Travelling across Asia in summer has been a dry experience. Reliable sunny weather, almost everyday. The last major rain we saw was in Hong Kong in November. It rained hard for most of the day. I remember it well, because it was strange to see all this water falling out of the sky. Before that it drizzled for about an hour in Beijing one day in October. Xuemei said it was the first rain there since July. There was a really good downpour in Kyoto for a day, I can't remember when that was it was so long ago, but watching all the elegant Kyotoese running around trying to keep dry in a deluge was amusing. It didn't rain at all while we were in Korea. The last frequent rain we saw was in Mongolia/Russia, so it has become a bit of a novel event.
Now, forgive me, but I thought Central Asia was suppose to be dry. We are in the Kyzl Kum desert and it has mostly been cold and wet. Big puddles; grey, rainy mornings; muddy streets; chilly breeze. We just can't do anything right. Andy's Dad, aka "The Rainbringer" will laugh his socks off.
