Northern Madagascar has about 2 seasons: Rainy and Non-Rainy. Currently, we're in the rainy season, or as I prefer to call it, the "flash flood, damp clothes, when is the rain going to stop long enough so I can leave my house" season. Starting in November, it has been raining pretty hard, little bursts of heavy rainfall all throughout the day. But, I figured it didn't deserve a blog post until something absurd happened. Unfortunately, this crazy thing happened earlier this month and was named, Bingiza, cyclone category 3 that did a number to the East of Madagascar and delayed my first visitor. I was all poised and excited to give you an account of Abel's visit to Madagascar, spending time on the beach, and hiking through some cool national parks, but Bingiza had some other plans an Abel couldn't make it with the weather. Just too unsafe to travel. Next time though.
Besides my recent dislike for the rainy season, I must admit that it has been pretty cool. Getting the smell of fresh rain on a daily basis still hasn't gotten old and not being able to leave my house for extended periods of time has given me a new appreciation of the afternoon nap. Really, those Europeans and their siestas, very smart people. On top of that, my first two months at site, September and October, were pretty dry. I mean, drought-like. All the wells in my town were dry, except for one, and the water there wasn't too clean. So, getting some rain to fill up the wells has been amazing. I might have even done a little rain dance myself when I returned to site in January to find them full.
Anyways, it is now nearly March and the next stage of environment and small business development volunteers should be arriving within the week. I'm really looking forward to meeting all of them (and not being a newbie anymore). Should be fun.
Keep sending me updates about your lives in the States!
Jason
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