Monsoon Wetting

We successfully completed our 10-day Vipassana course at Dhamma Giri which is the main Vipassana center in the world, taught by S.N. Goenka. The center is located in a small town named Igatpuri. It rained non stop from day 1 to day 10 of the course -- we were frequently wet and got a real "Monsoon wetting!" Luckily Daniela purchased an umbrella and Pradeep purchased a raincoat which kept them fairly dry. After the course we found out that Igatpuri is the second rainiest place in India -- the rainiest place is Cherapunji which is in the Guiness Book for the rainiest place in the world (467 inches per season) -- couldn't find the amount for Igatpuri. Let's just say the rains were torrential and almost non-stop, with high wind gusts. Miraculously it did not rain on Day 0 as we arrived to the center nor on Day 10 "Metta Day" nor on Day 11 as we left the center. It stormed with heavy rain and strong winds at all other times. We concluded the rainfall mirrored the storms within the meditation halls.
More yet to come...