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Originally Posted by mcminsen
It's still 34 C in my apartment in the middle of the night and I'm trying to get some work done on my computer before I decamp to the air conditioned hotel room.
I was really starting to feel unwell as I was so overheated so I decided to try something more than just cold water on the face, cold drinks or just sitting in front of the fans.
I had a long cool bath. It really made a huge difference. If you're getting seriously overheated I would strongly recommend it.
Being immersed in cool water for at least 20 minutes will really draw the excess heat from deep in your body. It's made me feel much better for several hours now.
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Great recommendation! A dip in the pool is a great idea too, then spend the rest of the day hanging out in a mall with good AC.
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Originally Posted by trofirhen
What makes East Asia feel so hot is partly the high humidity. It can rain, then sun, the rain evaporates leaving a feverish humidity. Here, on the occasion when it is hot as it is now, the humidity is usually less than 50 per cent, while in East Asia it's upwards of 85 per cent. I recall Istanbut during hot 38°C weahter, and it was dry, with a breeze. One had to keep drinking water, but the sweat evaporated fast and kept things tolerable. Here, although freakishly hot right now, it could, with high humidity, be whole lot worse than it is.
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That's correct. I was able to wander around outside a couple of hours and I felt fine, although I must say I tried to be under the shades most of the time. The dry arid condition here makes it feel more like being in a desert than in a tropical rainforest, which can get really unbearable very fast.