All of yesterday, I could feel a storm was brewing- the clouds were dark, it was cooler, and the air was humid. It held off during school and I wondered if it would skip Kalasin, which storms seem to do sometimes.
I was planning on going on a run and then to the market to find some new jean shorts (cause I lost those too... what is wrong with me??????) As soon as I got home, the wind began to blow, and within minutes, the rain fell from the skies in buckets. The air was filled with the roar of gallons upon gallons of water hanmering down onto tin rooves, cars and concrete.
I opened all my windows and doors in an effort to cool my apartnent and a fellow teacher Andrew happenned to walk by my door. He was on his way to a restaurant and I said "heck I'm bored, I'll go with you"
We walked out to the street, or what was the street, for the entire roadway had converted into a full blown rushing torrent of a river. There were literal rapids, and cars and motorbikes struggled to push through the flood.
A crowd of Thais had gathered at the front of our apartment to watch the events.
Now I completely love stuff like this. When there is water, I am happier than a water buffalo in a mudpit. I promptly waided in, barefeet and all, and felt the warm dirty water rush past my legs. It was the best!!!! I had Andrew take some pics and then we took a short rainwalk down the street. What a sight we were, two giant falangs, wandering down the middle of the street, clad in 20 baht ponchos and barefeet. A car drove past, and through the tinted window, I could see a girl giggling with her hand over her mouth at how ridiculous we were.
This torrent of water appeared to be heading for the lake, so we went with the flow, literally. A good amount dumped right into the lake and the rest continued down the road, to only God knows where.
Andrew and I had our meal, and the rain subsided somewhat. After, we decided to take a walk around the lake, to look at the damage. About halfway through, the sky lit up in a multitude of colors and then Kalasin went black. It was so eery, being on the lake, in the soft darkness. Being that this is Thailand, we were very unsure as to how long it would take for the power to return. Lo and behold, it only took about 5 minutes.
We wandered back, I found a mudpit and sloshed around in that for a bit, and then returned to Lucky. The rain continued through the night, and this morning, it was almostttt cool enough to wear a long sleeved shirt. But not quite haha.
Ps every time I try and add photos to a post, the app crashes. Gonna uninstall abd reinstall, but for now you are just gonna have to use your imagination
I was planning on going on a run and then to the market to find some new jean shorts (cause I lost those too... what is wrong with me??????) As soon as I got home, the wind began to blow, and within minutes, the rain fell from the skies in buckets. The air was filled with the roar of gallons upon gallons of water hanmering down onto tin rooves, cars and concrete.
I opened all my windows and doors in an effort to cool my apartnent and a fellow teacher Andrew happenned to walk by my door. He was on his way to a restaurant and I said "heck I'm bored, I'll go with you"
We walked out to the street, or what was the street, for the entire roadway had converted into a full blown rushing torrent of a river. There were literal rapids, and cars and motorbikes struggled to push through the flood.
A crowd of Thais had gathered at the front of our apartment to watch the events.
Now I completely love stuff like this. When there is water, I am happier than a water buffalo in a mudpit. I promptly waided in, barefeet and all, and felt the warm dirty water rush past my legs. It was the best!!!! I had Andrew take some pics and then we took a short rainwalk down the street. What a sight we were, two giant falangs, wandering down the middle of the street, clad in 20 baht ponchos and barefeet. A car drove past, and through the tinted window, I could see a girl giggling with her hand over her mouth at how ridiculous we were.
This torrent of water appeared to be heading for the lake, so we went with the flow, literally. A good amount dumped right into the lake and the rest continued down the road, to only God knows where.
Andrew and I had our meal, and the rain subsided somewhat. After, we decided to take a walk around the lake, to look at the damage. About halfway through, the sky lit up in a multitude of colors and then Kalasin went black. It was so eery, being on the lake, in the soft darkness. Being that this is Thailand, we were very unsure as to how long it would take for the power to return. Lo and behold, it only took about 5 minutes.
We wandered back, I found a mudpit and sloshed around in that for a bit, and then returned to Lucky. The rain continued through the night, and this morning, it was almostttt cool enough to wear a long sleeved shirt. But not quite haha.
Ps every time I try and add photos to a post, the app crashes. Gonna uninstall abd reinstall, but for now you are just gonna have to use your imagination
Update- as you can clearly see, I have had added photos. Word to the wise, don't use the blogger app, just access it through a browser, ten times better
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