After saying in my last post that it was yet to rain in the day time... well it happened. On Monday I walked to the market and the tailor, trying my best to ignore the grey clouds and increasing winds. Pretty soon, however, it became difficult to ignore a blanket of rain steadily approaching from the distance. Everyone was rushing around, frantically scrambling to get home or into transport, as if getting wet would be a disaster. One guy looked at me as he got into his car and said "rain is coming Madam" with a look of desperation and slight fear in his eyes - warning me with his body language to get home or get under some shelter quickly.
Two things hampered my quick get away - firstly I was wearing a wrapper, and they have a tendency to cling and wrap around your legs, threatening to trip you up, if you try and walk too fast. One has to perfect the art of a gentle glide to wear a wrapper elegantly... it's either that or hoik it up at the side and stride along in an unladylike manner, which is what I do 99% of the time. Secondly I was carrying heavy shopping in both hands, which - as well as weighing me down - also prevented me from holding up my skirts and making a dash for it. So, I did as the Gambians were doing and jumped into the nearest 77, arriving home just as the heavens opened.
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| The picture just doesn't do justice to the dark sky and the heavy rain |
The next morning I woke to rain, which gave way to blazing sunshine and high humidity (real feel temperature 38 degrees). But when I got home in the evening the heavens opened once again, this time accompanied by thunder and lightening. The street outside my house went from this:
to this:
in about thirty seconds!
Then the road that intersects mine turned into a river! Excuse the shaky video....
Even after the rain had stopped the river just kept on flowing!
But this morning, it was pretty much dry and back to normal again.
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