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09 September 2013 • Travel time: with 12 May 2012 on 26 May 2012
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A year later, I matured to write a review about a trip to Thailand (hereinafter Thai). We rested together with my wife in the resort town of Pattaya at the Ibis 4 * hotel, located in the central part of the city. Rest period 12.05. 2012-26.05. 2012. In addition to Tai, they were in Turkey 3 times, in Egypt 2 times, the Black Sea coast and the Canary Islands.

The direction was chosen based on the following criteria: firstly, interestingness (in every sense of the word), and secondly, the amount of money (ticket + takeaway). We paid for everything through a travel agency. For 65 tyr from food only breakfast. May is the rainy season in Thailand, but judging by the information found on the net, people relax and enjoy their holidays there all year round. I will say right away that it rained 5-6 times during the 14 days of stay, but it did not bother me at all. It rains for half an hour - for an hour, and then everything dries up.


Long before the trip, I was in an intolerable expectation, made plans, studied information on the Internet.

For some reason, I didn’t want to go anywhere else before that, as in Tai. A lot of reviews were studied, a lot of data was analyzed, as a result of which an approximate action plan was drawn up, which consists in the following: daily alternation of excursions and passive recreation. By passive recreation, I mean exploring the surroundings, walking, all kinds of shopping, relaxing on the beach and by the pool.

The nine-hour flight from Moscow to Bangkok was easy and effortless. There was enough legroom, the food was good, nothing more to add. We landed in the city of angels - Bangkok (the Thai name of Bangkok is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the longest in the world - 33 words). Suvarnabhumi Airport is one of the largest in the world. Inside the airport, there are moving paths (travolatras) everywhere, you don’t need to jerk your legs, you stand and gradually approach your destination, in this case, the meeting point with the tour operator.

The host country - TEZ tur - is, as always, on top. Tezturovtsy - people in yellow shirts with blue ties, among whom was one trans - were greeted very cordially. From Bangkok to Pattaya by bus about two hours. On the bus, we received some useful information from the guide, as well as free envelopes with SIM cards for mobile phones. Communication there costs a penny if you use the services of local operators. You can replenish the balance in almost any store by asking the seller at the checkout to do this.

The check-in went quickly, left $50 at the reception as a mandatory deposit and went up to the 7th floor to the apartment. The Ibis hotel is new, the furniture is good, not worn, the safe is free, there is a balcony overlooking the pool, so we were lucky with the room and the hotel. Still, I read so many reviews about hotels!


: ) There are absolutely no complaints about the hotel as a whole, the staff is friendly, helpful, the cleaning in the rooms is tolerable, the pool is good, the territory is scanty, more precisely, it is absent. But there are almost all the hotels without territory, the buildings are dense, this is not Egypt with its endless wastelands. I liked the breakfasts, monotonous and tasty, the choice of dishes was normal.

Separately about food. Cafes are there at every turn and for every taste - from the bomzhev-unsanitary type to the restaurant-waiter. We preferred the latter (mainly because of the wife), more costly option. For 600 baht (1 baht = 1 ruble) it was possible for two to have a great lunch in a fairly respectable cafe on the top floor of one of the three large shopping malls. On the street, of course, it is much cheaper, but one cannot ignore such factors as noise, stink and dirt. Food on the street is prepared right in front of you from what you pointed at in the window.

Basically, this is the most diverse freshest sea food. At the grocery market, we saw vats with a variety of fried insects, which are a black mass with dry paws protruding in different directions. Didn't dare to try. But in vain! Now I regret. Coconuts for 30 baht, a variety of freshly squeezed fruit juices and smoothies with crushed ice, pancakes with bananas and chocolate, and all this right on the street.

Fruit is a separate issue. Thai exotic fruits are amazing! Mangosteens, mangoes, pineapples, lychees, rambutans, longans, durians, etc. , etc. - everything is just awesome!

Durian. Maybe someone else has not heard of this prickly chestnut the size of a melon, has not tasted its delicate, yellow, sweet pulp similar to strawberries and cream, has not felt its intense smell like rotten vomit? It's impossible to put into words! In the Russian Federation, such fruits cannot be tasted 100%.


What is being transported to the Russian Federation is green small-caliber immature slag. Many will say: “I tried mango, I know what this fruit tastes like. ” To this I will answer: “The castrated bull is also happy, because he does not know more. ” This, for example, is how to eat a sweet fragrant tomato right from the garden in July or in winter, a brown-green overgrowth from Turkey, odorless with the taste of a wet washcloth. And what are the pineapples! Plague! Much of what I saw there, I have never seen in the Russian Federation. Fruit prices are ridiculous - from 8 to 80 baht / kg. We were bringing home for relatives, a ten-kilogram basket full of fruit bought there, which was bought there, fortunately they let it in at customs in the Russian Federation.

The legendary Tom Yum soup with coconut milk. On the first day I ordered in a cafe on the street and was not happy. Some kind of slurry with some roots and a couple of under-peeled shrimp. But only later, a few days later, when we were on an excursion in Bangkok, I tried the very real Tom Yum in Baiyoke Sky.

As a result, 3 plates of this wonderful dish entered me.

Most of the food there is quite spicy, with lots of spices. In a cafe on the street, you need to ask that they make it weaker for us - “farangs”, as they all call us. In more expensive cafes, they already focus on tourists, initially they do not pepper.

A few words about money. Dollars (not the whole amount) for local tugriks changed immediately upon arrival at the airport, so that the exchange rate at the airport is the best. Rubles, and almost any currency, are exchanged there without problems, but it is better to carry dollars or euros in large banknotes (from 50 to 100), for which the exchange rate is more favorable. As already stated above, the rate is approximately 0.95 rubles = 1 baht. All tugriks bear images of the king. You can’t step on the Tugriks, tear, and even more so, don’t give a damn, they can attract you for this. Their king is equated with God, they worship him. On the houses, in addition to the national flag, hangs the yellow flag of the king.

News 2012: one German, while in Thailand, insulted their queen. He was found and imprisoned. As a result, he died a few months later from pneumonia in prison.

By the way, the $1.400 we took with us was not enough for food and souvenirs (they are gifts in the form of a bag made of snake skin for mom). I had to use Western Union transfers, and the percentage for transfers is draconian. However, they didn't count.


Day number 1. We arrived, settled in, went to the promenade to look for excursions. We found it right away, so that there are a lot of travel agencies on the street. Just don't tell me that someone else buys excursions from tour operators, overpaying 50% for imaginary reliability, or what else do they promise? ! A Russian-speaking girl sold us all 6 excursions at a good discount:

- River Kwai (two days)

- Nong Nooch Park

- Khao Kheo Zoo + Si Racha Tiger Park

- bungee jumping.

- Flight of the Gibbon.

There was simply no time for historical excursions.

For all excursions they gave about 800 bucks. I will say right away that the girl did not disappoint, everything was organized, if not at the highest level, then at a solid 4-ku for sure. The guides are all, of course, Russian-speaking.

We bought something from food, ate something, went somewhere else, that's all. Day 1 is over. Well, how's the day? Evening! Because we arrived in the afternoon.

Now I'll tell you about the city and about the people. The reviews say that the city is dirty. I wouldn't say so. It stinks, of course, but in places. But everything is very colorful. Sometimes, in the evening, a rat will crawl out of the sewer grate, devour something and go back. Or a cockroach will cross a huge road. Bars with whores are almost everywhere. They invite you there, but you don’t have to go, they won’t pull by the hand. In general, the sex tourism industry is very well developed there. After all, initially Pattaya was a place of temporary deployment of US sailors who sailed, skewered local innocent girls and sailed away. That's where it started from.


The Thais themselves are very ashamed of this, Pattaya is not even designated as a city on local maps at all. Frank sex tourism from year to year becomes not so frank, they are fighting against it, in particular, on the famous Walking street. If it were not for the huge income from tourism, this street would have been closed long ago, because the laws there are harsh, for example, for sex on the beach, a fine of several thousand baht. A few words about Walking street (it is also a walking street for farangs, that is, for tourists [from the English Foreigner - "foreigner"]). Comes to life only in the evening, bars, restaurants, discos, sex shows, various kinds of entertainment and so on until the morning. Rumble, vanity, neon, and everything like that. I, personally, am not a fan.

Transsexuals (they are also transvestites, they are also men with boobs) are a very common phenomenon.

From the very early childhood of a boy in a poor family, they begin to stuff him with hormones and make a girl out of him, when he grows up and gains money for plastic surgery, he will cut off (or not, this is optional) and pump himself up with silicone. Question for what? The goal is to get into their transgender theatrical corpse of the famous Alcazar show. The less beautiful have the opportunity to earn money stupidly with their bodies. These are the things our tour guide told us.

In general, homosexuality is a completely normal phenomenon there. You can easily see guys walking around holding each other's hands. Old seventy-year-old Germans have young Asian women on their knees. And this is not necessarily sex, it can be simple communication, care, pastime, etc. for money. People live and do not bother, like you and me. Prices in Thailand for everything are much lower than ours, and with a European pension, you can feel like in paradise there.

Thais, by virtue of their religion, are sympathetic and friendly people. They smile often, do not bother about anything, because, according to religion, they have 9 lives like a cat, or something like that. The people are strong and healthy, because medicine is very expensive (they are treated with herbs). Organisms fed on natural raw materials are distinguished by good health even at an extremely respectable age. Family ties are strongly developed, children, when they grow up, take care of their parents. The level of education is low, English has been taught in schools relatively recently.

Here is an interesting fact from the guide's story. One Thai wanted to sell the house to a farang, but did not sell it, because the neighbors did not agree to sell the house. They did not like that a farang would live next to them.

Foreigners in Thailand are not allowed to own land, own a business, hold leadership positions, etc. , etc.


For example, if you want your own business, register it for a Thai, and manage it yourself; if you want your house, build it, the house will be yours, and the land on which it is located is Thai. Any lawsuit between a farang and a Thai will end in favor of the latter. The state supports and encourages its people in every possible way. Pay attention to how many Toyota Hilux pickups are on the streets! A Thai can buy such a tayota for a penny, and then on credit at 3% per annum. Thus the king supports agriculture (pickup after all). These are the conditions for chocolate. There is a list of professions prohibited for farangs, which includes such professions as a teacher, doctor, tour guide and many others. Farang has the right to work as a seller, cleaner, dishwasher, etc. In the entire history of Thailand, only (if I'm not mistaken) 3 people could become citizens of Thailand, and then by personal agreement with the king.

Day number 2.

A trip, or rather a float, to the island of Koh Lan (closest to Pattaya) on its own. (N. B. The word "Pattaya" is not inclined) We left the hotel, got into the Tuk-tuk and drove off. Here we need to make a digression, saying a few words about traffic.

The traffic there is very intense and left-handed. It is difficult to suppress the habit developed since childhood to look first to the left, then to the right. It's the opposite there. Pedestrians do not give way even at the crossing, you need to wait for the moment and quickly run across. Those with children, AHTUNG! Hold hands! Tuk-tuk - a local minibus, is a pickup truck with a covered body, on the sides of which benches are welded. You stop, get into the body, drive to the right place, press one of the buttons located on the ceiling, get out, pay. You do not need to ask the driver about the fare, unless you are going to use it as a personal taxi.

When leaving, you need to pay 10-20 baht / person (you will orient yourself on the spot) and go about your business. The traffic around the center of Pattaya is one-way circular, that is, you can drive near your hotel from morning to evening, if you do not get off Tuk (but this only applies to the center).

So, Ko-Lan. "Ko" is an island in Thai. We found the port right away, we found the ferry in the port right away too. The departure / arrival schedule can be found on the ferry itself - an interval of 1 hour. I don't remember the exact cost, but it's a penny. It takes 1 hour to get to the island by ferry. There are several beaches on Ko Lan, all of which differ in one way or another. Upon arrival at Ko Lan, you get into a tuk-tuk and go to the desired beach (you can find out where the tuk goes on the spot). We chose the beach based on the recommendation of tourists who supposedly have already been there and they really liked it. The beach is disgusting! Unfortunately, I don't remember what it's called.


It is a heap of umbrellas along the coastline in such a way that all of them together merge into one common mass-tent (seen in the photo) with tiny rare gaps. One gets the feeling that the beach is completely covered with a tarpaulin, and 95% of the sunbeds are free. Sunbeds are paid. The ocean, however, is warm and clean, the bottom is sandy. Along the coast, in one continuous line, there are stalls with all sorts of mud for tourists, cafes and bars. In short, we were no longer on the islands, because Ko-Lan is a mass-consumer crap, and it takes much longer to sail to the beautiful islands, of which there are many in Thailand. In general, the theme of the islands in Thailand is one topic, and Pattaya is another. We didn't manage to do everything in 2 weeks (let's say, unlike Tenerife). As a result, the second day in the negative.

Day number 3. Kwai. The most intense and outstanding two-day excursion.

We were picked up from the hotel at 4 am, there were two full minibuses with one guide, which, you know, is not good.

The first stop is the teak factory. Products (furniture, statues, works of art, high reliefs) are made by craftsmen manually from expensive teak wood (photo attached). The uniqueness of teak wood lies in the fact that it does not rot over the years, but only becomes stronger. Both the products themselves and their prices are amazing.

The second stop is the floating market, which is said to be the largest that has survived to this day. The point is that earlier in Thailand there were no good roads and in the rainy season they were simply washed away by the rains. Communication between settlements took place through numerous channels of artificial origin, penetrating the Thai provinces like a network of blood vessels. Many of the channels are now filled in, but some still remain and are used by the local population.

So, there have always been so-called floating markets on these channels. In the place where we were, all the goods are aimed at tourists - all sorts of key rings, crafts and trinkets. And initially in such markets they sold food products. We sailed on local long boats (such as junks) at the stern of which there is an automobile engine with a pulley lowered into the water. A screw is welded to the pulley. To make the boat turn, the whole engine must be turned. Here is such a handmade. A boat swims up to the window, the owner hooks the boat, pulls it closer and starts selling all sorts of knick-knacks to the tourists. In general, fun, informative, positive!

The third stop is the elephant farm. First of all, they showed a mini-show of elephants with the participation of tourists. Those who wish are invited for a massage and lifting with a trunk. I volunteered.


As it turned out later, trunk massage involves a series of strokes with this apparatus on the lower abdomen and perineum. It was fun only for those who watched this action. I was not at all happy, considering that this trunk weighs several tens of kilograms! When I was hanging on the elephant's trunk, I tore off the shoulder from the inside of the arm - the trunk is like emery! But still, he did not regret that he volunteered. Then there was the elephant ride. On the back of the elephant, a wooden bench is fixed with ropes, on which tourists are seated, the mahout himself sits on the neck of the elephant. What to say? On this bench, sausages are worse than pitching on a ship, but funny! For a tip, you can give the driver a device so that he takes a picture of you riding an elephant, which we did. Elephants did not walk along the river, because the river dried up in May, and this creature did not manage to spray us. Elephants liked, fun!

The fourth stop is the Erawan waterfall (I liked it the most from my trip to Thailand). This stop was 3 hours. The waterfall consists of 7 levels, each level is a lake in the jungle with fish that eat old skin. The guide immediately warned those who were going to climb up to the 7th level that 3 hours is back to back and you have to literally run on the run. Of course, my wife and I planned to rise to the 7th level! To be honest, I don’t remember exactly how much time it took us to get up, but we ran to the 7th level by running. Moreover, at first the trail was asphalted, then from the 1st and somewhere up to the 3rd level it was ennobled and wide, from the 3rd to the 5th it was not so ennobled, from the 5th to the 7th level - the trail in jungle with fallen trees and dilapidated bridges. The last 7th level - the most beautiful of all - is definitely worth climbing.

There is also, as I saw, the 7th and a half, but there you already need to climb over the stones, there is no path. There you can already see how a stream of water falls from a sheer cliff. The views, of course, amazed me with their beauty. Milky blue water in these, so to speak, baths, the ideal temperature. Fish like to eat legs. Around the wild monkeys jumping on the branches ...Bliss (photo attached). By the way, do not leave valuables unattended, monkeys (not people) can steal. They hang out mostly between 2nd and 4th levels. Hand-feeding is not recommended, you can get rabies. It was a small monkey retreat ...We went down relatively slowly, admiring the surroundings, taking pictures and dipping at each level. Most of all, of course, we paid the 7th - the highest level. Lunch was waiting for us in the cafe below. Mediocre, I mean!

Fifth stop - hotel on the river Kwai, river rafting. We go down to the river.


Our entire group of 25 people moves to a huge covered raft. This raft tows a boat against the current for about 1 km. Then people in life jackets jump into the water, and the current carries their mortal bodies back to the starting point, where they are safely caught by the organizers. Being in a vest, you can not jerk your arms and legs at all, the water is warm, there are wild jungles around, palm-sized tropical butterflies fly. Exotic! After the rafting in the evening, everyone was recorded for an hour and a half massage of the whole body (for an additional fee, of course! ) Some before dinner, others after dinner. Massage in Thailand is generally a separate issue. Before that, we didn’t go for a massage there, although they literally invite you at every step. The guide said that specially trained professionals do the work here on Kwai, who allegedly come here from some forest village. In general, the results exceeded expectations.

After an hour and a half of intense kneading of all parts of my tired body with a fat secret, I hoped to hear hitherto unknown sounds of my body, but ...I did not hear. They crushed us, by the way, to the sounds of the night jungle right on a raft on the river in the light of a kerosene stove - romance. After the massage we went to bed. The hotel was a string of interconnected houses floating in the river. This passenger train was headed by a floating restaurant - the place of our lunch and future breakfast. The apartments are austere: toilet, shower, bed, overhead fan, hammock by the river near the entrance. We thought that after such a busy day we would sleep with corpses, but the expectations again exceeded the result. A night without air conditioning is hell! The fan above the bed didn't help much. As a result, at night instead of sleep, we suffered. They said that it would be cool on the river at night - a lie and a fiction! It is impossible to sleep without a conditioner! Breakfast in the morning, the food was delicious.

Let's go further...

The sixth stop is the healer's shop. The guide actively and extremely convincingly sells the local natural product in the form of various creams, tinctures, capsules and oils that will cure you of absolutely all diseases. Only each jar is needed for something specific - stomach, memory, potency, kidneys, brain, so for the best result you need to buy them all! (photo attached) We, the fools, bought a few healing jars. I emptied one jar of capsules for the stomach at home, there was no effect, I started the second (it was different from the first), wild heartburn formed. It's good that hell didn't grow on your forehead! : ) So it's up to you whether to throw away money or not.

The seventh stop is radon sources. Like geysers filled with radon gas. Three ennobled baths with a water temperature of about 36 to 45C and a cool stream flowing nearby. The procedure is the following.


You need to climb for 2 minutes first into the coldest pool of the three, then into the rivulet, then into the warmer one and into the rivulet, then the warmest and the rivulet, and so on in a circle as many times as you like. The time we spent with us, of course, was limited, so we managed to make only 2 laps. There is no unpleasant smell, everything is clean, changing rooms and toilets are free. In a word, I liked everything!

The eighth stop is another healer's shop with tea tasting. A long table, on which a drop of tea of ​ ​ various colors is poured in numerous glass jugs (about 30 types and, of course, each of the drinks heals or stimulates something specific) Glass jugs so that the color of the tea can be seen: burgundy, bright milky light green, milky white ...Prices vary greatly, because varieties from ordinary to elite. 95% of the declared varieties are imported from neighboring countries.

For the most part, our shopping was limited to visiting three large shopping centers (TCs) located next to each other in the central part of the tourist area of ​ ​ Pattaya. The shopping centers are rather big (up to 8 floors), on the upper floors there are numerous cafes and entertainment in the form of 3.4, 5.6, 7.8, 9D cinemas, slot machines for children and adults, a room for laughter and fear, and everything like that. Shopping in the vast majority of cases was limited to walking through the shopping center (without purchases). It's just nice to be there - fountains, living sculptures, etc. , etc. In cafes, prices are adequate, but, of course, higher than on the street. The food is delicious.

Day number 6. Guided minibus trip to Nong Nooch Garden (guide accompanied us throughout the trip). We were lucky and there were only four of us on this excursion. A little advice: if you are not going there on your own, but as part of an organized group, then watch everything at once, there will be no opportunity to return.


At the entrance to the park for money (about 100 baht per photo) they take pictures with macaws, pythons and tigers. Parrots (6 pieces) are put on the hands, on the shoulders, on the head, and in the pose of the Brazilian Christ, the person holds these 12 kg of live weight on himself while the photographer takes a photo. The python, as usual, is wrapped around the neck, and the head is held in the hand. Tigers (there is a cub, there is a small adult) are sitting on a bench on a chain (photo attached). They give you a bottle of milk, and you feed the baby from the pacifier, that's the kind of entertainment. There is also an orchid garden with a decoration of macaws at the entrance to the park, don't miss it (photo attached). Further along the course are numerous aquariums with large fish. Then a paddock with arapaims the size of a football field. These are such huge black fish resembling Chernobyl catfish that live in the Amazon basin.

For 20 baht, you can take a fishing rod with a fish and shake it in front of the noses of these monsters jumping out of the water for prey (photo attached). I regret that I used this pleasure only twice! After arapaima, the most beautiful landscape designs begin: flowers, sculptures, lawns, fountains, benches, etc. , etc. (photos are attached). Next is the garage with the cars of the owner of this garden (if I'm not mistaken, the grandson of Madame Nong-Nuch, who is notorious in local circles, who founded this park). So, this grandson had so many cars that he decided to organize a show right in the center of the park in order to show off his beautiful toys. These are mainly exotic sports cars - about 30 models in excellent condition. Looks impressive, of course. Let's go further ...Cactus Park. There is not much to tell here - all sorts of succulents are collected in one place.

Further, tiger shows, local folk dances and something like that, in a word, some kind of muddle with a cloud of Chinese people who are in a huge hall with fans instead of air conditioners. Here I want to be a little more specific. Impressive fans are attached to the ceiling, to which water is supplied from a hose in such a way that when the fan rotates, the water turns into a fine mist of water and it is sprayed over the next square meters like from a sprayer - such a dubious alternative to air conditioning. Then we went to the elephant show. I liked the elephant show. Before the start of the performance, numerous small Thai children rush between the spectators with bunches of bananas, offering to make a purchase for further elephant feeding (photo attached).

In the show itself, elephants play football, basketball, darts, draw trees on T-shirts (then these T-shirts are sold with the inscription “Painting by elephant”), walk on ropes and do much more. The apotheosis of my stay in Nong Nooch was the poultry house (my most vivid impression of the second day). In large numbers, a variety of birds scurry about in a motley mass in a small area. On the same territory, diagonally, there is an impromptu lake teeming with multi-colored Chinese carps. This biomass can and should be fed with special food (similar to dry cat food), which is sold right there for about 50 baht / bag. When you stretch out your hand with food and all this biomass (including carps) is chasing you in the hope of snatching at least a piece, you get very positive impressions (photo attached). Carp just stick their heads out of the water and open their mouths wide - funny!


Day number 7.

We again killed (in a good way) the day for walks around the city, lying around the pool. Due to the low tide and the dirty beach, we spent 100% of the time on vacation near the hotel pool, as the British and Germans always do.

Day 8. Khao Kheo Zoo + Si Racha Tiger Zoo (two zoos in one tour). The excursion is one day and very rich. Thai zoos are not like ours at all - there the animals are not in cages, but in open enclosures, they run and rejoice, and do not lie half-dead in the corners.

Stop number 1 - the museum of hell and heaven. According to the guide, this museum was built in the 70s of the twentieth century for young children to have ideas about the Buddha, heaven and hell. Includes many colorful sculptures of different themes. There is a gallery of sculptures reflecting the path of the Buddha, there is a gallery of sculptures reflecting scenes from hell, and there is a gallery of sculptures reflecting scenes from heaven.

Stop #6 - Sriracha tiger zoo (although Sriracha would be more correct). The Thais use the technology of tiger approval by raising their cubs with piglets. The piglet is dressed in a tiger skin, and thus the mother tigress feeds her cubs and decoy. After some time, the skin is removed and the piglets live with the tigers. And the cubs, in turn, are fed by the sow. As a result, pig-fed tigers grow up kind and fluffy. There is a fun "Feed the tiger". The meaning is the following. They give you a rifle (spring) and 10 bullets, you need to hit the targets, which are fixed on meat boxes hanging over the enclosure with tigers. In the event of a hit, the box opens and a piece of meat falls on the tiger's head. In the same park there are crocodiles, giraffes, roe deer, a healthy orangutan (we took pictures with him in an embrace), pig races and scorpions. Scorpions are swarming in the vat there.


If you wish, they can hang you with these bastards and take pictures from different angles, for bahts, of course. It is interesting to feed tiger cubs with milk from a nipple. A large room with cages around the perimeter, there are tiger cubs in cages, you buy a bottle, put it in the cage and feed it. We spent a lot of time behind this process - it was great. There are also three shows - tiger, elephant and crocodile. Tiger about nothing, even nothing special to tell - lazy cats reluctantly jump through hoops. Elephant more interesting! Elephants show a variety of interesting things - football, basketball, volleyball, all sorts of dances, twist hoops. One of the tricks - walking an elephant on tight ropes - is considered the most difficult in the world to perform. The crocodile show is also normal - a Thai boy and a girl jumped around half-asleep carcasses, pulled them in every possible way and shook them as best they could, put their limbs and heads into their mouths.

At the end of the show, you can even sit on a crocodile for tugrik. What was my surprise when I found out how delicate the crocodile skin is on the back!

Stop number 7 - bee farm. Pollen, poppy honey, royal jelly, wax, propolis, and a man with verbal diarrhea. The general meaning, as always, is the same - it will heal everything, heal, the main thing is to buy everything and more, more! Within half an hour there is an active steaming of products, accompanied by tasting in scanty quantities. We bought a jar of honey - 0.7 l = 800 baht. Expensive, but the honey is gorgeous, the taste is very different from ours. There wasn't enough money for more.

Day number 9. See day number 7.

Day number 10. Bangkok. As always very rich and interesting. We drove for about two hours.

Stop 1 - Royal Palace Like the Moscow Kremlin, only much more beautiful and interesting.

In shorts and with bare shoulders, entry is prohibited there, so I had to rent some multi-colored rags at the entrance and wrap them around my shoulders. There were so many people that it seemed that they got into the store for the sale of the 5th iPhones! At the entrance / exit, the military is on duty with machine guns, machine guns, grenade launchers, in a booth under a protective net, as if they are waiting for the US Army to attack from minute to minute. I would not be surprised if there were still several air defense guns around the perimeter of the palace. On the territory of the palace there are many beautiful temples and buildings of intricate shape (they are called stupas), fountains, frescoes, reliefs, flowers. The stupa, in which the ashes of the Buddha are stored, is entirely gilded, they are not allowed inside, it is difficult to take good photos because of the number of people who want to visit the palace. The Royal Library, which houses ancient scriptures, is also closed, inside a special microclimate is maintained so that these scriptures do not decay.


The library building used to be made of wood, but after a fire that somehow did not affect the manuscripts, the library was built of reinforced concrete. The building itself is very beautiful, one might even say chic - multi-colored, with reliefs, patterns and various statues. Nearby is a copy of the monumental Cambodian complex Ankhgor-Watt (Mortal Kombat where they filmed) on a scale of 1 to some kind ...I don’t remember. One of the kings of Thai ordered this complex to be transported in pieces to Thailand from Cambodia, but the strength was not enough even for one hundredth. The trick is that the Thais believe that this complex belongs to them, and the Cambodians, of course, are in awe of such habits. In general, they have been at war with Cambodia from time immemorial. There is also a statue of the emerald Buddha - a small Buddha sits on a decorative dais made of patterns and gilding, and below it are symbols of all other religions on Earth. Meaning - Buddhism is above all religions.

This little baby boy is once a season, as part of a special ceremony, dressed

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