Holidays in the Riverina

Written: 4 february 2008
Travel time: 5 — 12 january 2008
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The hotel pulls on its 4 stars. The room has everything that tour operators promise. On TV there is one Russian-language channel RTR planet. The hotel has Internet, but not WI-HI, and at the reception there are two computers to which the Internet is connected, this pleasure costs 250 rupis (about $ 2.5) for half an hour.
Swimming near the hotel is bad. From the river that flows in, all the dirt floats, and there is a smell of rot, in addition, sewage also gets there, so we went to the island, walk 5 minutes to the left of the hotel along the beach, then take a boat, and a clear ocean. The move costs $2. , but when a lot of Russians arrive, they begin to raise the price, so bargain. And you say when they come to pick up by this time.
The food at the hotel is basically normal, but they arranged dinners of local cuisine a couple of times, it is not possible to eat it. If you have seafood, it's better to go to Maharadzhi, a cafe near the boats, the hotel is much more expensive.

If you walk along the beach at night you can see turtles, the spectacle is super, but we were asked not to shoot so as not to scare us. The service corresponds to the stars of the hotel. Although they could clean better. But they don’t touch anything, they left the money, they didn’t take it. Until you give it yourself, they won’t touch it. In the bar, if you take something, I had HB, you can pay immediately, you can write it to the number, when you leave they give invoices for verification, there were no problems, moreover, I calmly paid with a credit card, so that the service has reached the jungle. But if you are Russian, the bartenders will calculate you cheaper without an invoice, but for cash, moreover, they will bring a cardboard box on which the amount is much less than the invoice, and everyone is happy.
You can withdraw money from an ATM only in the city, so in recent days I didn’t withdraw, and barely fought them off, you can see there were a lot of people like me, but what to do, truly - we are responsible for those who we tamed, because it was our compatriots who showed them this way. It’s not a problem to go to the city, there are tuk-tuks, you’ll be lucky wherever you want, only 3 dollars. there and back, but don't pay right away. In terms of entertainment, there are very few of them, so this is a vacation for those who just want to take a break from the city madhouse.
Of course, there are discos and karaoke evenings once a week, but not so many go to them. In the afternoon, water aerobics is held in the pool, many were engaged, so in general, that's all. All entertainment is people gathering near the bar near the pool in the evening and just sitting and talking. When I was there, there were mostly Russians, and it was not boring. In general, I was lucky, I got great guys, the most important thing is that no one bothered anyone, everything was very good, and I didn’t have the feeling that I had come alone.
Everyone was very friendly and sociable, despite the fact that you might not know who's name. Probably the atmosphere of the country itself had an effect on everyone. The feeling of the vacation was wonderful, the warm ocean, wonderful weather, beautiful nature and the wonderful team that rested at that time.

And the last thing that our tour operators do not write, who wants to go, carefully look when their holidays and full moons are. We got there one day when there was a full moon, it’s their holiday, nowhere in a hotel, cafe or shop you can even buy beer, everything is filmed, and they don’t care if you are a tourist or a local - it’s forbidden. This is the country with the largest number of holidays. When I flew away, the people who remained were horrified, because on February 1 they began a new year for a whole month. So I advise you to study the calendar of their holidays, they are posted on websites. Maybe my review will help someone, if you write something, I will try to answer.
In general, as a summary, it’s great to have a rest (if you want a relaxing holiday), especially after adaptation (high humidity), the nature is cool, the ocean is warm, but this country is for visiting once. The second time there is nothing to do.
Translated automatically from Russian. View original