racing the rain
It really knows how to rain here. Just before the rain starts it suddenly becomes really windy and then goes dark and then it pours down. Usually you have about 5 or 10 minutes warning before it hammers down. Everyone here is scared of the rain, or that’s how they put it. So when the warning signs come, everyone rushes around trying to get everything indoors and close the windows etc before the downpour.
I was at Sahadatu’s shop the other day and the warning came, I wasn’t sure if I should stay and shelter in the shop or try and make it home before the rain started. It was just getting dark so I decided to try and get home cos I didn’t have my torch. I have never cycled so fast in my life! I could see the rain approaching and people kept shouting at me, "the rains coming"! Anyway, I made it home before the rain luckily. It was really heavy and the thunder cloud must have been right overhead cos the house actually shook when it thundered. I know kind of understand why people fear the rain, cos apparently the rumbling thunder can cause the local mud houses to collapse.
I tried to take a photo to capture how hard the rain is, but I don’t think it does it justice.
And here is the family I share my house with. 
