Most of last week was drenched in the monsoon, I think it was a monsoon, that’s been visiting Korea. Towards the end of the week it died down a bit and by Saturday it had mostly rained out. Mr. Monsoon, however, was not going to give up without a fight.
The English like to say call heavy rain “pissing down”. I know the rain is not exactly yellow, but it is still a fun and descriptive phrase. Yesterday, Sunday, IT was not pissing down, no sir. THEY were pissing down. The whole Sumerian Pantheon decided to drench us with their holy water, all at once.
I took this photo in Itaewon, and this was not even when the rain was at its worst. (It is not easy taking photos with a phone while holding a tiny umbrella to protect said phone, and controlling person so I waited.) The rubbish bins in the photo barely stayed there. If it was not for one sensible Korea (yes, there are a few) who removed the rubber from the storm drain then those bins would have been gonners. I can understand why they cover the drainage grills in walkways. They should not be there and girls with heels they don’t know how to walk in might get hurt, but why the hell would you close one up in the gutter next to a road?
All in all there were no real disasters and fun was had by most.
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