1st February, 2008

Today's weather;

February starts out really nice, with a mostly blue sky and just a few clouds. The wind, that was blowing very hard yesterday, has ceased. Current temp at 7 am is 27.5C.

Yesterday was a warm and dry day with plenty of sunshine, max temp reached 29.2C and we're all getting tans in the pool during the IDC.

Camille

Naka Temple (Wat Naka)

Yes, another temple... Wat Naka (also called Wat Nakaram) is probably not one of Phuket's best known temples, and in fact even for the people of Phuket it's more of a landmark used when giving directions. It's found on a very useful "shortcut" road linking Chao Fa road west to Chao Fa road east, close to Phuket Town (see location in Google Earth). Everyone knows where it is, but when I visited a couple of days ago I got the feeling that the temple was a bit neglected, an old temple on a new road.



Just over the road is a weekend market where you can buy clothes, food, secondhand goods. Further along the road to Phuket town is the new fresh market (Talad Sot Mai) just before you turn left onto Chao Fa road and into the centre of town. With the markets, the temple and a whole bunch of small shops along Chao Fa road, it's an interesting area for a walk, and I might just be back there in the next few days.

 

Around the walls are photos of local people who have died. Some old, some young, some recently, some many years ago. It adds a certain local feeling and a spirit to the temple. These people lived and prayed here.




And of course there is Buddha showing everyone the path. The image below shows a standing Buddha image with both hands raised to chest level, which is known as the attitude of calming the ocean. The Lord Buddha performed a miracle by stopping a rainstorm and flooding in the presence of the three arrogant hermits. Having seen the miracle, they submitted to the Lord Buddha and listened to his sermon. The three hermits and their 1,000 followers were so impressed with the preaching that they were willingly ordained as monks. You can read more about Buddha images here: Buddha Images.



• More Phuket Temples

Goodbye to January

It's that time of the month again,

January was nice this year, lots of sunshine and not too much rain. As a resident of Samui, I sometimes don't mind a bit of rain at all, it keeps everything green and is good for the water balance on the island. As a tourist, visiting Samui, it may be different, you probably prefer straight blue skies 24/24!

In general, January was good though. We, my family, had a lovely holiday with our trip to Isaan. It was very nice to meet my wife's friends and experience their hospitality and see a different part of Thailand. It was also an unexpected pleasure to be able to drive home in a new car!

Let's look forward to February and that this may bring us lots of good weather.

Camille

31st January, 2008

Today's weather;

This morning shows big clouds moving along in the sky driven forward by strong winds. There's still plenty of blue in the sky. Current temp is 27.5C.

Yesterday was dry and warm with a max temp of 28.8C.

Camille

30th January, 2008

Today's weather;

It's a fairly blue sky with patches of white clouds in it. Current temp at 7 am is 27.2C.

Yesterday was a sunny and warm day and we all got sun burned in the pool at World Resort during the IDC. Max temp reached 29C.

Camille

29th January, 2008

Today's weather;

There's a blue sky with a thin layer of clouds. Current temp at 7 am is 27C.

Yesterday was a dry and warm day with lots of sunshine and a max temp of 28.5C.

Camille

Ban Chiang National Museum

Ban Chiang National Museum,

Has been on the UNESCO world heritage list since 1992. Ban Chiang is the most modern and well maintained museum I've ever visited in Thailand so far.
Having said that, it took us a bit of reasoning with the staff at the entrance gate, to get me in at Thai rates, as already discussed during our visit to Phi Mai on our way to Udon Thani.

Ban Chiang is located very near the highway and from Korat to Khon Kaen/Udon Thani and is definitely worthwhile stopping at. The museum itself consists of only one building, but this building hosts plenty of artifacts. There's loads of information on the web to be found on Ban Chiang, including on the website of the University of Pennsylvania museum.

The archeological site of Ban Chiang is important evidence of a prehistoric population that settled in Southeast Asia more than 5.000 years ago. The population was culturally developed, as well as sociologically and technologically advanced.

The site of this early agricultural community, with also of metal production and use, was continuously occupied for about 3.800 years. Artifacts, including implements and ornaments of bronze and iron, as well as pottery with sophisticated and unique designs, attest to the advanced culture of this prehistoric settlement.

In addition to it's academic value, the Ban Chiang archeological site is also important because of the local community's participation in preservation efforts. Laws were enacted to protect the site, and a museum was established to disseminate information about it. Because of it's importance, the Royal Thai Government requested the World Heritage Commitee of Unesco to register the archeological site of Ban Chiang as a World Heritage Site. In 1992 Ban Chiang was listed as World Heritage Site Number 359, following registration criteria;

It represents a rare and unique monument or it attest to a tradition or civilization that is either active or already extinct.

Outside of the museum are a couple of souvenir shops that sell copies of the pottery, found at the archeological sites. It's beautifully designed and well worth picking up some items. They also sell T-shirts which spell 'Ban Chaing', which I discovered upon arrival home!

As already mentioned before, if in the neighbourhood, try to visit it.

Unfortunately, some of the artifacts have already gone missing, but an investigation led to retrieval of the artifacts and they may be returned to Thailand, as reported in The Nation today;

The Fine Arts Department has sought an investigation to establish if stolen artifacts uncovered following a crackdown in the United States belonged to the ancient Ban Chiang period.

Published on January 28, 2008

US authorities raided four museums in southern California last week, breaking an illegal network smuggling the items into the US.

The department wants the artefacts returned to the King-dom if they were found to be from Ban Chiang, the oldest known civilisation in the King-dom, which dates back to 1,000 BC.
Fine Arts Department director Kriangkrai Sampatchalit wanted clear proof about the artefacts. "We would ask Unesco's International Council of Museums to check whether they are genuine objects. If they are real we would provide historical evidence to prove they belong to Thailand," he said by phone yesterday.

Dozens of US federal agents descended on the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Pasa-dena's Pacific Asia Museum, Bowers Museum in Santa Ana and Mingei International Museum in San Diego.

The raids marked the first public move in a five-year undercover probe of the alleged smuggling network, The Los Angeles Time reported on Friday.

The detailed warrants gave agents broad authority to search the museums' galleries, offices, storage areas and computer archives.

They were looking for objects and records related to the primary targets of the investigation: an alleged art smuggler, Robert Olson, and the owner of a Los Angeles Asian art gallery, Jonathan Markell.

Markell's Silk Roads Gallery on La Brea Avenue was also raided.
No arrests were made, but legal experts say the surprise search warrants suggest prosecutors are collecting the final elements to seek criminal indictments against Markell and Olson, the paper said.

Many objects come from the ancient civilisation of Ban Chiang, which occupied northeastern Thailand from 1000 BC to 200 AD.

"The original location where the Ban Chiang culture was discovered was named a World Heritage Site in 1992 and is considered the most important pre-historic settlement yet discovered in Southeast Asia," the search warrants said.

The warrants allege that the Ban Chiang objects are probably looted because they were first excavated by archaeologists in 1967, six years after Thailand banned the export of antiquities.
The Thai government never gave permission for the contested antiquities to leave the country.
Moreover, importing such objects into the US after 1979 was a violation of the US National Stolen Property Act and the Archaeological Resource Protection Act, the warrants state.
Other objects named in the warrants came from Burma, from which the US has banned imports since 2003, and China, which has strict export laws governing its antiquities.

The investigation began in 2003, when the undercover agent with the National Park Service posed as a buyer and began purchasing allegedly looted art from Olson, according to the warrants. Olson, the warrants say, specialises in Native American and Thai antiquities.
Olson allegedly told the agent he had been importing objects from Ban Chiang since the 1980s and had never received a permit from the Thai government. He said he got objects "as they were being dug up" and knew it was illegal to ship them out of the country, the warrants say.
The smuggled antiquities were affixed with "Made in Thailand" labels, and sometimes painted over to make them look to US customs officials like modern replicas, Olson allegedly told the agent.

Mayuree Sukyingcharoenwong

Los Angeles Times
The Nation

Camping at Mount. Ophir (Gunung Ledang), Johor

On the 23rd Oct 2006, 4am before dawn.......
Groups of the JRPILOTS (leads by 9W2LRR) with 13 cars are on the way from Johor Bahru to Tangkak to having their breakfast. And also last minutes shopping for their 3 days 2 nights camping trip at Mount Ophir (Gunung Ledang).

After breakfast, they drove to 'Gate B' and enter the palm oil estate, about 30-45 minutes of bumpy road, they reached the Ranger office.

The charges as below.......

Once the registrations done, they continue their journey by passing this barrier towards the peak of Mount Ophir.


The road condition is good, even normal cars are be able to climb. Along the road, the fresh air the cold temperature will makes you awake and fill with enjoyment. They took about 1 hour and 30 minutes relax drive from the ranger office to the campsite of Mount Ophir -1200 meter, the telekom tower at the peak is about 500 meter away.

Then everyone is busy setting up their individual tents, table and even kitchen!

You can have total relax over here because of the cold atmosphere (below 20° Celsius).......(24 hours free air-con, they said.) Sometimes it will drop below 10° during 2-5am.......

The activities include jungle trekking for the second day guide by the rangers.
The camp site has a washroom about 300 meters away.

There are 2 campsites on Mount Ophir, the other site is for the hikers. You need to hike from the recreation park (access through Gate A) to the peak. If you taking this path, you will pass through the waterfall and also the famous "Princess of Mount Ophir" shower area.....

But after the 2 incidents in 2007, this beautiful camp site has Close until further notice. (The hikers campsite still open for public) We only can pray and wish they (authority) can re-open this camping paradise to the nature lover!

Related post :-
* Mount Ophir (Gunung Ledang) Re-Open
* Hike on Mountain (Gunung) Panti, Kota Tinggi, Johor.
* Gunung Ledang Resort (Mount Ophir), Johor
* Hike on Mount. Ophir (Gunung Ledang), Johor

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28th January, 2008

Today's weather;

There's a fair bit of clouds this morning but also plenty of blue patches. Temp at 7 am was already 27.8C.

Yesterday saw a fair bit of rain in the morning but in the afternoon it heated up very much with a max temp of 28.8C only, but it felt a lot warmer!

Camille

27th January, 2008

Today's weather;

It's clouded this morning and at 7 am it was raining, current temp is 27.8C.

Yesterday was a warm day with sun and clouds battling it out and a max temp of 29.3C.

Am gearing up for my next IDC, which is about to start tomorrow, updates will be available at my dive blog on an irregular, regular base.

Last night we went out and had dinner at Zazen again and enjoyed a lovely dinner in great atmosphere. Highly recommended.

Camille

26th January, 2008

Today's weather;

There are bits of blue and the sun peeks through occasionally but in general it's fairly cloudy. Current temp at 7 am was 27.5C.

Yesterday was a nice day until 4 am when it started to rain which continued until about 9 pm. Max temp reached reached 29.5C.

Camille

Blessing of the new car

Today our new car got blessed by a monk.

Not just any monk, but the main monk of Wat Chaweng. Father and Mother in law came along and our own small family.

Blessing of new cars or motorbike or new houses is taken very seriously in Thailand and monks are always involved.




Here's the monk painting blessings on the roof of the car, which are for good luck.

This is how the painting looks like. It's done with a talcum powder in water solution. Monks sit at designated areas in their temples the whole day to complete such blessing.

Together with 4 Buddha amulets and a small Monk statue we should be fine.

As if this wasn't enough, we also stopped at Grandma's house to get her blessing as well, since the elderly are very well respected by Thais and having her bless the car is another good luck charm.

Camille

25th January, 2008

Today's weather;

It's partly cloudy this morning with a current temp at 7 am of 27C.

Yesterday was a nice and sunny day, no rain and a max temp of 29.8C.

Camille

Kata Temple (Wat Kittisangkaram)

Finally, after many years I decided to take a good look at Kata Temple. Just behind the temple is a place called Kata Big Rock, where you can find a pool used by scuba diving companies for dive training. I must have been there 50 times at least, driving through the main entrance to Kata Temple, but never actually taking time to look at the temple itself. I must have driven past the temple 500 times. Kata Temple is located on the back road (called "Patak Road") about 1km from Kata Beach as the sparrow flies, further by road. It seems not many tourists come here, and I can hardly locate any information about the temple on the web, but Kata Temple is easy enough to find - just follow the back road around Kata and Karon and look for the sign and the obvious temple entrance.

• Kata Temple on Google Earth



The main temple grounds have recently been rebuilt so much of the temple looks brand new. Lots of freshly painted walls here, and still some work going on - I saw some workers painting while I visited. There is a school here too. This has also been newly built, which can only be a good thing for the kids.




One small building was higher up on the hill, up a flight of steps that left my legs feeling wobbly (yeh, too much office work). Of course it was shut, but I took a peek inside through the dusty window...



Around the temple grounds I found one of the most serene Buddha statues I have ever seen. Click on the photo to enlarge. Look at the face. Serene.



Also while at the temple I met a volunteer for PAWS - a Phuket based animal welfare charity. She was there to feed the dogs. There are a lot of dogs around the temple! PAWS helps many animals around Phuket - visit the PAWS website for information and maybe to make a donation. The little girl below, whose parents were painting part of the temple wall, decided to feed a temple dog too...



 

If you are passing by, in the Kata area, take a few minutes to visit Kata Temple. Every area of Phuket has it's own local temple. Just a few km down the road you'll find Karon Temple near Karon Beach. Take a look at the temple nearest your hotel, and if you are a temple lover like me, check out some more Temples in Phuket.

24th January, 2008

Today's weather;

A very blue sky with a temp at 7 am of 25C.

Yesterday was nice although there was a shower around 4 pm. Max temp reached 28.7C.

Camille

Beautiful beach at San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua

Looking for beach vacation?
San Juan del Sur is the village by the beach in Nicaragua. It's about 40 minutes from the border of Costa Rica and also famous of surfing beaches.

NO worry about the accommodation. San Juan del Sur Hotels are the perfect hotel by the beach. One of the hotel around the charming fishing village - "La Posada Azul
Hotel".
This boutique hotel provide you the relax and peaceful environment. The inn has a large porch where you can enjoy your breakfast while sitting on the rocking
chair. The activities over here include : Scuba Diving, Sailing, Fishing, Exploring the volcanoes, canopy tours and many more! You can books your tour
packages by the help of the staffs from the hotel.
Let's explore the beautiful beach and hotel in Nicaragua now!

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23rd January, 2008

Today's weather;

There are a few clouds here and there but mainly a blue sky is reigning with a temp at 7 am of 27.4 C.

Yesterday was the first day since we left Samui on 11th January, that we saw clouds again! Sure enough at midnight it rained for about an hour and my wife had a fair of laundry outside! It was also Full Moon party time again on Koh Phangan, so the dwellers got wet.

Yesterday's max temp reached 29.3C.

Camille

Back home!

We're back home.

We had a bit of a relaxed morning, since we booked a space on the 11 am ferry to Samui and still almost managed to show up too late for the reservation!

Anyway, we're back home and we're all glad to be back home again, although we all tremendously enjoyed this holiday/trip.

There will still be a few stories coming up from our trip but one thing I'd like to show you is the collection of Thai Buddhist amulets I bought during this trip. Somehow I managed to buy some 20 Buddha amulets plus a box set. Some we bought double, like the box set, to give to relatives or to my Father in law.

Thai Buddhist amulets are immensely popular amongst the Thai people and sometimes amazing prices are paid, just have a look here.

My own collection is growing in the meantime! I already posted about amulets when we visited Nakhon Si Thammarat last year and actually witnessed how the amulets were made.

Buddhist Amulets are another interesting aspect of daily life in Thailand which I'm still exploring myself, so in due time, I hope I will be able to tell you more about them but in the meantime, enjoy the links.

Camille

Budget Hotel At Taman Senai Utama, Senai, Johor.

Impress Star Hotel (N1°36.593' E103°38.836')
1757 A & B, Jalan Senai Utama 1/2, Taman Senai Utama, 81400 Johor.
Tel : +607-5995202
Room rates : MYR38 - MYR68

Dragon Court Hotel (N1°36.727' E103°38.829')
140 & 141, Wisma SHS, Jalan Senai Utama 5/17, Tmn Senai Utama, 81400 Johor.
Tel : +607-5985000
Fax : +607-5996533
Room rates : MYR51 - MYR76
* Breakfast & newspaper included.


Budget Hotel related post :-
* Budget Hotel at Taman Molek, Johor Bahru.
* Budget Hotel at Taman Scientex, Pasir Gudang, Johor.
* Budget Hotel At Taman Putri Wangsa, Ulu Tiram, Johor.
* Budget Hotel At Kulai, Johor.
* Budget Hotel at Taman Rinting, Masai, Johor Bahru.
* Budget Hotel at Bandar Seri Alam, Masai, Johor Bahru.
* Budget Hotel at Taman Sutera Utama, Skudai, Johor Bahru.
* Budget Hotel at Taman Nusa Bestari 2, Skudai, Johor Bahru.
* Budget Hotel at Taman Nusa Bestari , Skudai, Johor Bahru.
* Budget Hotel at Taman Daya, Johor Bahru.
* Budget Hotel at Taman Desa Cemerlang, Ulu Tiram, Johor.
* Budget Hotel at Taman Mount Austin, Johor Bahru.
* Budget Hotel at Bandar Baru Permas Jaya, Johor Bahru.
* Budget Hotel at Taman Johor Jaya, Johor Bahru.

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22nd January, 2008

Today's weather in Surat Thani;

It's foggy like there's no tomorrow, we're on the 14th floor of our Surat Thani city hotel (well, outskirts of Surat) and can't see the road. The sun is coming on hard though and soon the fog will disappear. At 7 am the temp is 22 C.

Yesterday was a long day's driving, we started at 9 in Bangkok and traffic was slow there, it took almost an hour to cover the 6 or 7 km's to the expressway.
From there on we had a blue sky all the way down to Surat Thani, 700 km's! We got to Surat around 5.30 am.

Tomorrow we will be back to the regularly scheduled program, folks. Daily updates from the Samui weather and some more stories from our travels, lots of beautiful temple reviews coming up.

Hope you enjoyed my travel tales a bit.

Camille

21st January, 2008 Bangkok

Today's weather;

A blue sky reigns over Bangkok and it's already 23C at 7 am.

Yesterday we left Korat and before we hit the road, we went to see a statue of Thao Suranaree or Ya Moh.



She's a well known woman, all over Thailand and famous for her heroic battles to save the city of Korat.

On the way to Bangkok we passed an amazing Farm, Farm Chokchai.

It's rather amazing since Thais are not really well known for drinking milk, but not only do these folks at Chockchai have a diary farm, they promote it really well.

Next to the highway are two merchandise outlets and you can buy all kinds of milk, like yogurt etc in different shops. They also have s steakhouse and camping and you know it. A tour of the farm takes 2 and a half hours, for which we unfortunately didn't have time, next time!

If on the road around Saraburi, stop and visit!

In Bangkok we stayed another night at the excellent Legacy Suites again.

Today we're on the road for Surat Thani city and tomorrow over to Samui, back home!

Camille

English Food in Phuket

If you take a look at the Phuket restaurants section of Jamie's Phuket, you'll see that I mostly enjoy eating Thai food - salads, seafood, noodles, curries and so on. Thai food is great, Thai food is fantastic, Thai food is one of the things that makes living in Thailand so enjoyable, but somewhere deep down I think I have an "English food" gene that occasionaly craves an English breakfast, some bangers and mash, baked potatoes, cheese and Branston pickle sandwiches (with thick crusty bread). This gene is mostly inactive, but I sometimes get cravings. I went through a Branston craving a couple of years ago. Any family member or friend visiting Phuket was asked to bring more Branston. I recently had a pickled onion craving too. And I must say a packet of chocolate Hob Nobs would be most welcome any time. Thanks to the web site Nice Cup of Tea and a Sit Down for reminding me of Hob Nobs. Oh and Fig Rolls, mmmmm. Damn, can someone send me some Fig Rolls? Wish I hadn't thought about that now. Got another craving.

Update... someone did bring me some Fig Rolls. Thank you! See here: FIG ROLLS!

Update 2... and somebody brought me Hob Nobs! See : I've Been Nobbled!

    

Now, I know some expats who hardly eat Thai food at all, and there are many restaurants in Phuket catering to foreigners and expats, selling English food, German food, Swedish food, Italian food etc... I am happy with Thai food almost all the time, but this last week I have had some cravings, and have twice visited the Pineapple Guesthouse in Karon for large servings of that most wonderfully English, greasy spoon cafe special - Eggs, Bacon, Chips and Beans. A food so wonderful that a blog about it won an award in 2006 - See eggbaconchipsandbeans.





The Pineapple Guesthouse is English owned and Steve has just finished moving everything out of the old "Pineapple 1" into the newer "Pineapple 2". Finally he got a couple of tables outside and some big beach umbrellas to shade customers from the unrelenting lunchtime sun, so now I think I will be round there a couple of times a month to preempt my cravings. I've just been today. I think this nicely balances the days when I have the local Phad Thai, or a big curry at Mama Noi - and all these places are just a few minutes from work! Well, I guess I'll be back on the Phad Kana Moo Grob tomorrow. That's a real plus point about living in Phuket - you can easily switch between local food and "farang" food. Whatever you want you can get it here!

20th January, 2008 Nakohn Ratchasima/Korat

Today's weather;

It's another blue sky, as we had throughout our travels sofar. Current temp at 7 am in Korat is 18.4C. We're on our way to Bangkok in a moment, so stay posted for more updates of our travels since Tuesday we'll be back home again and back to our regularly scheduled program.

Camille

Day 9, on the road again, from Sakhon Nakhon to Korat, going home

Day 9, on the road again, from Sakhon Nakhon to Korat, going home

Two days ago (already!) was a busy day and we started early. After a bleak breakfast at the Karin hotel in Udon (we had to change hotels since we checked out of the nice hotel and that was solidly booked for a week) we headed off to the Ford outlet to pick up our new car. Unfortunately I didn’t have any internet access yesterday, so here’s my update now.

With a bit of sadness in our hearts we said goodbye to out Ranger Hi Rider and waited for the new Everest to show up.

At 9.09 am my wife drove out of the garage and everybody was happy. All of a sudden we have plenty of space in the car, in the backseats and for our luggage.

We continued on to Sakhon Nakhon and on the way and in Sakhon we visited various temples and a museum, which I will all introduce to you at a later time.
Sakhon is a nice city and we had some lovely dinner last night at a Suki Lao place.

Today we got back to Korat, on the way back home again.

First we were off to see the King’s Palace which he uses whenever he’s in Isaan and we were lucky once more, that Kob and Chot know so many people around here and we were allowed to see the actual palace together with one of the people who works there and who allowed us to take pictures of the actual house/palace, another privilege. Pix soon to come!

Than we were off to Khon Kaen through the mountains, a very nice drive and on to Korat again. This time we checked in to the Sabai hotel, not easy to find but well worth it. Another great tip by Kob and Chot!

Catch you later.

Camille

Another, unexpected day we stay at Udon Thani.

Another, unexpected day we stay at Udon Thani.

First of all, there was no update this morning since the hotels internet service was down.
It was chilly though, this morning but very sunny and it soon warmed up. Mornings in the North East of Thailand bring about cold weather, like 15C.

Here's a view from our hotel room. We had breakfast and left to visit some relatives of Chot.

A short while afterwards we visited the main Ford dealership in Udon Thani. Here's where our not so planned extra day in Udon took shape.

Since Chot and Kob work as insurance brokers for cars and motorbikes, they know the major car dealers in the region very well. My wife and me have been talking for a long time already about upgrading our car from the current Ford Ranger to a Ford Everest. We still have to pay 8 more months before our current car is ours.

However! Chot and Kob and my wife were under cahoots and have been talking since a few days about the possibility of getting an Everest for us, so today we went to Ford in Udon to see what can be arranged. I was reckoning with a 10 or 15% chance of us leaving with a new car but guess what............ Yep, right, tomorrow we will pick up a brand new Ford Everest. Without any papers at hand, they gave us a very good deal , thanks to Chot talking to the owner and we got a return value for our current car that exceeded my expectation.

Tomorrow at 9.09 am we're supposed to drive out of the Ford shop in Udon with our new car!

Normally in Thailand one needs to look for a 'good day' to pick up a new car or house or you name it, sometimes having to wait weeks on an end, but surprise, surprise, tomorrow is by all parties involved considered a good day, even by my wife and my Father in law, so we can actually leave tomorrow with the new car. How convenient!

Watch out for pix of the old and new car tomorrow, same place, same time!

Since we didn't leave the Ford place until 2.30 pm, we decided to stay in Udon for one more night rather than driving to Sakhon Nakhon, where Chot and Kob live, a 2 hour drive and than come back in the morning again.

For all the George's, Rob's and Thomas', at last you guys will be able to stretch your legs in the back seat. It will be also a very convenient car for when my parents come to visit us next month in February, with lots of leg space in the back seats!

Stay tuned,

Camille

Danga Bay, Johor Bahru

Danga Bay is the largest recreation park in Johor Bahru. It fall in the Iskandar Development Region A (IDR). It will be pack of peoples during every weekend evening. I take a change to snap every corner in Danga Bay.

(Total 57 photos)
Start from the begining once you turn left into the area, you will see the parking space of the International Restaurant.

Follow by the restaurants.......

They having buffet every Sunday.......

Beside the Restaurants, you can rent bicycle or tricycle.......

You can have a Danga river cruise for MYR10 for adult & MYR5 for children. But the boat only start when it fill of 12 adults.

Tram ride - MYR3 for adult & MYR2 for children.


Photos around the restaurant.....


The Bay Leaf Food Court next to it was sealed! I think maybe going to have major renovation. Follow by the Amphitheater.

And I reached the Fun Park. But they are still sleeping.....only wake up during night session.





Beside the fun park, there's a RC Racing Car Circuit and Skate board area......


But.....the circuit become.....kids toy car riding area. What a disappointment.

Around the area, you can see 'green' everywhere.......





There's a Dining Cruise available at Danga Bay - Danga Cruise 8. Available from Friday, Saturday & Sunday, 7:30pm-12:00am. On the cruise you can enjoy with International Buffet, Live Band Entertainment, Karaoke and shows.
For group packages & functions, please call +607-2352333.

After the garden, you reach the full series of "Limas House"





In front of every house, there's a special water feature the make a beautiful rhythm.





After this house, there will be a 'Orchid Garden'

The entrance.........to Orchid Garden.













Special decoration stone everywhere.......

Next to it.......the Festive Mall. It's just another shopping complex.

And I found this.......

After the mall, there are some constructions and developments......maybe another year will be complete. So....that's all for now, I will be back to update it till it the 'Danga Walk' complete.

Related post :-
* Danga City Mall, Johor Bahru
* Budget Hotel at Danga Bay, Johor Bahru
* Danga Bay Night Photography

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