Первая поездка в Тайланд First trip to Thailand

The hotel is located in the Jomtien area, 15 km from the center of Pattaya, nearby there are good hotels like Dor Shada. The hotel is very large, about 5000 rooms, INN-Wing buildings are 2 stars, former American barracks, very old with cockroaches, mold and so on. Housing Marina Tower 42 storey building - 3 stars. I was inside once when I went up to the 42nd floor - to the observation platform, for this there are 2 separate elevators, the rest of the elevators go only up to the 40th floor. A $100 deposit is taken upon arrival and returned upon departure. We rested Ocean Wing - 4 stars, in the Deluxe room - 2 separate 2 sleeping beds on wheels, they can be moved, 2 armchairs, a sofa, a table, in bedside tables - one of them has a built-in remote control for light, TV, air conditioning, clock and alarm clock . The bathroom has a shower, a bathtub, a toilet with a telephone, a sink with a large mirror. Everything you need in the room is - refrigerator, kettle, tea, coffee, sugar, glasses, mugs.
Balcony overlooking the sea, Marina Tower building, swimming pool. The air conditioner is noisy, at night we turned it off when we left the room - turned it on, if not us, then the servant who cleaned the room. They cleaned the room every day when we left - they pressed the MAKE UP button on the remote control (on the bedside table), when we were in the room - the Do Not Disturb button and we were not disturbed. They cleaned normally, towels were changed every day, sometimes the floor was washed, the beds were made. The bed linen has never been changed. In the room, clothes do not dry at all, the climate is very humid, so we put one chair on the balcony and dried clothes on it. There is no safe in the room, only one at the reception, there is often a queue for it, well, it didn’t bother us.


Nutrition. Breakfast from 6.30 to 10.00, there are both European food - sausages, fried bacon, scrambled eggs, scrambled eggs, rice, pilaf and so on, as well as Thai dishes - soups, rice with chicken. There are croissants, cakes, buns and so on, from fruits - pineapple, papaya, watermelon.
From drinks - tea, coffee, orange juice, grapefruit juice, water. No one left hungry, and the best was not expected. The hotel is large and it was often difficult to find a free table, but we went deeper into the restaurant - closer to the pool and there was almost always free. We had to have lunch and dinner outside the hotel, either on the beach or in one of the many cafes; grilled catfish, shrimp, mussels, there was beer and a bar with more strong drinks. In the first and last tents, baht was exchanged for coupons and food was bought for these coupons in the tents, unused coupons can be exchanged back for money, but until 12 at night, as they were with dates. Walked to the beach - 5 minutes walk to the left.
there you can eat grilled catfish for 100 baht (1 baht - 1 ruble), you can also buy shrimp at any time - 12 pieces for 100 baht (royal prawns), we also went by tuk - tuk sometimes to Tesco - Lotus to eat sushi for 10 baht / piece.

Territory. It has its own market with nice prices for both fruits and clothes with souvenirs. Pineapple - 40 rubles - 1 piece, it will be cleaned, cut and packed in front of you. In our building there was a store that also had alcohol (Thai rum 0.25 l - 150 baht, 0.5 liter - 320 baht) and food and clothing, etc. , you can top up your phone balance, only they take a commission - 10 baht. In the shop, prices are 30-50% higher compared to Tesco - Lotus, BIG - C, or 7 - Eleven, but often you don't run into them either. Also on the territory there are 4 swimming pools, a private beach, the sea is dirty in the afternoon, you have to go swimming either in the morning or at night-).
The sunbeds on the beach are semi-sitting, that is, you can’t lie on your stomach, towels are given in two places, they are taken apart very quickly, we took towels from the room and used them. There are normal sunbeds near the pool, but we almost didn’t swim in the pools, it smells of bleach from them.


Tours. The guide from Anex - Tour sold his excursions at exorbitant prices, for example the River - Kwai - 4200 rubles per person. We used the services of the Thai travel agency I. Y. O. - which was located opposite the reception. We went from them to the Sea Safari - 2000 rubles. , River Kwai - 2800 rubles per person, went to the show of transvestites Tiffany - 700 rubles - VIP seats. Park Nong - Nooch - 700 rubles. No complaints, everything went smoothly. I recommend not to delay with excursions, time passes very quickly and from the very first days go to Tiffany or Alcazar, a sightseeing tour, Nong Nooch and so on. The River Kwai is the best excursion we have ever been, Nong Nooch Park is also a must, it is very beautiful there.

P. S.
A bit of negativity from the Anex Tour company - when we flew away, I forgot my mobile phone on the bus that was taking us to the airport, they just brought us late and in a hurry forgot it in the front seat pocket, I remembered only when I got on the plane, I immediately called the Anex hotline Tour in Thailand, explained the situation, said what he came on, said the name of the guide who drove us to the airport, called him back from home in the evening, he said that the phone was not found. . Most likely, they either didn’t look for him, or the guide Marina on the bus left him as a keepsake .... -((