Think before you travel

Written: 5 may 2008
Travel time: 6 — 13 march 2008
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Were in Pyramis from 22.03. to March 30.2008. The points:
1. TERRITORY Surprises gardeners' efficiency and disinterestedness. We traveled with a large group and we were settled in a bungalow (cottage) with a pool. The children splashed happily in the evening until they were blue in the face. When sand appeared at the bottom of the pool, it probably blew during the night, there was a strong wind at night, we asked the gardener in a green uniform to clean it. He quit trimming the bushes and ran away, and five minutes later he brought in a guy with a pool vacuum cleaner. But the most important thing is that none of the two of them showed any interest in the contents of our wallets. To the territory. It is huge, this is its advantage and disadvantage at the same time. When you go to the sea, the path goes downhill and goes unnoticed. When you walk around and look around, it's great beautiful. But when you rise from the sea or go out of the bungalow to drink beer or something else, the distance increases exponentially, especially the sea from the main building at around -200 meters.
2. Check-in We arrived at about 10 am and the check-out time is from 12, but despite this, the keys were given to us 20 minutes after filling out the questionnaire. Further, our suitcases were loaded into a pickup truck, and we were led by a friendly smiling Arab. The papers with the numbers were left in the Arab's pickup truck with the keys, which he took at the reception. Our company consisted of eight people: I am 43 with my son 8 years old and my wife's niece 12 years old. My older brother is 58 with his wife, granddaughter 4 years old, grandson 10 years old and son 30 years old. It turns out three numbers. On the way, we go into one house, an Arab is trying to open the number, which is supposedly intended for his brother and his entourage, the key does not fit. We then went to our room. Everything is more or less normal - a detached house on the territory of the pool, the furniture is a bit old, but we didn’t come to sit in the room. We ask the Arab: why are the three of us going to live here? He does not know, but he is ready to agree to accommodate all the others in the empty rooms in the same bungalow for twenty dollars. I agree all the same together more fun. He leaves for the keys. Twenty I prudently did not give. At this time, the brother's wife conducts her own investigation and it turns out that the very rooms in which they tried to "help" us move in were originally intended for us.

Further, due to the confusion produced by the affectionate Arab, the brother and his company waited for their luggage until 2 pm. During this time we managed to have lunch, go to the sea and so on. They were sitting poor things in what they arrived, and if you take into account the temperature in Ekaburg on departure, you can guess what they were like. I forgot the porters don't leave until you give them money. They stand and hold out their hands. So it's not a pity but after 4 hours of waiting for luggage?????
ROOM. As previously stated, this bungalow on the 1st floor is a living room, a kitchen with a suite from the 80s of the Soviet Union, which is not clear why it is needed at all, a dining area, from the same series. 2nd floor above mentioned three rooms but the large room has its own bathroom and the other two have one more. Big room more or less decent appr. 24m2. Balcony overlooking the bay. Beautiful view. The other two are 14 meters. Well, in general, my brother's wife, spoiled by Thailand, Mauritius, etc. , was horrified, BUT WE DID NOT COME TO SIT IN THE ROOM, we tried to convince ourselves again. Refrigerators 50 cm high stand on the floor, the doors close with effort both in the refrigerator and in the cabinet. Fen was not one. When the brother's wife asked to bring the response from the attendants is very slow. After two days of reminders, they brought one, and to my room, but we don’t really need it. You should have seen the sister-in-law's face. What a cleaning. Specially put the torn thread in a corner near the cabinet. They didn’t clean it until I got tired of remembering it myself. Before leaving, I remembered and, oh horror, found almost in the same place. By the way, they left several times 1-2 dolyars. The air conditioner broke on the second day and guess who's in the room? The brother did not know where to go already. The truth was repaired quickly on the next. day.
FOOD In general, everything is fine, considering that my always hungry children dragged me to the restaurant 15-20 minutes before opening, and we always got right away. 7 minutes after the opening of the queue. Tables after leaving really are not removed until you drink someone. There are not enough glasses from the faucet with a sign SPRITE often runs something similar to mineral water, but very nasty. Moreover, it is impossible to guess the algorithm. It can be breakfast, lunch and dinner, and one of three
restaurants. Like in a restaurant on the beach, which by the way feeds only at lunchtime and the only one that has french fries, so beloved by my bark beetles, I took a bottle of beer (namely a glass bottle, the glasses ran out) you should have seen the reaction of the waiter or dish cleaner when he saw the bottle on the table. For a long time I tried to explain to me that the glass is not. In the end, he grabbed a bottle from the table and went into oblivion. I had to get up to wait for a glass and then drink lunch. But no one had stomach problems and everyone was full. To be fair: very tasty desserts, cakes, pastries - I had to restrain myself.

BEACH AND POOL From the negative: one plastic pontoon on which it is very convenient to walk and you can dive, but due to the lack of stairs, an unprepared person cannot climb back, the other is made of concrete beams lying directly on slippery uneven corals with hedgehogs in between. There are no free sunbeds at the pool if after breakfast. We put towels before meals, had breakfast and settled down. The mattresses on the sunbeds were not brought very quickly, but in an attempt to hurry up, 5 bucks for three mattresses. The brother paid once and hoped that he would be in the next. once they find out and rush to him, but not then it was apparently a change came. My beggars ran from the outdoor pool to the indoor one. The pool water is really cold. At night, the air temperature dropped to 17 degrees and the pool cooled down. Once, in their absence, the wind picked up and the mattresses began to lift. In order not to keep them, I put them vertically next to the sunbeds. An arabic passing by, deciding to earn money (someone ordered mattresses), tried to pick them up. In three languages, saying NO didn't stop him. Current when I rose to the full height of 19.100 kg. Fourth time I said NO! the arab got scared and retreated. Card on a towel: change the current in this sequence and vice versa. When trying to change a towel for a towel they don’t give, but where ours didn’t disappear. I changed towels for cards, and a minute later my niece, who, by the way, fell on all Arabs, made a reverse change.
Positive SEA SEA SEA such beauty you will not see in the most beautiful Aquarium. Fish, hedgehogs, stingrays, well, in general, when you are in the sea, you forget about all the negativity. Buy a mask, snorkel, flippers at the market in the old town. Taxi back and forth bargained for 14 bucks. A set of equipment cost about 20k. In our sports shop before the trip, something similar cost 2500-3000 rubles.
SUMMARY In general, for a not spoiled tourist, Pyramis is somewhere and nothing. But I would not advise you to go there. Everything is spoiled by the arrogance of the attendants. If still possible, change the hotel to another. I succumbed to persuasion in the travel agency and not that I wish, but a certain negative remained. I don’t think that negative is something that should be brought from vacation
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