Thunder, lightning, rains, downed power lines, falling rocks, and potholes the size of motorcycles.....welcome to Steung Kach, Cambodia.
That Was/Is The Swimming Pool 🌀
The rain hasn't stopped for more than a month, and now everywhere basically anywhere you walk the earth feels like quicksand under your feet. Although not technically our property, the natural swimming pool created by a vortex of two creeks colliding is now a churning vortex of diarrhea-colored rage.
I am thankful our place is not out the outside bend of any sharp turns in the river. Right before the river enters our property is the hard right turn where the swimming pool is, and luckily we are on the inside of this turn in the river, because the momentum of the river is mostly on the opposite riverbank.
Downright Terrifying 😨
Even though things look pretty bad, we haven't lost nearly as much land as those downstream from our property where the river meanders in many directions, creating a bit of a flood real estate lottery. Our favorite hammock hut that overlooks the swimming hole is now beyond repair, but most of the structure is still there. The big leaning tree which supports most of the hut with its roots has been dead a long time.
I'd really like to cut the tree down before it falls, this could at least leave the root system in the hillside, and that would help a lot with preventing any collapses. For now it's just too dangerous, already there has been a mini landslide that sent a mass of bamboo pressing against the roof. I got on the very sketchy hillside to cut the bamboo and take the weight off the roof, and 12 hours later that hillside fell into the hut. The poor hut has also been stabbed with a speeding tree that destroyed most of the floor, but is also now a free gift if we can winch it up the hill.
Highway Apocalypse ⚠️
The @kidsisters just want to go to school, and are a bit unaware of how dangerous these conditions are. There was a 48-hour period of rain that felt particularly violent, and as I've grown in a mix of Tornado Alley in the USA and the Rocky Mountains, I've got a sixth sense for feeling when things are gonna be bad. There are so many house-sized boulders perched high above the roadside, and all this erosion has shifted them loose, really scary yo'!
I reluctantly took them to school, and all along the way there massive pieces of the road missing, giant potholes, surprise man-sized rocks in the middle of the road, and our neighbor guy that usually takes them to school on his way to work has more or less quit his job because of the weather. I now spend about 3-4 hours in the tuk-tuk each day, 8+ hours of ASEAN Hive work, and then it's a miracle if I can make time for a post from my personal profile, cooking, homeschooling the girls, or basically anything that's not ASEAN Hive or driving.
Note I documented the road conditions in reverse because I was in a hurry to get the kids to school. On the way back home I pulled over and took all the shots of the damage. It got worse and worse the closer I got to home. These times and weather are extreme. I miss engagement with my fellow Hivers, and I keep begging my wife to learn more about Hive so I can have some time for other pursuits than sleeping at my desk, but for now it doesn't seem appealing.
Water Is Powerful 💪
The roadside ditches are absolutely destroyed, and there are countless places that look just like this missing chunk in the above photo. It's going to take a long time to repair this damage, but it's very clear that this kind of weather is not normal.
This scary passage had to be documented, only a few minutes from home, it was the first omen I encountered on the way to school. The pole isn't suspending an electric line, but it's dangerous regardless.
Bad News For The Neighbor 🪨
I previously mentioned our property not being on an outside bend of the river, well our worst river fear happened to our neighbor's place which happens to be on the outside of this bend. A massive slide went all the way up the hill to the foundation of his house. If it can be saved, it will take a lot time because such a massive chunk is missing. The owner of this place runs an excavator company, but it would probably cost more in diesel than his house is worth to pile up the earth again.
The whole hillside is still unstable there, and also the owner happens to be out of town on a jobsite. The guy's got plenty of money and machines, and this house doesn't represent financial means very well, so I hope this is only a minor setback for him, he's a really nice guy, and of the few neighbors that seems genuinely interested in me.
Our Place 🛖
Our first hammock hut has been stabbed by some trees, but it's high enough and semi-protected by my partially finished rock-piling effort that I've been chipping away at since we moved in. It will need to be eventually disassembled, but it's probably gonna be safe for use for many months to come if necessary.
After returning to check out the swimming pool vortex, I noticed there was now an island in the middle of the creek and that massive chunk of land was missing on both sides. There is a lot of bamboo to harvest, so I hope the river level drops soon and I can haul some of it across to our side.
More Furniture & A Curry 🍛
I decided to move a sitting bed that we were using at the highway shack to inside our house. I had assumed it would be a good addition to the kitchen area, and it's turned out to be a convenient food prep area.
Now that it's easier to cook, it's easier to make special food more often. The wife made a lovely curry today, and even Monkey-B ate a copious amount of veggies.
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