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Catherine Ellis

21 / Female

Hanoi, Vietnam

About CatAttack

Budding Member | Member since 19th Sep 06

Citizenship: Australia
About CatAttack:

Living in Hanoi, Vietnam, with big plans to travel basically everywhere and anywhere.

Favourite places:

Everywhere........

Activity : photos (222) forum (15) guide (0) blog (40) diary (0) trips (2)

Latest Blog Entry

Typhoons and Kittens

Posted by CatAttack | 7th October 2009

Typhoon Ketsana arrived the 28th of September. We were well prepared, fully stocked up on food, water, candles and a torch. Electricity wiped out on day one, which preceded two terrible nights of no sleep while the wind creepily 'wooed' outside my bedroom window. Little rain fell, but the winds of up to 185km/h kept all awake and alert. Houses flooded, roads were blocked and trees bent, snapped and fell. Some neighbours boarded up their houses and relocated to another place, while others camped out at home by the candlelight with their family.

In 2009, having no electricity is a rather boring experience. My room mate and I tried to come up with some ideas to keep us entertained, and our mind always wandered back to a game of scrabble or a crossword, but we had none of those. We read, read and read by candlelight, while hoping that the lights would suddenly turn on again. Phone services were blocked (text worked!!) so almost all forms of modern communication were eradicated from the

Continued | Roving Cat