Late week I realised that the weather was odd. I hadn’t turned my fan one. Normally heat and humidity means that I have at least a fan going most of the day. Other things were off too. The sky was overcast the whole day and the wind was high and cold.
This turned out to be but a taster. That night the temperature dropped to 13°C and the next day the Thai sun could not bring the temperature above the low 20s.
I wore my only long sleeved blouse to go school. The Coldest weather that I never seen before.
The Thai teachers and children all wore coats or jumpers. Many had hats, scarves or blankets. It was easy to see that Thailand is not as used to cold weather but can manage with some abnormality. My colleague told me that once it had gotten too cold near the northern boarder and a state of emergency was declared because the people there could not afford to buy blankets.
The classrooms, designed to ventilate well during Thailand’s more standard weather, provided no protection from the cold. We had the doors and shutters closed against the wind but there was nothing else that could be done.