если и есть рай на земле то это Таиланд if there is heaven on earth it is thailand

We went to Thailand for the second time; the first time we were in Pattaya, we decided to go to Phuket for a change. The island itself was very nice compared to Pattaya. But there are downsides - it's the sea. Because of the low tides, it is almost impossible to swim in it. If you go to Phuket, I recommend taking hotels to Karon Beach, only there you can swim in the sea. We were in Patong and even the hotel is very far from the center. Everything would be fine, but it turned out to be expensive to rest in this hotel. Because we had one breakfast and we still need to have lunch and dinner somewhere, eating at the hotel restaurant is very expensive. There is a bar on the Karablik beach, which is 500 meters away, eating there is cheaper than at the hotel, but still a little expensive for a dinner for 3 persons without alcohol 1400 baht. And the most common menu without delicacies and fruits. In Pattaya, an analogous menu cost us 300 baht and even took fruit. The hotel has a bus that takes you to the center of Patong for free to a supermarket where you can exchange currency, eat, make purchases. The bus runs 3 times a day at 11.15h 18h and back 11.30 15.30 18.30. who did not have time to return only a taxi cost 300 baht. The Tri Trang hotel itself is a good green area, silence is just a paradise. Breakfasts are rather meager and monotonous of fruits in general, only watermelons, pineapples and papaya. On the beach, sun loungers and umbrellas are free of charge in green and blue for a fee of 80 baht per person. But we were on the beach at the hotel only the first 2 days did not go anymore. There was no reason to go there, the sea was more like a savagery to the hotel, it’s not really water to bathe there ankle-deep no matter how much you go, but you had to walk along the stones in the shales. They wrote that the tide every morning from 9 am to 2 pm. Nothing like the tide was only on the day of our arrival and all. But this did not upset us very much, we went to Thailand not to sit in a hotel, took excursions and traveled. Excursions are more profitable to take from a Thai tour operator, in the first place, they are cheaper every two times, and secondly, the food is better and small groups recruit 15 people in a group. We took from the Thais and did not regret it. A Russian guide is not needed at all if you are going to the islands. They bought an excursion to the Similan Islands from the Thais on the street for 2 days for three people paid 11.500. The excursion is just to paradise in another name. fed omenno and drinks for free all inclusive in one word (beer for a fee 80 baht) and tablets from motion sickness were distributed to everyone as it was a long swim, but they were not really needed, they were sailing on high-speed boats (snowboards) or any pitching was not felt. Although 4 people still got sick and the pills did not help. I advise you to take this excursion only for two days, the only way you will swim in and relax. In one day you will get tired more and the program will be shortened. We visited all 9 islands and swam a lot with and without masks. saw beautiful fish fed them straight from the hands also saw a huge turtle. And in the evening we were taken deep into the island and showed huge crabs and a python, although the python was small, but it lives in the wild and not tame from the zoo. Excursion to Phi Phi was taken from Natalie tour rip-off. For a one-day trip they gave 6000 baht for 3 persons on the street, the Thais cost 3500 baht. There was no Russian guide, although they promised, moreover, we were the only Russians in the group, the rest of the foreigners. The tour was conducted by the Thais, only lunch on the island and cola drinks were included, and there were no fruits at all. The group consisted of 30 people, although they promised no more than 15. It takes a lot of effort to take normal pictures so that someone else's profile does not get into the frame. There were a lot of people in addition to our group, there were 12 other groups. The island is very beautiful and also swam with masks, the transparency of the water is worse than on the Similans. And another excursion that we took from the biblio globe for two days is Khao Sok + Chao Lan Lake worth a visit. It's not cheap 7300 baht per person but it's worth it. Here you need to take only with a Russian guide. Firstly, who does not know English, you will not understand anything that they will tell. And there is something to listen to. We had a small group of 14 people - this is with a guide and a driver. Picked up early at 7 am from the hotel. We traveled comfortably in an air-conditioned minibus. On the way, the guide Ivan told the whole story about Thailand in a very interesting way, all about Buddhism, about kings, about Buddha and about modern Thailand. The first stop is a Buddhist temple, then a monkey cave where you can feed and take pictures and, most importantly, watch the monkeys. . Then we were brought to the lake where we had lunch and sailed on motor boats to the jungle. Very beautiful mountains in the middle of the lake, we swim between the mountains, sailed for an hour and a half. Then we went on foot to the cave which is named Elephant's Stomach. To the cave we walked through the jungle for about an hour (doleko). We visited the cave and watched the staloctites, the stalognites are also beautiful, the dust on the bamboo boards to this cave. Then back through the jungle on foot. We got into boats and sailed to the hotel in which we were placed, each with a separate house. Swimming in the lake the water is very warm 29 g and very clean. In the evening, dinner, which dragged on until almost two in the morning, you know, the Russians were walking. Breakfast at 8 am then free time until lunch. The guide suggested that anyone who wants to can swim on bamboo rafts on the lake, but everyone refused to stay at the hotel. We just sailed on a boat on the lake ourselves, visited two islands, sailed away a long way, so we sailed only for dinner. After lunch, we headed back to our bus. Then we came to ride the elephants, took pictures with them and then everything went to the hotel on the island. Perhaps this tour is the most interesting of those that I visited in Phuket. Then we were at the zoo, the zoo is so-so nothing interesting, don't even waste your money. We just went to take a picture with the tiger. We watched the show of elephants, shows of crocodiles and monkeys, we were very tired of this excursion and nothing interesting. We decided to spend the last day on the beach, the sea near our hotel did not have the same picture (stones and water up to the ankles). We took a taxi (500 baht) and went to Karon Beach. This is really a beach, the sea is creaky sand (when you walk on the sand it crunches like snow under your feet, and if you shuffle your feet, it creaks at all) I have never seen anything like this. They paid 300 baht for chaise longues with an umbrella (all paid), but they looked after our things while swimming. On the beach, there is an active trade in souvenirs, leather belts, wallets. You can eat ghv on the beach and fruits and ice cream drinks in general, whatever you want. We dined on Karon in a cafe there are a lot of them, choose those that go 400-500 meters away from the beach and have a hearty lunch for three for 700 baht. And this is with fruit and ice cream and in general a full meal from the first second and third plus beer. Moreover, they ordered seafood dishes, stew in pineapple, it was very tasty, there was no such menu in the BAR ON THE BEACH of Tri Trang. Well, good luck to everyone, I hope my review is useful to someone.