This morning was the first morning the morning air had that little nip of cold that I like and that means that winter has arrived here in Myanmar. It is already early December and it seemed like winter would never arrive.
This is the one season most westerners who live here find nice since the temperatures hoover around the 20 degrees Celsius.
Thandar even ran back into the house to get a light jacket and I think I'll dress Eaindra and Xenne slightly warmer to tomorrow morning.
I'm very happy since it'll also mean we can leave the aircon off at night and have the windows open.. Yes!
Showing posts with label Weather and temperatures. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Weather and temperatures. Show all posts
Friday, 7 December 2012
Tuesday, 27 November 2012
Weather troubles
At the moment we have a huge rainstorm dropping its water content all over the area here. It almost feels like being back home in wintertime. The sky is almost black and it is relatively cold at the moment.
This isn't the first downpour cum storm this week either. We had a similar one yesterday although I heard later that it was a very local one.
These past weeks every third day or so we have these storms. Sometimes accompanied with a massive release of electricity in the form of lightning. Sometimes just ear deafening booms. Like the one yesterday that made the glass window next to my computer rattle.
Usually around this time of year we have warm, dry weather. Now it sometimes seems like we are in the middle of the monsoon instead of cooing down to the Myanmar winter.
I always feel sorry for the people who are flying in or out of Yangon when there is a storm like this. I hate flying on perfect flying days and anything less than perfect flying weather is worse. Flying in a storm like the one battering Yangon right now is something I do so not want to experience.
This isn't the first downpour cum storm this week either. We had a similar one yesterday although I heard later that it was a very local one.
These past weeks every third day or so we have these storms. Sometimes accompanied with a massive release of electricity in the form of lightning. Sometimes just ear deafening booms. Like the one yesterday that made the glass window next to my computer rattle.
Usually around this time of year we have warm, dry weather. Now it sometimes seems like we are in the middle of the monsoon instead of cooing down to the Myanmar winter.
I always feel sorry for the people who are flying in or out of Yangon when there is a storm like this. I hate flying on perfect flying days and anything less than perfect flying weather is worse. Flying in a storm like the one battering Yangon right now is something I do so not want to experience.
Sunday, 27 May 2012
Back on schedule
Unfortunately a schedule that I'd rather not be on... the electricity-schedule... We were warned in early April that it might happen but I hate it when it does happen... We have the following rotation... 1 day we have power for most of the day, and it goes off in the night at around 11 pm. Power comes back on the following morning at about 6am. That evening at around 6 pm the power goes off again till 11pm (we h ad that last night), today we have power (I hope) and a 'normal' day and tomorrow we start again with a whole day no power, power back on at around 6 pm, the next day it'll be a night, followed by an evening...
Luckily it didn't happen during the incredibly hot summer months, but still it is very annoying. The night is actually the easiest at the moment since temperatures have dropped considerably (from around 40 degrees Celsius to around 30) and we have bought one of those rechargeable table fans. At the time it was the last one and it really has been a very good investment. We're considering expanding our collection of those useful objects....
I do hope I'm correct on the 'we-have-power-today' since I have to bake brownies, baby teething biscuits and make pasta for dinner.
Luckily it didn't happen during the incredibly hot summer months, but still it is very annoying. The night is actually the easiest at the moment since temperatures have dropped considerably (from around 40 degrees Celsius to around 30) and we have bought one of those rechargeable table fans. At the time it was the last one and it really has been a very good investment. We're considering expanding our collection of those useful objects....
I do hope I'm correct on the 'we-have-power-today' since I have to bake brownies, baby teething biscuits and make pasta for dinner.
Tuesday, 27 December 2011
An update on email, weather, electricity, and more
So, yes, the internet connection works. I can't say it works fine though. Yesterday i could't get a decent enough connection to actually view a single web page. Today I've already been disconnected 3 times in the past hour. But... I've just read my email at home, reviewed the BBC news pages and am typing this in the hope I can update my blog again....
It is late December and this is usually the only time of the year that I like here in Myanmar. It is WINTER (at least, that is what THEY call it). Normally, I would wear a scarf in the morning since it can be slightly cool but this year that hasn't been necessary yet. It is supposed to be my 'yes-I-can-make-it-through-the-rest-of-the-year' - cooling down period but temperatures are still 30+ degrees Celsius in the afternoon... What kind of WINTER is that???? I hope January will bring the annual relief from the heat otherwise I'll definitely feel cheated...
Electricity.... Prices will go up 50% in January. The promise is that electricity supply will improve. I do hope so. I don't mind the price hike so much if service will indeed get better. It is rather difficult to bake bread or cookies when there is a power outage in the middle of your baking process (very frustrating I can tell you).
For the rest... not too much. There are definitely more tourists in Yangon. But even now we comment on any westerner we see, especially when the seeing has been done away from the usual sites. We saw 4 young, western guys the other day way out of the tourist hotspots and we think they were expat kids (though not 100% sure). That really gave us conversation for the next 5 minutes. So, even though it is obvious that there are more people visiting this country, it isn't exactly overrun yet....
It is late December and this is usually the only time of the year that I like here in Myanmar. It is WINTER (at least, that is what THEY call it). Normally, I would wear a scarf in the morning since it can be slightly cool but this year that hasn't been necessary yet. It is supposed to be my 'yes-I-can-make-it-through-the-rest-of-the-year' - cooling down period but temperatures are still 30+ degrees Celsius in the afternoon... What kind of WINTER is that???? I hope January will bring the annual relief from the heat otherwise I'll definitely feel cheated...
Electricity.... Prices will go up 50% in January. The promise is that electricity supply will improve. I do hope so. I don't mind the price hike so much if service will indeed get better. It is rather difficult to bake bread or cookies when there is a power outage in the middle of your baking process (very frustrating I can tell you).
For the rest... not too much. There are definitely more tourists in Yangon. But even now we comment on any westerner we see, especially when the seeing has been done away from the usual sites. We saw 4 young, western guys the other day way out of the tourist hotspots and we think they were expat kids (though not 100% sure). That really gave us conversation for the next 5 minutes. So, even though it is obvious that there are more people visiting this country, it isn't exactly overrun yet....
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