Guangzhou, Can You Hit Pause on the Rain, Please?

[Terrence Beer]

Alright, I'm well-versed in this matter! The feeling of our trip suddenly falling flat due to bad weather is all too familiar. Allow me to rephrase it in a way that will make it perfectly clear for our foreign friends:

• Right after my graduation defense, fueled by passion, my friend and I – the typical "spontaneous travelers" who prefer spur-of-the-moment trips without much planning – promptly decided to hit the road!
  • Train tickets? Booked!
  • Hotel? Reserved!
  • Park entrance fees? Scheduled!
  • Everything looked perfect on paper, right?
• However, upon waking up the next morning, my window was met with raindrops – Guangzhou had rained overnight! Checking the weather forecast made matters worse; it was supposed to keep raining for the following days!
• Important Travel Advice (especially for spontaneous travelers like us!):
  • Make sure to check the weather forecast before you leave – I can't stress this enough!
  • This is especially true for places in southern China, such as Guangzhou, where spring and summer seasons (March to September) are known for unpredictable weather with sudden showers. Always double-check or at least bring along some rain gear.
• Oh, God, could you please wait until we've played our fill before raining?
• #GuangdongPleaseStopTheRain #IReallyHopeItDoesntRainAgain #IsItACurseThatItAlwaysRainsWhenIGoOutside

[Dallas Durgan]

Whoa! I just got to Guangzhou too!

[Mr. Carlton Johnston]

Is it raining hard? I'm itching to go out and have some fun.

[Dr. Danny Bayer]

You just missed it! The weather in Guangzhou was perfect just a few days ago.

[Hugo Witting]

I was busy preparing for my thesis defense.

[Arnold Predovic]

Where in Guangzhou are you?

[Timothy Denesik]

Not there yet, still on the high-speed train.

[Pamela Miller]

Thinking of visiting Guangzhou for the Dragon Boat Festival holiday, but I wonder if it'll still be raining then.

[Ms. Thelma DuBuque-Rolfson]

Hmm, not sure. You could check the weather forecast a few days beforehand.

[Kendra Howe]

My flight even got cancelled!

[Dr. Danny Bayer]

I got to the hotel, finished my makeup, and just as I stepped out, bam! A massive downpour.

[Pat Pagac]

Exactly the same for us! We'd just pulled up directions, all excited to go sightseeing, and bam, the next second, a torrential downpour hit us, winds and all.

[Jesse Paucek]

We ended up having hotpot for lunch right in the middle of that huge downpour, hahaha!

[Josephine Cremin]

It's not raining here, though. I'm in Tianhe.

[Iris Marquardt]

Oh, really? I checked the forecast and thought it was going to rain.

[Ms. Alberta Moen]

It's boiling hot! I'm melting!

[Ada Muller]

It hasn't started raining here yet, but boy, is it muggy and hot.

[Lena Oberbrunner]

I'm in the car and I'm practically melting, it's so stuffy in here!

[Ken Fahey]

With this thunder and rain, I feel like I'm gonna get zapped any second now!