As a Brit, you might imagine that I’ll feel homesick when it doesn’t rain for a while. There’s some truth in that, but it doesn’t mean that we actually like the rain; the moment that the mercury hits 15°C, half of us are removing various items of clothing and eating ice cream.
There will be no photos in this post, because who actually wants to see rain? I probably missed the best part of the rain when I was safely locked indoors feeling dry and smugly comfortable until I remembered that I live in a third world country and I should therefore unplug the laptop while there is a thunderstorm going on; there is always that small possibility of toasting due to a power surge. Nobody will want to see the soggy aftermath, there’s barely even a good puddle worth mentioning now that the storm has gone. Does that mean Da Nang has really good drainage? I don’t know.
After several days of burning hot weather that has tanned me to the point of almost being chargrilled, rain was needed to cool things down. We all love warm, dry weather but when it gets to the point where you can’t even walk around safely at midday, a bit of rain may feel badly needed.
It is now forecast to rain continuously for the next week. Restraint for must be shown towards the act of complaining as this has been badly needed for about a month. One must not lose their umbrella at this time.
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