The first rains

The scent of fresh rain is the same everywhere in the world. The smell of clean air, life, hope, prosperity and a force that, combined with the sun, will create the things that will nourish us for the rest of the year.

The scent of fresh rain…is very quickly overtaken by the smell of the year’s raw sewage which is overflowing latrines, sweeping up the piles of garbage and flooding the streets.

It was good while it lasted.