I woke up and I
heard the sound of rain. It was around 5 O'clock.
I thought: “Shit!
I got to go to the toilet.”
For your
information, our toilet is outside...
Now, while I was
lying in my bed, trying to think of a solution, I noticed a unusually
high number of insects crawling around my bed.
Annoyed and
disgusted I opened my eyes.
First of all the
light outside on the balcony was on. This is quite normal, because we
always ( if we have power) leave it on for security reasons.
The second thing I
noticed was the vibrating curtain above my head.
. . .
“Why the **** is
it vibrating???????”
Before really
figuring out what was happening some basic instincts told me to get
my head out of reach of this god forsaken curtain.
So I lay down the
other side of the bed and I observed.
And I listened. To
the rain.
Rain?
There was a
monotone drumming sound against the window in combination with
another unidentifiable sound.
This and the
increasing number of crawling things under and on my blanket, finally
made me realize:
What invaded the
room and brought my curtain to life, was neither the devil nor some
evil spirits
- it was a giant
swarm of flying insects.
More precisely
ants, flying ones! - How I was told later that day.
So after a five
minute period of shock, I got up, trying to find a bug-free place.
First I turn on the light. Bad Idea - More Bugs.
So I go outside.
…
Shock!
I've never seen something similar.
The biggest, most horrific swarm of insects I ever saw, each of them fighting for a spot on the light bulb.
What really confused me though, was the fact that a group of people was exactly in the middle of this crawling and flying ocean of ants.
It just made no sense. But since I was still on the run, I first of all walked abut 20 meters away from the scene – thats about as much as it took to get away from the worst (there were still some ants around).
I took a deep breath and tried to figure everything out.
OK, first things first: I still have to go to the toilet.
After finishing my business, I returned back to unsolved puzzle in front of our house.
Now I `can see what the people are doing:
They are collecting them. They are collecting flying ants.
…
Guess what we had for Lunch.
After removing the wings...
The people collecting the ants.
They show me their catch.
Our balcony in the morning.
A battlefield...
Close ups!
Mhhhhhhh.... Tasty!
