Pattaya - nothing to do there!
The last trip to Thailand was in January 2006. The whole family decided to go in January 2011 to Thailand. Of course, in 4 years, Thailand has changed a lot for the worse. prices have increased. Thais are even more oborzeli, and they are looking at how to rob tourists. I didn’t want to go to Pattaya, but for the first time our 7-year-old son was with us and I wanted to show him the crocodile farm. therefore, on our trip, the first 4 days had to be spent in Pattaya. Pattaya is a landfill city! dirt, stink, dirty sea. By the way, their sea is dirty due to the fact that all their sewage goes directly into the sea, and not because someone threw a package of chips. This is so to say "Asian flavor". The 12 meters wide beach (from the water to the roadway) is of course a little shocking. Sun loungers costing $1 per person are cool. Day trips to the islands are like walking monkeys. You can’t go there, you can’t go there, not our deck chairs, at 11.00 they brought us back at 16.00. The loot has been collected! Everyone, everyone is happy! Hotels are a separate issue altogether. . Thai bitches have learned how to make a portfolio of their hotels so cleverly that when you look at a photo of a hotel, you get the impression that the hotel is just a Pindos, located in the gardens of Gammor. So I want to spend the rest of my life there. But upon arrival, you may be in for a big disappointment! the hotel can be located right next to a busy road with windows on the roadway. In general, when choosing a hotel, listen only to trusted sources. because sometimes the reports are written by the owners of the hotel themselves, and with the help of our brothers, who are no longer few in Pattaya. By the way, it’s cheaper to just agree with a taxi driver that he would take you all day (this is 1300-1500 baht) than to take collective tours. for example, a trip to a safari park with a pass to the park and a personal car with a driver cost us 2400 baht for 3x. for 7000 baht we were taken to the island of Kochang and after 6 days they were taken from about. kochanga and brought to Pattaya. it's cheaper and faster than riding a sightseeing bus and wasting time picking up drunken tourists from hotels and then waiting at each stop for everyone to gather (either piss, then take a shit, then buy a drink). On about. Kochang we lived in a hotel called "Kachang Grand Laguna" one of the buildings of the hotel is a large ship. The hotel is focused on a rich Thai audience. room rates from 4000 - 8000 baht per day. (BUT it's worth it) The hotel has its own territory of about 15 hectares, its own beach (300 m). The hotel is located in the farthest part of Koh Chang island. for the entire time of our stay, we lived in almost the entire hotel alone. There were practically no tourists in the hotel. the main arrival of Thai tourists they have from May to August. We slept in bungalows with open windows and enjoyed the sea breeze and not the air conditioning and the showdown of tourists. rented a motorbike and periodically went to the neighboring village to restaurants. For convenience, hotel guests are provided with bicycles to move around the territory. my son, of course, was very pleased and "cut circles. " the entrance to the beach belonging to the hotel for "non-guests" was paid 150 baht, and therefore there was practically no one on the "left" beach. for 1000 baht they hired a guide and for 2 days they climbed the mountains on the island of Kochang to where the streams for the waterfall originated. (I recommend)
