Rain Walking and After

I discovered this past week the best times to take a walk. I decided that I needed to take a thought-walk at least every other day if I was going to keep my head on straight. After a day or two of feeling the beginnings of a cough, I sloshed through the rain and mud puddles towards the nearest pharmacy. The mud impeded rickshaw drivers from testing their wheels, people stood under storefronts or whatever shelter they could find, and people driving cars scrambled to find their way home. The road was left for me and a few pedestrians to walk on. I had to keep myself from doing a Gene Kelly number on the sidewalk (the slight fever might have had something to do with the experience). I would probably take a rainy thought-walk again as long as the rainwater doesn’t pass my ankles. The second best time to take a walk is immediately after a rain, such as this morning. People have the same idea, but the streets are not overcrowded…yet. I grabbed my camera to see what I could capture. Across the hospital, a man who was selling mangoes caught my eye. I snapped a photo and hopped away, delighted because I love taking pictures of fruit sellers. Then my courtesy light bulb went off and I hurried back to him and asked to buy a few mangoes. I got SIX MANGOES for a little over 1 USD!