Dan: I have been teaching in Roatan, Honduras for 2 weeks
now. That still sounds pretty crazy to say!
It has rained on and off for the past couple of days, giving
us a taste of what the raining season could be like. Today it rained during
school. The campus (which is an old hotel), is very open air. Only the
classrooms are inside, so the hallways, dinning area and downstairs “lobby” got
pretty wet.
Like most tropical regions I have been in, it is not a
gentle rain, it pours! It starts off slow and light but within a minute it
quickly turns to a deluge. You can hear the rain moving across the trees
towards you. It’s as if buckets of water are being poured down from the angels
above. So far there is has been very little wind along with the storms so the
rain comes straight down. Last night there was thunder and lighting that
electrified the sky. As quickly as the
rain starts, it stops. Afterwards there are a few moments of silence (you can’t
hear anything but rain when it is coming down), then the orchestra of birds and
insects begins and fills the air.
That was a really good description, Dan. I could almost hear the rain all the way to here in Santa Fe. Sigh. You haven't talked about the bugs in a while. Does that mean they aren't such a problem anymore? Or have you made peace with them? Or figured out how to keep them away?
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