Monsoon

Monsoon is here in India....and everything is wet- and nastier than before. Officially, monsoon runs from June until September, but each year is different. Last year's monsoon was said to be very dry- and bad for agriculture, drinking water levels, fish populations, etc. And until a few weeks ago, we were headed in the same direction.

Not any more. It's soaking wet all the FREAKIN' time now.

Don't misunderstand- it's not a torrential downpour all day and all night. But there's been (at a minimum) a drizzle for the past 2 weeks. The heavy showers are what get scary. Roads become congested mud pits. People are soaked to the bone. The trash along the streets is a slimy mess. Wild dogs, pigs, cows, goats and chickens drink from puddles in the middle of the streets. Entire hillside slum communities disappear in mud slides.

It's an amazing- and yucky- experience.