The sun makes a come back

After what seemed like ah eternity of rain the sun has finally poked out this morning as I looked out from bed. It's refreshing to know that I might not have to use a dry bag and poncho to drive the bike, or worry about getting wet on the porch. Finally we can do laundry and maybe start to explore more of thia island. For those of you who don't watch the news, this was some horrible flooding and locals said it was the worst rain in ten years. There were roads washed out, power lines down, and the bridge by our bungalow even collapsed. Let's just say driving a bike around now takes a bit more skill. The Thai military even showed up a couple days ago and had a volunteer evacuation on a giant aircraft carrier which took around 900 people from the 3 islands, one of which is ours. We decided to say since there really was no need for us to go elsewhere. We have food and water and local connections so it seemed better to stay. Were talking now about where to go next considering I only have about 10 days left. The original plan was to head south, maybe climb, but the weather is still not consistently dry to climb and the south got hit so hard we don't really know how it will be down there. There were a lot of displaced people and some deaths, so we might head north around central Thailand for warm weather and some exploring. Were throwing around ideas now and Chantelle has to at least wait til the 4th here to catch a boat to do a visa run before we head further away from Malaysia. In conversations with Chantelle I am getting really excited to get back to climbing and adventures out west, as well as seeing familiar faces. I'll keep you all posted on where we end up going next. For today, food shopping, laundry, and what there is to do on this island when it doesn't rain!!

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