Recently Deborah made a cup of tea for me with a liberal sprinkling of tiny ants floating about in it. This is the danger when she cooks without her glasses. She must have imbibed a fair number of the little critters in her own cup before I noticed them in mine. I had been joking that I was going to eat bugs when we got to Oaxaca – they're considered a delicacy there – but it seems she beat me to it.
This isn't Fiji but it is a tropical climate and presents some of the same challenges. Any tiny crumb left on a counter top will soon attract a stream of little six-legged foragers and find Deborah reaching for her spray bottle to douse them with. Mosquitoes are here also, but not in so great a number that they rise above the level of minor annoyance. They're probably worse in the rainy season, which is May to October. Those are also the months with the most oppressive weather in terms of heat and humidity. For us the December/January weather has been quite nice, with highs in the low to mid 80s F and nights still warm enough that you can stay in your shorts and sandals. For maybe two nights we did get a “cold snap” where it might have actually dropped below 60F and we had to put on a light sweatshirt. Sometimes it's a bit humid but just learn to walk on the shady side of the street to stay comfortable.
The dry season has lived up to its name as we've seen very little rain here. One big exception occurred a few days ago when an afternoon storm absolutely dumped on us, showing clearly why some of those sidewalk curbs need to be so high. Mexican adults don't wear shorts, but maybe they think we gringos that do aren't so dorky when we're crossing streets that look like rivers without having to hike up our pants cuffs.
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