Rain, Rain, Never Go Away

We arrived in Tanzania in the midst of the rainy season. I am loving it! Out of the last 10 days, we have had two days without rain. During the other eight days it has been rain on and off, day and night. Sometimes just a quick shower and other times, a down pour for hours. I find the rain to be really peaceful and I am so happy about the cooler weather it brings. Although it's cool, it's not cold. We can still wear short sleeves and shorts (or leggings for me) and be perfectly comfortable. What I find interesting is there is no thunder or lightening here. In Kisumu, whenever the rain came there was always lots of both which I am not a fan of. On one of our last days in Kisumu, it was raining pretty hard and there was lots of thunder and lightening in the distance. The storm must have been moving right over us because all of a sudden there was a huge flash of light and a GIANT boom an instant later. It shook me to my bones and left my heart pounding for 30 minutes. It scared me so bad. I yelled to our neighbors "we're going to die" and they just laughed. I think the rainy season lasts until July which I am so thankful for. After that...insane heat.