Short Rains Are Back!

It has been very dry lately (very unusual) up until this past weekend. Now it feels like all of a sudden the weather has turned 180 degrees in one night and the cooler, rainy weather is back in full swing! Locals say that the rain arrived late this year. As much as I hate the rain in Nairobi (imagine the conditions of roads and traffic which were already in grid lock!) we needed it.

All the dust disappeared from the roads. The trees and flowers aren’t brown anymore! There is fresh air outside, and even though holes in the road are filled with water, it is a great refreshing feeling.

On the other hand, water cuts are back too! We’ve had water cuts on and off throughout whole week, so we feel fortunate to have water tanks :). And of course mosquitos are back as well. They are the most stubborn creatures I have ever seen-- they bite you no matter what you do! And the noise they make at night wakes you up! So we are definitely putting our mosquito nets down at night these days. Typically, short rains continue up until the end of December or the beginning of January. They give the crops much needed water. Luckily it mostly rains at night, and we still can see the sun during the day with lots of fast-moving clouds.