At the beginning of the new year, we celebrated in Nakhon Sri Thammarat. The first day if the year it rained, very relaxing. But the rain didn't stop for three days. The amount of rain that fell created so much flooding, the government declared the area a national disaster zone.
Here is a news link associated with the area we were cycling in.
http://www.topix.com/th/nakhon-si-thammarat (link above found on this site)
We didn't realize, and we were on bikes. At our first break from the rain, a woman told us we should, 'stay in the town, that the flooding could get bad.' We decided to try our luck. We read later that the hospital in that small town had flooded, along with many other buildings and roads. We're glad we left. It was all very exciting at first when you cycle up to your knees in dark, murky water, but the novelty wears off very quickly. In fact, after crossing roads that were fully submerged, we decided we had tested our luck enough, and bailed about 35 km short of our original destination. It's very hard to put down in words the emotions swirling around in our heads were, but apprehension, excitement, concern and curiosity were among them. In the end, we luckily avoided the worst of the flooding.
With the violence in the southern provinces and flooding just north of them, the first 7-10 days in Thailand have been very interesting. We are lucky to have gotten out of it so safely, others were not so lucky.
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| Matt on a road we wished to cross, we bailed immediatley after this photo was taken. |
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| Outside our hotel room, this is a driveway. |
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| Locals affected by the flood, if you look closely, there's a guy in a fishing boat. Short commute to work, eh? |
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| Water under the, just water under the bridge...barely |
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