Ответ на некоторые вопросы Answer to some questions

Answers to some questions:
1) You can eat there everywhere, it all depends on your attitude to the appearance of the institution, the kitchen and, sorry, the toilet. Regardless of the appearance, rest assured that all dishes will be of high quality and fresh. Several times we had dinner at the hotel, excellent cuisine, a couple of times we had a snack at the grill bar near the pool, but mostly we ate in the center - there are a lot of cafes, bars, restaurants, for every taste and with any cuisine and music. At the hotel, the average bill for dinner is 700-1500 baht without alcohol (alcohol is expensive in any catering establishment there, even the local Singha beer is 25-30 baht in the store, 60-200 in other places), prices in the city are about the same. My wife absolutely rejects street cooking (even just open bars), although I myself have had a few snacks in macaroons and on the city beach and survived.
2) We personally bought excursions from the tour operator, this was due to the peculiarities of insurance (due to health problems, we paid for special insurance, which is very expensive). I advise you to buy from local organizers of excursions - it will be much cheaper and, according to the reviews of hotel neighbors, sometimes more diverse. Olga works at the reception at the hotel, you can ask her to help (but in no case not your hotel guide, buy at least one of the cheapest excursions from him, for example, an oceanarium, so to speak, to maintain friendly relations). I know that not far from the hotel there is a bureau "Dynamik-tour", with Russian employees. Friends also praised the "River Tour", but this bureau is near the Cozy Beach Hotel. Chat with Russian tourists at the hotel, who went where and how much. Personally, we have the most expensive 2-day overnight excursion to the River Kwai cost 10.000 baht .

3) Take more money, as there are a lot of temptations, you want to try everything. It took us 3.000 euros, but apparently this is a manifestation of our mentality with my wife: we spent a lot during excursions, a lot when visiting traditional medicine pharmacies, buying souvenirs, part was spent on buying branded items that are still cheaper than ours, and so the same for food in expensive restaurants, well, we moved exclusively by taxi. If you have euros in cash, take them better, on 03/03/2011 the exchange rate in bank exchange offices in the city center was 41.50 baht per euro, and 30.80 baht per dollar. At the airport, exchange 20-30 dollars no more, it will come in handy! The rate is extortionate in the hotel!
3) You can buy fruits everywhere, in the markets and from vendors on the street, and in shops, the goods are of excellent quality everywhere, in addition, peeled and packaged fruits are sold everywhere, as well as fresh juices and cocktails from them. Very tasty and perfectly quenches thirst. Be careful - take care of your throat, Thais put a lot of ice everywhere! I do not advise buying durian, after 10 minutes a characteristic disgusting smell appears. Yes, and the taste was not impressive - the same banana was only of a different consistency, as a result, 95% of the product had to be thrown away urgently!
4) You can sunbathe in the hotel, swim too, I even advise you not to swim to the islands for the first few days, the sun is very active there - you burn out in just half an hour or an hour. But then from the pier on the ferries to the nearest islands (be sure to check the time of the return sailing), or you can independently from the pier or the city beach on boats, negotiate the price, bargain, but don’t pay money in advance. Renting a small boat for two for a day on the farthest uninhabited island of Ko-Rin is 5000 baht, although it takes about 1-1.5 hours to sail to it. Take money for nearby inhabited islands, for small uninhabited necessarily beach umbrellas, food and drinks.
5) In the hotel itself there is a SPA-salon, where massage is done, at the level of the second pool there are gazebos, where the employees of the salon also do massage. The price is expensive, in the morning after arrival we did a foot massage there: 15 minutes of sauna, aromatic jacuzzi, shower, then the masseuse will wash your feet again with a scrub, and the massage itself is 30 minutes for each leg. Simply amazing, but 1 hour - 720 baht with a discount - is too much. Traditional Thai massage is done everywhere there, but I don’t advise you to do it on the city beach, in small salons and on the street - it’s only a massage in appearance, and besides, inexperienced “masseurs” can hurt you! We ourselves, on the advice of friends, went to the salon of blind massage therapists Susiripon. 1 hour regular massage - 120 baht, massage with herbal compresses - 240 baht per hour. Although it is far away (from the hotel by taxi 200-250 baht), but it's worth it - just amazing! For the first time, take it for 1 hour, you still won’t feel the effect, and then combine, but I don’t advise more than 2 hours! Thai massage can be done 2-3 times a week, depending on the condition, although the receptionist will persuade you to come to them every day.

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