Hiya, been without internet. We're without water at the moment as well.
We had an amazing thunderstorm the other night. It was so unbelievably loud, and the lightening rather than being fork, was blanket, which lit up an eerie and sharply silhouetted panorama. Everything seemed more animated. It was as if the trees had nearly been caught out mid stride and were acting frozen just long enough for the flash to dissipate . Sometimes it was brighter than day. On some of the more intense flashes I felt an urge to turn away, as if witnessing an atomic explosion. It felt so violent and electrical that it didn't seem natural. It felt like an intimidating show of power. The amount of water that fell out the sky defied belief. The noise of it hitting all the corrugated tin roofs sounded more like gravel being shovelled on to them. It lasted until the early hours.
10/10 for audio and 10/10 for visual and no CGI in sight, unless you believe in the simulated universe theory.
I hired a bike and cycled to Don khone. The typical 70's style girls bike with the basket. After walking everywhere, recently, it felt like time travel.
You cross from Dondet to Don Khone over an old, arched bridge. If I remember correctly, it was for the railway from the French occupation. I carried on to Somphamit, which is a pretty cool waterfall mixed in with a set of surging, snaking rapids. I worked my way, rockhopping, down to a set of rapids and sat next to them just to feel the energy, which again, was loud, violent abandon.
A powerful display of 'don't F**k with me. Don't even get in my way'. I sometimes think mother nature would enjoy listening to death metal.
Speechless.
