Monsoon for any holiday destination, especial a beach holiday destination is bad news. It entails low season and no business and the few guests who do stay here always make it a point to give you disappointed looks and ask you things like 'where is the sun, man?'.
On the bright side for employees this means they can go on a vacation to visit family. They can also (wait for it) request a temporary transfer to work on one of the sister resort islands.
Resort or no resort, the monsoon is my favourite season of the year. I feel happiest when I can feel cool breeze and look at rain droplets soak the trees and flowers around me. It washes everything away like forgiveness and makes everyone the same- wet and clean-equal. It's makes them a new person, fresh like after a bath or a dip in the ocean.
Unlike most holidaymaker, for me rain on an island is just perfect. It's always a pleasant surprise I welcome with joy not disdain. It allows you to see the skies and it's many shades. The lack of skyscrapers gives you full access to the clouds, birds and tree tops.
One of the quirkiest and more fun things about being here is, you can enjoy the rain in your summer clothes (bikini, flip flops, flowery shorts, crop tops and anything but sweaters and jackets) here because anything else would be just wrong. Imagine the blue ocean, the clean white sand looking, the sun loungers and the all ready for sun anytime atmosphere and imagine wearing sweaters, plastic raincoats and thick scarves and big rain boots in such a scenario. If you cannot, just like I cannot (the horror!), my work here is done.
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