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We arrived at the hotel on March 25.2018, checked in, everything is more or less normal for a 3 * hotel. I left the money and documents in the safe, which is located at the reception. In a safe, if you can call it that (a box with a padlock and a key that looks like one for all locks), the valuables are handed over without an inventory, but for the approval of the administration they guarantee the safety of storage.
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We arrived at the hotel on March 25.2018, checked in, everything is more or less normal for a 3 * hotel. I left the money and documents in the safe, which is located at the reception. In a safe, if you can call it that (a box with a padlock and a key that looks like one for all locks), the valuables are handed over without an inventory, but for the approval of the administration they guarantee the safety of storage. This alarmed me, so I wrote down everything that I handed over: how many banknotes and what denomination. The next day, I took a certain amount from the safe and went on a trip to see the sights, in the evening I put the rest of the money back in the safe at that moment I counted all the money and it turned out that $ 10 was missing, the amount was not large, I thought maybe that- I didn’t think so at the time of shopping in stores. Again I checked everything that was in the safe and recovered to rest. The next day, I discovered that $ 200 was missing from the safe, and then tears welled up in my eyes, since it was almost all cash until the end of the holiday. First of all, I called the guide of my tour operator, as I do not speak English well and asked him to explain to the hotel administration what happened. I WANT TO NOTE THAT UNTIL THIS MOMENT I HAVE NOT APPEALED TO THE RECEPTION WITH THIS QUESTION. The guide asked the administrator to give the phone and after the conversation, what was my surprise when the guide said that the administrator had already looked at all the camera records, and supposedly no one but me approached my cell. Question: how did the administrator find out that my money was gone, if until that moment I had not contacted him with this question ??? ? Then everything became clear to me. The horror is that the hotel management is involved in theft directly from the safe. BUT THIS IS NOT THE FINAL. I said that I would contact the police and write a statement, to which the administrator informed me that in this case I would be CHECKED out of the hotel for inappropriate behavior. From this answer, I got a couple more new gray hairs, and even the guide said that in this situation he could not help. HORRIBLE I DO NOT RECOMMEND this hotel.
In the final, I will add: I took everything that was in the safe and went everywhere (including the beach) with documents and money. The rest was completely spoiled, and I just wanted to go home. What kind of rest can be if you have to sleep with a wallet under your arm.
P. S. While I was cursing at the reception, another tourist (a victim of theft) turned, she also lost $ 100 from the safe and small money from the room. She was told the same thing at the reception as I was (they didn’t take anything, but if you call the police, we’ll throw you out of the hotel). I want to note that after I calmed down, I came to the conclusion that cases of theft in this hotel are not uncommon, I would say that this is the norm for them at the level of the hotel administration. I really hope that tour operators will take this review into account and terminate the contract with this hotel in order to avoid damaging the reputation of their company.
In the final, I will add: I took everything that was in the safe and went everywhere (including the beach) with documents and money. The rest was completely spoiled, and I just wanted to go home. What kind of rest can be if you have to sleep with a wallet under your arm.
P. S. While I was cursing at the reception, another tourist (a victim of theft) turned, she also lost $ 100 from the safe and small money from the room. She was told the same thing at the reception as I was (they didn’t take anything, but if you call the police, we’ll throw you out of the hotel). I want to note that after I calmed down, I came to the conclusion that cases of theft in this hotel are not uncommon, I would say that this is the norm for them at the level of the hotel administration. I really hope that tour operators will take this review into account and terminate the contract with this hotel in order to avoid damaging the reputation of their company.
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We lived at the Chang Park Resort & Spa 24.01 - 02.02. 2016 in the main 4-storey building on the 2nd floor. Surprised by the presence in the room of a list of property with the price of each in case you spoil it. Number Quite spacious, with one large bed. Bed linen is shabby, stained and torn. Old tiles on the floor and in the bathroom.
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We lived at the Chang Park Resort & Spa 24.01 - 02.02. 2016 in the main 4-storey building on the 2nd floor. Surprised by the presence in the room of a list of property with the price of each in case you spoil it.
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Quite spacious, with one large bed. Bed linen is shabby, stained and torn. Old tiles on the floor and in the bathroom. The whitewashing of the room is fresh, but the furniture is 20-30 years old: a bed, a wardrobe, 2 bedside tables without drawers, one ottoman, a small square table, a TV table with a built-in refrigerator. There is a mini fridge and a "pot-bellied" TV without Russian channels. There is also a hairdryer.
It is inconvenient that there is no closet with shelves on which to lay out clothes, although there is more than enough space for it in the hallway of the room. There are only 4 hangers in the closet and one pseudo-shelf (it has large holes) for the entire length. I had to make 2 hangers for winter clothes from the pieces of aluminum found on the street in the closet.
The balcony is large (3.5x2.5 m) with an air conditioner unit (we tied a rope to it for drying swimsuits), two wooden chairs and a table.
The bathroom has a bathtub (badly maintained) with a hard shower and hot water. There is only cold water in the washbasin. Hot water comes out only if you make a small jet.
After we left 20 baht to the cleaner 2 times (we did it daily), we were brought to the room with an electric kettle (new) + 2 cups with saucers and spoons. In other rooms on the 2nd and 3rd floors, we saw that all this is in a room ready for occupancy. The windows overlook the sea, but because of the palm trees it is not very visible.
There are no balconies on the 4th floor and in the bathroom instead of a bath there is a hole in the floor where the water from the shower drains. There are several superior rooms on the first floor: No. 102 - a room twice as large as on the 2nd and 3rd floors and has 4 beds, No. 103 and 104 - two-room rooms with 4 beds and a 2-chamber refrigerator.
Breakfast
It doesn't have a lot of choice, but you won't leave hungry. There were 2-3 types of muesli and milk for them. For some reason, fried eggs are always cold, regardless of whether you come for breakfast at 7-00 or at 9-00. Garnish - 2 types of rice and potatoes, though sometimes raw. In addition to sausages and ham (it floated in water), meat with vegetables each time of a different type (sometimes peppered), 1-2 dishes of stewed vegetables, sometimes with mushrooms or meat. 2 types of jam, oil. There was also soup with meat, 3 types of drink, tea, coffee, tomatoes, cucumbers, cabbage, etc. From fruits - watermelon and pineapple. Breakfast takes place indoors with air conditioning, but mosquitoes bite there.
Territory
Large, with a pond (there are large red fish) and a beautiful bridge along it, beautiful palm trees and several abandoned (repaired) bungalows. There are 3 geese, a peacock. Periodically, 3-5 stray dogs run in and settle under the sunbeds.
The pool is large but partially damaged and without water circulation. In addition, right through it in shallow water, some vacationers go to the beach right in their shoes. It is better not to swim in this pool. Next to the pool is the hotel restaurant, which is open until 17-00. From 17-00 to 23-00 he works on the street in front of the hotel entrance.
Beach
It's big and has a lot of space. But it is very bad that there are only 40 sunbeds. (including those by the pool) + 10 umbrellas. It's very small and sunbeds had to be borrowed before breakfast. For umbrellas it was necessary to walk through the territory of the restaurant to the back room. Sometimes an umbrella brought a beach boy. He also played with vacationers in a flying saucer. The beach is a mixture of sand and shells. There are pieces of coral in the water
The water in the sea was 27... 31 degrees. (due to shallow water). The tides were on a "sliding" schedule, as a result, it was possible to swim both in the morning and in the evening. At first, the water was cloudy (visibility was about 1 m) due to the rains in mid-January. On 30.01 there was also a tropical downpour, but on 31.01 and 1.02 the water was almost clear. The bottom of the sea first sinks, and then (70-90 meters from the coast) rises, and only then deep. Therefore, at low tide it is very easy to scratch yourself on the stones - you need to swim in aquashoes and goggles or a mask to swim around the stones and numerous tall algae with panicles of petals. To the south, along the coast, the sea is shallower than to the north.
There are many reviews about what a wonderful beach the neighboring Cliff Beach hotel has. But its sandy part is about 5 times smaller in area than the Chang Park hotel and there are large stones in the water, and a large log is flooded right in the center of the beach between the stones (you can beat your legs). Well, we have not seen such an accumulation of garbage as in the bay behind the massage hotel Cliff Beach for a long time. Between the beaches of the hotels there is a living coral with fish and sea anemones. Not only coconuts, leaves and sticks float in the sea near the Chang Park Hotel, but also garbage thrown from pleasure boats.
Further south from the Chang Park hotel towards the Gaja Puri hotel, the sandy beach narrows sharply (the sand is wet there due to growing trees) and disappears altogether, turning into a stone embankment from which you can’t buy. One of the hotels even has a special ladder for swimming - but it is slippery. And so to the very "port" of Kai-Bay. ? ? "port" to the south to the Sea Viev hotel at low tide a sandy beach about 40 m wide, at high tide the water reaches the grassy lawn where there are sunbeds and benches.
"Village" Kai Bey
It consists of the main street along the sea and several minor ones. All life is along the main street, it is also the main road for transport. Next to Chang Park is the northern 7/11 store and two exchangers (there are 4 in total). The course was 35.42 baht / dollars. (if you change 50/100 dollars), it fluctuates and in Bangkok it was already 35.07. If you go south, then in 7-8 minutes. from the hotel there is a Tesco store, the prices there are lower than in 7/11 and there are more goods. Opposite Tesco there is a VIP-bus reservation point to Bangkok or the airport and their schedule hangs. There is also a restaurant with self-cooking nearby: you can cook soup, shrimp, cook meat, fish or shrimp on the grill. Side dishes are already ready. All this costs 200 baht / person, there is a Russian-speaking assistant. If you cross the bridge over the river further south, then from the sea side there will be a ready-made food market - you can take fish, chicken, shrimp, etc. About 200 m from Tesco there is a second, south, 7/11 store.
In the "village" there are restaurants of Italian, Mexican and other cuisines. There are several points where they sell vegetables and fruits - closer to the Tesco store.
If you walk from the Chang Park Hotel along the sea to the south, then you can walk to the Sea Viev Hotel in 40 minutes, if on the road - in 25 minutes. There are two elephant farms near the hotel: one in the south before going up to the View point (We went to the View point - nothing special, the views are like views), the second is 15 minutes. walk towards Klong Prao beach. 1 hour of skiing - 700 baht / person. In the same place, on the road to Klong Prao (from the sea), there is a travel agency with Russian-speaking Natasha.
Trip to Cambodia
In Cambodia, in the city of Siem Reap, you have to go through the border town of Poi Pet, and it is located approximately at the same distance from Bangkok, Pattaya and Koh Chang. Therefore, travel agencies offer tours from them at the same price.
On Kai Bay Beach Koh Chang in different travel agencies tour 3 days / 2 n (it makes no sense to go on a 2 day / 1n tour - you won’t see anything) with accommodation in a 4 * hotel for 9.2 thousand baht / person, + services of a Russian-speaking guide - 1000 baht / people per day. In addition, you have to pay for a re-entry permit Thai visa 1200 baht / person. Hotel guide Maxim Coral travel offered the same trip for 12.7 thousand baht + re-entry permit visa.
The problem is that it takes about 9 hours to get to Siem Reap and all other travel agencies leave after breakfast at the hotel at 7-30, and Coral travel at 5-15, i. e. on the first ferry at 6-00 from Koh Chang and therefore gets to the hotel in Siem Reap around 15-00. Those. Coral travel has an evening program on day 1 of the tour. In addition, Coral travel, unlike the vaunted company Satang, provides full board during the trip (6 meals a day) and VIP border crossing.
We went with Coral travel. I was surprised by the large number (more than 8) of checkpoints at the entrance to the Cambodian-Thai border. At the border in Poi Pet we were met by a man who led us to obtain a re-entry permit (we paid 1200 baht / person, take 2 photos with you), transferred us through the Cambodian border (Cambodia visa - $ 30 / person, which he paid myself). As a result, we crossed the border in 15 minutes. to 12-00. He brought us to the bus where there was a very good guide Nelly, who spoke Russian well and told a lot about Cambodia.
We were at the Princess Anhor Hotel at 14-45. We were given room 418 with windows to the south and to a very busy street number 6 - the room was unrealistically noisy. It turned out that in this hotel almost all the rooms face street number 6. Only numbers X02, X04, X06, X08, X10, X12, X14 and X16 go to the opposite side. But in room 412 there was an occasional jackhammer noise, and in the end we stayed in corner room 302. The first night it was quiet there, the second rumbled the air conditioner of the next room. The sheet was 60 cm shorter than the mattress. In addition, the Princess Anhor hotel turned out to be vegetarian and there were mosquitoes in the restaurant and at the reception. The sconce in the room was turned off only by unscrewing the light bulb. There was no hot water, the drain in the sink was clogged. Avoid staying at this hotel.
Further, on the first day of the program: Royal Square, Genocide Museum, National Cultural Park, Apsara show with dinner. At 18-30 we came for dinner, and it turned out that there was no table closer than the 12th row from the stage (the guide did not book a seat in advance) and we saw the Apsara show from afar. Show from 19-00 and lasted 45 minutes. Then the driver took us to Pab street where we wandered among the crowds of tourists and bought local goods.
The peculiarity of Cambodia is that US dollars are freely circulating in it as the main currency and cheap, locally produced, coffee and alcohol. So take a lot of small dollar bills with you. Prices: 0.5 kg of coffee - $ 2; cane sugar in a beautiful package in 3 bags (0.2 kg) - $ 2.9; local rum (0.7l, 35°) – $2.5; local whiskey "Gold label 41" (0.7l, 41°) - $4
Cambodia has no tax zone and is littered with cheap "French" and "English" spirits. Don't dare to buy.
On the second day at 5-30 we left the hotel and at 6-00 we met the sunrise over Angkor Wat (entrance $ 20 per person, they give out a card with a photo, the guide paid). The sun rose into the clouds. Our guide was Lin Keo - a very good guide, who knows Russian well.
The entrance to the 3rd tier of Angkor Wat is only from 7-45, so we are about 20 min. stood in line and during this time ate food from the lunch boxes received at the hotel.
At 9-00 we were already in front of the entrance to the Bayon Temple. We examined the terraces of elephants and the leper king. At 10-30 we were at the Ta keo temple (with very steep steps) and we didn’t go further than its 3 levels. It is very hot in Siem Reap after 9-00, so take plenty of water with you and be prepared for sweat to get wet through your clothes.
At 11-00 we were in the temple of Ta Prohm (there they filmed the film "Lara Croft... " with A. Jolie). He wins in that the bas-reliefs are better preserved in him and he is in the shade of tall trees.
At 12-20 we were brought for lunch (buffet, several cuisine options). In Cambodia, a siesta is accepted, which we had until 15-30, when we went to watch the floating village and the sunset on Tonle Sap lake.
On the way, on his own initiative, Lin made a stop at a lotus plantation and near a rice field. It was interesting - thanks to him for that. To the floating village and the 2-storey floating restaurant, the three of us sailed on a fairly large boat for about 30 minutes. after sunset, we were taken to the hotel, where there was dinner with the waiters according to the menu (5 dishes) pre-ordered by the guide.
I note that the service in Cambodia was at a high level - all our requests were immediately fulfilled. If you have any questions, write to sk_lora@ukr. net and I will answer.
On the third day, we left the hotel at 9-30. I had to catch the last ferry to Koh Chang. If you are coming from Bangkok or Pattaya, there is no such problem and on the third day there will be an excursion program, for example, a visit to the day market, etc.
This time the border was passed much longer - at first they stood on Cambodian for about 20 minutes, then on Thai for 50 minutes. The attendant was the same. He checked that we filled out the Thai entry cards correctly, but did not speed up the border crossing. We dined that day at our own expense. There are 216 km from the border to the ferry and we drove them in 3 hours 10 minutes. to 16-45. We were lucky, in half an hour our Toyota was the last to board the ferry and at 18-30 we were at the hotel.
Advantages of the hotel: wide sandy beach, friendly staff, good wide soft bed.
Disadvantages: no closet with shelves, very dark in the room in the evening, mosquitoes at breakfast, very few sunbeds and umbrellas, shallow sea.
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Quite spacious, with one large bed. Bed linen is shabby, stained and torn. Old tiles on the floor and in the bathroom. The whitewashing of the room is fresh, but the furniture is 20-30 years old: a bed, a wardrobe, 2 bedside tables without drawers, one ottoman, a small square table, a TV table with a built-in refrigerator. There is a mini fridge and a "pot-bellied" TV without Russian channels. There is also a hairdryer.
It is inconvenient that there is no closet with shelves on which to lay out clothes, although there is more than enough space for it in the hallway of the room. There are only 4 hangers in the closet and one pseudo-shelf (it has large holes) for the entire length. I had to make 2 hangers for winter clothes from the pieces of aluminum found on the street in the closet.
The balcony is large (3.5x2.5 m) with an air conditioner unit (we tied a rope to it for drying swimsuits), two wooden chairs and a table.
The bathroom has a bathtub (badly maintained) with a hard shower and hot water. There is only cold water in the washbasin. Hot water comes out only if you make a small jet.
After we left 20 baht to the cleaner 2 times (we did it daily), we were brought to the room with an electric kettle (new) + 2 cups with saucers and spoons. In other rooms on the 2nd and 3rd floors, we saw that all this is in a room ready for occupancy. The windows overlook the sea, but because of the palm trees it is not very visible.
There are no balconies on the 4th floor and in the bathroom instead of a bath there is a hole in the floor where the water from the shower drains. There are several superior rooms on the first floor: No. 102 - a room twice as large as on the 2nd and 3rd floors and has 4 beds, No. 103 and 104 - two-room rooms with 4 beds and a 2-chamber refrigerator.
Breakfast
It doesn't have a lot of choice, but you won't leave hungry. There were 2-3 types of muesli and milk for them. For some reason, fried eggs are always cold, regardless of whether you come for breakfast at 7-00 or at 9-00. Garnish - 2 types of rice and potatoes, though sometimes raw. In addition to sausages and ham (it floated in water), meat with vegetables each time of a different type (sometimes peppered), 1-2 dishes of stewed vegetables, sometimes with mushrooms or meat. 2 types of jam, oil. There was also soup with meat, 3 types of drink, tea, coffee, tomatoes, cucumbers, cabbage, etc. From fruits - watermelon and pineapple. Breakfast takes place indoors with air conditioning, but mosquitoes bite there.
Territory
Large, with a pond (there are large red fish) and a beautiful bridge along it, beautiful palm trees and several abandoned (repaired) bungalows. There are 3 geese, a peacock. Periodically, 3-5 stray dogs run in and settle under the sunbeds.
The pool is large but partially damaged and without water circulation. In addition, right through it in shallow water, some vacationers go to the beach right in their shoes. It is better not to swim in this pool. Next to the pool is the hotel restaurant, which is open until 17-00. From 17-00 to 23-00 he works on the street in front of the hotel entrance.
Beach
It's big and has a lot of space. But it is very bad that there are only 40 sunbeds. (including those by the pool) + 10 umbrellas. It's very small and sunbeds had to be borrowed before breakfast. For umbrellas it was necessary to walk through the territory of the restaurant to the back room. Sometimes an umbrella brought a beach boy. He also played with vacationers in a flying saucer. The beach is a mixture of sand and shells. There are pieces of coral in the water
The water in the sea was 27... 31 degrees. (due to shallow water). The tides were on a "sliding" schedule, as a result, it was possible to swim both in the morning and in the evening. At first, the water was cloudy (visibility was about 1 m) due to the rains in mid-January. On 30.01 there was also a tropical downpour, but on 31.01 and 1.02 the water was almost clear. The bottom of the sea first sinks, and then (70-90 meters from the coast) rises, and only then deep. Therefore, at low tide it is very easy to scratch yourself on the stones - you need to swim in aquashoes and goggles or a mask to swim around the stones and numerous tall algae with panicles of petals. To the south, along the coast, the sea is shallower than to the north.
There are many reviews about what a wonderful beach the neighboring Cliff Beach hotel has. But its sandy part is about 5 times smaller in area than the Chang Park hotel and there are large stones in the water, and a large log is flooded right in the center of the beach between the stones (you can beat your legs). Well, we have not seen such an accumulation of garbage as in the bay behind the massage hotel Cliff Beach for a long time. Between the beaches of the hotels there is a living coral with fish and sea anemones. Not only coconuts, leaves and sticks float in the sea near the Chang Park Hotel, but also garbage thrown from pleasure boats.
Further south from the Chang Park hotel towards the Gaja Puri hotel, the sandy beach narrows sharply (the sand is wet there due to growing trees) and disappears altogether, turning into a stone embankment from which you can’t buy. One of the hotels even has a special ladder for swimming - but it is slippery. And so to the very "port" of Kai-Bay. ? ? "port" to the south to the Sea Viev hotel at low tide a sandy beach about 40 m wide, at high tide the water reaches the grassy lawn where there are sunbeds and benches.
"Village" Kai Bey
It consists of the main street along the sea and several minor ones. All life is along the main street, it is also the main road for transport. Next to Chang Park is the northern 7/11 store and two exchangers (there are 4 in total). The course was 35.42 baht / dollars. (if you change 50/100 dollars), it fluctuates and in Bangkok it was already 35.07. If you go south, then in 7-8 minutes. from the hotel there is a Tesco store, the prices there are lower than in 7/11 and there are more goods. Opposite Tesco there is a VIP-bus reservation point to Bangkok or the airport and their schedule hangs. There is also a restaurant with self-cooking nearby: you can cook soup, shrimp, cook meat, fish or shrimp on the grill. Side dishes are already ready. All this costs 200 baht / person, there is a Russian-speaking assistant. If you cross the bridge over the river further south, then from the sea side there will be a ready-made food market - you can take fish, chicken, shrimp, etc. About 200 m from Tesco there is a second, south, 7/11 store.
In the "village" there are restaurants of Italian, Mexican and other cuisines. There are several points where they sell vegetables and fruits - closer to the Tesco store.
If you walk from the Chang Park Hotel along the sea to the south, then you can walk to the Sea Viev Hotel in 40 minutes, if on the road - in 25 minutes. There are two elephant farms near the hotel: one in the south before going up to the View point (We went to the View point - nothing special, the views are like views), the second is 15 minutes. walk towards Klong Prao beach. 1 hour of skiing - 700 baht / person. In the same place, on the road to Klong Prao (from the sea), there is a travel agency with Russian-speaking Natasha.
Trip to Cambodia
In Cambodia, in the city of Siem Reap, you have to go through the border town of Poi Pet, and it is located approximately at the same distance from Bangkok, Pattaya and Koh Chang. Therefore, travel agencies offer tours from them at the same price.
On Kai Bay Beach Koh Chang in different travel agencies tour 3 days / 2 n (it makes no sense to go on a 2 day / 1n tour - you won’t see anything) with accommodation in a 4 * hotel for 9.2 thousand baht / person, + services of a Russian-speaking guide - 1000 baht / people per day. In addition, you have to pay for a re-entry permit Thai visa 1200 baht / person. Hotel guide Maxim Coral travel offered the same trip for 12.7 thousand baht + re-entry permit visa.
The problem is that it takes about 9 hours to get to Siem Reap and all other travel agencies leave after breakfast at the hotel at 7-30, and Coral travel at 5-15, i. e. on the first ferry at 6-00 from Koh Chang and therefore gets to the hotel in Siem Reap around 15-00. Those. Coral travel has an evening program on day 1 of the tour. In addition, Coral travel, unlike the vaunted company Satang, provides full board during the trip (6 meals a day) and VIP border crossing.
We went with Coral travel. I was surprised by the large number (more than 8) of checkpoints at the entrance to the Cambodian-Thai border. At the border in Poi Pet we were met by a man who led us to obtain a re-entry permit (we paid 1200 baht / person, take 2 photos with you), transferred us through the Cambodian border (Cambodia visa - $ 30 / person, which he paid myself). As a result, we crossed the border in 15 minutes. to 12-00. He brought us to the bus where there was a very good guide Nelly, who spoke Russian well and told a lot about Cambodia.
We were at the Princess Anhor Hotel at 14-45. We were given room 418 with windows to the south and to a very busy street number 6 - the room was unrealistically noisy. It turned out that in this hotel almost all the rooms face street number 6. Only numbers X02, X04, X06, X08, X10, X12, X14 and X16 go to the opposite side. But in room 412 there was an occasional jackhammer noise, and in the end we stayed in corner room 302. The first night it was quiet there, the second rumbled the air conditioner of the next room. The sheet was 60 cm shorter than the mattress. In addition, the Princess Anhor hotel turned out to be vegetarian and there were mosquitoes in the restaurant and at the reception. The sconce in the room was turned off only by unscrewing the light bulb. There was no hot water, the drain in the sink was clogged. Avoid staying at this hotel.
Further, on the first day of the program: Royal Square, Genocide Museum, National Cultural Park, Apsara show with dinner. At 18-30 we came for dinner, and it turned out that there was no table closer than the 12th row from the stage (the guide did not book a seat in advance) and we saw the Apsara show from afar. Show from 19-00 and lasted 45 minutes. Then the driver took us to Pab street where we wandered among the crowds of tourists and bought local goods.
The peculiarity of Cambodia is that US dollars are freely circulating in it as the main currency and cheap, locally produced, coffee and alcohol. So take a lot of small dollar bills with you. Prices: 0.5 kg of coffee - $ 2; cane sugar in a beautiful package in 3 bags (0.2 kg) - $ 2.9; local rum (0.7l, 35°) – $2.5; local whiskey "Gold label 41" (0.7l, 41°) - $4
Cambodia has no tax zone and is littered with cheap "French" and "English" spirits. Don't dare to buy.
On the second day at 5-30 we left the hotel and at 6-00 we met the sunrise over Angkor Wat (entrance $ 20 per person, they give out a card with a photo, the guide paid). The sun rose into the clouds. Our guide was Lin Keo - a very good guide, who knows Russian well.
The entrance to the 3rd tier of Angkor Wat is only from 7-45, so we are about 20 min. stood in line and during this time ate food from the lunch boxes received at the hotel.
At 9-00 we were already in front of the entrance to the Bayon Temple. We examined the terraces of elephants and the leper king. At 10-30 we were at the Ta keo temple (with very steep steps) and we didn’t go further than its 3 levels. It is very hot in Siem Reap after 9-00, so take plenty of water with you and be prepared for sweat to get wet through your clothes.
At 11-00 we were in the temple of Ta Prohm (there they filmed the film "Lara Croft... " with A. Jolie). He wins in that the bas-reliefs are better preserved in him and he is in the shade of tall trees.
At 12-20 we were brought for lunch (buffet, several cuisine options). In Cambodia, a siesta is accepted, which we had until 15-30, when we went to watch the floating village and the sunset on Tonle Sap lake.
On the way, on his own initiative, Lin made a stop at a lotus plantation and near a rice field. It was interesting - thanks to him for that. To the floating village and the 2-storey floating restaurant, the three of us sailed on a fairly large boat for about 30 minutes. after sunset, we were taken to the hotel, where there was dinner with the waiters according to the menu (5 dishes) pre-ordered by the guide.
I note that the service in Cambodia was at a high level - all our requests were immediately fulfilled. If you have any questions, write to sk_lora@ukr. net and I will answer.
On the third day, we left the hotel at 9-30. I had to catch the last ferry to Koh Chang. If you are coming from Bangkok or Pattaya, there is no such problem and on the third day there will be an excursion program, for example, a visit to the day market, etc.
This time the border was passed much longer - at first they stood on Cambodian for about 20 minutes, then on Thai for 50 minutes. The attendant was the same. He checked that we filled out the Thai entry cards correctly, but did not speed up the border crossing. We dined that day at our own expense. There are 216 km from the border to the ferry and we drove them in 3 hours 10 minutes. to 16-45. We were lucky, in half an hour our Toyota was the last to board the ferry and at 18-30 we were at the hotel.
Advantages of the hotel: wide sandy beach, friendly staff, good wide soft bed.
Disadvantages: no closet with shelves, very dark in the room in the evening, mosquitoes at breakfast, very few sunbeds and umbrellas, shallow sea.
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The photos on the hotel website are not true! tour operator "Biblio-Globus" offers a bungalow, this is a shed with a size of 20 sq. m. The smell of sewerage and soaked linen, the floor walks underfoot, the shower is lined with oilcloth, the socket is one and then barely fixed. Outwardly, they try to support him.
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The photos on the hotel website are not true! tour operator "Biblio-Globus" offers a bungalow, this is a shed with a size of 20 sq. m. The smell of sewerage and soaked linen, the floor walks underfoot, the shower is lined with oilcloth, the socket is one and then barely fixed. Outwardly, they try to support him. Please note that there are NO photos of the bungalow on the site! There is no safe in the hotel either in the room or at the reception.
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Old hotel, economy option. But the guys and his price are very pleasant, and if you are an adequate tourist and understand how much money is paid, then with all this, a chic beach is the first line. The rooms are ordinary. You can live, old, but clean. Bungalow, mind you. Like a Soviet camp site. Cardboard walls and beds : ).
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Old hotel, economy option. But the guys and his price are very pleasant, and if you are an adequate tourist and understand how much money is paid, then with all this, a chic beach is the first line. The rooms are ordinary. You can live, old, but clean. Bungalow, mind you. Like a Soviet camp site. Cardboard walls and beds : )
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Rested in March. The hotel is wonderful. The rooms are simple but clean. The room has a TV, refrigerator, kettle, shower room. Very beautiful and well-groomed territory of the hotel. On the territory of the park, swimming pool, bar, restaurant on the beach, massage. The restaurant cooks very tasty, I went for breakfast with pleasure! The best place for a family holiday.
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Rested in March. The hotel is wonderful. The rooms are simple but clean. The room has a TV, refrigerator, kettle, shower room. Very beautiful and well-groomed territory of the hotel. On the territory of the park, swimming pool, bar, restaurant on the beach, massage. The restaurant cooks very tasty, I went for breakfast with pleasure! The best place for a family holiday.
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The hotel is beautiful, for a 3 stars so in general! We lived in the main building on the 2nd floor, no bedbugs!!! ! don't listen to nonsense! The territory is good, a peacock, a pond with fish, a massage parlor, the sea is like fresh milk, from morning to 15h. high tide, no stones, but by 4 p. m. low tide, then 100 meters to the right and fine, no stones! Tropical paradise island!! ! Take a bike to waterfalls, on elephants, on viewing everything is cheap, excursions on the street are 2 times cheaper to buy, all shops, an exchange office, elephants live nearby to the right of the hotel, go to the second 7 eleven.
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The hotel is beautiful, for a 3 stars so in general! We lived in the main building on the 2nd floor, no bedbugs!!! ! don't listen to nonsense! The territory is good, a peacock, a pond with fish, a massage parlor, the sea is like fresh milk, from morning to 15h. high tide, no stones, but by 4 p. m. low tide, then 100 meters to the right and fine, no stones! Tropical paradise island!! ! Take a bike to waterfalls, on elephants, on viewing everything is cheap, excursions on the street are 2 times cheaper to buy, all shops, an exchange office, elephants live nearby to the right of the hotel, go to the second 7 eleven. The food is the most delicious in the HIPPO cafe!! ! There is live music in the Joy bar to the left of the hotel, you can have a great time in a good company, go to the Sawai bar, to a disco, if you need privacy, then there is a cafe on the hotel beach, an excursion to 5 islands and fish and turquoise water on one island , to glow. As for the hotel rooms: daily cleaning, excellent, everyone is friendly, cosmetic repairs have been made throughout the hotel, the furniture is a bit old, but normal, the view is everywhere on the sea, in bungalows, as in Russian houses on the lakes, for unassuming, on 4th floor. no balconies, incl. . choose for yourself where you feel more comfortable, but the hotel is quite good, there are always sunbeds, delicious Pino Colado, Mai Tai cocktails, and necks are simply amazing. In general, I definitely recommend the hotel! And do not wait beyond the natural, it's not 5k!! ! Enjoy the first line, and the great location and KO CHANG!!! !
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We rested in this hotel in February-March 2010 and February 2011... On the island, we would stay again only in this hotel. Huge park area. . . quiet. . . calm. . . near a street with cafes, a supermarket, a currency exchange office. . . The cuisine of the hotel's restaurant is wonderful.... diverse and tasty.
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We rested in this hotel in February-March 2010 and February 2011... On the island, we would stay again only in this hotel. Huge park area. . . quiet. . . calm. . . near a street with cafes, a supermarket, a currency exchange office. . . The cuisine of the hotel's restaurant is wonderful.... diverse and tasty. . . we lived in the main building on 4 floors. . . on the second and third floors... on the fourth floor there is no balcony in the room... on the first one too... but the windows on the first floor are made like French to the floor... and access directly to the park... of course this is not a 5 * hotel... but for a family holiday with children it’s better not to think of... we came for the sake of the sea and the sun... you can swim with a mask... but it’s more interesting to swim with a mask on the Koh-way otter....it is in the waters of the island of Chang... there is a tour of the islands on a boat... .
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The hotel and its location is quite good. The food is sufficient, but it does not differ in variety, therefore, no one eats strongly in hotels. There are many eateries nearby, where the food is very good and not very expensive. I recommend "Karma", not a very presentable view, but they cook, you will lick your fingers and portions for slaughter.
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The hotel and its location is quite good. The food is sufficient, but it does not differ in variety, therefore, no one eats strongly in hotels. There are many eateries nearby, where the food is very good and not very expensive. I recommend "Karma", not a very presentable view, but they cook, you will lick your fingers and portions for slaughter. We also bought food from street vendors, from the hotel to the right, at the Semerochka store, tasty, safe and very cheap, especially good if you need to eat in your room. , because tequila is twice cheaper). Opposite the hotel, I rented motorbikes, 200 baht per day, there were no problems, I traveled the whole island far and wide, I advise, only the road through the passes is dangerous, especially to Bang Bao. I visited all the places where excursions are offered, I took everything myself, 1.5-3 times cheaper, especially waterfalls. In the same place, opposite the hotel, there is a workshop "Classic Suit", the owner is Indian, there is all the sewing mafia from there. I ordered a suit and a pair of shirts, it’s cheap, but I can say one thing, he sews shirts well, trousers are not bad, he doesn’t know how to sew jackets, it turns out that horrible, it’s better to give quite a bit of money at first, then back, if anything, you won’t return. There is no shopping on the island, you can still see something in Bang Bao, we went to the Health store on a bike, they take it from the hotel for free, by order, the journey takes about ten minutes. I advise you to take only leather goods and souvenirs, the most affordable prices. But cosmetics, the prices are inflated at times, they sell ours, I do not recommend taking them. It’s cheaper in the pharmacy and in the store at the Klong Plu waterfall and don’t listen to what you can’t take there, a scam. Everything is fine, year of manufacture, smell, etc. tested on myself. Coconut oil in a pharmacy is three times cheaper. The beach near the hotel is not very good, you have to take it to the right, but it's very close, there is excellent sand. The beach is clean, but you can’t compare it with Egypt, the water is much muddier, I traveled the whole island and I’m sure the beach near the hotel is one of the best. During this period, the tides are small, there is enough sand, everything is clean. I went twice with an excursion to the five islands, there is something to see, I took it myself to Bang Bao. The second time they were taken directly from the hotel from the beach by motorboat. I advise you to live a couple of days on Koh Wai, the most beautiful lagoons and beaches, and the bungalows there are not bad, although Ko MAK is praised, for me not very, undersized island with a huge sandy beach, no romance, nothing to watch. In Bangkok, horror, noise, din, dirty, I didn’t like the city itself, you can only see the royal palace and the Buddha temple, I don’t advise you to live there, there is nowhere to eat, in short, there is nothing to do in it. Islands only. Well, if you go on a spree, and not go to the beach, then this is, of course, Pattaya.
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• traveled 15 years ago
Came to this hotel by the grace of negligent travel agency workers. Changed 3 numbers. I think that even if you do not become attached to the hotel, it is unlikely that anyone would like non-working air conditioners, water from the ceiling in the bathroom. beach and pool with a shortage of sunbeds. the territory is so-so in comparison with the same three-ruble note.
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Came to this hotel by the grace of negligent travel agency workers. Changed 3 numbers. I think that even if you do not become attached to the hotel, it is unlikely that anyone would like non-working air conditioners, water from the ceiling in the bathroom. beach and pool with a shortage of sunbeds. the territory is so-so in comparison with the same three-ruble note. breakfasts are normal, if not to be confused with dinners. you can find a little more expensive, but better. the hotel needs a complete refurbishment
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We stayed at this hotel after visiting Pattaya. The hotel is not close to 4, but a triple, the site does not indicate correctly. Many of the photos do not correspond to reality. The dining room (restaurants can’t call it) is too old, it didn’t hurt to repair, at least cosmetically. The food is monotonous, the choice is very small.
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We stayed at this hotel after visiting Pattaya. The hotel is not close to 4, but a triple, the site does not indicate correctly. Many of the photos do not correspond to reality. The dining room (restaurants can’t call it) is too old, it didn’t hurt to repair, at least cosmetically. The food is monotonous, the choice is very small. I lived in room 206, the main building, the room was like nothing. except for the bath, in which the bottom is cracked. The pool is good. The sea is bearable in the morning. and as soon as the tide begins, stones protrude, it is difficult to swim. You can go to the right to the territory of another hotel. Sunbeds need to be borrowed early, not enough, as well as towels. The safe at the reception is hardly a safe. They give you an envelope and put your money in it. tickets, etc. Pay 100 baht, close the envelope with a stapler, write the number, you write that you put the whole safe. 100 baht after check-out is not given. In general, Koh Chang, for a very relaxing holiday, there are few excursions, but what is, let's say, is a little expensive Cambodia, islands, trekking through the jungle (for a very big fan, 10 km on foot), etc. . But most importantly, all this is organized not by your tour operators, but mainly by street intermediaries, you give money to operators, they order on the street. having received a natural percentage (well, in any case, one gets the impression, because not on one of the excursions, well, except for the sightseeing tour of the island, our guides were not there. ) Yes, it’s true that we were taken to the police on the sightseeing tour. the whole group. because the minibus turned out to be somehow left and we waited 1.5 hours in the heat to be released. Here are the little things. In general, Thailand is worth a trip.
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