The Joys of the Country

Ubon is for sure different from Bangkok. It's more country, with lots of loud birds, crickets and things of that sort. But, what I enjoy the most is less traffic noises. In Bangkok, I'd wake up to the annoying whistle man directing traffic two streets away, and here in Ubon I wake up loud roosters, crickets, even screeching birds.

Living out the in the country also comes with the many misquitos, and it doesn't help that it is rainy season here. My legs are currently covered in misquito bites. In fact, I tried shaving and I ended up cutting my legs more than make them silky and smooth. The misquitos swarm the bathroom, so I try to make my bathroom visits as quick as possible!!

Also, I have a leaky roof. The first time it happened, I freaked out, but managed to think and get a bucket for it. Last night it was very stormy with lots of rain and thunder. When it rains here it downpours, I've never seen such hard rain before. Back to last night, I'm pretty sure I was imagining things... I thought my roof was leaking, only to discover this morning that there was no water in the bucket I put there to catch the rain!! The things that people think when they are tired... And since I am not used to the noise of cars in the morning anymore, when there are car noises they are really loud! I swear, it sounds like the cars, which sound like huge dumpster trucks going at 500 miles an hour, are trying to run over me! I wake up sooo scared. I seriously don't understand how they can be so loud and drown out the continuous screeching noises of the birds in the trees... I guess living here in the country is going to take some getting used to!