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For the first time, we rested with my wife in Thailand on about. Phuket! Hotel South Sea Karon Resort 4 *. Tour operator Paks. We flew with Transaero Airlines from Domodedovo Airport. I must say right away that my wife and I always respect the work of others, we never tune in to the bad and try to relax as much as possible and not participate in various showdowns. This I mean that in general, I really liked everything, but there were some disadvantages that did not overshadow our vacation.
So, everything is in order!
1. o. Phuket, Karon beach - they chose to rest on the island, as they had read that beach holidays on the island are much better - the beaches and the sea are cleaner. We did not aspire to the well-known Patong Beach, since we are not lovers of nightlife and noisy entertainment, we chose a hotel located on Karon Beach. Impressions from the sea and from the sand of Karon beach are the best. On the far left side of Karon beach are rocks where you can enjoy snorkelling. In this place, the underwater world is beautiful: many different fish, crabs, jellyfish, starfish of different colors, once a moray eel was seen. By the way, a very beautiful hotel is located in the same part, you can walk along its territory from the beach - two wooden stairs lead from the beach to the jungle up just to its territory.
2. Hotel South Sea Karon Resort 4 * - the hotel is, without exaggeration, good. A $100 deposit is required prior to arrival. It has a convenient location relative to the sea. To a good descent to the beach from the hotel about 10 meters across the road. The hotel does not have its own territory, only the inner territory inside the hotel buildings (if you imagine the letter “O”, then the hotel territory is inside the letter “O”). The interior territory is well decorated, there is a swimming pool, there is a recreation area. The entrance to the hotel, the passage to the pool and further to the buildings - everything is open, without doors. I also note the cozy area in front of the hotel near the roadway - there are no tuk-tuks, merchants and outlets, they start a little to the left and right, in front of the hotel there is a small forest and a good descent to the sea. There are no complaints about the hotel staff, everything was done on time and well. We only had breakfasts - the choice of food is predictable, not big, but good for a hearty meal. I will only note what we ate: soup, scrambled eggs, scrambled eggs, fried bacon, rice (very tasty), pasta, sausages, French toast (croutons in common people), yogurt, fried potatoes, several types of juices, cereal, milk , bakery products, fruits - there were always: watermelons, pineapples, bananas. Near the hotel there are a lot of shops and cafes for every taste. Lunch in a cafe without drinks and delicacies costs an average of 250-300 baht per person. You can save a little on the cost of dinner, as many cafes offer free salads for dinner (sliced tomatoes, cucumbers, carrots, cabbage, onions). I will note a few negatives about the hotel that we remember: - we got some kind of defective room 251a, as if it was supposed to be a plus to 251. Its inferiority was that it did not have a normal wardrobe, there was only a niche for clothes in the bathroom. Imagine storing things in high humidity, where wet things practically do not dry, and even in the bathroom, where you go several times a day to wash yourself. Also, there were no chairs or a table in the room, only on the balcony. In general, they adapted as best they could. The room was on the second floor, overlooking the pool. By the way, I no longer noticed that some other Russian tourists were given a room overlooking the pool, only foreigners. Our friends had good rooms, but they were located at the back of the hotel and overlooking neighboring hotels; - mosquitoes tormented us at night, it’s not clear where they came to us from, since we didn’t leave the balcony door open, but they flew in and we had to catch them every day before going to bed.
3. The work of the Paks hotel guide, excursions - I didn’t like the meeting with the hotel guide of the Paks tour operator named Etibar! We were given very little information on excursions, the prices were announced verbally, as if they had just been invented, the attitude towards us was like in a market - just to knock out more money from us for excursions on the first day. We signed up only for an introductory tour, since it was free, and for an excursion to the Semilane Islands, since initially we really wanted to go to them. On the same day, for the sake of interest, we approached the hotel guide Natalie of the Pegast tour operator and talked with her about excursions and about Thailand in general. And here the difference was noticed between our "native" hotel guide and the guide of another tour operator with whom, by the way, we flew to other countries more than once. Guide Natalie of the Pegast tour operator gladly signed us up for her free sightseeing tour, we also bought an excursion from her - a trip to the National Park, I don’t remember exactly its name, something like “Khao Salk”. Excursions to the Semilan Islands from Pegast cost 3900 baht per person, and if we hadn’t bought this excursion from Paks, we would have bought, albeit a little more expensive, this excursion from Pegast, because on vacation it’s important for us the quality of how they bring information and attitude towards you as to tourists - we liked the attitude of the hotel guide Natalie of the tour operator Pegast much more than our "native" hotel guide Etibar of the tour operator Paks.
As a result, we went on two sightseeing tours with tour operators Pegast and Paks. A sightseeing tour with the Pegast tour operator was more interesting for us. Our guide's name was Antonina, she spoke beautifully, interested us, we watched and listened to her very carefully. But on a sightseeing tour with the tour operator Paks, it was Etibar that went with us and here he confirmed our opinion about him, there was little information on the tap, all of it was sucked out of the “finger sucked”, an unrelated text, besides, he was often distracted - like times to solve their problems and claims that tourists voiced to him by phone. I also note the following: during a sightseeing tour with the Pegast tour operator, we were brought to a store selling latex products, where pillows cost 2500 baht apiece, but during a sightseeing tour with the Paks tour operator, we were already brought to another store selling latex products, where pillows already cost 3.900 baht apiece. We bought pillows on the first occasion and were very happy with it!
The excursion to the National Park with the Pegast tour operator was wonderful. I especially remember riding on elephants along mountain paths in the jungle and rafting on rafts through the jungle in a magnificent mountain range.
I also really liked the excursion to the Semilan Islands. Luckily, Etibar was not with us. But we understood that he could not be with us, because some local agency organizes a trip to this excursion, the tour operator delivers only to the pier, and then the local agency is already lucky. A small nuance: we bought excursions at the maximum cost, it could have been a little cheaper, the difference is: in a freebie on board - in free fruits and drinks and in the time during which you are delivered to the islands. In a cheaper version, you are taken on twin-engine boats, and in a more expensive one, on three-engine ones, that is, the time during which you stay on the islands increases. The underwater world and white sand of the Semilan Islands is simply amazing!
And finally, the last thing I would like to note in our trip is that the day before departure, the Paks tour operator sent us a letter about the time when we would be picked up from the hotel and the time of departure from the airport, the letter also contained the phrase they say check us with the data you have . Well, how is it: you fly to rest and you still have to worry about yourself, and indeed, the departure time was indicated not ours, I had to call the tour operator, explain to him about the departure time and flight number, wait for his answer and make sure that the tour operator is wrong , indicated the wrong time for both departure and the time when we would be picked up from the hotel!
The rest of the rest in Thailand on about. We really liked Phuket, we hope to return here someday!
So, everything is in order!
1. o. Phuket, Karon beach - they chose to rest on the island, as they had read that beach holidays on the island are much better - the beaches and the sea are cleaner. We did not aspire to the well-known Patong Beach, since we are not lovers of nightlife and noisy entertainment, we chose a hotel located on Karon Beach. Impressions from the sea and from the sand of Karon beach are the best. On the far left side of Karon beach are rocks where you can enjoy snorkelling. In this place, the underwater world is beautiful: many different fish, crabs, jellyfish, starfish of different colors, once a moray eel was seen. By the way, a very beautiful hotel is located in the same part, you can walk along its territory from the beach - two wooden stairs lead from the beach to the jungle up just to its territory.
2. Hotel South Sea Karon Resort 4 * - the hotel is, without exaggeration, good. A $100 deposit is required prior to arrival. It has a convenient location relative to the sea. To a good descent to the beach from the hotel about 10 meters across the road. The hotel does not have its own territory, only the inner territory inside the hotel buildings (if you imagine the letter “O”, then the hotel territory is inside the letter “O”). The interior territory is well decorated, there is a swimming pool, there is a recreation area. The entrance to the hotel, the passage to the pool and further to the buildings - everything is open, without doors. I also note the cozy area in front of the hotel near the roadway - there are no tuk-tuks, merchants and outlets, they start a little to the left and right, in front of the hotel there is a small forest and a good descent to the sea. There are no complaints about the hotel staff, everything was done on time and well. We only had breakfasts - the choice of food is predictable, not big, but good for a hearty meal. I will only note what we ate: soup, scrambled eggs, scrambled eggs, fried bacon, rice (very tasty), pasta, sausages, French toast (croutons in common people), yogurt, fried potatoes, several types of juices, cereal, milk , bakery products, fruits - there were always: watermelons, pineapples, bananas. Near the hotel there are a lot of shops and cafes for every taste. Lunch in a cafe without drinks and delicacies costs an average of 250-300 baht per person. You can save a little on the cost of dinner, as many cafes offer free salads for dinner (sliced tomatoes, cucumbers, carrots, cabbage, onions). I will note a few negatives about the hotel that we remember: - we got some kind of defective room 251a, as if it was supposed to be a plus to 251. Its inferiority was that it did not have a normal wardrobe, there was only a niche for clothes in the bathroom. Imagine storing things in high humidity, where wet things practically do not dry, and even in the bathroom, where you go several times a day to wash yourself. Also, there were no chairs or a table in the room, only on the balcony. In general, they adapted as best they could. The room was on the second floor, overlooking the pool. By the way, I no longer noticed that some other Russian tourists were given a room overlooking the pool, only foreigners. Our friends had good rooms, but they were located at the back of the hotel and overlooking neighboring hotels; - mosquitoes tormented us at night, it’s not clear where they came to us from, since we didn’t leave the balcony door open, but they flew in and we had to catch them every day before going to bed.
3. The work of the Paks hotel guide, excursions - I didn’t like the meeting with the hotel guide of the Paks tour operator named Etibar! We were given very little information on excursions, the prices were announced verbally, as if they had just been invented, the attitude towards us was like in a market - just to knock out more money from us for excursions on the first day. We signed up only for an introductory tour, since it was free, and for an excursion to the Semilane Islands, since initially we really wanted to go to them. On the same day, for the sake of interest, we approached the hotel guide Natalie of the Pegast tour operator and talked with her about excursions and about Thailand in general. And here the difference was noticed between our "native" hotel guide and the guide of another tour operator with whom, by the way, we flew to other countries more than once. Guide Natalie of the Pegast tour operator gladly signed us up for her free sightseeing tour, we also bought an excursion from her - a trip to the National Park, I don’t remember exactly its name, something like “Khao Salk”. Excursions to the Semilan Islands from Pegast cost 3900 baht per person, and if we hadn’t bought this excursion from Paks, we would have bought, albeit a little more expensive, this excursion from Pegast, because on vacation it’s important for us the quality of how they bring information and attitude towards you as to tourists - we liked the attitude of the hotel guide Natalie of the tour operator Pegast much more than our "native" hotel guide Etibar of the tour operator Paks.
As a result, we went on two sightseeing tours with tour operators Pegast and Paks. A sightseeing tour with the Pegast tour operator was more interesting for us. Our guide's name was Antonina, she spoke beautifully, interested us, we watched and listened to her very carefully. But on a sightseeing tour with the tour operator Paks, it was Etibar that went with us and here he confirmed our opinion about him, there was little information on the tap, all of it was sucked out of the “finger sucked”, an unrelated text, besides, he was often distracted - like times to solve their problems and claims that tourists voiced to him by phone. I also note the following: during a sightseeing tour with the Pegast tour operator, we were brought to a store selling latex products, where pillows cost 2500 baht apiece, but during a sightseeing tour with the Paks tour operator, we were already brought to another store selling latex products, where pillows already cost 3.900 baht apiece. We bought pillows on the first occasion and were very happy with it!
The excursion to the National Park with the Pegast tour operator was wonderful. I especially remember riding on elephants along mountain paths in the jungle and rafting on rafts through the jungle in a magnificent mountain range.
I also really liked the excursion to the Semilan Islands. Luckily, Etibar was not with us. But we understood that he could not be with us, because some local agency organizes a trip to this excursion, the tour operator delivers only to the pier, and then the local agency is already lucky. A small nuance: we bought excursions at the maximum cost, it could have been a little cheaper, the difference is: in a freebie on board - in free fruits and drinks and in the time during which you are delivered to the islands. In a cheaper version, you are taken on twin-engine boats, and in a more expensive one, on three-engine ones, that is, the time during which you stay on the islands increases. The underwater world and white sand of the Semilan Islands is simply amazing!
And finally, the last thing I would like to note in our trip is that the day before departure, the Paks tour operator sent us a letter about the time when we would be picked up from the hotel and the time of departure from the airport, the letter also contained the phrase they say check us with the data you have . Well, how is it: you fly to rest and you still have to worry about yourself, and indeed, the departure time was indicated not ours, I had to call the tour operator, explain to him about the departure time and flight number, wait for his answer and make sure that the tour operator is wrong , indicated the wrong time for both departure and the time when we would be picked up from the hotel!
The rest of the rest in Thailand on about. We really liked Phuket, we hope to return here someday!
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