Phuket Weather 3 July 2013

After a night with heavy rain the morning wasn't bad at all and on the beach everyone was working to prepare for the day.

Patong beach gearing up in the morning

Afternoon was ok with a lot more clouds and then the heavy rain started and went for all eveveing

Blu sky from West

This is the left over of tropical storm on South Chine sea two days ago, tomorrow experts say that wind will blow stronger and will clear the sky in preparation to a beautiful weekend. The satellite image Thai meteorological dept shows the actual situation.

Now over Phuket

Private Thai Cooking Class by Easy Day Thailand

Here is our new solution for a special experience in Thailand, a private Phuket Thai cooking class at a local house, so you will have a touch of home stay in Phuket.

Tools are ready

After being transferred from their hotel with a comfortable private minivan, our first guests Edmond & Margaux met our cooks at Kathu Fresh Market to buy the main ingredients for the tasty lunch they were going to cook.

From Kathu Fresh food market

Back from shopping at the local market we moved to the house where the cooking class took place, just a few minutes away, and put the special "easy day aprons" on ready for some kitchen action.

Thai spices - cooking class

Many of the vegetables and other ingredients are very different from those you could be used to, so it's very interesting to discover new things and tastes, learning about the various differences and how to use each ingredient.

Ingredients cards in English

Local restaurants and our expert housewives usually take just few minutes to prepare most of the Thai dishes but in this case our cooks calmly explained all the simple steps of the preparation so the whole lesson took a couple of hours.

Preparation - private cooking class

Time to cook - supervised by the Chef

After taking all these pictures during the preparation and especially smelling all the inviting scents I really was hungry! Finally all the dishes were ready, all looked very good, in fact in Thai culinary culture the visual presentation of each dish is as important as the taste.

Food ready

Congratulations everyone !

Ed and Margaux cooking class - Promoted

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Phuket Weather 2 July 2013

Much worst than expected, the tropical storm "Rumbia' hit South Thailand with its tale, changing variable day into a heavy rain afternoon. This morning large part of the sky where clear.

Blue Sky over Phuket Town

Then slowly in the afternoon more clouds gathered and changed the day into rain. This should now stay for two days and then back with normal variable weather.

MV Sai Mai

Wind was quiet just strong wind gusts before heavy rain, however worst day should be Thursday then calm down to get back to good on week end.
Pictures were taken at Asia Marine Shipyard where our boutique liveaborad M/V Sai Mai is doing end of season maintenance and having a great lifting to make her nicer from next week.

MV Sai Mai in dry dock

Phuket weather 1 July 2013

The month started with a mix of sunshine and rain, the morning was very good with some isolated shower, giving the impression that would be then good all day long. as you can see from the forest at Khao Phra Thaew National Park, also here is the Gibbon rehabilitation center

Sky from the forest

But then in the afternoon more clouds arrived from the sea and rain was falling here and there on the island. Despite this the waterfalls are still on  a very low level of water.

Bag Pae Waterfall

At the end we close the evening with isolated thundershowers and cover sky, overall a good day and we will sleep well at night with fresh air. From wind and beach side not much to say small waves breaks to the beach and wind is a bit stronger only before rain comes.

Storm coming from the sea at Mai Khao Beach

Al's Laemson Koh Samui - holiday package

Al's Laemson Resort Swimming Pool

Al's Laemson is located at the very north of Chaweng beach in a picturesque little bay overlooking Matlang Island.

The resort comprises 79 generously sized villas set in spacious gardens. The large infinity pool is a perfect place to relax with a cocktail. Matlang Island can be walked to at low tide. 

• Peaceful bungalow resort for couples or families.
• Quiet beach location and just 10 minutes walk to Chaweng centre.
• Beach side pool and pool bar, sun loungers on the beach and around the pool. Beach front restaurant. Guest parking is available. A free shuttle service runs to Chaweng centre.
• WIFI available for a small extra charge.

Restaurant

Deluxe Villa

Tranquil location by the sea. Large, modern beach villas. Walking distance to downtown Chaweng. A good base for day trips around Samui island.

Enjoy your holidays at Al's Laemson Koh Samui starting from

3,750 Thai Baht per person

Three days two nights

Inclusive of private return airport transfers (Koh Samui airport), two nights accommodation twin sharing in a Deluxe Villa with breakfast, tax.

Single supplement 3,750 Thai Baht

For more information please visit Al's Laemson

We last visited Al's Laemson in June 2013

More Information about Koh Samui you find here.

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Weather in Phuket, Thailand in June 2013

June took us into summer with biggest moon of the year and high tides, also as usual for the month the strong wind blew from South West bringing rain, big waves and floods.

Surely best month for surf lovers, to see how weather was day by day see our posts here below:

Surfer at Kata Beach

June 2013

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For more about weather in Phuket all see Easy Day Thailand weather reports