My first monsoon
Don't let the blue sky fool you!
Lessons I have learned so far:
#1 Never ever go out during monsoon without an umbrella (even if it looks sunny, with no chance of rain).
#2 There’s really no way of getting to school dry in monsoonal rain. My solution- take a change of clothes and a towel to school.
#3 Mud guards are essential for your bike if you don’t want large splatters of brown on your clothes (you never actually know what the brown is in monsoon).
#4 Don’t eat salad leaves during the monsoon. Apparently this can make you very sick.
#5 BYO gumboots. For a country with so much rain there is nowhere to buy gumboots. I have had to get used to wet feet (I do eye off all the smart people who brought gumboots with them).
#6 When walking down the street it’s best not to look at things too carefully. Otherwise you might see what is floating down the street beside you (this can be dead rats, rubbish, food, mud…)
This could be my one and only monsoon, so I am trying to embrace the experience (even now as I sit here at my desk at school with my wet clothes hanging around me, wet feet and a fan on to try and dry me before class begins.) Despite all the wetness, I actually like the sound of the rain (when I am safely inside) and am looking forward to October when all this rain clears the skies and the beautiful snow-capped mountains can be seen again. Z
