Rain!

We awoke this morning to the gentle sound of rain - wow. As you know, it is incredibly dry here and we have had electricity rationed (4-6 hours a day without, on a rotating basis; sometimes in the morning, sometimes the afternoon, sometimes the evening). So this first hint of a rainy season is a beautiful thing.

Ecuador's main hydro electric generation plant in Paute has had to reduce it's operations due to the dry conditions, with only 2 of 10 generators working. Water levels in the resevoir above the dam are down 20m. Power has been purchased from Peru and Colombia to offset the short fall.