Here we are in Phuket! And here we will stay the whole 4 months – Well, or “only” 4 months, depending on how you look at it. We have return tickets for April 2016. I hope nothing will change, and we can use them. I already forgot when I bought return tickets, all the time without them, it’s easier.
The content of the article
- 1 Why Thailand
- 2 How to prepare
- 3 How flew
- 4 Where we live
Why Thailand
Honestly, this time flew to Thailand with mixed feelings. On the one hand, here it is the native Ty, in which I have not been for a year and a half. On the other hand, I wanted so much go to Europe (tuned in), and for the trip it was already everything is ready: the route has been thought out, a visit to Warsaw is planned, where He could remake Egor’s orthoses. However, if we talk about Egor, then he now objectively needed a little sea, plenty to swim, poking around in the sand, eating fruit. Also failed make a Schengen visa. That is why we flew with him to Phuket
Once such circumstances, I decided to take a pause and a little relax. I really hope that I can also indulge in tropicosis, time in my life (for the last 3 winterings I never met them), otherwise I have completely forgotten how to rest. You know, I have this stupid state, when rest is boring, and work is already tired. AND so it comes – “sticking”! When you sit at the computer, and not you have a great rest, and you don’t really work. I understand my head either work or rest, but I just can not pull myself together. Perhaps this can be attributed to the cons of freelancing. True usually say about the inability to organize themselves for work, but as practice has shown, it is also necessary to be able to self-organize for recreation.
How to prepare
The preparation was traditional. I collected two suitcases of 27 kg each, scattered things around the apartment, bought tickets, insurance, booked a house for a few days on Airbnb, which was booked immediately on month-
This time not to get confused signed suitcases
Some things brought to the balcony
Round trip tickets Moscow-Phuket with transfer in Dubai for two came in 65 thousand rubles. In principle, the price is not the best, but December not the best time for the flight, considering that I bought the tickets for a week before departure. Bought traditionally through Aviaseels. First wanted last-minute, but they were more expensive, but there was a direct flight, for more convenient. But did not have time to buy, there were no tickets left, but for others dates were too expensive.
The visa was issued immediately in Moscow, unfortunately, once. If anyone I do not know, then there is no more dvukhratok, but there are multivisa.
He looked at the Cherekhap; he took Egor more expensively, and to myself a little cheaper, the price was painfully tasty, and then for Europe is useful. I decided to try a cheaper one myself, and then I write posts about insurance, you need to type more personal experience. But, Honestly, I hope I don’t have to use it, I really didn’t want to would.
With housing came an interesting story. Hotels decided not to book since I need a kitchen, so there was only one way out – the house through Airbnb. I corresponded with the mistress of the house, where I wanted to spend 3-4 days, and the devil pulled me to ask if the house is available for a monthly surrender.
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The hostess said that they say, come and see on the spot. AT Airbnb support answered (promptly enough I was answered, and by phone) that the owner is easy to redo everything. I decided confide in fate, do not shake the host about it, and do not crush on him through support. What came of it? Upon arrival, the hostess promised me to return 14 thousand baht in cash (20 thousand – 6 thousand in 3 days), when money reaches her. Here I wait.
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How flew
We flew through Dubai airline Emirates. Loved it Airplanes, service and pre-selection of food from as many as 20 options. I had food with seafood, Yegor has a dietary one. But anyway it is still a bit hard to fly with transit, especially if the first a segment so bad.
We flew out of Moscow at 12 at night and landed at 5 am Dubai Given the take-off and landing, when you have to sit in Yegor was given only 3 hours of sleep, which is very little for night sleep. Okay, I can not sleep for a day, but then he will, or starts to stand on the ears, either turns it off, or these two states at the same time. Therefore, I tried to dospat it all ways: first sitting in the plane during landing (but almost not it turned out), then in my arms (while we were traveling by bus from the plane to airport), then in Emirates wheelchairs, then in the waiting room.
By the way, a very good idea with strollers, because our took immediately to Phuket. Only they are really dirty and broken, one back does not fall, the second wheel did not go, but Maclaren.
Starry sky in emirates aircraft
500 MB of traffic during the flight for only $ 1
It would be great to make money on a business class, you can normally to sleep
Then Egor tried to escape from the stroller, had to guard
At the airport, an hour of free Internet is given, and there are such tablets and sockets
We stick to the fish in the aquarium
Why 4 pillows, where to put them?
At the airport, most of the women in burqa
Dubai Airport, of course, is huge and gorgeous. Greater territory (we drove about 20 minutes from the plane), several terminals, between two from which the train runs without a driver, a waterfall on the wall, a series elevators. But the transit turned out to be boring and not interesting, about any study of the airport or access to the city and the speech could not be however, I initially was not going to. Back from Phuket we will fly to during daylight and not at night, it should be much easier just one day’s sleep.
The second segment was much simpler, the only harder was me, because it had a sleepless night. I was able to persuade in an hour Egor on a nap, and he sat on the floor between the seats (well be small).
Guard dream Egor, sitting on the floor between the seats
Dietary food for Egor
Seafood Set
We arrived in Tai in the evening, we arrived at the house in local at 11 the evenings, while they ate, it was already night. Then they slept all the next day. In total, somewhere in 3 days more or less came to myself, but still still want to sleep not when necessary, but Egor does not sleep during the day.
Where we live
The mistress of the house where we lived by the day the first 3 days, very insisted that we stay with her. Even was ready rent a house for 15,500 baht, instead of the original 20,000 baht (and in Airbnb She generally for 23,000 baht rents it). But I wanted to accessibility to the sea, no more than 15-20 minutes, but from the first house it was necessary somewhere 30-35 minutes, which is far away.
The first house for rent
Now we live in a cool house 15 minutes from the beach and 15 minutes from the supermarket. It costs 18,500 baht per month. More expensive than I would like to, but I did not find anything better in a couple of days. By and large even the bike could not be removed, but I did take it to to have transportation mobility and to be able to quickly drive in shop or somewhere else. I have a Honda Click 125 for 3,400 baht / month. Through a few days I will release a post with an overview of the house.
Our cool house overlooking the green glade
Bang Tao beach in the evening
