отельные русские гиды не всё рассказывают о предлагаемых экскурсиях, типа - лишь бы к hotel Russian guides do not tell everything about the proposed excursions, such as - if only to

I chose the hotel from those who suggested the manager (Daria Rybakova - University). This girl was very patient with my requirements. She understood that I was not being capricious, and for her part, she did everything to ensure that we had a good, even VERY WELL, rest.
We arrived from the airport in a comfortable large bus. One problem was that for a very long time we were not put into it. It was very hard to wait after a long flight, because in Bangkok you can breathe only where there is air conditioning.
But, when we got to our hotel and went up to the rooms (we had two double rooms for four, interconnected by a key-locked door - very convenient) - we forgot about the inconvenience !! ! It was great that you can swim in the pool around the clock!! ! Therefore, after all the excursions, we ran to the pool at any time !! ! In the same place, near the pool, in the evening we listened to live music - Thais sang our Russian hits, excellent voices, and songs of the 80s from different countries !!!

The food in the hotel restaurant is very tasty and varied, the only trouble was that I could not feed my grandson, but this is only because the difference with Moscow time is 3 hours - that is, when it is 6 in the morning in Thailand, then in Moscow - 3 one in the morning, and at this time the body is still sleeping, so we had to feed it by lunchtime, and we still need to find a place where to have lunch and dinner...
But we didn’t have to look for a long time... We knew that there were many cafes near our hotel, but the food in them was not of the same quality as in good restaurants, so we began to eat in our own hotel. You can eat at any time, ordering food from the menu - for four we ate for 1.5 - 2 thousand baht (Thai baht is almost equal to our Russian ruble).
The dollar exchange rate at the airport was 30.25, and at the hotel 29.30, so consider it yourself... In all exchange points, the exchange rate is different, but large (50.100) bills are better sold.
Excursions we bought almost everything that we could visit during our days of visiting the glorious kingdom of Thailand. I will say right away that if the hotel guide honestly told about each excursion, I would cut them in half, or even go on one or two excursions, and it would be better to rest !! ! We left for all excursions at 7-8 o'clock in the morning, and in order to adapt to local time, we had to go a little longer, and not for 8-9 days like we did... Our excursions turned out to be almost the same - we went to look at animals for two days . it's good when the guide is very interesting - we, in principle, were lucky with this, but only when we went to the islands - the guides were only seen near the buses. It turned out that we went to three islands for two days in a row and before the trip, when buying these excursions, they wrote to us on a reminder that we need to take a CHECK, MONEY,

TOWELS and DOCUMENTS, but they didn’t remind you that “on a wonderful white sand, on a desert island” you need to take special shoes, because the sand is littered - everywhere there are bottle caps, broken glass... and even with us the girl stepped on a sea urchin - VERY UNPLEASANT!! ! And the next day we went to two islands, which had to be reached first by mini-ways (like our minibuses) VERY INCONVENIENT and CLOSELY, and then by ugly speed boats, which are very scary to be in. There is nothing to hold on to, with us the man badly crashed, he had to go to the hospital. Forecasters do not report storms and thunderstorms with tropical showers or guides do not report them so that vacationers do not refuse the trip and still pay for the tour... I would not force me to return the money, I would rather relax on my hotel beach, which I pleased. The water, of course, is not the cleanest, but much cleaner than "on a desert island! " (((We also went on a two-day excursion to Cambodia. It's very interesting, but it's 5 hours to go, and we traveled in small buses. I understand that it's easier “fly” on Thai roads in small vehicles, but for your money you want to have fun, especially since these trips to Cambodia have both an “economy” and a “premium exclusive” that we bought... In one day we visited three temple, but my grandson (5 years old) and I didn’t even go to the third one - we were very tired, but my children said that the third temple was the most interesting. At the border, documents were waiting for a very long time, and in the city there was terrible unsanitary conditions, an ugly smell. the inhabitants of Cambodia put on a gauze mask, so you can also buy them in Moscow pharmacies if you are planning to go there. Hotel guides only say that this is a poor country, and that’s all...
But we really liked the hotel. WI-FI was also in our rooms, so the connection with the Motherland was around the clock! The territory of the hotel is very beautiful, green, bright!! ! If I go to Pattaya, I will go to this hotel!! ! Thank you for your advice and concern!