"Young man, we, Huski, do not deceive Dgoug Dguga," the character of Kuybyshev's name was scheduled in the film "Brother-2", a silent hero Sergei Bodrov completely killed a wheelbarrow. The car is that if someone forgot, bought somewhere in the Brighton Beach area, ahead of schedule died towards Chicago. And the phrase Kuibyshev became truly winged. Why there. In essence, this is the quintessence of the relationship of the former compatriots abroad. That is why today I see in Thai restaurant a menu in Russian or having walked the Russian speech from the service personnel, I try to stay away from this place. Because it will be expensive and tasteless. Or here is an example. In the supermarket in the newspaper row lie two newspapers: The Phuket News in English and its Russian clone. The first newspaper has existed four years and is considered a very popular edition. It costs 20 baht (in rubles - as much). The clone in Russian appeared quite recently, there are mainly the translation texts from the English version - that is, the guys themselves do not particularly bother about the exclusive texts. Take articles from The Phuket News and split these notes in translation (often - killing and with errors). But the newspaper is already 40 baht - exactly twice as expensive. Because in Russian (even in a bad).
In short, this is me to the fact that the Russian man is a Russian man abroad - not a friend and not an enemy, but a source of financial enrichment. Sorry, I did not know about it when we just flew to Phuket. Therefore, when I heard Russian in real estate agency, it seemed to me even a good sign. Like, compatriots will help to find a variant of removable housing better.
View of Buddha.
... a young man named Ilya, who took up helping to find us the desired option (we were looking for a house in the area of 15-20 thousand baht with two bedrooms) I pushed more than a week. He was actively hidden from me, and when I still overtake him with a naive question, as the search was promoted, I heard a promise in response that everything goes well and will contact me soon. "You have a very difficult option," he usually sighed at the end of the conversation. - For such an amount, find accommodation in Phuket is problematic. Now, if you were ready to pay 50-100 thousand per month ... "I quivered in response and began to slowly fall into despair. Because all our budget was built just around the amount that I voiced initially. One hundred thousand housing? No, we could not go for it ...
The junction happened quick and ugly. After a while, when I was once again caught in the office of our realtor, he already ceased to be polite at sight. And I irritably told me that Phuket is an island for secured people, therefore housing for 15-20 thousand here does not exist as a fact. Normal people, Ilya explained to me, begin to talk from the amount of 50 thousand. Meal scene ...
I did not understand what it was. Why did it cost to take our order so that then from us and hide? Hopefully, we will soon give out and set aside in a villa in five more expensive than calculated initially?
In short, slamming the door, we went to the other end of the island - to the agency, which I read a lot on the Internet. They did not speak Russian there, but quickly worked. On the same day, we found a house that was created for our family. Two bedrooms, a huge living room, a small garden in front of the house. 15,000 - if we live there for half a year, 14,000 - for ten months and 13,000 - if we sign an agreement immediately for a year. And we began to prepare for the new school ...
Continuation of a story…
Olga's previous story read here, and where it all starts - here.