Summertime...and Hua Hin is...

...HOT!  No - hot as blazes*sigh* 

Here is the 7 day forecast:

Today 20/04	Tomorrow 21/04	Friday 22/04	Saturday 23/04	Sunday 24/04	Monday 25/04	Tuesday 26/04
Calm 36 °C 27 °C partly cloudy	Calm 36 °C 24 °C partly cloudy	Calm 36 °C 26 °C partly cloudy	Calm 35 °C 26 °C partly cloudy	Calm 36 °C 26 °C partly cloudy	Calm 36 °C 26 °C partly cloudy	Calm 35 °C 25 °C partly cloudy

 *36C = 96.8F  (humidity is hovering around 62% each day)

People who have lived here a long time say that the forecast above will probably be the same until July.  The only change might be higher temperatures.  It gets even hotter in Bangkok!  I will try to remember never to complain about Atlanta summers ever again!!!

So...you might be wondering these things:

1.  What does it feel like?  It feels like you're in an oven.
2.  How do you get relief?  By sitting under a fan or air conditioner most of the day.  Beer doesn't help...believe me...I've tried that:-) 
3.  Do fans really help?  Surprisingly, yes - they're quite effective.  
4.  What happens when you're not under a fan and/or air-conditioning?  You sweat...buckets.
5.  Does swimming help?  Only while you're in the water, or you catch the breeze as you come out of the water.  Once you put clothes on, it's over~
6. What kind of clothes do you wear in this weather?  As few as you can and still be proper - preferably cotton.  Always remember to be respectful at temples!

Good things about the heat:

• It seems to have run most of the mosquitoes away.  Hopefully they were the dengue carrying ones!
• Keeps the city from being bombarded with tourists (although this was not the case during Songkran).
• The breezes on the beach in the evening are magnificent!  Not sure that has anything to do with the heat:-)

Bad things about the heat:

• You lose the desire to go outside.
• When you do go out, you're constantly searching for where the fans are at restaurants, so you can sit right under them.  I think I mentioned before that most restaurants in Hua Hin do not have air conditioning.  When you find an air-conditioned place, you make a bee-line for it.  Price is no object!
• You have to be sure to finish exercising before 8 a.m.

I thought this was cute (not sure how helpful...but cute):

Anyway - I'm surviving...albeit barely.  I have a bike ride scheduled for tomorrow.  Hopefully it will be mostly downhill and breezy.  I'll let you know~