It's been hot. Or as Alex and I refer to it, "muthafukkin zharka". That's Russian for Friggin hot.
July is the hottest month of the year here - it's bizarre, because Kazakhstan gets extremes on both ends - over 100 degrees in the summer, dropping down to 30 below in the winter time, and the consideration of 'mild' weather, found in the center of the country, is 90 degrees in the summer and 20 below in the winter.
Today, it was 40 degrees - that means, my friends, 104 degrees Farehnheit. It's odd, because I originally thought my hair would burst into flames and my eyes would melt if I walked out into that sort of heat, but it's suprisingly bearable since it's not humid. You just sweat like crazy, and search for shade wherever you can, which can provide maybe a few degree's worth of respite.
Funny that I used to cry when it was 85 degrees in my room in Berkeley during the summer - but with no A/C in the villages here, I get to suffer along with everyone else.
1 comments:
Hi Jay, Read your blogs and looked at your photos. Your photos are gorgeous, and you sound like your having a great time. You seem to have grown so much in such a little time. Imagine yourself at the end of the program! Wishing you the best! I'm in Northfield, MA, and the high temperature for today is 91 degrees F. That's hot for someone from San Francisco!
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