Archive for » January, 2008 «

Tuesday, January 29th, 2008 | Author: olombon

Patong Beach High Noon

Located at the west coast of Phuket Island and facing the Andaman Sea, Patong Beach is a 2 kilometer crescent shaped beach. With a long golden sandy beach and coupled with great sunshine, Patong Beach is definitely a paradise for the holiday sun seekers. During the peak season, January and February, starting from morning the sun seekers start pilling up on the sun beds and the umbrellas start to pop up one by one, and by high noon Patong Beach will be almost at its full capacity.

patong_beach2.JPG
sun beds a plenty

There are plenty of activities on offer here, parasailing, jet-ski, banana boats, kayaks, just to name a few, or one can just relax on the sun bed and get some needed sun bath. Vendors of all kinds from selling drinks and food to silk and ornaments, will walk up and down the beach. Many masseuses are set up at the shady part of the beach, what better place to enjoy a Thai massage than at this beautiful beach. If one gets hungry just walk to the many restaurants situated beside the beach, from local seafood restaurants to the western fast food chains including McDonald and Burger King, there are just so many places to fill one’s stomach.

patong-beach5.JPG
colourful umbrellas

Many sun beds are for rent here. A set, consists of two sun beds, a table and an umbrella, price starts as little as 200 baht.

more…

Category: Phuket, Thailand  | Tags: ,  | Leave a Comment
Sunday, January 06th, 2008 | Author: walktalker

Calanthe Art Cafe

“It will be a shame if traditional methods of preparing coffee in various states is lost due to foreign concoction…”

Calanthe Art Cafe

What would it be when coffee married to art? The answer is the reason I choose this cafe, Calanthe Art Cafe at Dataran Pahlawan, which highlighting Malaysia 13 states’ coffees. The art of coffee, or the coffee of art? Both can be done, that’s the beauty of it, isn’t it?

more…

Category: Malacca, Malaysia  | Tags: , ,  | Leave a Comment
Friday, January 04th, 2008 | Author: walktalker

Sweet memories was consealed? Don’t worry, here in Malim, a cup of coffee with “old taste” will discover and bring them back to current.

Old Taste Ipoh White Coffee House, treat its customers with tasty, with nice aroma of the old days. The operator are trying his best to bring back the memories of the past.

Old Taste Ipoh White Coffee

more…

Category: Malacca, Malaysia  | Tags: ,  | Leave a Comment