Here comes the Sahara...!

During dry season we are used to the cooler North wind bringing dust and sometimes sand with it. However, the few sandstorms we get usually come in May, at the end of hot season and with the first rains. So we were not ready for a sandstorm on Friday! This was what we woke up to ... the weird red light is not a filter, it really looked like this ...

As the day slowly got lighter, we realised just how much dust and sand was covering everything in and outside the house. This is Simon's comment on our windows (it says "Dirty!" in French):

This is the front of our car, despite being under the cover of our car port:

And here are the leaves on our mango tree - the bright green underside of a leaf shows you what they should all be looking like!

The last few days have seen us gradually trying to remove the sand and dust from every horizontal surface in our house, and even some of the vertical ones. The mosquito netting over our windows is particularly good at catching dust and then releasing it in huge clouds at the slightest touch or breath of air!

And all this without the temperatures falling below about 28°C first thing in the morning, and still hitting 40°C in the afternoons!