
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My first trip to Thailand. On the eve of departure, a lot of information was studied about Thailand, the hotel and excursions, etc.
Flight Nizhny Novgorod-Bangkok by Nord Wind airline. I was very worried about the flight delay. As a result: when buying a tour, the departure time was scheduled for 19.00, then the agency warned that the departure would be at 20.00. Checked in on time, but flew out around 21.30. Okay, there's a little delay. It was worse back: the total delay of the return flight was 7 hours. Long flights are definitely tough. There - 8 hours, back - 10 hours 20 minutes.
Hotel Naklua Beach Resort. We settled quickly, arrived at the hotel at 12.30, at 13.00 were already in the room. We got a room on the fourth floor in the central building with a direct sea view without any additional payments. The room is large, triple (although there were two of us). We went to friends in a room in the side building, they had a more modest room. Cleaning, change of linen and towels - no complaints. We asked for the contents of the minibar to be removed immediately so that fruits and drinks would not interfere with putting them in the refrigerator. The hotel itself is modest, quiet and quite nice. You can swim in the pool around the clock. We only had breakfast included in the package, but for 295 baht per person you could have dinner at the hotel (buffet). However, we never took advantage of this offer.
The location of the hotel is really far from the center. When booking the tour, I thought it was not a problem. However, it turned out that for me this is more of an inconvenience than an advantage. Traveling several times a day on tuk-tuks, either to the pier (beach), or to shopping, to cafes, did not give me pleasure. Walking is a long way, and the sidewalks are not suitable for pedestrians, but are lined with parked motorbikes. We often went to the fruit market (the one to the left of the hotel) and bought there not only fruits, but also chicken, grilled meat and even salads with seafood. Everything was quite edible and never caused any problems (unlike the food of 5 star hotels in Egypt and Turkey). Hot spices are given either separately in bags, and if they are added directly to the dish, then you yourself say how much and what. I've been to the fish market once. We bought 1 kg of the freshest huge shrimp and here in the market for 40 baht they fried them on the grill, laid them on a banana leaf and handed them back with spices. True, it is more difficult to explain yourself in the markets, where people do not speak or understand English (unlike cafes and shops in the center). But sign language will help you.
The hotel is located on the seafront. And the sea is dirty and you can't swim there. And I knew this when I chose this hotel. BUT! When I saw this sea, I was shocked, and my husband was depressed. We went to Koh Lan 4 times. There, of course, you can enjoy the beaches. I especially liked the beach, where there were a lot of Chinese, the sea is turquoise, the sand is white. A couple of times we went to some Pattaya beach not far from our hotel. But even there the sea is dirty and smelly.
Tours were taken from Pegasus. Yes, more expensive than street agencies. But we decided so. Two weeks of rest: every other day excursions, free days - on Koh Lan.
I was delighted with the Buddhist temples I saw, I really liked the waterfalls of the Erawan National Park, Nong Nooch Park and the elephant show.
Will I return to Thailand? Yes. Although the impressions of the trip are ambiguous. From something in complete delight, something caused a negative. But the fact that a trip to this country is definitely worth it.
Flight Nizhny Novgorod-Bangkok by Nord Wind airline. I was very worried about the flight delay. As a result: when buying a tour, the departure time was scheduled for 19.00, then the agency warned that the departure would be at 20.00. Checked in on time, but flew out around 21.30. Okay, there's a little delay. It was worse back: the total delay of the return flight was 7 hours. Long flights are definitely tough. There - 8 hours, back - 10 hours 20 minutes.
Hotel Naklua Beach Resort. We settled quickly, arrived at the hotel at 12.30, at 13.00 were already in the room. We got a room on the fourth floor in the central building with a direct sea view without any additional payments. The room is large, triple (although there were two of us). We went to friends in a room in the side building, they had a more modest room. Cleaning, change of linen and towels - no complaints. We asked for the contents of the minibar to be removed immediately so that fruits and drinks would not interfere with putting them in the refrigerator. The hotel itself is modest, quiet and quite nice. You can swim in the pool around the clock. We only had breakfast included in the package, but for 295 baht per person you could have dinner at the hotel (buffet). However, we never took advantage of this offer.
The location of the hotel is really far from the center. When booking the tour, I thought it was not a problem. However, it turned out that for me this is more of an inconvenience than an advantage. Traveling several times a day on tuk-tuks, either to the pier (beach), or to shopping, to cafes, did not give me pleasure. Walking is a long way, and the sidewalks are not suitable for pedestrians, but are lined with parked motorbikes. We often went to the fruit market (the one to the left of the hotel) and bought there not only fruits, but also chicken, grilled meat and even salads with seafood. Everything was quite edible and never caused any problems (unlike the food of 5 star hotels in Egypt and Turkey). Hot spices are given either separately in bags, and if they are added directly to the dish, then you yourself say how much and what. I've been to the fish market once. We bought 1 kg of the freshest huge shrimp and here in the market for 40 baht they fried them on the grill, laid them on a banana leaf and handed them back with spices. True, it is more difficult to explain yourself in the markets, where people do not speak or understand English (unlike cafes and shops in the center). But sign language will help you.
The hotel is located on the seafront. And the sea is dirty and you can't swim there. And I knew this when I chose this hotel. BUT! When I saw this sea, I was shocked, and my husband was depressed. We went to Koh Lan 4 times. There, of course, you can enjoy the beaches. I especially liked the beach, where there were a lot of Chinese, the sea is turquoise, the sand is white. A couple of times we went to some Pattaya beach not far from our hotel. But even there the sea is dirty and smelly.
Tours were taken from Pegasus. Yes, more expensive than street agencies. But we decided so. Two weeks of rest: every other day excursions, free days - on Koh Lan.
I was delighted with the Buddhist temples I saw, I really liked the waterfalls of the Erawan National Park, Nong Nooch Park and the elephant show.
Will I return to Thailand? Yes. Although the impressions of the trip are ambiguous. From something in complete delight, something caused a negative. But the fact that a trip to this country is definitely worth it.
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I liked the hotel very very much....everything is clean. delicious fresh breakfasts. the room was cleaned every day. clean white towels))) next time, be sure to go there!! !
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I liked the hotel very very much....everything is clean. delicious fresh breakfasts. the room was cleaned every day. clean white towels))) next time, be sure to go there!! !
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all sites say "There is a beach", we went only because the beach was promised. There is no beach, the sea is dirty, sewerage colors, construction sites and local areas are nearby. The room was hardly cleaned. A couple of times we found cockroaches near the bed.
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all sites say "There is a beach", we went only because the beach was promised. There is no beach, the sea is dirty, sewerage colors, construction sites and local areas are nearby. The room was hardly cleaned. A couple of times we found cockroaches near the bed.
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The hotel at the beginning seemed nothing until they stole $ 200, they cleaned it badly, but no one thought to change the linen for two weeks, caught a cockroach in the room, from the center 1.5 hours on foot or pay for a taxi every time you want to go to shops or nat beach, in general, the worst hotel, if you want to spoil your vacation, then welcome.
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The hotel at the beginning seemed nothing until they stole $ 200, they cleaned it badly, but no one thought to change the linen for two weeks, caught a cockroach in the room, from the center 1.5 hours on foot or pay for a taxi every time you want to go to shops or nat beach, in general, the worst hotel, if you want to spoil your vacation, then welcome. By the way, if you come to this hotel, I recommend investing 20 greens in your passport, then they will give you a better number.
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After a long, ten-hour tiring flight, the voyage to Thailand ended, so ambiguous and surprising that it is unlikely to get off with a brief review. But, if you are already fed up with domestic travel services, as well as the rudeness of servants in Egypt, and the slow but steady decline in the level of travel services in Turkey, then the next country you visit is Thailand, as the most optimal way to relax in terms of price-quality ratio.
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After a long, ten-hour tiring flight, the voyage to Thailand ended, so ambiguous and surprising that it is unlikely to get off with a brief review. But, if you are already fed up with domestic travel services, as well as the rudeness of servants in Egypt, and the slow but steady decline in the level of travel services in Turkey, then the next country you visit is Thailand, as the most optimal way to relax in terms of price-quality ratio. So, I’ll try to bring the pros and cons to your court in order, but only in my deeply subjective view, and of course it’s up to you to decide. And of course, a number of practical tips, the implementation of which I hope will help you organize your vacation in an exceptionally high-quality and optimal way. Departure from Domodedovo - 2 charter flights somewhere around 11 pm. With this, everything is clear. The flight is tiring, but not too much, because. to the night. Due to the time difference, arrive at Bangkok airport at 11 local time, where you need to fill out an immigration card. Do not linger at the exit and try to quickly walk a kilometer to the treasured tables, where the Thais will explain to you with signs how to do it right. Then straight ahead and to the left, to the exit, where representatives of travel agencies are waiting for you. And so, after 2 hours on the bus (137 km) under the excellent, and as it turned out later very useful guide instruction, we are in Pattaya. We stopped at the Naklua Beach Resort Hotel not only for reasons of economy, but also for the convenience of the location - on the seashore, at the beginning of Pattaya, there are two markets nearby, a bunch of wholesalers and all sorts of eateries, which is important with such a busy holiday event. Nearby I found a delicious pizza, which is delivered throughout the city on scooters at a price of 195 to 400 baht with shrimp, crabs and other yummy. And ! subsequently ! we discovered another major advantage of the hotel! Since it is at the beginning, we leave on an excursion and arrive from it in the first case exactly at 5 o'clock one hour later than everyone else, and in the case of arrival also earlier than everyone else by the same hour. Swimming pool at the hotel! Attention!!! ! Around the clock! ! What is also important is that at night after wandering around the working street you can swim for pleasure. Chlorine buckets do not interfere, the pool is clean with water vacuum cleaners. Chlorine, of course, is used, but carefully and imperceptibly for vacationers. There were no cases of theft from the rooms for 10 days. It also turned out to be correct calculation for the intimacy of the hotel. and thanks to this excellent service and the friendliness of the staff. Thais in general are friendly all the polls, especially in relation to farangs, that is, to us, but in this hotel they are friendly and helpful more than in the center. The breakfasts at the hotel are simply excellent and quite allow you to turn over without serious snacks until the evening, which is important when organizing a beach holiday. because in any case you have to go to the islands, because to the sea in Pattaya Dirty and musty ABSOLUTELY everywhere, on all beaches, regardless of their prestige and belonging, because to Pattaya, after all, a fairly large city like Yalta and all waste products, following the laws of physics, somehow fall into the sea. So after breakfast - on the sea, on the corral beach! There are several ways. You choose. The first one is a ferry tram, departing in an hour from the main pier (the schedule should be clarified), behind Workin Street -30 baht (27 rubles) from the bow - takes you to the northern pier on the island in about 40 minutes. The distance of the island from Pattaya is 8 km by sea. Further beaches to the left - large, to the right small with white sand, palm trees, but expensive sunbeds with umbrellas -100 baht. The second way is on the same pier, the same trams for 150 baht from the nose, but already for a round-trip and to the best southern beach of the same island with perfectly clean beaches, a larger swimming area, excellent coral reefs and an ideally clean and warm sea, but!! ! The ambush consists in the fact that a bunch of people are stuffed onto the tram - more than a hundred, and there is no pier at the southern tip of the island, therefore the boat stops at 150 meters and then the people are taken out by motor pies of 15-20 people. Unloading is done quickly, but in any case you lose more than an hour with this procedure. And the return time is announced to you forcibly and you cannot reschedule it. The third and most optimal way is to rent an individual boat. The price of the boat is from 2500 baht to 4 thousand, depending on the power and capacity, but if you are from 4 to 12 people, this is quite an affordable and acceptable price per capita consumption of the service (children under 10 years old are free) In this case, you should be careful and cold-blooded. When hiring, they work with pickups, and therefore, the law of the three stations in Moscow prevails. You can overpay for the same service, but you can even save money compared to the second method. The advantages are undeniable - the way to the beach instead of an hour-20 minutes. The boat is at your disposal even until the night. The ride is comfortable and exciting. Cons - you need to bargain and stand firm on your price. You need to know at least a little English. The trip costs from 300 to 400 baht, which is more than twice as expensive, but... see below. Benefits. Now the following rules related to transport - (this is important) Pattaya - mainly consists of 4 streets along which transport-tuk-tuks (jeeps) follow, where instead of a cargo part, quite a comfortable space is arranged like an army car with soft benches and free access from the street to them - with a capacity of about 10 people). If you need to get somewhere you !!! Attention! ! Just get into the transport and go where you need to, having previously correctly chosen the direction yourself (at first there were some difficulties, because the traffic is right-handed). If you ask the driver where to go, then the Thai usually drops off all the passengers and takes you where you need to go, but then demands up to 300 baht from you for the trip. In case you do like everyone else, i. e. do not sit down and drive silently, and then you press the button and go out - pay 10 baht. Usually, with the right hiring of a tuk tuk, if you need to change at the fountain, or a company-transport with the right trade, it costs from 100 to 150 baht. At night - a little more expensive - by 50%. The point for orientation in the city and the terminus of many tuk-tuks is the fountain-ring traffic and the confluence point of four streets in the city center. As for stopping transport, this should not bother you. Cars run at intervals of a maximum of 2 minutes, and if you just stop at the edge of the sidewalk, a welcoming soft horn signal immediately follows, and if you wave your hand, tuk tuk stops - then see. above. In the mornings, with the whole team of 9 people, we got to the pier, and for that - as soon as one of us appeared on the threshold of the hotel, the same tuk-tuk passing by on its own initiative was waiting for our company for at least ten minutes. Further arriving. until the end of his route, we threw 20-30 baht and drove through Workin Street to the pier to the boat (this is another couple of kilometers). As a result, the road from the hotel to the island took a little over 30 minutes, which is quite acceptable. Next up are excursions. Already paid, but a crocodile farm and a rock park. The excursion from Tez tour was very pleasant. There was, of course, some irritation. it is primarily organized to increase sales of latex and jewelry factories, but it is done beautifully, and even the pillow turned out to be very comfortable and decent. Regarding the elephant show, it's nice to feed the elephant with bananas, drop dead when the elephant kisses you on the cheek with its trunk. Yes, and catching crocodiles with a special fishing rod with a torn chicken is also exciting and very interesting and exciting. The rock park is just breathtakingly perfect. The mini zoo is also very interesting. . The animals are healthy and quite happy with life, in contrast to the Moscow zoo. The show with crocodiles caused an ambiguous reaction - of course, it’s scary for a Thai who fearlessly puts his head into the mouth of a crocodile, but looking closely, it’s noticeable that there are no main incisors of fangs, although if the mouth still closes, it’s clearly not enough. So I really enjoyed the tour. despite the $200 spent from the family budget for a pillow and a silver ring with a small diamond and a snake purse for the little one. The second and last excursion, on which we decided to spend two days out of ten, is no longer so unambiguous, although it still deserves interest and detailed coverage - a trip to the Kwai River with elephant riding, rafting on the river, an overnight stay in a floating hotel, a visit to a peasant's hut, waterfalls, swimming in a radon spring, and almost getting lost!! ! boating through the village, where instead of roads there are water channels. So - the first day, the first stop is the hut of a peasant-planter of coconut palms. So-so, but it began to annoy that for a lot of money - buy and buy everywhere. . Further riding on the canals in the village. It looks good in the pictures, but it's a village !! ! And people live in it, and therefore, the stench, dirty water and the stench of gasoline from the engine. Bottom line - I didn't like it at all. Then a long journey, lunch with a buffet, which lacks not only meat, but also chicken. Pieces of chicken only with onions, from which it is extremely difficult to pick them out. Anyway. . hot... had a bite and forgot, but the impression began to deteriorate in earnest. Further riding on elephants and rafting. Elephant riding is something. It's a must to ride, It is impossible to convey in words the impressions and feelings. All skiing is about 2 kilometers and 40 minutes. with bathing on an elephant in the river, when he douses you with water from his trunk, it is quite enough and unique. But the alloy is clearly unsuccessful and ridiculous. The river, despite the fast current, is quite calm and friendly. At the start of the rafting, and on the raft, 5 people with a Thai, we all jumped into the water and only held on to the raft, leaving the Thai helmsman in splendid isolation with his bamboo raft. There were no rapids and rapids. There was only one small whirlpool, but it did not even turn our raft around. . Of the unpleasant sensations - the waste products of elephants, dumped by them into the river when swimming - tragically caught up and overtook our rafts, and it was not very pleasant to swim next to them. The way back from the rafting on a tuk tuk was so fast that after swimming some of them caught a common cold, and subsequently felt unwell. Then dinner and hotel with massage. Dinner is good for a four, the hotel is also nothing, it’s very exotic to sleep in a hotel swaying on the water with quite acceptable service, but instead of sewerage - holes in the floor - and you can see how the fish affably hint at the need to visit the toilet and provide them with a legitimate dinner. We tried to catch - the fish bit off the hooks along with the fishing line and bait. And since there were few hooks, fishing was not successful. Night in the jungle is something - take ear plugs if you intend to sleep. Morning-breakfast is excellent, on the way to the waterfalls. Moving about 3 hours and here you are in the reserve. They warn about wild monkeys, about snakes, but apart from a monitor lizard and one completely tamed, wildly grazing monkey, no one else was found, but waterfalls are something. Firstly, it is very beautiful, and secondly, the purest water in the lakes after the waterfalls, suitable for swimming, the presence of fish that massage the whole body, trying to find the flakes of dead skin, and literally licking you - simultaneously exfoliating the whole body. And what is Charcot's shower on the third waterfall when you put your shoulders and scruff under the weight of water! In a word - Great! Then a quite decent lunch with a buffet and an untiring one and a half hour transfer to a radon spring. The source is quite competitive with a similar source in Abkhazia - in front of New Athos, but the service is of course incomparable. And now, having received 100 baht plates with the faces of saints in a radon bath (of course, yours), follow on to the pineapple farm to a shop of all sorts of Thai exotics with a tasting of 40 degree tincture, noni juice, and exotic medicinal teas. This is an amateur, but there are no inflated prices - everything is an amateur. But then a long, tiring journey home with an incomprehensible stop at the market at crazy prices and a traffic jam in Bangkok. So the return with an hour delay at 10 pm - the duration of the tour is a little less than 2 days (departure at 5 am, the previous day). There are many pluses, minuses, in my opinion, too, the price is 2700 for an adult, 2000 baht for a child. The guide is the famous Seryoga (as he positioned himself), who worked with Mazaev on the transfer in Thailand. The tour operator who provided the service, either Sabay, or I don’t remember how. Subsequently, from a messenger in Pattaya, we learned that we had not been to a Buddhist temple, and we were not taken along some terrible road, but this is all on Seryoga's conscience. But they stopped at the market and bought real potato chips. As for the show, they said that Tiffany was cooler, but we didn’t honor with our presence - we really didn’t want to change Bounty for some kind of nonsense. Next, where and what to eat. Since there is no all-inclusive system in Thailand (which is just great by the way), you have to look for a place where and what to eat. The laziest choose a hotel restaurant. Well, in this case, there is nothing to say, along with the high cost, it is convenient, pretentious, but not always tasty. Next are the tourist spots. For the most narrow-minded, who do not know how to connect two words in English or at the very least, Russian-speaking restaurants with high prices will explain themselves with gestures. Further, ordinary tourist restaurants with good cuisine for various requests. but still high, although after Moscow, quite reasonable prices. The next option, opened by us, is the Lotus store (a trading network like our Auchan), where !!! Attention!! ! On the second floor there are a bunch of about 20 mini cafes, united together by one payment system. Let me explain: you go up to the second floor on the escalator, then go right, without entering the hypermarket hall, go to the cashier and get a card on which you put any amount (like in the park), but unlike the park, you can at any time You can withdraw all your money without any fees. This was done in order to exclude fraud and from a sanitary point of view to prevent chefs from working with money, which is very correct. Food is prepared in minutes right in front of you. . You just need to point to one of a dozen dishes and say the cherished know spice. In our case, a family of three rarely spent more than 250 baht. With an average cost of a dish of 40 baht. The baht can be roughly equated to the ruble. And finally, the last way is eating at markets and snacking in hotels. The method is risky, but also acceptable due to its simplicity and cheapness. In the conditions of our hotel, Naklua Beach, there was another well-trodden way of having dinner. After the sea, having driven a hundred meters from the hotel in front, we got to the fish market. What was not there. . . (in the sense of fish and sea creatures). We bought a kilo of king prawns - 150 baht per kilo or some kind of fish, live. We gave it all to the chef of the restaurant in the evening, and for 50 baht he boiled and fried it all for us. Very tasty and cheap. . . So we finished with the food... And to talk. Communication with Russia is optimal when buying a local SIM card with 35 baht on the account. The guide costs -150 baht, in small supermarkets - Seven Eleven 90 baht, you can also top up your account there. Minute of conversation with Russia 5 rubles. Communication is excellent. Well, that's all. Although a few more important little things - tanning creams, ointments, medicines, etc. it's better to take it with you, local creams whiten the skin, and drugs are generally incomprehensible in terms of chem. Impact on the body. . Cotton clothing in Thailand is inexpensive and high quality, but with no long sleeves and large sizes. Household appliances are either the same or cheaper than in Russia. We bought a superb automatic thermos kettle for 500 baht. Fotik bought a 12 million pixel Samsung for 2900 baht to replace the one drowned in waterfalls. Soda with water - in numerous supermarkets from 6 to 15 baht per unit with a straw, and in bars and on beaches for 20 baht (this is not Egypt and Israel). Thirst was mainly quenched with chopped fresh fruit for 20 baht a serving, or coconut milk from a coconut with a tube, for 20 baht. But not with the coconut that we sell in Auchan, but three times larger in volume. None of the acquaintances had gastric disorders. As for alcohol, you should not bring it from duty free. There is a local whiskey-1000 sergeants and rum in a light box, everything costs up to 200 baht per half liter and is of very decent quality. Beer is also quite good - ranging from 20 baht to 40 depending on the density and quality - almost everywhere.
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