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Today we just wanted to get for a while, have dry soil under our feet and do some basic shoppings at The Mall Ngamwongwan in Nonthaburi. As you can see, the waterlevel at Sanoe Loi is still high, waist-deep to say the least. In our village in The Emerald Park 2 I notice the waterlevel is dropping but we still have water inside our house.
Well take a look and see for yourself..
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Yesterday Paung's friend called and asked if we could come to help them move their furniture from upstairs to downstairs. The waterlevel in their village went down a bit more and thus groundfloor is free of water. We had to travel from our village The Emeral Park 2 to their village Lapawan 15 which is about 13 miles away from here. We managed to find a guy with a boat willing to bring us. The area all around here is still completely flooded. I recorded a bit of video of our trip down there.
When we arrived there the water in the streets in the village was still knee-deep but their house was indeed dry inside. While we travelled there in the meantime Paung's friend had decided to postpone moving the furniture a bit because their are afraid the waterlevel might rise again for some odd reason. We stayed for while and headed back around 6pm. In Thailand it gets dark between half 6 and 7pm. Another reason to head back was our 3 dogs which we leave outside on the balcony when we are away from home.
We left Paung's friends' home and their stephsister accompanied us because her mom's house in The Emerald Park 2. We waded through the water in Lapawan 15 and hoped to cath a boat just outside the village entrance. I noticed darkness started to set in and you don't want to find yourself wading through the water at nighttime. A number of crocodilefarms in were flooded and quite a lot of crocodiles managed to escape from the farms. In Bang Bua Thong alone people caught about 6 or 8 and killed about 2 already. The biggest one was about 4 metres long!
Exactly that I was afraid of happened.. No we didn't have an encounter with one of these fierce animals, however as villages are 1-2 miles away from eachother with grassland and ricefields in between, you never know what can be hiding in the water. As we were wading through the dark waters in the streets of Lapawan 9, a boat with an engine approached. It actually was a private boat and the owners just came back home from a little trip. We asked if they could be so kind to bring us to The Emerald Park 2, which was still about 9 miles away. To our joy they agreed and so we hopped in and arrived back in our own village in about 15 minutes.
Here are some video's and pictures.
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After we went out for a boattrip to another flooded village, we came back in our own village. Our dogs are always on the lookout and waiting for us. Where could they have a better spot than on the high balcony!
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On the roofs of the bloch where our house in Bang Bua Thong is in, we heard the cries of a cat. The cat founds its way to our balcony and kept crying. Actually I think it is a dog in cat's clothes because it eats dogfood! Most people around here left their homes and oerhaps this cat is abandonned. Especially during times like this with floodings and all, also animals are in need and whenever where we can help out, we should. The cat has a new name, by its looks we called it "Latté".
Below are photos of our temporary new friend.
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Thailand is going through the worst floods since 50 years ago. My fiancee lives in Bang Bua Thong which is badly hit by the floods. I arrived on Wednesday October 26 and met up with Paung at The Mall Ngamwongwan. Together we travelled to Bang Bua Thong, at least that was our plan. When it was our turn to get a taxi and Paung asked can you take us to the Bang Pu intersection, all the taxidrivers' heads said 'No Way'. Luckily a minibus was going that direction and we could hop in. As I came fdirectly from the airport, I was carrying a laptopbag and a suitcase. The suitcase weigehd about 22kilo. When we crossed a bridge over the Chao Praya river, I could clearly see how high the waterlevel was, never seen it this high ever before. We were dropped off at the Bang Pu intersection and there Paung called the taxiboat. Outside it was quite busy with people who all needed to go direction Bang Bua Thong. Paung say: 'Look, the water is there already!' and as far as I could see, Bang Kruai - Sai Noi Road was not the street I remember from earlier visits. It turned into a 2-way canal. With people in boat, some on jetskis, on bamboo rafts and all other possible floating objects. We had to walk through the water for about 200 metres to wait at the meetingpoint with our taxiboat. That wasn't a real pleasure carrying a 22kilo suitcase on top of my head and at the same time watching where I was going to put my feet. At some stage the taxiboat finally arrived, it was getting dark quickly, and took us to Chonlada. Never before I felt it was taking ages to get there. Normally by taxi it takes about 10 minutes. This time it took at least half an hour. I couldn't believe what I was seeing, all buildings standing in the water, cars nearly fully submerged in the water, I could just spot the roofs. We arrived at the little bridge crossing the canal before we entered the area where we normall go to the market and 7Eleven, everything completely inundated. A small boat, without an engine this time, took us to The Emerald Park 2, where our house is. We finally made it to our house and I was happy to see it again, even in the current condition.
I brought an inflatabe boat with me which I bought in Holland. This was a request from Paung and now I understand why she wasn't joking! A boat is the only to get around here at the moment. On Friday October 28 we took the boat and went to see a friend of ours who lives in Lappawan 10. Normally by motorbike tho get there only take between 5 and 10 minutes. By boat it took us nearly an hour! Mere to the fact that we were going upstream.
Below are some pictures I took during our trip to Lappawan 10.
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Thailand is going through the worst since 50 years ago. My fiancee lives in Bang Bua Thong which is badly hit by the floods. I arrived on Wednesday October 26 and met up with Paung at The Mall Ngamwongwan. Together we travelled to Bang Bua Thong, at least that was our plan. When it was our turn to get a taxi and Paung asked can you take us to the Bang Pu intersection, all the taxidrivers' heads said 'No Way'. Luckily a minibus was going that direction and we could hop in. As I came fdirectly from the airport, I was carrying a laptopbag and a suitcase. The suitcase weigehd about 22kilo. When we crossed a bridge over the Chao Praya river, I could clearly see how high the waterlevel was, never seen it this high ever before. We were dropped off at the Bang Pu intersection and there Paung called the taxiboat. Outside it was quite busy with people who all needed to go direction Bang Bua Thong. Paung say: 'Look, the water is there already!' and as far as I could see, Bang Kruai - Sai Noi Road was not the street I remember from earlier visits. It turned into a 2-way canal. With people in boat, some on jetskis, on bamboo rafts and all other possible floating objects. We had to walk through the water for about 200 metres to wait at the meetingpoint with our taxiboat. That wasn't a real pleasure carrying a 22kilo suitcase on top of my head and at the same time watching where I was going to put my feet. At some stage the taxiboat finally arrived, it was getting dark quickly, and took us to Chonlada. Never before I felt it was taking ages to get there. Normally by taxi it takes about 10 minutes. This time it took at least half an hour. I couldn't believe what I was seeing, all buildings standing in the water, cars nearly fully submerged in the water, I could just spot the roofs. We arrived at the little bridge crossing the canal before we entered the area where we normall go to the market and 7Eleven, everything completely inundated. A small boat, without an engine this time, took us to The Emerald Park 2, where our house is. We finally made it to our house and I was happy to see it again, even in the current condition.
I brought an inflatabe boat with me which I bought in Holland. This was a request from Paung and now I understand why she wasn't joking! A boat is the only to get around here at the moment. On Friday October 28 we took the boat and went to see a friend of ours who lives in Lappawan 10. Normally by motorbike tho get there only take between 5 and 10 minutes. By boat it took us nearly an hour! Mere to the fact that we were going upstream.
Below are some pictures I took during our trip to Lappawan 10.
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These ladies are our Thai teachers at 'Wat Buddharama' in Waalwijk city in the province of Noord Brabant.
From left to right:
Khun Noek, Khun Nong, Khun Toi.
This is about the only Thai Temple in The Netherlands, where it is possible to follow language classes if you are interested in learning the Thai language. Not only Thai language is taught, you will also learn must know facts about Thai culture.
For more information:
The Buddharama Temple, aim and history http://bit.ly/oOTWtw
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