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There was a brief, heavy downpour just as we set off, which nearly caused us to retreat to the cablecar (a fellow walking ahead of us did just that). However, being made of sterner stuff (!), we pressed on. About 10 minutes in we started to hear rumbles of thunder in the distance and after about half-an-hour, with the thunder becoming increasingly rumbly, we glanced behind us to see these menacing looking clouds closing in from the West.
About 15 minutes from the hotel it started to absolutely heave it down. Judith was well prepared with her monsoon rain cape, but I’d inconveniently not packed mine. My waterproof jacket kept my top-half dry, but my legs got well soaked.
I think the moral of this story is to always be prepared to be waterproof from head to toe, however nice the weather looks when you set off. Unless you’re somewhere like Dubai, when you’d probably get away with it.
Back at the hotel I changed into dry stuff before beer and dinner.
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