Rain rain go away......

We are half way through the rainy season, and it seems to have stepped up a notch. Officially the rainy season lasts from June until November.

Last year the weather was really wet before we arrived, and we got more of the same. Washed clothes stayed damp for days and began to smell, meaning they had to be washed again - it seemed like an endless cycle of washing. We had washing hanging on a line where the hammock should have been, hanging from the stairs, trying to catch the sun from the curtain pole!

This year it didn't seem as bad. We have been here over the summer, and the rain seemed to come mainly at night.I almost began to think that I had remembered last year as being a lot worse than it was. Last week we received an email offering a tumble drier (secadora) for sale (see below, the machine on the right). We considered it, and very nearly decided against it, due to the high cost of electricity here, but we decided it could be $75 well spent!

We very nearly didn't get to view it: it was a typical Salvadoran addresses that was not where Google maps said it was. I refused to give up, like a beagle on the scent, I went once more around the block, in the shadow of the Trade Centre, took a random left turn, found house number 6, rang the bell and asked for the Senora.......and to my utter amazement  the muchacha (maid) who answered the door said "Si!"

The secadora is now a member of the family. Sunday it rained all day, I did my washing, and in half an hour it was dry. No more smelly wet washing. Result!