Touched down sometime after midnight this morning, and walked right into a wall of hot air coming out of the airport. Who ever it was who said that the desert is hot by day and cold by night, obviously had no bloody idea what they were talking about. But then again, in the light of the morning heat (43 degrees Celsius!), the night time temperature of 32 degrees Celcius does seem cooler by comparison. This heat is almost too much to bear; it’s not a humid kind of heat we have back home, but rather a dusty-dry kind that cracks the lips and gums up the eyes ~ sort of like a sauna + tanning bed kind of heat and dryness at the same time.

Lots of things done today, mostly getting things and settling in for the next few weeks that I’m here. Will see if I can hit the pool later to cool off.

p.s. Driving on the wrong side of the road is… disorienting.