Prelude to the Monsoon

This weekend, our friend Esther came to Mussoorie to visit us because she has been unable to get a visa so that she can help out with the relief work in Bhurma. She and Dan met each other doing tsunami relief work together in the Andaman Islands. Now her plan is to spend 3 months in Bhurma, if the Bhurmese government ever lets her in.

Monkey watching.

The beautiful but naughty langur. They are shy monkeys, generally, but they do love to steal fruit from our landlord's garden.

Mussoorie is gearing up for the monsoon; it at least threatens rain just about every day. And sometimes a lot of fog rolls in as can be seen below. I have apparently come during the only period of good weather in Mussorie. The other ten months are either cool and damp or freezing, at least according to Indian comfort levels. But I still find the impending monsoon exciting, probably just because I've never experienced one before.

Our house in the fog. (I stole this picture from Dan.)

A cute old man in the traditional dress of the region on a sunnier day in Mussoorie.