Tales from Thailand and beyond: Rainy Day....and both good and bad ideas

A few Saturdays ago I really needed to go to the store to get food and somethings for one of the ministries I am involved in after school. It had been raining off and on for about 24 hours, but there was a little break and I biked to the main road to get a songtaew (public transportation) to the store. About half way to the road I realized that I was going to have to bike down the yellow dotted line to keep from getting wet. The roads are higher in the middle and either side was covered with water. This was a good idea.

I got to the store and it started to rain! Perfect timing! I decided to be a good roommate and buy laundry soap- good idea or bad idea this remained to be seen. I also had to buy poster size paper which was not rolled up. Before I went to get a songtaew back home (it had stopped raining) I remembered that I had little hair clips on my bag, so I was able to take out my hair tie and put my hair up in the clips. This freed the hair tie to act as a rubber band for the poster paper a good idea!

I got a songtaew back to the road and by now it looks like it might start to rain, so I was hurrying with my two bags to get to my bike. A dad and son from school asked if I wanted a ride, I said no, because I had my bike and wanted to get it back home. They mentioned the road was flooded to which I replied..."yep I rode through it earlier" (ummm it had rained while I was at the store...forgot that!).

Got on my rain poncho-good idea and started biking. Suddenly I was biking through at least 6 inches of water even in the middle of the road. Buying laundry soap- bad idea- I knew that if a car tried to drive by me I would fall over in the waves they would create. I got off my bike and walked it on the sidewalk that was only 2/3 inches covered in water. Good idea