So it has been a slow week for me since our movement is kind of limited here in Da Nang at the moment. It isn't because of Covid or anything but because we are in the middle of a two week storm of epic proportions. This isn't just rainy season but it is a storm that just wont go away and it is relentless. For the most part it hasn't been terribly damaging but there has been some flooding and a couple of business owners that I know have had their roofs collapse. To be fair to the roofs, these businesses had some pretty terrible designs such as using that really inexpensive sheet metal for a roof and well, you should have seen that coming because that stuff was never meant to be a permanent structure.
That is the view from my roof basically all the time. We haven't seen the sun in about 8 days at this point and while rain doesn't bother me a great deal and I never try to get a tan, it is a bit annoying that we can't go and do anything without being in danger of getting soaked.
My own building was leaking and even my own condo unit had a very bad and annoying leak in the bedroom window that would result in the water running down to the floor. Attempts on my part to catch it with a towel resulted in said towel being completely soaked in just half a day or so. Apparently the rest of the building was experiencing the same thing because the dryers in the basement (which thankfully has NOT flooded) have been very popular lately and there are normally queues that are several hours long to use one of them.
During a brief period of respite from the storm which lasted about half a day the owner of our condo got to work quickly to seal the windows and other cracks and I was impressed that a landlord would go to these lengths to help us out. I was a little surprised how it happened though.
I heard a sound from my sofa and all of a sudden I saw a guy that was floating outside my window. My first reaction was that it was Vampires from "The Lost Boys" but then I remembered it was daytime. So this guy is going down the side of the building with a bucket and a rope and sealing all the windows. It doesn't look like the safest contraption but I do enjoy the ingenuity that the Vietnamese will use. At first I thought he was using a garden hose to rappel down the side of the building and based on some of the other "safety standards" that exist (don't exist) in this country it honestly wouldn't surprise me if someone out there was doing precisely that.
So on to the graffiti or street art that I found recently.
This was down some side alley attached to a bar / coffee shopt and based on the look on Droopy's face I would be willing to bet that they also have a sort of weed atmosphere in there as well. I did not go in because they were not open and sine weed isn't really my thing I am unlikely to do so. I did admire the artistry but upon closer inspection very little of this is spray and it is very clearly done with brushes, which is something I admire a bit less. It was still an impressive piece though and is much better than I can do, that is for sure.
That's it for now from Da Nang... Hope all of you are having a great day!
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