Well, we in the middle of winding roads, and had just come around a bend. There was a driver behind us that didn't see us come to a stop. As I was leaning towards the front of the car to see the snake make its way to the other side of the road, I suddenly heard a screeching sound, a very loud screeching sound. And WHAM!! In one fast motion my head jerked back and was slammed against the back window. In a state of confusion I looked around and tried to figure out what happened. The people that were drinking water had nothing left in their bottles, the water was everywhere!! At least no one was seriously injured. But the cars had some serious damage. Our car basically has no bumper. No part of it protrudes, it's all jammed into the car. The other man's car had some serious hood problems, and had a lot of broken class and frontal bumper damage. It's too bad my camera battery died, I wanted to take pictures.
The cops came, after waiting for an hour or so. They assessed the situation by measuring the distance of the tires to the lines in the road and the debris of the car to the front of the car. I didn't understand why this was necessary but found the process interesting, oh and this whole thing took another hour. It was a very long day.
Finally, the police left, we got back in our car, and I thought we were on our way home, sadly we weren't. We ended up at the police station, and waited for forever, I believe it was two plus hours of sitting around. It felt like a long time for me because I had no idea what was so long. I didn't know what kind of process was taking place. No one was telling me what was going on, I couldn't communicate to anyone, and I was very confused. I tried to remain calm, but at times I wondered where I was going to sleep that night! Praying really helped me, I found that the more I prayed the calmer I became about the situation.
Oh, and the thing that took forever at the station was haggling over who would pay what. This confused me, it was clearly the guy's fault to me, not ours. But, I guess the process of payment is different here. So, we waited around a long time to come to terms with the man on his agreement to pay us about half of what the damage costs would be.
Finally, we were on our way to Ubon. It felt so good to walk through my front door. I had been on rough journey for 12+ hours. Leah was freaking out. My cell phone had died, and I hadn't been able to contact her. She knew few details because our group had been in contact with some of the people in Ubon, but not much information was given. She didn't know when I was coming home, and she was very happy to see me, the feeling was mutual. We laughed a lot as I told her my story as I ate the mango she bought me for dinner. It's good to come home to people you love after a long day.
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