You haven't lived until you've ridden in the back of a pick-up truck in the pouring down rain. Rain gear? Psht. You're gonna get soaked to the core no matter what.
Right now Belize is in its rainy season. Before this week we've had some unusually pleasant sunshine weather for this time of year. Now, however, the rain has finally caught up with us. All this week a tropical depression has settled over the country. It has been raining pretty much non-stop.
Working in the field in the rain is a totally different atmosphere. We're constantly adjusting tarps over certain areas of the site, or else just working in the wet and mud as long as it is not pouring too hard.
Back at base camp, it's weird trekking through the wet to and from the main house and my cabana. Everyone and everything is just constantly damp and soggy. Luckily I had brought enough clean shirts to last the entire trip. Some had to do their laundry, which then couldn't be dried out on the line and have been wet all week. No fun.
The past couple days the rain has slowed down a bit, just occurring for fifteen minute intervals throughout the day. So that's been a little more tolerable. It's just that we had gotten so used to the sunshine last week that now we would really appreciate its return.
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