Shenzhen After the Rain

....is just as !@#$^*& humid as it is before the rain!!!!!

But the pollution clears away, so you can't complain about that.

I got caught in a pretty torrential downpour on Tuesday, which would have been alright if I hadn't

1. Left the metro station from the wrong exit,
2. Thought I had left from the correct exit and turned down the wrong street,
3. Had to backtrack across a number of busy streets while underestimating the depth of the puddles by the curb,
4. Stepped heavily in one of the puddles, soaking my shoes, 
5. And then tried to avoid stepping in another puddle, only to get in the way of a massive spray of water from a passing car!!!

And of course this was on my way to work (but miraculously my dance clothes remained dry), and since I'm living in a hotel, I don't have a washing machine easily available. Also I only have one pair of walking shoes.....so it's been an adventure, haha.

Here's some rain for reference:

Shenzhen is also paved with like, the slickest paving stones possible :)

The view from Donghai balcony!!!!

Leaving Donghai

I usually don't have a lot of students at the Donghai location, so I haven't taught a full day of classes there yet.

At Shenzhen Bay, however, I have to actually do my job all day (what a concept ugh haha). So I get to leave to things like this:

I'M INTO IT

As far as the job itself goes, my students are all adorable and young and very baffled by the too-tall white girl in a weird silk sheet with no shoes on. But we make it work. :)