Долгожданный отпуск long-awaited vacation

I went on vacation with my daughter (8 years old). The tour was chosen for a long time, I wanted peace and quiet and the sea. The manager at the travel agency recommended this hotel: the sea is nearby and the territory of the hotel is large. Persuaded, bought. Pegasus became our tour operator. The first thing we saw at the entrance to the hotel was heaps of construction debris. The mood dropped slightly. We were greeted warmly at the reception, served iced tea, settled very quickly (5-7 minutes). Got a room on the 1st floor. The curtains do not open all the time someone walks by, because there is a pool nearby, and when closed it is dark. They asked to be moved, the next day the room was given on the 3rd floor without question. In general, there are no complaints about the staff and service, everything is great. As for the territory of the hotel itself, it simply does not exist !!! ! Nothing but two pools. The pools are clean - there is no sand or leaves in them, they are cleaned every morning. For those who travel with children or who like to sleep during the day (14-17 hours), when ordering in the note, let the managers write that the windows overlook the large pool. Let me explain: in the wing where the windows overlook a small pool next to the stadium and every day there are matches just at the indicated hours. So if you don't want to listen to the "Spartak champion" this moment stipulate in advance. With regards to food: the food is good, there is plenty to choose from, rice, noodles, soups, muesli, salads, yogurt, scrambled eggs, eggs, sausages, bacon, cheeses, sausages, lots of fruits and fresh juices, buns, etc. - swedish table. We all liked it very tasty. There is a small nuance - food cannot be taken to the room !! ! Those who get up early to eat can walk 2 times no one looks, though they gave coupons upon check-in and never asked them. There is a huge minus - NO RUSSIAN CHANNEL !!! ! so you can safely take books with you, it gets dark early at about 19-00 and there is nothing to do before going to bed. If you want to go out to sit just "breathe the air, admire the stars" either a balcony or go towards the cafe and the sea. From the room to the sea it took 3-4 minutes, the sea is clean, the sunbeds are paid 100 baht, they took towels from the hotel and lay down on the sand, it didn’t bother, the beach is clean, the sand is almost white and it sings right under your feet. We ate in a cafe to the left of the hotel (if you stand with your back to it. In Halle Hallo, Best frends, and the next one there is something about a bounty. But if you walk up the street above, then opposite the Dino Park there is a "Steak House" there and it's tastier and cheaper and the portions are very large, my daughter and I took 1 for two, and even there, when ordering the main course, salads are free. And it’s better to take drinks (juices, beer and gas, water) in stores, it’s much cheaper and they are allowed in cafes without any problems. All their drinks in cafes and restaurants, if with ice, are much cheaper than just without ice (for example, an hour with ice is 70 baht, and without ice it goes over a hundred). If you go further along this street to the crossroads, there will be a semicircular leather shop, you will not pass by, you will see. Here you can buy handbags from a snake, a crocodile (from 2800 to 56.000 baht), wallets (a stingray, a crocodile, a snake from 550 and 5000), shoes. If from it to the left up the street, then on the left side there is another leather shop nearby. shoes, there snake flip flops can be bought for 1000 baht and more expensive of course. And a little higher up the street, but on the other side, there is a souvenir magician, there are very cheap souvenirs hanging on the end wall of the sink with elephants, figurines of elephants, Buddha, monkeys, candles, frogs, you won’t find it cheaper, but you have to bargain everywhere, for example the price is 350 you say “oh no it’s expensive and call 100, it’s no no 250, you no no 120” like this. If you walk along this street up to the traffic light, and from it to the right about 1 km, then there will be a fruit market: pineapples 25 butt ripe - yellow, well, etc. (For those who want to take fruit home, do not be afraid to take it in your hand luggage in special baskets, you will see it at every fruit shop, if you are lucky in your luggage, everything will turn around, there is a sad experience and no matter what the guide says They also have a night bazaar that works only on weekends where you can buy very cheap things (for example, a men's white shirt in pure cotton 100-150 baht, but bargaining starts at 800). 2 days, not to convey how cool , a little expensive of course (adult 8000 child 6500. but there is all inclusive fruits, cocktails for adults, meals in restaurants, the main group is only Russians and the guide we got was cool, the company was the Joy Dive guide's name was Lyuba. Just well done), they did not regret it, I also advise you not to risk the islands with a matryoshka. For those who go to see James Bond, they sell souvenirs and all sorts of trinkets DO NOT TAKE cheaper in Phuket. But if you like something, bargain until the last. I took 4 shells. The initial price was 12.000 after the auction, and we bargained for a long time, I tried to leave a couple of times, but they caught me by the hand, I bought it for 700 baht. Phi Phi did not buy anything at all. And then I found shells in Jungle Ceylong for 200 baht per piece. Those who went on a one-day exc. less impressions were brought to the islands. We went to the Fantasy show ourselves, but I don’t advise you to go on a safari at all - it sucks. We bought it from a Pegasus, but ended up with Indians and Japanese, and as a result, the conversation is all in English, since I understand the basics and can say almost everything, but I don’t understand many specific words, but even this is not the main thing, the program itself is crazy: 15 minutes of an elephant show, 15 monkey shows (although what kind of shows are there, this is a show in our circuses, and there is a farce and 15 minutes of riding elephants in a circle). You can’t take photos, they sell their own there for 500 baht in a cardboard frame, and 900 baht in a framed book, but it’s not even scary, but the fact that our group waited for their turn everywhere under the sun for 25-30 minutes. We tried with a matryoshka at Khao Sok, this is their local park (I highly recommend it to everyone !!! ) so they couldn’t get a group, again we went with Pegasus. What else? Oh, yes, when we were taken on a sightseeing tour of the island, they brought us to a latex factory, where the managers, well done, sold pillows to everyone, and they are not at all cheap, the daughter, as it stuck, buy and buy a toy pillow (2700 discount, whoever was with the children bought everything) , and I had two children, I had to take two, minus 5400 from the budget, and so adults grabbed pillows for themselves, so read about them in advance on the Internet and plan to take them or not. Then there was a snake farm - we liked the show, and then, as per the scenario, a money scam. Here is the presentation of our products and away we go…. A hole in the budget for another $400. Then I regretted 100 times that I bought it and there was nothing to do. But we did not see anything interesting on the excursion and there was little that was useful that we learned. So for those who are easily "inspired" it is better not to travel, not to take money, they all and everything are sold on credit at the hotel. About trips around the island - we united, took a tuk-tuk and went: to the zoo, water park, orchid garden and of course shopping. Were in TESCO LOTUS, Jungle Ceylong, Big C. In the first and third there are a lot of cheap clothes for children: T-shirts from 99 to 270 baht. , sundresses for girls 300-350, we bought a suitcase there on wheels with a retractable handle for 200 baht, then we stuffed everything into it. I bought there myself clogs of leather, of course, but they look very nice, not like ours for 230 baht. To the husband of a shirt 100 cotton 350 - quality a class. Well, etc. But in Jungle, it’s fashionable to buy Italian clothes cheaper than ours by 2 times, but accordingly, prices there start at 1000 baht. If you go to the fountains and the ship, then on the square they sell all those souvenirs that are on the islands, baubles, beads, fangs on the neck, shells. We even saw 11 bracelets for 300 baht. You have to go there for the whole day, otherwise you won’t miss half of it, there is not one entrance and there is not one building, there is a central Robinson department there, and there is another one from the caraber past the SUBWAY restaurant on the bridge, then to the right past the entrance to the hotel and a little further the entrance to the department to a local brand store. By the way, where Robinson has a department with shoes, cheap and cool, just super. Well, okay, it's fashionable to write for hours. For those who want peace, silence and the sea, you can go to this hotel, it is well located, everything is near it, the sea and cafes and shops, but by and large, nothing is needed.