Maybe in Mandalay it's true that life is not so good, but I lived in a two-story building opposite the pool. The sea is nearby, everything else is too... around the jungle... what else can you dream of? By the way, be more careful when booking, now the Mandalay rooms for each tour operator have begun to be called differently, be immediately interested in accommodation or compare with their website.
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Maybe in Mandalay it's true that life is not so good, but I lived in a two-story building opposite the pool. The sea is nearby, everything else is too... around the jungle... what else can you dream of?
By the way, be more careful when booking, now the Mandalay rooms for each tour operator have begun to be called differently, be immediately interested in accommodation or compare with their website. Mandalay herself saw that our friends lived there, didn’t notice anything terrible there... yes, away from the sea, through the road, but is it really 3-5 minutes to the sea? But a significant difference in price... I would even say VERY significant. Moreover, you don’t have to sit in the rooms, you still go to the sea.
In conclusion, I want to say....ta-dam... in a month I will be there again, again in this hotel !! ! Everything has already been purchased. So it's up to you to go here or not to go, but personally I highly recommend it!!! !
By the way, be more careful when booking, now the Mandalay rooms for each tour operator have begun to be called differently, be immediately interested in accommodation or compare with their website. Mandalay herself saw that our friends lived there, didn’t notice anything terrible there... yes, away from the sea, through the road, but is it really 3-5 minutes to the sea? But a significant difference in price... I would even say VERY significant. Moreover, you don’t have to sit in the rooms, you still go to the sea.
In conclusion, I want to say....ta-dam... in a month I will be there again, again in this hotel !! ! Everything has already been purchased. So it's up to you to go here or not to go, but personally I highly recommend it!!! !
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The hotel sucks, old, disgusting. The standards in the hostel are across the road and have nothing to do with the beach. The beach is beautiful, but you can relax on it without this hotel. Hotel walk-through courtyard. The rooms are all terrible. In Egypt, the hotels and rooms are better. And about the standards that are in the hostel behind the road from the hotel, no one describes at all.
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The hotel sucks, old, disgusting. The standards in the hostel are across the road and have nothing to do with the beach. The beach is beautiful, but you can relax on it without this hotel. Hotel walk-through courtyard. The rooms are all terrible. In Egypt, the hotels and rooms are better. And about the standards that are in the hostel behind the road from the hotel, no one describes at all. One could come and buy a much better hotel on the spot and for less money. At the same time, to move to a room on the territory of the hotel, they asked for crazy money. In general, you want to live in a landfill here. Even the argument they say not to sit in the room will not work, with this approach, buy the same hostel for three rubles and ride to your health, but do not pay for the hotel on the 1st line of the east with a settlement in the middle of nowhere in the hostel and in the off-site of the hotel
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I read the reviews and am horrified - is this really the fabulous hotel in which I was a month and a half ago....We really lived in a two-story building almost on the shore. The room is good, everything you need is there (a kettle with tea, coffee, sugar, shampoo, shower gel), everything was replenished every day.
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I read the reviews and am horrified - is this really the fabulous hotel in which I was a month and a half ago....We really lived in a two-story building almost on the shore. The room is good, everything you need is there (a kettle with tea, coffee, sugar, shampoo, shower gel), everything was replenished every day. Our friends lived across the road in the Mandalay building, but they also liked everything. Yes, without any frills, yes, go across the road, but everything is nearby, and the price for the tour just differed by 22 thousand for 10 days in connection with this accommodation.
The hotel is big like a jungle. If you go up to the rooms on the rock, you will get to a gorgeous pool with a gorgeous view and monkeys.
Kai Bay beach, in my opinion, is one of the best on Koh Chang (I'm not here for the first time), the sea is not shallow, there are few algae, the water is the cleanest. I enjoyed swimming very much. Here you can take a kayak and swim to the neighboring islands. The big dance of the hotel is its position. Everything is nearby . . and cafes and shops, nearby is an elephant farm and a beach where you can swim with a baby elephant.
Vacationers in hotels are mostly Russian, many from the northern regions, and I have not seen a single person who would not like the hotel and the beach. Surprised that almost all vacationers come here (many to this hotel) is not the first time.
The only thing I agree with is that I wish there was more choice at breakfast. Even though we didn't go hungry.
I really want to go back to this place.... .
The hotel is big like a jungle. If you go up to the rooms on the rock, you will get to a gorgeous pool with a gorgeous view and monkeys.
Kai Bay beach, in my opinion, is one of the best on Koh Chang (I'm not here for the first time), the sea is not shallow, there are few algae, the water is the cleanest. I enjoyed swimming very much. Here you can take a kayak and swim to the neighboring islands. The big dance of the hotel is its position. Everything is nearby . . and cafes and shops, nearby is an elephant farm and a beach where you can swim with a baby elephant.
Vacationers in hotels are mostly Russian, many from the northern regions, and I have not seen a single person who would not like the hotel and the beach. Surprised that almost all vacationers come here (many to this hotel) is not the first time.
The only thing I agree with is that I wish there was more choice at breakfast. Even though we didn't go hungry.
I really want to go back to this place.... .
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Three months have passed since our holiday on Koh Chang, everyday affairs and worries completely absorbed us, and it seems how long ago it was, this holiday, and was it? But no, it really was, and when you look at photos and videos from there, you remember how cool it was there. And it didn't start well.
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Three months have passed since our holiday on Koh Chang, everyday affairs and worries completely absorbed us, and it seems how long ago it was, this holiday, and was it? But no, it really was, and when you look at photos and videos from there, you remember how cool it was there.
And it didn't start well. The departure of our plane was delayed by 34 hours, which, as a result, no one compensated us with anything, they simply stole one and a half days of rest from us. Everything about this is a separate story, but I am writing here about a vacation on Koh Chang, at the Koh Chang Cliff Beach Resort. Our trip to Thailand is far from the first, but we had to rest on Koh Chang for the first time. So, instead of noon, we arrived at the Utapao airport only in the evening, closer to 9 o'clock. Passport, customs control, baggage claim, boarding buses and transfer to a transit hotel where we will spend one night. The hotel in Pattaya was called Red Planet Pattaya, for a long stay, probably not very good, but for transit it will do. As a result, having settled in the hotel, having walked and having dinner in Pattaya, in the vicinity of the hotel, we went to bed at about 2 o'clock in the morning. And at 5 o'clock already rise, shower, breakfast at the hotel and boarding the transfer minibus to the ferry. About 5 hours, it seems, we were driving to the ferry (everyone was dozing), 20-30 minutes on the ferry, another half an hour on the minibus already around the island - and now, finally, we are at the hotel. Vacation begins!
The Koh Chang Cliff Beach Resort is located on Kai Bay Beach, at its very beginning, in the northern part of the beach. On the one hand, it is fenced by a rocky cape, on the other hand, you can freely enter the hotel's beach, but there were almost no outsiders. In general, there were not many people in the hotel, there were always enough sunbeds, only on one weekend the Chinese arrived, it became a little livelier.
The hotel is located on the slopes of the cliff, as if in tiers, and the types of rooms differ depending on the height above sea level. Our room was the Poolside Seaview, on the second floor of a two story building, close to the dining room and lower pool. The room is not bad, large double bed, sofa, balcony overlooking the pool and a piece of the sea. It is advisable to always close the door to the balcony and it is better not to leave anything on the balcony - beware of monkeys. Of course, we read about this, but we did not expect that they behave so impudently. They came to meet us on the very first day. They walked around all the tables, ate everything that they didn’t put in the refrigerator or brought into the room, ripped off the tablecloths from the tables, gnawed at someone’s clothes. In general, they showed who is the boss in the jungle)). One day we somehow fought with them, the Thais drove them away with sticks, for some time they were not there, at the end of the rest they began to appear on the territory again. And the territory of the hotel is very large, it seems a little neglected, but it is a jungle, here everything seems to be growing faster than you can put things in order. There is a pond with fish, two pools, though on the top - "infiniti" climb quite high.
We had food, like everywhere else, probably in Thailand - breakfast. Normal, hearty breakfasts, something from local dishes, something from European. Sometimes there was a little lack of meat in the dishes (everyone had already been chosen, there was a side dish, after a while the dishes were updated). In general, everything is fine, we didn’t lose weight on vacation, that’s for sure)).
On the second day after arrival, we had a meeting with the hotel guide, who, as always, except for our purchase of excursions, did not care about anything. About our lost rest time and the possibility of any compensation, we were told that they are the host and the postponement of our departure does not concern them. When asked by my wife that my birthday is tomorrow and it would be nice to organize some kind of surprise for me, it was also said that he would not be able to help. Well, no - no, we will organize everything ourselves. My wife came to the reception with our voucher, showed them my date of birth, our room number, and the next day, upon arrival in the room from breakfast, we were waiting for a small gift and a compliment from the hotel - an hour of free kayaking. A trifle, but nice!
Briefly, I will also say that we did not take excursions, where possible and not far away - we visited everything on our own. We walked along the beach to the observation deck, took a tuk-tuk to the waterfall, and also took a tuk-tuk to White Sand beach (ours is better). We had dinner every time in different cafes (I love variety), everywhere everything is tasty and inexpensive. My wife went for a massage every day. They swam in the sea every morning and evening, the weather was good, the sea was wonderful. Before leaving, it rained for two evenings, even a downpour, but in general, this did not affect the rest.
At first, the place where we lived - the very beginning of Kai Bay Beach, seemed boring to me, lacked some kind of drive, fun, live music. The general and our crisis, apparently, affected Thailand too. My friend rested in about the same place 4 years ago, and remembering the places and cafes that he visited at that time, he was surprised how many of them are closed now. For my birthday, I wanted to sit in a cafe with live music and it turned out that there was nowhere to go: there is a crowded cafe Filou, where we were sitting just yesterday, and right opposite the hotel there is a cafe "Mayak" (Lighthouse), where besides us there was another couple, from our own flight, and a small company from Kazakhstan. The current owner of the establishment, Ramil, entertained us with songs by Leps and other Russian performers. Well, that's not what I came to Thailand for, damn it!
As I have already noticed, my wife and I were not the first time in Thailand, and it would seem that everything is already familiar to us, familiar, it is difficult to surprise us with anything. But I did not take into account the time at which we flew to Koh Chang. We thought to celebrate my birthday here, but it turned out that the whole of Thailand would celebrate - to celebrate the Thai New Year! And the Thai New Year came the day after my slightly sad birthday. And it was something!!
No, I knew, of course, that the Thais are cheerful and friendly people, that they traditionally pour water on New Year's Eve, and so on. But it’s one thing to read about it or even watch someone else’s video and photo, and it’s quite another thing to find yourself in the midst of all these events, and even take a direct part in them. In one word, the scale and atmosphere of these holidays (and the New Year is celebrated in Thailand for up to a week) cannot be conveyed, this must be lived. In general, the Thai New Year turned our vacation from an ordinary event into the most memorable one to date. And now I want to celebrate each of my birthdays in Thailand, and right after that, so that the Thai New Year comes!
And it didn't start well. The departure of our plane was delayed by 34 hours, which, as a result, no one compensated us with anything, they simply stole one and a half days of rest from us. Everything about this is a separate story, but I am writing here about a vacation on Koh Chang, at the Koh Chang Cliff Beach Resort. Our trip to Thailand is far from the first, but we had to rest on Koh Chang for the first time. So, instead of noon, we arrived at the Utapao airport only in the evening, closer to 9 o'clock. Passport, customs control, baggage claim, boarding buses and transfer to a transit hotel where we will spend one night. The hotel in Pattaya was called Red Planet Pattaya, for a long stay, probably not very good, but for transit it will do. As a result, having settled in the hotel, having walked and having dinner in Pattaya, in the vicinity of the hotel, we went to bed at about 2 o'clock in the morning. And at 5 o'clock already rise, shower, breakfast at the hotel and boarding the transfer minibus to the ferry. About 5 hours, it seems, we were driving to the ferry (everyone was dozing), 20-30 minutes on the ferry, another half an hour on the minibus already around the island - and now, finally, we are at the hotel. Vacation begins!
The Koh Chang Cliff Beach Resort is located on Kai Bay Beach, at its very beginning, in the northern part of the beach. On the one hand, it is fenced by a rocky cape, on the other hand, you can freely enter the hotel's beach, but there were almost no outsiders. In general, there were not many people in the hotel, there were always enough sunbeds, only on one weekend the Chinese arrived, it became a little livelier.
The hotel is located on the slopes of the cliff, as if in tiers, and the types of rooms differ depending on the height above sea level. Our room was the Poolside Seaview, on the second floor of a two story building, close to the dining room and lower pool. The room is not bad, large double bed, sofa, balcony overlooking the pool and a piece of the sea. It is advisable to always close the door to the balcony and it is better not to leave anything on the balcony - beware of monkeys. Of course, we read about this, but we did not expect that they behave so impudently. They came to meet us on the very first day. They walked around all the tables, ate everything that they didn’t put in the refrigerator or brought into the room, ripped off the tablecloths from the tables, gnawed at someone’s clothes. In general, they showed who is the boss in the jungle)). One day we somehow fought with them, the Thais drove them away with sticks, for some time they were not there, at the end of the rest they began to appear on the territory again. And the territory of the hotel is very large, it seems a little neglected, but it is a jungle, here everything seems to be growing faster than you can put things in order. There is a pond with fish, two pools, though on the top - "infiniti" climb quite high.
We had food, like everywhere else, probably in Thailand - breakfast. Normal, hearty breakfasts, something from local dishes, something from European. Sometimes there was a little lack of meat in the dishes (everyone had already been chosen, there was a side dish, after a while the dishes were updated). In general, everything is fine, we didn’t lose weight on vacation, that’s for sure)).
On the second day after arrival, we had a meeting with the hotel guide, who, as always, except for our purchase of excursions, did not care about anything. About our lost rest time and the possibility of any compensation, we were told that they are the host and the postponement of our departure does not concern them. When asked by my wife that my birthday is tomorrow and it would be nice to organize some kind of surprise for me, it was also said that he would not be able to help. Well, no - no, we will organize everything ourselves. My wife came to the reception with our voucher, showed them my date of birth, our room number, and the next day, upon arrival in the room from breakfast, we were waiting for a small gift and a compliment from the hotel - an hour of free kayaking. A trifle, but nice!
Briefly, I will also say that we did not take excursions, where possible and not far away - we visited everything on our own. We walked along the beach to the observation deck, took a tuk-tuk to the waterfall, and also took a tuk-tuk to White Sand beach (ours is better). We had dinner every time in different cafes (I love variety), everywhere everything is tasty and inexpensive. My wife went for a massage every day. They swam in the sea every morning and evening, the weather was good, the sea was wonderful. Before leaving, it rained for two evenings, even a downpour, but in general, this did not affect the rest.
At first, the place where we lived - the very beginning of Kai Bay Beach, seemed boring to me, lacked some kind of drive, fun, live music. The general and our crisis, apparently, affected Thailand too. My friend rested in about the same place 4 years ago, and remembering the places and cafes that he visited at that time, he was surprised how many of them are closed now. For my birthday, I wanted to sit in a cafe with live music and it turned out that there was nowhere to go: there is a crowded cafe Filou, where we were sitting just yesterday, and right opposite the hotel there is a cafe "Mayak" (Lighthouse), where besides us there was another couple, from our own flight, and a small company from Kazakhstan. The current owner of the establishment, Ramil, entertained us with songs by Leps and other Russian performers. Well, that's not what I came to Thailand for, damn it!
As I have already noticed, my wife and I were not the first time in Thailand, and it would seem that everything is already familiar to us, familiar, it is difficult to surprise us with anything. But I did not take into account the time at which we flew to Koh Chang. We thought to celebrate my birthday here, but it turned out that the whole of Thailand would celebrate - to celebrate the Thai New Year! And the Thai New Year came the day after my slightly sad birthday. And it was something!!
No, I knew, of course, that the Thais are cheerful and friendly people, that they traditionally pour water on New Year's Eve, and so on. But it’s one thing to read about it or even watch someone else’s video and photo, and it’s quite another thing to find yourself in the midst of all these events, and even take a direct part in them. In one word, the scale and atmosphere of these holidays (and the New Year is celebrated in Thailand for up to a week) cannot be conveyed, this must be lived. In general, the Thai New Year turned our vacation from an ordinary event into the most memorable one to date. And now I want to celebrate each of my birthdays in Thailand, and right after that, so that the Thai New Year comes!
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I am very happy that I chose this hotel based on reviews, albeit not numerous, on the Internet. There was a chic room in the mandalay number 8. When I entered there, I was numb with happiness. A two-level clean room. In Egypt, we have 4 and 5 stars rest in comparison with this. The beach is exactly 5 minutes walk across the road, and if you don’t want to walk, they even offer a ride on a bus.
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I am very happy that I chose this hotel based on reviews, albeit not numerous, on the Internet. There was a chic room in the mandalay number 8. When I entered there, I was numb with happiness. A two-level clean room. In Egypt, we have 4 and 5 stars rest in comparison with this. The beach is exactly 5 minutes walk across the road, and if you don’t want to walk, they even offer a ride on a bus. I understand that for Thais this is a crazy distance, so the rooms are cheaper there, but they are no worse than expensive ones. The hotel area is chic all in tropical greenery, and the beach is the best in this Kai Bay bay. People vacationing in nearby hotels go swimming here. In general, there are few people and this is a very big plus. In general, go there, you will not regret it !! !
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Nice stay but not enough time. . .
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Nice stay but not enough time. . .
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The old tattered hotel has not been repaired since the time of Tsar Moses, the rooms stink of sewage, fungus on the walls, blood from crushed mosquitoes, food is not a fountain after 7 days they began to go to breakfast for money, but in principle you can have breakfast (bacon, fried eggs, ham, sausages, watermelon, pineapple, Thai food), plastic dishes, furniture in the "restaurant" is the same half-dead plastic.
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The old tattered hotel has not been repaired since the time of Tsar Moses, the rooms stink of sewage, fungus on the walls, blood from crushed mosquitoes, food is not a fountain after 7 days they began to go to breakfast for money, but in principle you can have breakfast (bacon, fried eggs, ham, sausages, watermelon, pineapple, Thai food), plastic dishes, furniture in the "restaurant" is the same half-dead plastic. The beach is small, our fellow citizens take sunbeds from 6 in the morning, so if you come by 8, it’s not a fact that there will be enough space. By the way, the contingent of guests is 90% - the entire former USSR, 10% are Chinese. So it turns out some kind of Deja vu - Adler in 1980, something like this. Moreover, the hotel is filled to capacity and around there are decent half-empty hotels where Europeans have a cultural rest. (tour operators are pushing this hotel, apparently justifying it by the fact that it is high season and there are no other places). The safe at the reception is an iron box with a padlock (we took our own lock for every fireman). The room is cleaned every day, but the floors are not washed, they only sweep. By the way, my flashlight was stolen later during cleaning.
In general, this is the summary, if you don’t want to spoil your vacation on the wonderful island of Koh Chang, I strongly do not recommend choosing this hotel, there are many other 3 * hotels on the island that are much more worthy than the Koh Chang resort. DO NOT CHOOSE THIS SHNYAGU.
In general, this is the summary, if you don’t want to spoil your vacation on the wonderful island of Koh Chang, I strongly do not recommend choosing this hotel, there are many other 3 * hotels on the island that are much more worthy than the Koh Chang resort. DO NOT CHOOSE THIS SHNYAGU.
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The hotel promised to be good in all respects (still, for that kind of money), the beach is very well located (it ends with a rock, because there is no walk-through courtyard), the villa is spacious and with a great view (we had and have - I write directly from the hotel - the so-called Beach Villa, this is a big house right on the beach), breakfast is rather modest, tea and coffee are also not very edible, but we didn’t really care - there are kettles in the room, and we had decent drinks with us.
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The hotel promised to be good in all respects (still, for that kind of money), the beach is very well located (it ends with a rock, because there is no walk-through courtyard), the villa is spacious and with a great view (we had and have - I write directly from the hotel - the so-called Beach Villa, this is a big house right on the beach), breakfast is rather modest, tea and coffee are also not very edible, but we didn’t really care - there are kettles in the room, and we had decent drinks with us.
More serious troubles began a couple of days after arrival. There were termites in the house. If you're a fan of Animal Planet shows, then you have a chance to be in almost one of them. I had only seen this before on TV, when the entire floor and the entire huge glass door turned black from the number of these "beautiful" winged insects. It is almost useless to fight, they are simply sprayed with ordinary insecticides (and all this “wonderful” smells in the room), then they are raked out with a dustpan and a broom, and in the morning you enjoy their wings flying around the room. Only from the bed and from your cosmetics, no one will especially rake them out. Here, in general, no one really bothers with cleaning. In the 10 days that we have been here, there has NEVER been wet cleaning, if you have dropped something on the floor, then you will have to clean it yourself, the young ladies will come to clean it only with the same brooms.
To top it off, it can be noted that the hotel staff almost does not speak English, with the exception of three people who know a few basic expressions. At the reception, you can still somehow explain yourself, but in the restaurant it’s almost on your fingers. By the way, the reception is open only from 7.00 to 22.00, the rest of the time, solve all your problems yourself.
The Internet here is paid, unlimited costs $ 50 per week, which also surprised at least. The limit one ends much earlier than the set minutes.
Rest in the hotel almost one Russian (at least for our New Year holidays). The sunbeds are occupied by everyone to grab a seat, we occupy them until 7 in the morning.
Of course, for sure there are rooms without termites, there are very cozy rooms on the mountain with a private mini-pool, but the restaurant charges a fee for delivering breakfast there, because it’s too lazy for them to go up the mountain.
Money disappears in the room (moreover, they do not waste time on small things and take it in a big way - 300 dollars, 500 euros). It is clear that it was not very wise to leave a wallet in the room and it could happen anywhere, but there is little pleasant.
More serious troubles began a couple of days after arrival. There were termites in the house. If you're a fan of Animal Planet shows, then you have a chance to be in almost one of them. I had only seen this before on TV, when the entire floor and the entire huge glass door turned black from the number of these "beautiful" winged insects. It is almost useless to fight, they are simply sprayed with ordinary insecticides (and all this “wonderful” smells in the room), then they are raked out with a dustpan and a broom, and in the morning you enjoy their wings flying around the room. Only from the bed and from your cosmetics, no one will especially rake them out. Here, in general, no one really bothers with cleaning. In the 10 days that we have been here, there has NEVER been wet cleaning, if you have dropped something on the floor, then you will have to clean it yourself, the young ladies will come to clean it only with the same brooms.
To top it off, it can be noted that the hotel staff almost does not speak English, with the exception of three people who know a few basic expressions. At the reception, you can still somehow explain yourself, but in the restaurant it’s almost on your fingers. By the way, the reception is open only from 7.00 to 22.00, the rest of the time, solve all your problems yourself.
The Internet here is paid, unlimited costs $ 50 per week, which also surprised at least. The limit one ends much earlier than the set minutes.
Rest in the hotel almost one Russian (at least for our New Year holidays). The sunbeds are occupied by everyone to grab a seat, we occupy them until 7 in the morning.
Of course, for sure there are rooms without termites, there are very cozy rooms on the mountain with a private mini-pool, but the restaurant charges a fee for delivering breakfast there, because it’s too lazy for them to go up the mountain.
Money disappears in the room (moreover, they do not waste time on small things and take it in a big way - 300 dollars, 500 euros). It is clear that it was not very wise to leave a wallet in the room and it could happen anywhere, but there is little pleasant.
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Good afternoon! I hasten to share my impressions of the first trip to Thailand. We traveled from September 22 to October 5 for 11 nights with the tour operator ITM group. We had a tour - Koh Chang + Pattaya, so we immediately went to the island from Bangkok airport. It so happened that of all those who arrived with this tour operator, we were the only ones who went to the island, so we went there with a Thai driver in Tayota, here is such an individual transfer.
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Good afternoon! I hasten to share my impressions of the first trip to Thailand.
We traveled from September 22 to October 5 for 11 nights with the tour operator ITM group.
We had a tour - Koh Chang + Pattaya, so we immediately went to the island from Bangkok airport. It so happened that of all those who arrived with this tour operator, we were the only ones who went to the island, so we went there with a Thai driver in Tayota, here is such an individual transfer. From the airport to the pier Trat drove 4 hours, then 30 minutes waiting for the ferry, then about 1 hour on the ferry, in total the whole journey took about 6 hours, of course tiring after the plane. But the island was worth it! ! ! When you swim up to the island, it seems that it is a mountain overgrown with forest, and there are no roads and people there. But of course it is not.
A single road stretches along the perimeter of the island, which, however, does not close into a ring, and along this road, on the one hand, hotels and the sea, and on the other hand, shops and cafes. Finally, we got to our hotel, where we were met by the Russian-speaking guide Maxim, handed a Thai SIM card and a description of the excursions, and we tired went to the room. From the first seconds, I was enveloped in the atmosphere of the tropics, the jungle, incredibly beautiful nature, there was so much greenery, trees around, it turned out to be raining at night and all the paths were wet, the feeling that you were in another reality.
We booked a Pool View room, it is exactly the same as in the photo on the hotel website, we got the 2nd floor. The room has a tea and coffee set, two umbrellas, which are very useful and a fairly large balcony.
It seemed to me that the Pool View rooms are the best option for accommodation, because.
Mandalay are located somewhere outside the hotel and behind the road, and people who booked a mandalay paid extra and moved to other rooms. The Cliff rooms, which were about the same price as the Pool View, are high and far away. Maybe the view from the room to the sea is more gorgeous and more secluded there, but I would not want to go up and down every time. Lotus bungalows are located closer to the reception, along the river with bridges, they seemed pleasant, but were already more expensive.
The hotel itself, or rather the territory of the tropical garden on which the hotel is located, really liked it. Full relax. Eyes, mind, body - everything rests. Since we arrived in the off-season, it was raining, and even what! The first night it started to rain - it didn't stop all night, it was so scary! It seemed that we would be flooded, I thought with horror, where did all this water go? ? ? God, where are we going? I never thought that the rains could be so strong and so long.
But in the morning the rain stopped, the paths (precisely the paths! ) Were wet from the rain, and how fragrant nature was, all around the orchids, how subtly they smell! ! ! there was a feeling that you were in the forest and there was no asphalt in the hotel or concrete paths, the air was so saturated with moisture, our skin breathed! And it was also funny when we went for a walk around the shops and cafes, it started to rain, and we naively wanted to wait it out, as in Russia. It's useless! It rained without stopping and only slightly weakening for several hours. I had to splash through the puddles! But I want to say that the rains did not spoil our vacation, but rather made it more peaceful, relaxed, contemplative. Because of the rain, there was a storm on the sea and we did not swim every day, but when the sea was calm - God, how warm and clean it is, such a pleasure! Didn't want to leave! By the way, sunbeds and beach towels (brought to the room every day) are free and without any deposits.
The hotel has its own beach, quite clean and comfortable with good white sand. Another advantage of the hotel is the upper Infinity Pool. If you stand facing the sea, then on the right side near the boat rental there is a staircase leading to this pool. The Cliff Rooms are just down the road to the pool. You need to climb these stairs, go past Thai Houses, go through a kind of courtyard, then there will be a wide road, go up the stairs again and the long-awaited Infinity Pool. This is one of the most beautiful places in the hotel, the pool line merges with the sea line, such a visual illusion - a trick, it seems that from the pool you immediately get into the sea. There is also a jacuzzi, a button near the shower is located. Despite the fact that in the hotel, besides us, there were still people (all Russians), it seemed that we were resting alone - our stay was so secluded.
Excursions on the island.
Of the excursions on the island, I took only elephant riding (600 V per person), the elephant farm is located very close to the hotel. To be honest, I was scared. I rode alone, it started to rain, it’s good that the farm workers gave an umbrella, the paths in the jungle were slippery, the elephant sometimes, as it seemed to me, as if he didn’t want to go or was afraid to step into the liquid mess of the earth, stopped and lowed or ate grass, then the driver slapped his foot on the ears and the elephant continued to move. I prayed that this hour would end soon.
We also went to a store of Thai medicine, cosmetics, leather and silk (free transfer, Russian-speaking seller), bought Thai Plai balm, coconut oil, a golden face mask, rice soap with collagen, silk for hair, Magostin powder to strengthen immunity and much more. The prices are reasonable, everything seems to be inexpensive, 100-200-300.500 V, but in the end it ran decently.
Then, in pharmacies in Pattaya, they saw similar products much cheaper, but they didn’t have exactly the same ones that we bought, so we didn’t regret it.
Food on the island. We only had breakfast at the hotel. Several options that are not very different from each other, such as scrambled eggs + bacon + sausages, scrambled eggs + bacon + sausages, hard boiled eggs + bacon + sausages. Or rice with chicken, rice with shrimp, rice with squid, rice with pork. Or pad thai instead of rice. They also served bun, butter, jam, cookies, tea/coffee, Jupi type juice.
There are enough cafes on the island, but we chose a few that we liked and ate there. Basically, everyone gathered in a restaurant, where fresh seafood was laid out on boats every evening, which you can choose and order to cook. A small fish, ordinary, low-grade, 300 V. When we arrived in Pattaya, we were surprised to find that the prices on the island are 1.5-2 times higher. This is understandable, the island, after all.
Unfortunately, I was not delighted with Thai cuisine, maybe we ate in the wrong places, but the fact is, although we tried to try both Tom Yum and coconut soup. Unusual. I really liked the fruits, of course: mango 35V, pineapple 30V, passion fruit 10V, mangosteen 35V per piece. And every evening, near the 7/11 supermarket, they ate delicious pancakes with fruit at the top - with coconut and vanilla is the tastiest.
After 7 days on the island, we went to Pattaya. This time there was a group transfer in a comfortable minibus, we left the island at 12.00, we were in Pattaya at 18.00.
In general, our tour is a good combination of a relaxed beach holiday with a sightseeing one, for the first time there were quite a lot of impressions and new emotions, we managed to get an initial impression of the country, of surprisingly friendly people (I was amazed that no one bothers you in stores, you can measure, review, touch everything, leave and not buy anything and no one will say a word), I recall with rapture the jungle and the warm sea and I know that I want to return to Thailand again to one of the islands .. .
We traveled from September 22 to October 5 for 11 nights with the tour operator ITM group.
We had a tour - Koh Chang + Pattaya, so we immediately went to the island from Bangkok airport. It so happened that of all those who arrived with this tour operator, we were the only ones who went to the island, so we went there with a Thai driver in Tayota, here is such an individual transfer. From the airport to the pier Trat drove 4 hours, then 30 minutes waiting for the ferry, then about 1 hour on the ferry, in total the whole journey took about 6 hours, of course tiring after the plane. But the island was worth it! ! ! When you swim up to the island, it seems that it is a mountain overgrown with forest, and there are no roads and people there. But of course it is not.
A single road stretches along the perimeter of the island, which, however, does not close into a ring, and along this road, on the one hand, hotels and the sea, and on the other hand, shops and cafes. Finally, we got to our hotel, where we were met by the Russian-speaking guide Maxim, handed a Thai SIM card and a description of the excursions, and we tired went to the room. From the first seconds, I was enveloped in the atmosphere of the tropics, the jungle, incredibly beautiful nature, there was so much greenery, trees around, it turned out to be raining at night and all the paths were wet, the feeling that you were in another reality.
We booked a Pool View room, it is exactly the same as in the photo on the hotel website, we got the 2nd floor. The room has a tea and coffee set, two umbrellas, which are very useful and a fairly large balcony.
It seemed to me that the Pool View rooms are the best option for accommodation, because.
Mandalay are located somewhere outside the hotel and behind the road, and people who booked a mandalay paid extra and moved to other rooms. The Cliff rooms, which were about the same price as the Pool View, are high and far away. Maybe the view from the room to the sea is more gorgeous and more secluded there, but I would not want to go up and down every time. Lotus bungalows are located closer to the reception, along the river with bridges, they seemed pleasant, but were already more expensive.
The hotel itself, or rather the territory of the tropical garden on which the hotel is located, really liked it. Full relax. Eyes, mind, body - everything rests. Since we arrived in the off-season, it was raining, and even what! The first night it started to rain - it didn't stop all night, it was so scary! It seemed that we would be flooded, I thought with horror, where did all this water go? ? ? God, where are we going? I never thought that the rains could be so strong and so long.
But in the morning the rain stopped, the paths (precisely the paths! ) Were wet from the rain, and how fragrant nature was, all around the orchids, how subtly they smell! ! ! there was a feeling that you were in the forest and there was no asphalt in the hotel or concrete paths, the air was so saturated with moisture, our skin breathed! And it was also funny when we went for a walk around the shops and cafes, it started to rain, and we naively wanted to wait it out, as in Russia. It's useless! It rained without stopping and only slightly weakening for several hours. I had to splash through the puddles! But I want to say that the rains did not spoil our vacation, but rather made it more peaceful, relaxed, contemplative. Because of the rain, there was a storm on the sea and we did not swim every day, but when the sea was calm - God, how warm and clean it is, such a pleasure! Didn't want to leave! By the way, sunbeds and beach towels (brought to the room every day) are free and without any deposits.
The hotel has its own beach, quite clean and comfortable with good white sand. Another advantage of the hotel is the upper Infinity Pool. If you stand facing the sea, then on the right side near the boat rental there is a staircase leading to this pool. The Cliff Rooms are just down the road to the pool. You need to climb these stairs, go past Thai Houses, go through a kind of courtyard, then there will be a wide road, go up the stairs again and the long-awaited Infinity Pool. This is one of the most beautiful places in the hotel, the pool line merges with the sea line, such a visual illusion - a trick, it seems that from the pool you immediately get into the sea. There is also a jacuzzi, a button near the shower is located. Despite the fact that in the hotel, besides us, there were still people (all Russians), it seemed that we were resting alone - our stay was so secluded.
Excursions on the island.
Of the excursions on the island, I took only elephant riding (600 V per person), the elephant farm is located very close to the hotel. To be honest, I was scared. I rode alone, it started to rain, it’s good that the farm workers gave an umbrella, the paths in the jungle were slippery, the elephant sometimes, as it seemed to me, as if he didn’t want to go or was afraid to step into the liquid mess of the earth, stopped and lowed or ate grass, then the driver slapped his foot on the ears and the elephant continued to move. I prayed that this hour would end soon.
We also went to a store of Thai medicine, cosmetics, leather and silk (free transfer, Russian-speaking seller), bought Thai Plai balm, coconut oil, a golden face mask, rice soap with collagen, silk for hair, Magostin powder to strengthen immunity and much more. The prices are reasonable, everything seems to be inexpensive, 100-200-300.500 V, but in the end it ran decently.
Then, in pharmacies in Pattaya, they saw similar products much cheaper, but they didn’t have exactly the same ones that we bought, so we didn’t regret it.
Food on the island. We only had breakfast at the hotel. Several options that are not very different from each other, such as scrambled eggs + bacon + sausages, scrambled eggs + bacon + sausages, hard boiled eggs + bacon + sausages. Or rice with chicken, rice with shrimp, rice with squid, rice with pork. Or pad thai instead of rice. They also served bun, butter, jam, cookies, tea/coffee, Jupi type juice.
There are enough cafes on the island, but we chose a few that we liked and ate there. Basically, everyone gathered in a restaurant, where fresh seafood was laid out on boats every evening, which you can choose and order to cook. A small fish, ordinary, low-grade, 300 V. When we arrived in Pattaya, we were surprised to find that the prices on the island are 1.5-2 times higher. This is understandable, the island, after all.
Unfortunately, I was not delighted with Thai cuisine, maybe we ate in the wrong places, but the fact is, although we tried to try both Tom Yum and coconut soup. Unusual. I really liked the fruits, of course: mango 35V, pineapple 30V, passion fruit 10V, mangosteen 35V per piece. And every evening, near the 7/11 supermarket, they ate delicious pancakes with fruit at the top - with coconut and vanilla is the tastiest.
After 7 days on the island, we went to Pattaya. This time there was a group transfer in a comfortable minibus, we left the island at 12.00, we were in Pattaya at 18.00.
In general, our tour is a good combination of a relaxed beach holiday with a sightseeing one, for the first time there were quite a lot of impressions and new emotions, we managed to get an initial impression of the country, of surprisingly friendly people (I was amazed that no one bothers you in stores, you can measure, review, touch everything, leave and not buy anything and no one will say a word), I recall with rapture the jungle and the warm sea and I know that I want to return to Thailand again to one of the islands .. .
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