In 2011 Thailand suffered a devastating flood. For three months my family lived on the 2nd floor of their house while the downstairs held 7 feet of flood water. They could only leave their house by boat, exiting from a 2nd floor porch. Many people have still not recovered from the effects of that flood.
My house is at the end of a dead end street with 4 or 5 blocks distance to another street. There are over 20 partially completed, but abandoned houses, in that distance. They were under construction at the time of the flood. After the flood the owners have not returned to finish construction. Some, like the house nearest us, are just a skeletons (see picture below). Last year there was work on it but after a little was done it now stands abandoned again. Others abandoned houses look almost complete.
Recovery has been hampered by the military coup a year and a half ago. The junta has seriously mismanaged the economy so many suffer. The old adage "that when elephants fight ants suffer" aptly captures in metaphor the situation here.
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| My street. |
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| My house. |
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| School yard dog. |
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| Students. |
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| Skeleton house next door. |
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| Students listening. |
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