Winter 2019 - 18. Rain

18.  Rain

How do you feel when it rains while you are on vacation?

It Was a Deluge

Well, after we got back from our first outing set up by the Hotel Uma Sari (Blogs 10 – 16), we just stepped into our room when it started to pour down in sheets. It rained so hard we did not even go out for dinner that evening.

You must have heard of a tropical deluge, but being in one is an experience. I was excited and felt ‘cozy’ being under shelter watching the rain. The no dinner night was OK by me.

Tapering Off a Little Bit

Every afternoon, well almost every afternoon, we had a rain shower while we were in Bali. It was the ‘rainy’ season, after all. Nice and cool in the morning, then the temps started to warm up around 10 am or so, got hot by 2 and by 5 or 6 PM we had rain. Not every day but most days it rained for a short while in the afternoon. We did not even notice the rain, really, because when you are inside a restaurant or shop the rain is over when you step out again.

Snail Seeking Refuge

I would say we had 2 days of really heavy downpours in the month we were there. The rain on those days came down sideways. Birds’ nests in the trees swayed left and right in the accompanying winds. The weather was storm-like but not truly threatening. The sky was black, the winds howled and water collected on the sidewalks and made walking gushy if you were out and about. But because of the canals the people dug here, the surface water ran off almost immediately once it stopped raining.

Bali is tropical, but the water from the rains is controlled on the ground. I guess that is what the Subak System is all about. Some strange creatures came out of hiding during the rains, though; this picture is of a snail.

Nice to Watch the Rain From the Shelter of Our Porch

And speaking of rain… it rained on my parade, too.

I was unable to book the last 3 days of our visit to Bali at Uma Sari. It was really my fault. I thought I could get it even cheaper than the US $22 I was paying. I also forgot the pending Holiday, the Nyepi Day (Day of Silence), which would be celebrated right after we left Bali. You see, before this solemn day people party, visit family, etc.  Uma Sari was sold out, other people took advantage of this place, and I kind of fell asleep at the wheel forgetting about extending our stay.

Well, now Carol and I need to walk around looking at a few ‘other’ places just for the 3 last days of our trip to Bali. This not having a room is not imminent; it is in about 10 days from now. 

Yet, we have to secure a room for ourselves just to be prepared.