June 16, 1997 June 17 collecting. As he came into town he (continued) saw a lighting flash and then the whole town went black - end of electricity in Tam Dao for a while! Also end of the drought, just as we prepare to leave. Could hear the electric storm pass by: first thunder after flashes 3-4 seconds, then some 1 sec or less, and later after ten seconds or more, only low distant rumbling. We have dinner early at 2200hr, hearing that Nikolai and Sergei turned back on Old French Road due to flooding. Still raining hard when we go to sleep. June 18 Partly cloudy, sunny, blue sky at 0800 hr, and the waterfall nearby sounds louder, cicadas buzzing. ~1100 Kelly and I go up 5 staircase to retrieve data loggers. At 1120 hr "Box 24" 175m we retrieve HOBO 80340. At that site Kelly spots a rat walking in foliage ~4m above ground. At 1145hr I spot a small lizard in the road at Stream 1, runs off into vegetation, pretty sure it was Tropidophorus hainanus based on size, locomotion, shortish tail and fringe of red coloration. At 1150hr we retrieve