Alicia Ortego
Running in the rain
The Friday mosque, the Jami Masjid, is at the corner of ruined builings, black pollution, and crowded markets. The mosque itself is not particularly pretty, is covered with billboards, and is surrounded by heavy traffic. It also rains two out of three days during monsoon season, so it's hard to find in a few hours with the streets full of trucks, taxis, cows and people. And then you end up stepping into a really deep, dark puddle when crossing the street and it even scares the locals were scared, that might not be the best. Today I can laugh, but at the time, I felt overwhelmed because I felt like I was getting nowhere.
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