When It Rains, It Pours....

I had heard a lot about the rainy season here but quite frankly I had no idea what to expect. Is it going to rain all day? Will it rain every day? Will it sprinkle? Will it storm? I have quickly found out what the rainy season means! It does rain pretty much every day. It will go from being sunny outside to pouring down rain and thundering REALLY loudly! I mean, it seriously is the loudest thunder I have ever heard in my life!!! It will rain for anywhere from fifteen minutes to maybe an hour and a half and then it's done! It's kind of a pain because I hate carrying an umbrella or my raincoat everywhere but it's also a pain being caught out in the storms with nothing to help you either!!!! We were at the mall this weekend and it started pouring......probably one the hardest rains I've seen here yet. I took this picture below to try to show the rain, but it doesn't really do it justice! You can't really tell how hard it is coming down. We were walking around and all of the sudden we realized that the roof (which is pretty open air style) was leaking all over the place and certain stores/booths were having to close up and cover up all of their things. I guess just an every day occurrence in a city with a rainy season!!!