Ria Bacon: editor & writer

Linguist with wanderlust,
From the hills of New Guinea to the halls of the Sorbonne,
From the beaches of Bassam to the fields of Friesland,
From the catacombs of Rome to the Blue Mountains of Jamaica.
From the heather of the Veluwe to the dust of Dakar ...

Currently resident in the Land of Sea with a small tribe of kids and Mr B.

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Waterbeds III: the pics

Apologies for the quality of the photos, but given the circumstances they were the best I could do. Next photos will be back to my usual high standards ;-D

This part of the hotel had just been renovated. The force and volume of the rain was such that water seeped through the window frames (?) and poured down the walls inside, causing the paint to bubble horribly.
Bubbling walls

A touch of Barton Fink and the peeling walls.

Book drying

We laid the sodden books and games out in the corridor to dry out, then later tried blowdrying the pages, but they were just one big pulpy moosh.

By dawn the water had started receding and the pool area began to resurface.
Flooded pool
Our hotel room was at the same level.

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  5. Eye of newt
  • http://loxias1.blogspot.com/ Loxias

    Aargh.

    The books! The books!

    (The horror! the horror!)

  • http://sydneysun.blogspot.com/ Flavia

    Crazy. I can’t beleive it because we’re so far away from it all.. but you’re so brave to find the humour in all this and I love your posts. I hope the flooding stops and things get a bit easier

  • http://theurbangypsy.blogspot.com/ URBAN GYPSY

    The loss of my children’s books would have my eyes leaking enough to cause another rise in water levels. Poor you. *tut* Hope you guys feel better soon.

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