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Written: 7 september 2011
Travel time: 21 august — 3 september 2011
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Location: located in the city (I would not call it a center) a block from the theater, 3 from the old market, to get to the new Maximart by taxi - 30 VND (45 rubles) or 30 min. on foot. (you can take a printout of the map from the hotel guide, she will tell you what, where). Apparently this is the first line - the beach across the road. Located perpendicular to the sea. Accordingly, only 4 rooms go directly to the sea, the rest either to the pool or to Novotel and households. courtyard of a neighboring hotel.
Rooms. Deluxe paid for by us, we never saw it. And whether they exist at all, history is silent, since in the hotel price list the room in which we were settled was like a deluxe, but under the description and photos it does not look like it. In general, a standard small room, where a double bed is squeezed in, bedside tables with lamps on the left / right, a TV set and a refrigerator at the foot of the table half a meter away. The hotel does not have a split system, so each room has an individual air conditioner, which needs to be turned off from time to time so that it defrosts (the ice on the filter melts), otherwise it will just pass out in the middle of the night and will be sad to sleep. Plus - the fact that the air conditioner hangs in the legs and thus does not blow into the ears. A medium-sized bathroom has everything you need, but before settling in, try to check everything as much as possible for equipment wear that is close to critical. The balcony will quite accommodate a table and two chairs, but somehow I didn’t want to sit on it in such stuffiness. Initially, we got a room overlooking the courtyard of a neighboring hotel (in fairness, I note that the sea is visible, the viewing angle is 10 degrees) and a lot of problems with plumbing and air conditioning. Maybe a call to the tour helped. Agency, maybe what I do every 15 min. I ran to the reception with an exclamation - a disaster - the toilet bowl, telephone, air conditioning, etc. do not work. in general, the next day we were moved opposite, where the sea view was already 60 degrees, overlooking the pool, and a large pit behind our hotel (attention for those who travel later than us: construction has begun !!! ). In general, after the first evening of disappointments, the morning greeted us with positive and breakfast. The service is good, every day they clean, wash, clean, change towels, replenish soap accessories, even change razors and toothbrushes, which I did not expect from a three-ruble note. And after we started leaving a bucks, we got an extra towel for our feet, and if we had time to return from the sea before the end of the cleaning, we could change the towels a second time. The only inconvenience is that cleaning starts at 8-30.9-00 and the noise of the vacuum cleaner from the corridor is not for those who like to sleep longer. In general, the sound insulation in the rooms is visible only in adjacent walls, you can’t hear the neighbors, but the sounds from the street and the corridor in the morning Vietnamese children began to rush along the corridor. Another small minus is that the curtains in the rooms are not thick, respectively, at 6 am the sun shines directly into the eye.
Restaurant. The breakfasts are quite decent. Fried eggs, pancakes, and soup are specialties. The rest is on the buffet. 3 types of fruits. Natural juices that are best mixed to achieve optimal sweetness. Last week, by special order, I was fried an omelet with bacon, herbs, etc. everything that you cut yourself))). We dined a couple of times. They took seafood, everything is quite tasty. Average price - 900 rubles. for two (including some strange type of French champagne). By the way, frogs are on the menu for gourmets.

Sea beach. The beach is apparently municipal, although it is fenced off with flags. The task of the first day to cross the road seemed insurmountable. The traffic flow of mokiks, bicycles and cars is so dense that it resembles a river. There are no rules, i. e. not at all! As law-abiding, we went to the pedestrian crossing, but in Vietnam they draw a zebra apparently for beauty. In general, just go and that's it! There is always room for achievement in life. The sea from the 14 days of stay - 4 days was brown (it rained in the mountains and the river in the northern part of the city brought a lot of silt) 8 days contained heaps of garbage (the fishermen living on the river in the northern part of the island do not have sewage) and finally the last 2 days were would be perfect turquoise, if not for the huge number of Vietnamese who came for the holidays (Sochi beach a la 80s). Bathing of the Vietnamese starts from 4-30 to 8-30 and from 16-30 to 18-30. The rest of the time the beach is deserted. Water temperature in the morning 26-28, in the evening above 32. A pair of sun loungers with an umbrella - 50-60 VND (75-90 rubles).
Transport. There are taxis at the hotel. Landing 10-12 VND (15-18 rubles) a trip within the city will not exceed 150 rubles. so basically we used them. A bus runs to Thap Ba hot springs, the schedule needs to be checked at the reception, the price is 50 VND back and forth per person. (taxi 80 VND one way). There are also city buses, I haven't seen them, I don't know.
Service. TV - out of 50 channels - 1 first Russian. WI-FI is a freebie, at the reception there are 2 computers with Internet access - 10 VND - unlimited while you are sitting)). Currency can be changed at the reception, in a souvenir boutique or at the security guard. The rate is 1.5-2% lower than in the bank. I did not find any banks nearby, and a car to the nearest one will cost the same 1-2 bucks (which is the same when exchanging 100 USD). There is an ATM at the checkpoint of the hotel. Phone, judging by the hotel price list, a call from a room to a landline in Russia is 4 rubles !!!! ! Didn't check it myself. (A call from a Vietnamese SIM card to a cell phone in Russia - 8 rubles. Incoming to a Russian SIM card (megaphone) - 80 rubles. Outgoing - 250, feel the difference). There is a barbershop (I don't know why). Massage parlor 95 VND (45 min. - 150 rubles) and sauna 45 VND (70 rubles). In addition to paying for a massage, masseuses will extort tips from 50 to 100 VND. If you don't like it - you can not give it, let it please you, next time it will try 2 times better. Massage is a symbiosis of Thai and Chinese. Crumple with oil with hands and feet, there are also stretching elements and work with points. The masseuse that we liked - An. There are 3 pool tables and a tennis court.
Attitude. Unlike Thailand and China, Vietnam cannot be called the country of 1000 smiles. The Vietnamese are gloomy concentrated, they answer a smile with a smile, but no more. I didn’t notice any special helpfulness, they just do their job. Service is average. Russian is known little and poorly. 90% either do not know English or understand, but try to understand what they say: Vaufro is where are you from (where are you from), intonation is a mixture of bird and cat. But in general, Russians are loved, for past contributions and real generosity.

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