Last year was a bit of a dry spell for the "green" season here. There wasn't as much rain and certainly no torrential downpours.
This year has been different. The rains are back with a vengeance and enough to cause all of the gutters and ditches here to overflow.
Naturally, it's accompanied by thunder and lightning (the thunder booms so big it sends Bejuca and Mini-B scurrying for cover) and it actually knocks clocks and paintings off the walls.
The other day, the rain came down so hard, and so fast, that it took out three houses in La Tigra (about 8 miles away). Fortunately, no one was hurt.
However, the deluge also took out the water mains for the whole area (carried away in the flood, who knows where they will wash up).
Hence, no water at the hotel (save for our little tank) so everyone gets to do a sponge bath for a day until the pipes can either be found or new ones can be brought in.
It doesn't just affect us, but several hundred folks up and down the aqueduct's route.
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