have you ever smelt the rain?

I am not talking about the city rain where you smell either the garbage or oil and petrol.... In my opinion, the best place to smell the rain is a village in a tropical country.

After a long dry spell, when the first few rain drops of pending monsoon down pour hits the ground an aromatic steam rises from the soil. This what I mean by the "smell of rain". Each and every village has it's own unique aroma depending on the soil. When sun comes out after the down pour and heats the ground, more vapor rises from the ground and makes the whole environment balmy & humid. It's so uncomfortable yet fun.

I am lucky enough experience this, along with watching -over a field, with an
uninterrupted view to the horizon- cascading sheets of water coming down from the dark clouds during during a tropical deluge.