It Ain't Half Hot Mum!

The weather here is really extraordinary. It is absolutely baking hot (like you can’t imagine), temperatures varying between 25 and 35oC, and then all of a sudden it will start raining, thunderstorms and lightning. The other night we had such a storm that all the windows were rattling like mad. It was quite scary! It’s nice to have the warm weather and we’re lucky we live by the sea as we have the breeze, but there is nothing I am happier about than having the pool. I have swum every single day (except for one) since I’ve been here.

You cannot believe how crazy the driving is here; there’s no such thing as being courteous, it’s every man for himself, oh and they don’t pay attention to stop signs and traffic lights and lanes don’t exist in this country! The traffic lights all have timers on them with a count down to when it turns green. When it gets to 10 seconds before they change, all the drivers start revving their engines and inching forward and sounding their horns. When they’re driving if they want to pass someone, they have to sound their horn repetitively until they get past them. Also, if there is no space to pass the car/bike they want to get past, they just pull across onto the other side of the road and drive past them. The amazing thing is, if a car starts coming towards them (when they’re on the wrong side), they sound their horn to tell them to get out the way! The roads are full of motorbikes, bicycles, scooters and ricks. And the buses are horrendous. They all have no windows, are dented and scratched from all the near misses and people just jump on and off them without waiting for them to stop! The buses are so full that you cannot see through from one side to the other. As you can imagine, being on the roads here is quite an experience.