Rainy Season in Manila

Last time I came to the Philippines it was hot season, but at least is was dry. Now that I've moved to the Phils it's rainy season and when it rains it pours. Washington rain is nothing compared to the rains of the tropics. I've tried over and over to run through the rain to my car as fast as I can in effort to get as little wet as I can. But every time I get in my car I find myself soaking wet, I've never realized how embarrassing it is to walk into a restaurant or store with water dripping down your nose and hair looking like a wet dog. I don't know how many times I have to do this before I learn IT'S IMPOSSIBLE! No matter how close I park or how fast I unlock my car, I'm always going to get wet, and that's only from the water that comes from the sky, not to mention the rivers that come from out of no where on the streets.

There is a drainage problem in the Phils and so whenever it rains, it takes three times longer for it to drain as it does for it to actually build up. Puddles on the street becomes lakes, and on every curb there is a river running down along the sidewalk.

This makes driving very interesting as well. Some friends and I were driving back from a movie, when it started to pour and within minutes the lakes appeared. My friend Katy was driving and doing her best at maneuvering around the Manila traffic as well as avoiding splashing people with the puddles. But really there is only so much you can do, and when we drove past this motorcyclist it just so happened that we were next to a huge puddle, creating a splash so big it literally went over the motorcyclists head. My friend Katy quietly responded to us in the dry car, "oops, sorry." haha I was originally thinking about getting a bike here, but that made me reconsider.

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