Таиланд - страна контрастов Thailand - a land of contrasts

Just returned from vacation. Impressions mass and all the most diverse. Everything that is written in the reviews is true, both about the hotel and about the country. The question is which is more important to whom. The sea, of course, terrified me. It is not dirty, it's just that the bottom is clayey and the water is almost always muddy. But, they say, compared to the beaches of the city - it's just crystal clear. Second. Rumors about the goodwill and smilingness of Thais are greatly exaggerated. Even at the hotel, the staff did not consider it their duty to respond to the greeting, and ordinary citizens generally do not see us point-blank. With smiles, only masseuses from salons run out to meet you. Everyone else, including sellers of food and clothes, we don't give a damn. We liked the hotel, he would have added dinner so that there was no need to look for where and what to eat in the evening. We lived in a bungalow. There were no living creatures (as well as not a single jellyfish in the sea), they cleaned normally, if the neighbors are not noisy, then nothing can be heard. The host - Sayama travel - is beyond praise. Everything is wonderfully organized, the guide at the hotel from morning to evening, solves all issues, what would we do without her with these non-Russians, it's hard to imagine. Yes, here's more. On the last day in the evening, we tried to change 20 out of a hundred dollars to have dinner and had enough to pack our suitcases. So, they didn’t change us anywhere in the banks - only the whole hundred. We would have been left without dinner if it were not for the hotel guide Irina.
We also took excursions from her in a package of three pieces at a very reasonable price. The River Kwai and boat trip is just wonderful. The Alcazar show is just a costumed performance of beautiful "girls" - don't expect anything else from it. The other is in show 69 or X-show. Here we decided to save 15 USD. and took this tour from Sasha Tour. Bitterly regretted. It would seem to take, wait an hour and bring back to the hotel. But. There is no guide, only a Thai driver. Where lucky, why every 5 minutes. stands and speaks on the phone, why he turned around and drove back - nothing is clear. It turned out someone was forgotten. Brought, the door opened and left. Where are the tickets, where to go, when we meet - nothing is clear. And the environment is tough. In the hall, as it turned out, you can not even carry anything filming. And we put a camera, a camera and two mobile phones in boxes on the street under a simple key. Can you imagine how impatiently I waited for the end of the show? . And those who were traveling from Sayama handed it all over to the guide sitting on the bus, and then they were also taken wherever they wanted. That's all the savings. In general, there are no problems with transport. Most stores provide free round trip transfers. In general, it was not boring, but the second time is unlikely to go.