Keitai

I got the bright idea to go downtown this afternoon to buy dessert. The sky was black and there was thunder in the air so Bryan tagged along (can’t work anyhow—not safe to stay plugged in during lightning storms here.)

First it rained. Then it rained a lot. We could only see about a metre ahead of us while walking along the subway catwalk and the noise on the aluminum roof was truly deafening. The mall should be safe we said. Then the mall flooded. (New multi-billion dollar “Largest Lifestyle Mall in Asia”…LOL) Weird flooding at that. The ground floor seemed fine, but the fancy men’s clothing stores upstairs turned into wading pools. Then my favourite—water pouring out of pot lights in the ceiling (with the lights still on

Eventually we took the skytrain home to find Pya Thai Road completely flooded on one side (big avenue running under the skytrain.) As for the side street leading up to our Soi—a bit of a lost cause. I rolled up my pants as high as they could go and waded in to my knees. (Best not to think about what’s in the water. Black. Thick. Ugh!)

On the upside—last time we saw a Bangkok flood we were living in a tiny building on a tiny Soi and woke up to find a foot of water in our lobby. This time at least we’re on the 7th floor!

Sadly I have no photos. Where’s that Nokia Multimedia Computer when you need it