GOOD MORNING VIETNAM!

"WHAT DO YOU THINK IT IS GOING TO BE LIKE TONIGHT?  IT'S GONNA BE HOT AND WET!  That is nice if you are going to be with a lady, but it ain't no good if you are in the JUNGLE!"

I am quoting Robin Williams from that movie, with thanks to Eric for bringing up the former's great line.

It IS HOT and WET here!  You live in the jungle.  You take a shower because you are hot and sticky... you won't get dry because as soon as you step out, you will be hot and sticky again.  It takes getting used to.... or acclimatizing, as we say.  I must say, I am adjusting quite well.  There are advantages to extreme heat and humidity.  1). You drink a lot of fluids.  You don't always drink the RIGHT ones, but you do drink a lot. 2). You eat less, plain and simple.  You don't have the same appetite.  You aren't always yearning for comfort food to warm you up. 3). You don't cough every morning, and blow your nose at least a dozen times upon getting up in the morning.  4). You have a better sense of smell, perhaps because your nostrils are lubricated naturally with the humidity. You can chuck that "SECARIS" lubricant you stick up your nose back home.  5). All jungle fruits and vegetables are just so FRESH... so all food tastes simply more delicious!

S-O-O-O-O... hot and wet versus cold and snowy?   The occasional deluge versus three nor'easters in March?  NO CONTEST!!! I will take the jungle... but just for one month.

¡PURA VIDA!