several times a week. This makes getting to and from work endless amounts of fun, especially at night. People are even more mental on the roads in the rain, apparently believing that if you move fast enough the rain will somehow magically avoid you. In super heavy rain it is hard to even keep your eyes open while riding along on a motorbike as the rain relentlessly smashes into your eyeballs so I find myself driving along slowly, squinting and trying to shield my eyes with one hand. I've taken to wearing sunglasses in the day so I look quite stupid driving along wearing shades when the sun is nowhere to be seen, but it provides some protection from the monster raindrops. Sadly sunnies are no good at night as the poor lighting in some parts of town means that when wearing sunglasses it is impossible to see anything at all.
Then there is the delightful rain gear that must be worn if you want to stay dry. I have a couple of plastic ponchos but they both smell kinda plasticky so when you get to your destination and take off the poncho there is a faint whiff of plastic that lingers in your clothes. It is still hot despite the rain so you sweat underneath the plastic, and if it hasn't had time to dry off since your last drenching it is particularly grim to put a wet poncho on. As your feet are exposed while riding and often have to be put down into puddles at intersections it is never a good idea to wear nice shoes so plastic flip flops are a must which means changing shoes repeatedly throughout the day. Any time you forget to take rain shoes with you the rain will fall so quickly it floods which means your poor shoes are going to get soaked. If you're unfortunate enough to ride through water overflowing from sewage canals your shoes are fit only for the bin, unless you want to smell like sewage every time you wear them after that.
It it a delightful time of year! As a result, I haven't been doing a whole lot other than camping out where there is air con.
