A storm at Mandavu

On Saturday as we were approaching Mandavu Dam from Masuma even the most inept weather prophet could see that rain was inevitable…

    By the time we reached Mandavu, rain was visible in the distance and the wind was starting to blow strongly……

Within minutes the rain started……

And our view was quickly obscured……

But within half an hour the rain had stopped and we drove to the top end of the dam to see if the Mandavu River was flowing. The dry dam-bed had changed from desert to swamp in a matter of minutes…..

  And the rivers were bringing new water into the dam….

    We had a similar experience the following day when rainfall upstream brought the Sinamatella River down in flood.

    Suddenly water and green leaves are everywhere and the harsh sights of the dry season are replaced by the soft colours of the wet….

The road towards our house at Sinamatella

And of course, with clouds in the sky there is more scope for Sue to add to our huge collection of sunrise and sunset photos!

Sunrise at Sinamatella.