5th June, 2010

Today's weather;

Back on Samui again and it's good to be back!

Samui has a nice blue sky with some small clouds scattered around it but with bigger clouds looming out over the ocean. Current temp at 7am is 28C.

Yesterday saw a warm and hot day in both Pattaya and Koh Samui. Max temp reached 35.3C.

Coming back was an interesting experience when it came down to landing on Samui airport. With last years crash still fresh on my mind, we first circled around for 15 minutes due to strong winds and our first landing attempt was aborted due to strong side winds, my first aborted landing attempt and a wise decision by the pilot in my humble opinion, since the plane was rocking a bit.

The second attempt succeeded however and a good 50 minutes later than scheduled it was home sweet home again.

Camille

Amari Nova Platinum, Pattaya

Amari Nova Platinum, Pattaya

During my recent stay in Pattaya, we, my student Sunil and myself, stayed at the Amari Nova Platinum in South Pattaya.

The reason for our visit was a wreck dive trip for some Instructor level speciality training, which we completed earlier this week.

Swimming pool

The Nova Platinum is ideally located, near the famous Walking Street and main entertainment area and shopping opportunities.
This Pattaya hotel has 78 guestrooms, featuring a 32” flatscreen television, a DVD player, free wireless Internet access and an array of modern facilities. Guests will enjoy a tropical garden, a large swimming pool, a jacuzzi and water slide plus there's a small gym as well, next to the pool.

A second building has already been completed and a third building will be completed with in 3 months. This newest building will have a pc in each room.

For great deals on this hotel I can highly recommend using the Agoda booking page. Enjoy your stay in Pattaya.

Camille

4th June, 2010

Today's weather;

Later today I'll be heading back to Koh Samui but for right now I'm still in Pattaya looking out from the great Amari Nova Platinum at a blue sky with a few clouds in it. Current temp is 29C at 7am.

Yesterday saw a very warm day in Pattaya although there was cloud cover almost all day. Max temp reached 33.5C

Samui saw once more a very hot day with a max temp of 35.5C

Camille

June's Kitchen Nyonya Restaurant at Taman Permas Jaya, Johor Bahru

June's Kitchen Nyonya Restaurant (N1 29.759 E103 48.898) located along Jalan Permas 10/7 of Taman Permas Jaya, Johor Bahru . The rows of shoplots are opposite across the main road of Jusco Permas Jaya.

We were inspired by this blogger 'Pauchai' and decided to give a try. The Restaurant & cafe was quite empty during our visit on Saturday night...

The June's Kitchen Nyonya Restaurant at Permas Jaya

I like the ambience! The restaurant is well decorated at every corner...beside that, we were having our dinner accompany with a big aquarium!

Big Aquarium in June's Kitchen Nyonya Restaurant

One of the Decoration of June's Kitchen

Our order for the night :-

1)  Devil's Curry Chicken

2)  Tomyam Seafood Soup

3)  Omelette

4)  Nyonya Chap-Chai (Nyonya style mixed vegatables)

5)  Nyonya Sweet Sour Fish

Devil's Curry Chicken

Tomyam Seafood Soup

Nyonya style omelette

Nyonya Chap-Chai (Mixed vegetables)

Nyonya Sweet Sour Fish

We gave TWO Thumbs UP for all the dishes server by this restaurant!! Especially I like the Devil's Curry and the Fish very much! Even though I haven't taste the Devil's Curry at Portuguese Village in Malacca...

Nice foods serve in this cozy environment made us really enjoy our dinner! We took our time to tasted the meal slowly...and price was reasonable!

The Damage of the night : MYR52.00 for 4 adults and 1 child included drinks, wasn't it reasonable enough?! :)

We will be back again....SOON!

* The above photos was taken by Canon EOS 450D with 50mm lens

June's Kitchen Nyonya Restaurant & Cafe

No. 9, Jalan Permas 10/7,

Bandar Baru Permas Jaya,

81750 Johor Bahru.

Tel : +607-3870368

Location map of June's Kitchen Nyonya Reastaurant at Taman Permas Jaya, Johor Bahru.

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3rd June, 2010

Today's weather;

After a bit of a sleep in today, here's Pattaya's weather update for the day, bringing you a nice blue sky and a current temp at 10am of 32C.

We're enjoying the Amari Nova Platinum, highly recommended if you like to stay in South Pattaya and Walking Street.

Tomorrow it's off to Samui again, for more home made updates.

Yesterday saw a warm and sunny day around Pattaya with a shower at 9pm, bringing with it a very nice cool down effect. Max temp reached 33.7C

Samui saw another nice and hot day with a max temp of 34.7C

Camille

Welcome to June 2010

Welcome to June 2010

June is usually a good month for enjoying some sunny days. If 2010 continues the way it serves us this year in the weather department, it will be time to pack your bags and enjoy your really good bargains in Thailand. Especially after the tumultuous May month in Thailand.

It will be warm and sunny although you may have the chance of a nice shower which will cool down things.

My archives for the last three years show that 2009 saw a good June, 2008 being slightly wet and 2007 being a rather unusually wet month, something we could actually do with, looking at the draught we're having this year.

My dive activities look like low activity, but keep checking my dive blog, I will have updates and if you like to book hotel rooms in Samui or the rest of Thailand or anywhere else in the world really, please use my hotel recommendation blogs, you'll help me out with maintaining all of my blogs by the commissions I make through your bookings as long as you start on my blogs. Thanks in advance!

One thing to look forward to in this coming month is the World Cup football games in South Africa. Being a cloggie, the Oranje or Dutch team are my faves!

Hope to see you often on my blogs and I most certainly hope to be able to welcome you in Thailand, there are lots of good folk still in Thailand that are not interested in rioting!

Camille

2nd June, 2010

Today's weather;

Pattaya City is already warm very early in the morning with a blue sky and thin clouds all over it. It looks like a hot one is in the making. Max temp at 7am is 29.5C.

View from Pattaya pier, on the way out to the dive site

Yesterday saw plenty of sunshine and a warm day with a max temp of 33C in Pattaya. The diving has been completed now and it's time for some relaxation and shopping.

Samui was like a steaming sauna yesterday, with a max temp of 36.2C.

Camille