Well, the monsoon rains have hit. This is rain like I have never seen before. Absolutely pelting, drenching, instantly soaking rain. And with this rain and 100% humidity you simply do NOT DRY OFF EVER EVER OR EVER. YAY...voice literally dripping with sarcasm. Did you catch that? Well, bear with me as I *check my heart* and have an attitude adjustment and tun on the Pollyanna. *ahem* Ok, we are good. We are thankful for our car. Seriously we are very thankful especially on days like today. The lightening storm that hit before we left for our outing was incredible! It was right over our heads and on our balcony you can see black sky with flashes every couple seconds and then every once in a while an intense jagged line of electricity would spear through the clouds right in front of us and we would jump as the immediate thunder boomed around us. Super cool storms here in Chennai. On our trek through town while being thankful for our car we took several pictures of the less fortunate souls who did not have cars. Many people in Chennai use motorcycles to get around as they are fast and economical and can wind through traffic easier than a car. Those on these looked absolutely miserable.
It was awful to watch and yet we still took pictures. In Chennai when it rains the streets quickly become flooded and sidewalks and thin passageways between pedestrians and cars are eliminated. The pedestrians have to walk in the streets closer to cars which means directly in the splash zones. Women in beautiful silk saris, men walking to work, and kids riding bicycles are are completely drenched with the muddy filthy water that the tires explode their direction. I felt so bad for all the people attempting to run for cover and getting caught in the cross fire of water between them. I thought our tiny, little car was bad, you should have seen it when the buses went by. Oh sadness. 
It was awful to watch and yet we still took pictures. In Chennai when it rains the streets quickly become flooded and sidewalks and thin passageways between pedestrians and cars are eliminated. The pedestrians have to walk in the streets closer to cars which means directly in the splash zones. Women in beautiful silk saris, men walking to work, and kids riding bicycles are are completely drenched with the muddy filthy water that the tires explode their direction. I felt so bad for all the people attempting to run for cover and getting caught in the cross fire of water between them. I thought our tiny, little car was bad, you should have seen it when the buses went by. Oh sadness. The rain is incredible here. It is as warm as bathwater and like I said before the drops are huge and incredibly drenching. I love the sight of them on the pavement though. They are so big that they ricochet off of the pavement and bounce back. It is really pretty. See, we can find beauty even in the rain. It's is all around us. Sometimes it is just difficult to see when you are feeling wet...(very wet)...but it is there.
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