Первый и единственный раз First and only time

Were with a friend in Tunisia, Sousse - the most fashionable port of El Kantaua. Hotel 4 stars Hauria Palace. In Tunisia, both were for the first time, according to the stories of colleagues (ladies), everything is super duper - almost Turkey.
The tour operator dissuaded me, since I’m a friend, by the way, I recommend Golden Tour Vika), no experiments are needed, the hotel is not crowded, they just started letting Russians in, but we insisted on it! The photos on the Internet are beautiful.
Departure was early in the morning, as expected, from Domodedovo. We flew to Siberia, the plane was delayed for an hour + to fly 4. Exhausted, we arrived at the airport. Driving to the hotel added little optimism - through garbage dumps and construction sites (oh, horror! And what's next if tourists are being transported through IT).
Photos on the Internet do not match what they show by 70 percent.

The hotel is not large - 3 floors. There is a TV in the room - there are no Russian channels, no shampoo, the bedspread on the bed is in large smudges (it must have been just knocked out), the curtain smells of dust, not fresh and somehow sticky. One lamp is broken, the bathtub is stained with dirt. And the most funny thing: in the closet, where things were supposed to be on the shelves, a layer of dust the size of a finger! - settled.
They don’t speak Russian at the reception. And practically, they don’t speak anywhere. The hotel’s restaurant is pipets. When I saw sauerkraut and carrots instead of salad, I almost burst into tears of joy. But you won’t see such delicious melons and watermelons with peaches in Moscow!
In general, you will not die of hunger, but there is nothing tasty. Red and white wine is sour. You can drink beer. She regretted that she had not brought alcohol with her, it was too boring to rest. The room was cleaned badly even for a tip (we were 12 days), and then they stopped altogether. Linen changed once, Constantly forgot to put washed towels and single-layer toilet paper. When asked by the maid why they didn’t change the towel, she replied that she SNOWED IT !!! ! And shrugged her shoulders and returned it back.
Go to the beach for about 15 minutes, across the road, then to the left, through 4 or 5 other beaches. The sea is clean, the sand is white, the water in the sea is boiling water. This is probably the only thing I liked.
The person who serves the beach earns money by putting towels on sunbeds close to the sea in the early morning, and says to tourists who come early to take places that the places have already been taken. And then he sells these places for two dollars!! ! The name of this abomination is Jean Claude. We argued with him for a long time, and he called us names.
Yes! A smelly old nag drives to the beach, on a broken-down cart. Sometimes, an old air mattress is tied to her ass, which did not crap on the road.

If you change money in Tunisia, change it in your hotel or in state banks, in another hotel the boy at the reception wanted to charge us 30 dollars for the exchange. Any currency goes, but it is more profitable to carry dollars - they are used to them. And bargain for everything. They cheat everywhere. In no case do not take gold and silver in the markets and stalls - this is copper with a coating. We hit 1000 bucks, with difficulty, we returned half. Jewelery can be bought at fixed price stores, be sure to look for a sample. But this 18 carat gold is quite expensive.
Hookahs must be taken apart. Collected are souvenirs, they cannot be used. Buy excursions on the street, it's much cheaper there. Do not listen to the guides, these Belarusian Moldovans lie and do not blush, especially shopping centers. Spa treatments, real 900 dollars for 10 days in a special center. The rest is all money-squeezing and unsanitary conditions.
There is nothing to do with children in Khauria itself, but there is a large amusement park nearby. Money is everything. The water park does not belong to the hotel. Disco empty, animation in German and English, and not interesting
Clothes and leather handicraft shit. You can bring ceramics, masks made from sea mud and algae, they are quietly sold there. Carpets are good, but expensive. Go shopping in the old city of the Medina, although there are many shops in the port itself.
You can write for a long time, describing your feelings from this country. They are still far from the development of tourism. In a word, Uzbekistan 15 years ago.
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