7th July, 2008

Today's weather;

It's cloudy this morning with a current temp of 25.6C.

Yesterday was a warm day with plenty of sun although there was some overcast. Max temp reached 32C.

Below are two pictures taking by one of my IDC candidates, Richard ten Brinke, who's a photographer. Enjoy.

Camille




Big Buddha during sun rise, early in the morning, just a few days ago.

Sunset at Big Buddha.

6th July, 2008

Today's weather;

It's almost a perfect morning with a beautiful blue sky and a current temp of 25C at 7am.

Yesterday was a strange one, 15 minutes after I wrote that it may turn into a nice day, it was very dark with strong winds and very hard rain! However, the rain didn't last too long and noon it was nice and sunny again. Max temp reached 32C yesterday.

Camille

5th July, 2008

Today's weather;

It's very cloudy this morning with just a few blue spots around although it looks like the sun may come out later. Current temp at 7 am is 25C.

Yesterday was a nice and sunny day up till around 7 pm when it started to rain for a bit, in typical tropical style, hard rain for a short period and then quickly dry afterwards. Max temp reached 32.7C.

Camille

4th July, 2008

Today's weather;

It's a fairly nice morning today with plenty of sunshine and blue skies, although right now some clouds are starting to block the sun out, current temp at 7 am is 26C.

Yesterday started out very cloudy but after noon it cleared up and blue skies changed the seat a few times with cloud formations during the afternoon. Around 5 pm however it was sunny and very nice with birds singing in our garden. Max temp reached 31.7C.

Camille

3rd July, 2008

Today's weather;

It's very cloudy this morning with a current temp of 25.7C at 7 am.

Yesterday was cloudy and wet until noon, after that the weather changed, the clouds made place for some sunshine and it was a nice day after all. Max temp reached 31C.

Today I'm starting another IDC program, follow my dive blog for regular updates.

Camille

Hainanese style houses on Samui

Hainanese style houses on Samui

In my blog post last week about the Chinese Temple in Hua Thanon, I mentioned

a Hainanese legacy on Samui. Over the weekend, when we visited the waterfall in Baan Namuang, I went back to Hua Thanon to take some pictures of typical Hainan style houses.

Here are three perfect samples of such Hainan style houses in Hua Thanon, as you can see, they're made of wood and typically have two floors. This one seems to be housing a motorbike repair shop.

Here's an other prime sample of a stand alone Hainan style house in Hua Thanon.

This is also a typical sight in Hua Thanon, a few Hainan style houses next to each other, build in to a variety of shops or restaurants.

Here's a sample from a Hainan style house in Nathon, converted in to a restaurant.

Another excellent place to find houses build in this style are in Nathon and Bophud, although in Bophud, a lot of the original houses have been renovated but it has been done in a nice authentic way giving it a modern flair.

Camille

BTW It's 10 am and it has drizzled and rained pretty much from 8 am onwards and there's a rather dark, cloud filled sky.

2nd July, 2008

Today's weather;

There's some heavy overcast and thunder is rumbling in the back ground, just like last night around midnight. Current temp at 7 am is 26.7C.

Yesterday was an all day long hot day, with overcast in the morning but that was replaced by mostly blue skies during the rest of the day with a max temp of 33.3C.

Camille

New update on Chaweng's Pagoda

New update on Chaweng's Pagoda

It's time for new update on Chaweng's Pagoda, after the last update is already a month and a half ago.

I can safely say that progress is under way and things are shaping up nicely.



Here's a frontal view of the Pagoda, the upper part, where the actual Pagoda is located, is getting close to being finished.

These stairs to each side of the building, leading up to the actual Pagoda, are finally completed and I had a first peek at the upper part.

The Pagoda on top of the building. From the outside it looks almost completed, inside are a few bits and pieces that need looking after. The Pagoda has 4 entrance doors and I'm curious about what's going to be inside.

On each side of the 'roof' is one of these mini pagoda's located. Note the excellent view over Chaweng from up on the roof.

Whenever you're in Chaweng, don't forget to visit this Pagoda, the views are spectacular!

Camille

Welcome to July 2008

Welcome to July 2008

We just had a reasonable June and I hope that this coming July will improve compared to last June and July last year.

July can have the occasional rain shower, but it should be short and sweet, cool everything down for an hour and so and then sunshine again. Let's keep our fingers crossed.

Camille

1st July 2008

Today's weather;

It's slightly cloudy today with some sporadic blue patches and a current temp at 7 am of 26.1C.

Yesterday was a warm and dry day with plenty of sunshine. Max temp reached 32.1C.

Congrats to Thai tennis player Tamarine Tanasugarn who as first Thai player ever, reached the Wimbledon quarter finals.

Camille