For a city where it rains for three months out of the year, I’m not entirely sure why half the vehicles either have no roof or no walls.
Today, it started raining at 3:40: exactly ten minutes into my hour-long commute.
Within minutes, I was absolutely drenched.
My Auto driver recently installed a clear plastic shield thing on the right side of the vehicle, so I was able to huddle near that. And I shoved my bag in the back and shielded it with my body, so my stuff wouldn’t get wet. (I sure have my priorities straight, haha) But within a few minutes, the Auto driver, sensing my discomfort, pulled over to the side. Thinking he was going to ride out the storm, I started telling him that I didn’t really mind getting wet when he interrupted me to ask for a screen in the bag. He then tied a big piece of yellow tarp to the left of the Auto.
His ride sure is pimped out.
But with the tarp-screen on my left and the clear plastic shield on my right, I was no longer completely subject to the onslaught of rain. Instead, only my legs and feet got wet.
As we continued on, I was amazed to see that the city had come to an entire standstill because of the rain.
Roads were completely empty; shops were closed. Even the cows and dogs had found shelter. It was amazing to see the lengths people went to stay dry; people were huddled under doorways and crowded under the awning of shops. One woman even had a plastic bag wrapped around her head.
Because there was absolutely no traffic, I made it home in record time.
And interestingly enough, the driver stayed completely dry the entire time.
-June 6th
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