Thai villagers abandon motorcycles, travel on foot through flash floods

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In a daring trek, local teachers and villagers were forced to abandon their motorcycles and traverse overflowing forest streams to return home from a funeral on foot. The incident took place due to flash floods in the central province of Kanchanaburi last night.

 

Villagers last night embarked on an 11-kilometre trip from Koh Saderng Village to their relative’s funeral at Kong Mong Tha Village in Sangkhla Buri, Kanchanaburi. The weather was clear, and they encountered no difficulties in their journey. However, the tranquillity was short-lived, as rains pelted the region for several hours during the ceremony.

 

As the funeral ended and they began their return home, they found their path blockaded by waters surging suddenly from the local streams. The rising flood levels in their prospective path, approximately 4 kilometres from their homes, forced them to leave their motorcycles behind as they plunged into the tumultuous waters, reported KhaoSod.

Phopthorn Kittikunkongprai, a teacher travelling with them, documented the ordeal on social media.

 

by Nattapong Westwood 

TOP: Flash floods force villagers to abandon their motorbikes and travel home on foot. (via KhaoSod)
Picture courtesy of KhaoSod.

 

Full story: https://thethaiger.com/hot-news/weather/flash-flood-ordeal-sees-thai-villagers-and-teachers-abandon-motorcycles-for-a-dangerous-on-foot-journey-home

 

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[hotchilli]

Lucky no-one disappeared in the floods.

[edwinchester]

"Phopthorn Kittikunkongprai, a teacher travelling with them, documented the ordeal on social media."

 

Must be more entertaining than the endless meals of somtam, phad krapow, guay teow, tom yung goong etc documented on Facebook by wifeys friends.