The Rainy Season Is Here

The rainy season blew in over the weekend with Typhoon Chanchu killing 37 people across the country. In Manila, we received a bunch of rain and some minor winds, but nothing like the typhoons I've been through on Guam. In addition to an almost instant "greening" of the landscape, the onset of the rainy season means cloudier -- and therefore cooler -- days.

Chanchu then headed west to Vietnam and, if you believe this graphic from Ho Chi Minh City's Thanh Nien news service, is expected to soon make a sharp right-hand turn towards Hong Kong.