What’s that? No posts for months then two in as many days?! Fear not gentle reader, this marks a return to the semi-irregular updating of yore.*
Rainy season has been mostly quite fun. Sure, there’s been whole days when I haven’t really been able to leave the house, and yesterday I was genuinely scared our car was going to suck water into the air intake and completely ruin the engine, but when you’re inside and dry it’s fun to watch the storms, and when you’re caught outside and soaking wet, you’re still warm. And everyone tells us this wasn’t a particularly bad rainy season, which I suppose is exactly what you want for your first one.
Which is not to say it’s all been beer and skittles, I have — on several occasions — become exceeding wet, traffic is worse (if that’s possible), the ceiling of the embassy even collapsed at one point.
This was a few minutes before a wave crashed over our bonnet.
And now, through the magic of video, you can experience the sights and sounds. It’s like you’re really here, and now you don’t need to visit (please visit).
This was the view from our balcony. Normally you can see further.
This is a road a near our house.
Further along the same road.
And this is not so much for the rain, but more for the minute of commemorative “silence” that happens at 10:37am on Martyrs’ Day.
*Hopefully.