The rainy season has finally come to The Gambia. It's been raining every 3-5 days since the rains started the first week of june. It has been so exciting to have rain! There hadn't been even a drop of rain here since November, so I was so glad to see some RAIN. I don't know when I'll get tired of it but I think it'll be a while.
The rain changes everything. The air is humid now all of the time, so I'm sweating all of the time. The whole country is getting green. There's grass coming up everywhere. The area around my village is starting to look like a tropical rainforest, except for the farms, which are getting planted right now. There are also a ton of new bugs coming out of hiding. So far, most of the rains have come at night. The rain is so loud on my metal roof! When it rains during the day, everything shuts down. The kids don't go to school and most people just go back to bed. The first day that it rained during the morning, I was supposed to go to the school and I didn't know that no one leaves the house, so I headed to the school. Since I was going, my host father decided to make two of the boys go too. The boys and I sloshed our way across the rice field between the house and the school. One of them even fell in and got pretty muddy. When we got to the school, there were a few kids, one teacher, and a lot of goats there. Needless to say, nothing got accomplished that day. I just hung out with some of the little girls. It was fun, but next time I'll sleep in!
some of the green
We had rain today, too!!! I love to hear rain on a metal roof. How long will it continue to rain there? Why don't people leave their homes when it rains? Guess its like when it snows here.
ReplyDeleteHope you had a good time in the city. I heard you had a boat ride on the river. Did you get to see yourself on TV?
Take care of yourself and try to stay dry.
Love you bunches, Mom
I think no school on rainy days is an AWESOME idea! I hope you don't meet too many scary bugs... that sounds yucky! Enjoy the rain :)
ReplyDeleteKatie