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\"A<\/a><\/p>\n

I mentioned earlier about China and the spring rains<\/a>. Shenzhen is as dry as a bone most of the year, if you discount the humidity that makes walking akin to swimming.\u00a0 Not so now.<\/p>\n

The last week has seen sunny mornings: An hour or two of waking pleasantness. The skies then cloud up and big fat droplets fall as fast as the tears of a kindergartner with a skinned knee.<\/p>\n

After my Saturday afternoon nap I headed to the coffee shop, intent on getting shots of scurrying, umbrella-bearing folk. I was not disappointed. When the rain stopped, I decided on a foray to a local electronics store. Unlike my area, it was raining in the nearby downtown area. Umbrella-less, I returned home very wet. A foreigner walking in the rain without an umbrella gets a lot of stares. At least it wasn’t cold.<\/p>\n

\"Nonchalant,<\/a>
Nonchalant, and noticeably unhappy, in the rain.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I don’t mind getting wet. As a younger man I spent close to five hours lost in the Canadian woods during an autumn storm. After wading through beaver ponds, shivering (because someone thought they knew a shortcut), rain doesn’t bother you all that much. This drives Mrs. Stevo mad as her umbrella is ready at the first hint of precipitation.<\/p>\n

The rains will end soon, I hope. Shenzhen is famous for cosmetic surgery. I’m considering asking a surgeon to upgrade my body to include gills.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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