Rainy Day in Cancun

We've read about the freezing cold back home and expect no sympathy at out current stretch of "chilly"(68F, 20C) and rainy weather. I was caught in town when the clouds opened up again after raining most of the night. The puddle-lakes are so big they cover up the potholes and the van bottomed out many times. In some neighbourhoods they lift up the manhole covers and the water swirls down like a giant's floor drain. In most places, though, there doesn't seem to be any drains at all! Water pools a foot deep at all intersections because they are the low points in the roads. People wear flip flops to work because they know they'll be wading, even on sidewalks.

Guys on motorcycles or in the back of open stake trucks just get drenched to the skin --- what do they do when they get to work?

I got 2 soakers and my jeans were wet to a personal high tide line of about 12 inches up. Back at home, we've got an Inside Day to clean up some computer files, check maps, play cards, and snack on jamon y queso (ham n cheese). But cabin fever sets in right away when you're used to daily good long walks...