The Downside

I've done some bragging before about how nice it is here in the winter so I feel it's only fair to note how hot it is in the summer. The summers here are like DC in July, but July lasts from May to October. It's so hot that I've started to feel happier when it's overcast since at least that means it isn't 98 degrees out. How the students ever sleep in this heat is beyond me. The mosquitoes are also really bad. my ankles are pretty bitten up. The rain is also incredibly unpredictable, I've taken to carrying an umbrella everywhere with me because just because it's clear one minute doesn't mean it won't be raining torrentially the next. At least with all the rain the pollution isn't so bad, which is no small feat for China.