Koh Samui, Thailand daily weather update; 17th April, 2011

Today's weather;

Samui is currently making it a habit to wake up under blue skies, today's another one! Current temp at 7am is 25.8C

Choengmon Beach yesterday evening with a near full moon

Yesterday saw once more a warm and sunny day on Samui with a max temp of 29.7C

The 'masses' are moving back from their home during their Songkran holiday and the road keeps taking it's toll;

Holiday road fatalities down by more than a quarter after 5 dangerous days

This Songkran period has so far seen a decrease in cumulative road casualties, with 188 deaths (69 cases or 27 per cent lower) and 2,786 injuries (318 cases or 10 per cent lower) from 2,584 accidents nationwide (297 cases or 10 per cent lower), according to the Road Safety Centre yesterday.

On Friday alone, the fifth of the "seven dangerous" Songkran holiday days, 443 road accidents killed 40 people and wounded 470 others. These figures were also lower than those for last year's Songkran fifth day, which had 521 accidents, 46 deaths and 585 injuries.

Drunk driving was the major cause of accidents at 39 per cent, followed by motorcyclists and passengers not wearing safety helmets at 31 per cent, assistant national police chief Lt-General Danaithorn Wongthai told a press conference.

Camille