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the rain last night is what everyone talked about today. the rain last night caused everything to flood and people were sure that lightening had struck all about the guest house.

the rain caused the road in front of our house to flood completely. it was under a solid six or seven or eight inches of water and students walked to class with their pants held up close to their knees.

i have the luxury of traveling by a motorcycle through the water but one must be wary of large rocks or bricks randomly strewn about that would otherwise be easy to see and avoid. agh, with the murky water obscuring all, one must simply hope. when one solely relies on hope they are bound to slip at some point and i did and my pants were muddied and made wet.

the rest of the road the heads out of the university was also flooded on both sides and, by lunch, there was only a thin stream of traffic moving at a snail’s pace through the middle. everyone was pressed against one another and motorcycles hummed along quietly and bicycles tried to stay straight and girls in beautiful dresses tried not to get mud on the hem.

eventually the sun rose from its slumber and screamed through the clouds for the water to stop molesting us. the water eventually rose and left. the roads opened up again. they opened as if moses rose his staff and asked the flood season water to up and vanish.