В Тайланд To Thailand

CONCLUSIONS: Thailand is excellent (we will come back here again),
The hotel is good (but probably won't be a second time)
Pegasus - disgusting (video),
Air carrier - satisfactory,
The sea is great
Sand - musical on Karon
Nature is pristine further from the cities

TOURIST ADVICE: Must visit
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foresaw

We knew about Pegasus as a very bad tour operator, read a lot of reviews and everywhere the same - SUCKS even if there is nothing somewhere, so they write about themselves, the point is: they are not a tour operator, but network marketing, who wants to sell everything to tourists, yes and also on their not the most favorable conditions, prices for tours are doubled, tours to hotels as well, IMHO. But unfortunately, only they were suitable for the dates, of course, they did not refuse to travel at all, especially since acquaintances who lived there and had their own house, etc. , were already waiting for us in Thailand.

Also "strained" the Pegasus air carrier the North Wind with its converted seats (9 hours to fly, very hard). 2 adults and a child (7 years old) decided. Departure was delayed from 3 a. m. to 6 a. m. (charter), but at least they warned us a day in advance and didn’t have to wait at the airport, and earlier it was constant (reviews). We flew very closely, we couldn’t sleep properly ...We flew in and got ALL the luggage, left the airport, hardly found the Pegasus bus in the parking lot, no one met, some woman called the bus number 536, they said give the luggage to some Thais in the car. . . with the same number...got on the bus and sat in front of the empty seats (the guide's bag was on one of them). A boorish bus guide called - Yulia (as it turned out later) flew in. open rudeness, expressed in the phrase - leave these places, guides are sitting here.
To the comment that there are no more seats next to the bus to sit with the child, she said - go and look, not my problems, followed by Blackmail - the bus will not go further until you make room (screamed like a wounded chicken), although then she rode ahead alone.

Unprofessionalism on her part was expressed in the following - all the way she was driving with the back of her head to the tourists, without even turning around, mumbling something, very little, indistinctly and much incorrectly (Russian rights, she says, do not apply in Thailand), the Vienna Convention of 1968. involves the use of Russian rights. The driver Taets did not constantly observe the speed limit, as if he did not see the signs, it is understandable because the speedometer did not work for him ! ! !
The rudeness of Pegasus continued at the BEST WESTERN PHUKET OCEAN RESORT hotel itself and it came in the form of a fixed sales guide of tours "Sultana" who pretends to be an important and smart pepper, master, legislator of the rules of the entire Pegasus company because he worked for 8 years ...
How is it done in the army so that there is no relaxation and merging with local criminal elements, but this is how the military leaders change their place of deployment every five years, but this is in the army, but you need to fire the snickering "guides" then the company's face will look decent, but now it's below the plinth . This "representative" of Pegasus is only interested in selling excursions. i. e. profit. When asked to provide a sightseeing tour (according to the price list, where it is clearly written at a time convenient for you), they received a REFUSAL, motivation - you did not come to a meeting with the guide Sultan, i. e. with me, so I DEVOTE you a sightseeing tour! ! ! How!!!!! ! ! ! I took out my phone and began to write, he got up (I have little time, no more than 5 minutes) and left the hotel.

DIVORCE


In confirmation of my words: When we checked out on the last day of our stay, we vacated the room at 12-00, and the transfer to the airport was only at 15-30. Unfortunately, they refused to extend the room (- to the hotel).
We sit in the lobby of the hotel, since there is air conditioning (it’s raining outside, April 3), and we become unwitting participants in the scene, like the guide Sultan (you can’t call him a guide), “healed” two clients for tours (a young couple and parents with a little girl aged 7), the conversation was heard well, although this "salesman" moved from us to other places. Literally three words about the country, three photos, but those that are supposed to be sold in the future, a little intimidation that you only need to buy a tour from us (you have medical insurance not with a tour operator, but with a completely different legal entity, look and don’t peck at this divorce). Slightly lower prices.
The young couple, having understood this "divorce" of the "salesman-Sultan", did not fall for it, they got up and left, but the parents pretended to be "cool", especially the mother with the iPad, without understanding (they did not do price monitoring on the proposals of other tour operators, at least Tez tour) pecked at the placed networks, bought two tours at an inflated market price. The husband even ran to the room for money, as the "cool" wife ordered, but oh well. It is for such "clients" that there are such "sales sultans", as they say, the sucker and the beast runs ...
So, after a quick scratching of the tongue by the "sales guide", he was sold a sea excursion to the Similian Islands, but he did not even look that a girl of 6-8 years old was going to go on this excursion, to warn that you need to take with you from the sun (anti-tanning creams) , wind (sweatshirts with a hood, so that it doesn’t blow into the child’s ears), water (tampons in the ears, there are many microorganisms in the water, I don’t advise diving with open ears), etc. , but we already know what interests " salesman"...

ON THE SITE


In general, the hotel is good, clean, (reviews on the hotel are fair), but at the beginning they gave a room in the old building with mold painted over, we asked for another one, changed without problems and were given the right to choose, well, very good.
The attitude at the reception is smiling, every time you enter the hotel, and there is a smile, it’s nice (unlike the meeting at the airport with Pegasus, now I began to understand foreigners why they don’t like Russians, if they don’t even respect themselves, then why the hell should they be respected other). The breakfast is also good and varied, lots of fruit. To the sea 200 meters (it's hot to go) Karon beach is the best beach in Phuket (almost all known non-wild beaches have traveled). In the evening it is less hot, we walked, bought fried pancakes with bananas (delicious), mango - delicious, pineapple - delicious ...the rest is a matter of taste, but you can try durian once. A bunch of eateries and Restaurants, I liked the restaurant on the turn opposite the beach itself (fried rice with pork) if you go straight from the hotel along the road (there are no sidewalks in Phuket), we reach the turn or to the beach and our place is on the left. I advise you to try a good Bangkok beer Singha (

ON THE ISLAND

Tours:
Pegasus is overpriced.
You can buy from Tez Tour, where the attitude towards people is better, somehow more attentive, without arrogant rudeness, more respectful, closer to Thai culture or something.
For example, the Similian Islands near Pegasus - adult. 3950, Sabay Voyager - 2800
Phi Phi Islands - 2950, ​ ​ Sabay - 1900...
On elephants (from 30 minutes to 1.5 hours) - well, nothing good, it's scary to ride on your back, a strong buildup, nothing more.
Transvestite show Simon Cabaret (3 hours) - generally good, colorful, not drawn out, looks in one breath, but ...there is a residue that these are MEN - unpleasant, ambivalent impressions (those who served will understand) ...

Evening show Fantasea (4 hours) - Well, let's start ...Transfer from the hotel to the ticket office, and there is a "snake" (fence) of a huge queue, although there were advance tickets, you wait in line for 15 minutes, buy a ticket, with or without dinner, Vip seats or no, etc. The whole territory is beautifully finished, at the entrance there is a puddle with red and hungry fish, then there are attractions, trade shops, caves with tigers, parrots, snakes, etc.
, then all sorts of shops and children's entertainment attractions (for a fee, ch. z. cash desk). Dinner at the Restaurant, I have never seen a restaurant of such size (impressive) in the ticket stub that is glued to your chest at the entrance there is a table number, you take food from the buffet and sit down to eat (fried chicken legs are incomparable, but how? ) We leave h. h. many shops on a beautiful square, in the distance you can see a huge fortress - this is the entrance to the hall where the show will be. Elephant riding and feeding on the square (for a fee). We go inside, the queue, please hand over the cameras and photos to the storage room, the crowd to hand over, put the good in a bag prepared in advance and move to Vip places, the Thais help to find them, the hall is beautifully decorated with decorations, everything is beautiful all around, the play of light and shadow creates an atmosphere presence ...Sat on the 5th row (this is the best row). The show lasts 1.20 min. When observing the whole action - everything from what he saw flew to dust ...
The show itself is saturated with nationalism of various cultures from China, India to Japan, no further, well, everything is in its own way, it’s not interesting, individual tricks of gymnasts over your head, you lift your head and think when it will fall on you, there is no general idea that unites all the shows. it was traced, only at the end a young couple, either Chinese or Thai, through a "military" (such as Kashchei's kidnapping of a young princess) separation come together again. I would like to see elephants, well, here they are, they were caught twice at the beginning for 5 minutes and at the end for 10 minutes, and the rest of the time is more than 1 hour of some kind ...either water pours from above, or firecrackers scare children ...
finally we got out of these labyrinths, and then a new surprise - a crowd of tourists on minivans to hotels, figured out which line to get in, just because we can’t get into a minibus pushing children and ladies (there were such Russian tourists, this is when we went there on transfer, a man aged apparently not an accomplished oligarch with his wife, pushing my wife and child away, he climbed into comfortable places, like this, no words ... ) there are all sorts of turnstiles and fences, sat down, drove ...everything is clearly organized. but the performance itself is very tiresome.

Well, of course we visited the Buddha.

ON ONE'S OWN

Arriving at a country villa with friends, we saw a real PARADISE, Thai PARADISE, which will not be shown to tourists, driving through the mountains I was shocked, a real Jurassic Park only without dinosaurs ...but that's a completely different story

Must visit - Hot Spring Beach Hotel 4* (Phang Nga Province, Thailand) This is the first hotel in the south of Thailand with mineral springs.
Here you can improve your health, fully relax and unwind. Located on the beautiful beach of Phang Pga province, just 15 min. from Phuket airport. Guys, this is a paradise on earth, or rather hot springs, like those in Tyumen, but the territory is finished just brilliantly, there are rooms, Spa, well, don’t forget to take a walk to the sea, you won’t regret it ...

SHOPPING

Central Festival - inexpensive electronics (generally worth a visit)
Jang Ceylong - Robinson clothes
Tesco Lotus - type Auchan (children's things for free)
Everywhere you can get by Tuk Tuk or Taxi with kondey (better than a taxi, the price is the same)

ALMOST HOME

The weight of luggage must not exceed 30 kg. per person, hand luggage no more than 5 kg. Valuable only with you.
Do not check in fruit, while receiving luggage at your airport in Koltsovo, you saw someone's empty fruit basket ...
Our local customs - when receiving luggage, not a single suitcase, they began to look for a trolley in the arrivals hall of international flights, but after going around the whole room they did not find a single one. We asked the customs representative who was in the hall: - where are the actual carts?
Answer: they will bring it now ...the administrator is doing this ...
We: let him know...
Answer: it is not our duty, we are statesmen...
How! ! ! The world has turned upside down, more precisely Russia!
Isn't the state engaged in helping citizens in all spheres of their activity! ! !

Not expecting anything from such an answer, I set off in search, and you think where I found it - right, on the street in front of the parking lot (-2 s, there was heavy snow, wind, and We are only from Thailand where +33 s), moving to the arrivals hall on the way the girl on the frame, stand, go through the frame, gently sent her and came to the arrivals hall. And what do you think, did carts appear there - NO! ! !
We loaded up and looked at the lady-customs officer, another one came up and, almost hugging her, began to discuss us, oh, how bad we are ...then we merged in words and hugs ...only the customs officer remained calm on the frame at the exit from the arrivals hall.

Here are the houses.