After barely a drop of rain since our return on January 1, it started raining here on March 1 or so and lasted for four days or so. Not a typical rain, but a constant drizzle, with plenty of cloud cover (like Western Washington).
We needed some moisture, as things were starting to get pretty dry and this was the perfect type of rain, not the hard, driving sort that happens a lot of the time. The gentle drizzle allowed a lot of plants to soak up the moisture and the rain went into the soil, rather than cascading over it.
This brought out some flowers (quite a lot of orchids have opened up), we've spotted more sloths around (when it is dry, they head deeper into the jungle where it's cooler and there's more moisture) and some of the bushes and trees that were wilting a bit have sprung back to life.
It has also brought out the questions from guests:
"When will it stop?"
"It's not supposed to rain in March, why is it raining?"
"It's raining, what can we do?"
The answers: We don't know, we don't know and you can do anything in the rain. It's still in the 80s (or maybe mid 70s) when it's raining, it's not a cold rain.
Understandably, some folks are upset when they come to Costa Rica expecting sun and they get wet. A friend of ours, who owns a hotel, said she had some guests ask for a refund because it was raining so much.
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