Today's weather;
It's partly cloudy but the shine is shining and showing off so early in the morning. Current temp at 7 am is 26.6C
Yesterday was hot and sunny all day long. Our part of the island had no rain and max temp reached 31.7C.
Camille
Today's weather;
It's sunny and blue this morning. Current temp at 7 am is 26.7C.
Yesterday was hot and sunny again. Max temp reached 31.5C.
Camille
Today's weather;
The blue sky is back, although laced with clouds. Current temp at 7 am is 26.5C.
As already mentioned in my post yesterday about Asanha Bucha Day, today is Wan Kao Pansa.
Yesterday saw some traces of rain during the morning but after that it remained dry all day long and for the first time in a week it remained dry in the evening, just in time for yesterday's celebrations in the Temple. Max temp reached 30.5C.
Camille
Asanha Bucha Day 2009 on Koh Samui
As already posted earlier today, today is Asanha Bucha Day, one of the major Theravada Buddhist festivals in the region.
All day long there were activities in Wat Plai Laem or the local Temple, which is also for this occasion the major temple with the main event on the island. This also meant that all day long Monk chants could be heard over the PA system.
Tomorrow there's more when Wan Kao Pansa hits town or rather Thailand.
Around 7 pm the main ceremony of the day starts, when people meet at the Temple and sit down for religious ceremonies and eventually everybody walks around the Bot for 3 times.
There were lots of unusual activities to be witnessed, but I guess they're unusual for the non Thais and/or non Buddhist oriented folks.
One of them is shown in the picture above, it shows a string with money tacked to it, as part of the Tambun or repentance.
To get connected with Buddha, people have white strings attached to an intricate woven system that leads back to the altar. The white strings attach to another coloured string which they put around their head.
This looks familiar and I may have shown this in a previous post, but this is melted candle wax which is put into pre shaped molds so new candles can be made by the visitors of the Temple tonight.
Flowers and money are offered before they sit down and join the worshipping.
The highlight of the evening, walking around the Bot for three times. A continual busy location that Bot from 7 pm onwards. Today's weather;
It's cloudy but warm early in the morning, current temp at 7 am is 27C.
Today is Asaha Puja Day, a Theravada Buddhist festival which typically takes place in July, on the fifteenth day of the waxing moon of the eighth lunar month. It commemorates the Buddha’s first sermon in the Deer Park in Benares and the founding of the Buddhist sangha.
In Thailand, Asalha Puja is a government holiday. The day is observed by donating offerings to temples and listening to sermons. The following day is known in Thailand as Wan Kao Pansa; it is the first day of vassa, the Theravada rains retreat.
Yesterday saw clouds all day long but during the day time it stayed dry and there were bits and pieces of sunshine, a great day on the beach! Around 7 pm the usual evening shower arrived and cooled things down nicely.
Chaweng beach in front of Centara Grand Beach Resort yesterday, nice and rather empty.
Camille
Today's weather;
It's slightly overcast but the sun is peeking through. Current temp at 7 am is 25.7C
Yesterday saw a warm day with plenty of sunshine and bits and pieces of overcast. Around 6.30 pm we had our current regular evening shower. Max temp reached 31.7C
There is some major flooding in the general South East Asian region and specifically in China, Vietnam and India where dozens of people have died due to major water problems.
Camille
Today's weather;
Slightly overcast is how the sky presents itself today with a current temp of 27.8C at 7 am.
Yesterday was hot again during the day time, a max temp of 34.2C was marked, but during the late afternoon the sky turned dark and shortly before a tropical thunderstorm blew over Samui for a good half of an hour, soaking everything but also cooling the place down.
Camille
Today's weather;
The blue sky is back in full glory with a morning temp at 7 am of 26.5C
Yesterday was hot and sunny. Max temp reached 32.7C
Camille
Today's weather;
There's a light overcast with bits and pieces of blue shining through. Current temp at 7 am is 25.3C
Yesterday was very hot and sunny, all day long. Max temp reached 33.5C
Camille
Today's weather;
This morning brings overcast with some blue spots in it. Current temp at 7 am is 25.2C.
Yesterday was hot, hot, hot. Max temp reached 34.9C. However, around midnight things seriously cooled down with a classic tropical thunderstorm, which lasted for a bit, hence the relatively 'low' temperature this morning.
Camille
Welcome to July 2009
Usually July is a good month with enough sunshine to keep you happy.
Last year was a bit of a mixed bag however and 2007 saw even worse weather with lots of rain. Let's hope that June's great weather continues, today was definitely another hot day and it looks like the next week is going to be as good.
Hang in there and hope to see you soon here on Koh Samui.
Regards,
Camille
Today's weather;
July kicks off in a beautiful fashion with an almost clear blue sky and a current temp at 7 am of 26C.
Yesterday saw overcast almost all day long with bits and pieces of rain around 2pm. Max temp reached just 31.3C.
Camille
Goodbye to June 2009
It was a good June, warm, actually very warm at times and good weather rules all over. Yes, there were the occasional rain showers, but they were of the tropical variation and didn't last for more than 30 minutes in general and tended to cool things down, which was rather pleasant.
All in all, a very nice June, better than last year, which saw a slow start or June 2007, which was a very wet version.
Looking forward to July, especially if the nice weather stretch from June continues into July.
Please check out my other blogs; my dive blog, my Samui hotel recommendation blog and my Thailand hotel recommendation blog.
If you're interested in diving, have a read through my dive website ook in het Nederlands te lezen.
Hope to see you come out in hordes the next couple of months, to Thailand and especially to Samui, the weather should be grand and there are lots of interesting places to visit or beaches to relax at.
Camille
Today's weather;
The last day of this June this year starts nice with sunshine and a thin white layer. Current temp at 7 am is 26.2C.
Yesterday was dry and fairly sunny with a max temp of 33.5C.
Camille
Samui immigration office, the 3 monthly visit
Was due this morning. Since I am legally married to a Thai national, in this case my wife, I am in a slightly easier Visa situation than non married long term visitors to Thailand. Every year I need to re-new my 'non immigrant O' visa and every three months I need to show up at the Samui immigration office to proof that I'm still here and behaving.
The Samui office is part of the various immigration offices and border check points around the country and any information regarding the various visa on offer in Thailand can be found on the official website of the Thai Immigration offices.
Entrance to the Samui office which is located near the big traffic crossing, just outside of Nathon, on the road which leads to the government hospital in Nathon.
