A sudden rain shower with the sun shining from behind and scattering light through the fat water drops hanging from the railing. I'd shot a dozen frames or so, and had taken the card out to transfer the images to a hard-drive when 2 Sunbirds came to suck up water droplets from the foliage... the spare cards were in a case in the other room and by the time I got the card out of the reader and back into the camera the birds were gone. Anyway, I did get the water diamonds.

Storm on the way to the airport, and before we knew it the rain was pelting down and then the storm was gone as fast as it started... typical Malaysia weather.

Oh, and by the way I love that 10-20mm Sigma lens. We are traveling over 100 kmph, and the foliage outside still retains detail.

The cyclone was really blowing up a storm last night and from around midnight to 3 AM the wind was screaming and bending trees to breaking point. We were worried that the mango tree outside the bedroom would come crashing in through the large windows into the room.

Went out this morning and found several large hoardings and structures blocking the roads -

  
Hoarding across the road. A mangled gas-station.

 
Checking for remains, at a road-side stall. Looks like the bananas made it through the storm!
The little girl in the orange sweatshirt in the next photo is selling tea and cookies. Her stall was crushed under the weight of the structure that toppled on top. I asked her if all was OK? She said «You want tea? pay up and drink some tea! unnecessary talk is a waste of my time» - wow! powerful words from a little kid!

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