The Rains are Out

I think that is kind of self-explanatory. But yes its well and truely raining now.

The weather in this part of Nigeria is hot all year round (well warm to hot). But splits into two halves. One dry, one wet.

I think I like rain here. When it rains. It rains. No drizzle. No wondering if its going to rain. Typically it will be bright and sunny. 10 mins later it'll be hell's fury with dark clouds, roaring wind, some lightening, and buckets of water. Then if your lucky 30 mins later it will all be over. 2 hours later and you might not even know it had rained.

Its bad because one can never predict in the morning if its going to rain that day. So always take and umbrella. But good because if it is coming down, you can generally wait 20 mins and it'll have stopped.

But I'm told this won't continue. We'll soon hit a new phase of almost daily rain.

Something amusing about this time of year is the flora. It grows like nothing else. Grass needs to be cut continually. In fact I am amused and kind of freaked when I visit schools these days. And see 15 kids, all wielding machetes, marching out to do grass cutting duties.