else's. If I sit for more than about a half hour, sweat soaks through my
skirt. Everyone else seems to have beads of sweat dripping off their faces
and a sheen covering all visible parts of their bodies (thankfully I only
get to that point when it's stupidly stupid hot). My sweat does
occasionally splash on the floor from my legs though, doh! Worse, my
learners are getting nose bleeds in class. I think it must be the heat as
well. My, er, nose detritus is also bloody, but not gushing out of me thank
goodness.
It's hard to estimate temperature here. I'm guessing 105 in the shade and
110 in the sun. My mom reminded me about heat index too...no idea what it
would be factoring that in. I'm really tempted to try and fry and egg
outside.
The last two days I've been getting muscle aches and occasionally feel like
throwing up randomly. At first I was worried I was coming down with
something, or god forbid, malaria again. But the good ole lonely planet
health guide says those are common symptoms of over-heating. I'm losing
more salt than I can take in, so my muscles cramp. (It didn't explain the
nausea, just said you get it.) I'm drinking a TON of water, and thanks to
mom, some is flavored with crystal lite. But I rarely have to pee. I know
I know, "piss clear" - I'M TRYING!!!
I also try to take a cold shower everyday, but the water isn't cold anymore.
It's luke warm.
I've travelled to stupidly hot places before, near the equator hot, but
what's different there is you at least always have the sea breeze. Here,
boy oh boy, it's a whole different enchilada (likely cooked outside!!)
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