"Strange and mysterious Thailand" Part 2 "Hotel and beaches"
I'm dreaming. . . birds are singing, what is that? birds of paradise? No - these are real birds, each trill drags on, a fairy tale... no, no dream, no no fairy tale...
Morning! ) January 1.2019, hooray! slept well, remember the morning, rested and no hangover! )
Let's go to breakfast, where are the people? and nooo! people don't have January 1, they immediately have 2)))
The restaurant is quiet, comfortable, clean (important! ). The food is varied, fresh (no less important! ) and delicious. Fruit is delicious and plentiful. A few days later they saw one of the star aunts, and then she distinguished herself - she tried the soup with a common spoon from a common boiler! (((It's good that we had breakfast. . .
The hotel area is very clean, green, by the pool on sun loungers mostly only foreigners,
territory of Diamond Cottage Resort & Spa
and I settled down next to them to delve into my book. I really wanted the local "stars" not to interfere with reading it for a vacation.
And it’s not superfluous to bask in the sun from winter! ) I warmed up....on the first day I roasted my face (The sun and the breeze did their job very quickly, after the climate change.
Meeting with the guide. They reminded him (forgot or didn’t know) that we had paid excursions (they will be in my story in the 3rd part): a survey (turned out to be free), the evening show "Fantasy", and the islands of Phi Phi Don (Phi Phi) and Bambo (like I spelled the name correctly) for 1 day with lunch. Well, we also decided to add an excursion called Khao Lak, also with lunch for the whole day.
And the main thought began to torment me, so I got excursions, but what about my dream of Thai massage? When am I going to get relaxation? But the soul was eager for impressions! The job is done, we'll have time, but we'll figure out how later.
The hotel is good, peace and quiet, but you have to go to the beach... pulling out your men, stuffing a bunch of sacks with beach ammunition into their hands, in single file, shoveled along the street to the beach....
Ohhhh... again that feeling, again I want to call "MAU", screaming take me away from here !!! ! After the snowy, frosty Poltava, the stuffy, dusty street seemed too noisy and crowded, chaos and confusion everywhere, all kinds of smells coming from every shop, bar, cafe, pharmacies - mixed up.
street cafes
left is the road to Kata Beach
There are practically no sidewalks. Traffic on the road - left-hand driving without rules, I drive as I want. Tuk-tuks and scooters are rushing like crazy!
advanced tuk-tuk
Evening knock-knock
But here is our salvation, a boy in uniform with a whistle and a baton,
Cleverly stops traffic for those crossing the road, it's convenient.
And so, to the left - Kata Beach,
to the right - Karon Beach.
Karon Beach
We chose, for unknown reasons - to the right! (and not in vain) Studying everything that moves on our way, after 10 minutes, slowly, we saw the sea, the real sea! not like in Pattaya, but a beautiful, clear sea. The beach is wide, sun loungers and umbrellas 200 baht for 1 day (I saw the price tag) in a very deplorable state, but this is not so bad, they are so close to each other, apparently to save space. As a result, half of them did not wait for their money.
Karon Beach
The sand creaks underfoot, the sea with a shallow entry, but warm and gentle, and most importantly, with so many tourists - clean everywhere!
The hot sun didn't let you wallow for a long time, a couple of hours was enough....
And here it is a tourist area without basic amenities, people! - Where is the toilet? and where is the shower after the sea, okay, give at least a small faucet, you can even with sea water... rinse your feet from the sand - but NO! )))
Eee, people, and massage? where is my massage? and here he is! - built a little higher... um... how to put it more decently, but you can’t call it a tent... wagons, an awning... from what was at hand, of course, the view is not very good, but the shade and coolness created a good .
Thai massage with oil 400 baht, but we love to haggle... well, of course! there are three of us, so we need for 900, the husband showed three by three on his fingers, the secrets understood and reluctantly agreed. Khokhlyatsky by nature) And as a result, the massage came out good, relaxing, but not very high quality, that is, 100 baht unfinished))) but we realized this the next day, when Thai women (60 years old and small and remote) refused to do 3 for 300. I had 3 for 400 and the quality is on top! they pressed every point, pulled every muscle, cracked every bone from the top of their head to the big toe, and this is super to the sound of the surf! ) I strongly advise against young people - you will look 20 years younger, and this is infancy, but do you need it? )))
the price of a massage, but there is a different price tag on the beach
Rejuvenated, we realized that we need to think about food, since we don’t need to look for anything, there are a lot of cafes, bars, shops of all kinds. Approximately in the middle of Karon Beach there is a small market for all sorts of things.
For seafood lovers
and fruits,
Pineapples are loaded like we have potatoes)
(this is me talking about my beloved) Thailand is just a paradise!
We found a cafe just opposite the beach, clean, tidy, a lot and tasty, Tom - yum, generally yum-yum) and ate there all the days. For three, it turned out from 600 to 1000 baht with juices and beer for the husband.
Various fruits were bought across the road,
fruit paradise
practically in front of the hotel. Sellers clean and pack everything. You also need to try ice cream - they chop fruits, spill milk, everything freezes, roll up tubes and enjoy)
Exchange offices at every step, tour desks even in Russian, pharmacies with Thai jars, bottles, souvenirs one is better than the other, everything is accessible and everything is clear.
January 3, the same morning, the same day....and then, like thunder on a clear day, SMS on Viber from a girlfriend from Kyiv, then from a girlfriend from Poltava, then from her eldest son...
SHOCK! Typhoon Pabuk is approaching the resorts of Thailand!! !
Typhoon Pabuk is approaching
Uh, what are you doing? we are neither a dream nor a spirit! That was panic! this is nerve-wracking! But we were still lucky, just a gloomy day, just a red flag, just heavy rain, some kind of Paduk? we don’t know anything, we’re here - so it can’t be)))) Passed by...
Well, I wanted to finish the 2nd part, my head was full of holes....but what about the review of Kata Beach? It must be seen, heard and smelled!
One fine day we decided to turn left, that is, take a walk to Kata Beach. Going to the left turned out to be even more fun and more extreme (or maybe it seemed so to us).
Here it is, what I offered to smell. . .
a river with sewage along Kata Beach
a wide stinky river with sewage, along the hotels and the sidewalk!! ! these are aromas! (((. . . fuuuu. . . we walked for about five minutes with pinched noses, we reached the beach, and here the aromas are not better.
On the right is not a market, not a cafe... dirt, stink, smoke, flies...
"Feeders" Kata Beach
They cook food (hello the toilet) in the most terrible conditions. . . and what's interesting is that people eat IT in such conditions!
Piles of dumped rubbish right next to each descent to the beach.
The first to catch my eye were a couple of beefy men, tenderly and frankly hugging in front of everyone, and a “lady-boy” in one swimsuit with very bright makeup, apparently looking for, looking for (how right? ) Adventures, arching this way and that way. Where did we get?
To the left, a promenade along the sea, hotels behind a fence and with security (not bad in appearance)
The beach is not bad, a wide, gentle entrance to the sea....and then the sea,
and at sea, at anchor, decrepit boats, apparently tourist pleasure or fishing boats. And such beautiful rainbow colors on the waves - oil and kerosene. Sniffed in short, speaking.
It takes 30-40 minutes to go to Patong Beach, from our hotel, we only saw it from the minibus window. He seemed to me to be very, very crowded. Although the hangouts are all there.
And all the other beach and massage days were dedicated only to Karon beach.
sunset on Karon Beach
