Gulu

Then the Earth Exhaled

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Generally speaking, I have been reserving posting 'Daily Photos' for images that I feel are artistically up to snuff. This is by no means the greatest photo ever taken. But! I wanted to post a picture of the moment that the heavens opened and rain descended on the northern Ugandan outpost of Gulu. Over the last three months in East Africa I have spent my time almost invariably amongst people who are desperate for water. The time I chose to visit is perhaps the very driest of the year, and on top of that the rains have not come according to a schedule that was once better kept. Crops are wilting and the world has been thirsty everywhere I have gone. So it was that my friend Sam and I arrived by bus in Gulu yesterday, and a few moments after checking into our hotel watched with delight as the rain began to fall. It was a sweet, sweet moment.