Il a PLU ici!

it RAINED here!

yesterday was by far the hottest day we've experienced. the power went out in the afternoon, and we were all melting. luckily we've rediscovered the youthful joys of frolicking under a hose... mondays have consisted of pretending to have a day at the beach instead of taking sieste ease the pain of the scorching temperatures. napping is impossible without the fan when the power's out anyway. well, we made it through the hottest part of the day by pouring water on ourselves for about 2 hours. listened to the dirty dancing soundtrack and really made an event of it.

afterwards, i had to go to my community placement at the franco-nigerien cultural center. i cabbed it and nonetheless was drenched in sweat while waiting for my supervisor. came back to eat a small dinner (appetite is finally being affected by the weather!) and then had dance class. the only way i can describe dance last night was like working out in a sauna. i played field hockey in the hottest part of summer in high school, but i have never ever ever dripped sweat from so many places of my body at once. it was awful and we all wanted to vomit haha.. but lately our instructors have been pushing us up to do solos and we really got into the dance last night, despite how awfully hot it was.

later in the evening we met up with our marine friends for a night in an air conditioned bar, and on the drive out RAINDROPS were hitting the windshield! we could not believe it. during the day at the cultural center i had seen clouds (which is unusual) but i figured i'd never get to see the rain here. and then it pouuuured. the rains were cool and heavy, and lasted no more than 10-15 minutes i'd say. but what an event! it is hot season, and they say when it's hot enough the mango rains come. i couldn't believe my eyes though, what a chance to see the rains in africa :)

..hopefully now the heat plateaus for a while!