Chachoengsao under water

Saturday 30th October

When I arrived back into Chachoengsao I had ridden on the back of a motorbike taxi to get back to the school. It was a great way to get my bearings as the other trips I made have been in the back of tuk tuks and when sitting on the back of a tuk tuk I am too tall to see anything out the sides. The ride on the bike gave me the confidence to go explore a little further and I found a good street food market and got some dinner.
This morning I also went for a ride on the local bus just to find out where it went. Turns out it went to the Big C which was handy as it was where I wanted to get to to buy a bottle of water because each of the 7 elevens where completely out. On the journey to the Big C the streets of Chachoengsao where underwater and the locals where out taking photos. I was guessing it does not happen very often and I had no idea if it was going to get any worse.
While in the bus 'Who'll stop the rain' by Creedence Clearwater Revival started playing. When I got off the bus the driver was dancing away to the music and had a huge grin on his face. I am guessing he put the song on just for me. I walked around the Big C for a long time and turned out they had no bottled water either. It could make life interesting in a country where even the locals will not drink the tap water.
I did manage to find a couple of bottles at a shop at the food court and stocked up before getting on a bus back to the school. The bus I boarded was not going in the direction oof the school so I spent about an hour walking back to the school from where I got off the bus. To my suprise when I got back to the areas which were under water in the morning they were completely dry and everything was back to normal.
Tim arrived back from Phuket this afternoon and he needed to go to the Big C so I returned and while shopping we met some 'farangs,' (foreigners) who are also teaching english at schools in Chaceongsao and they have invited Tim and I out for dinner.