Just kidding! my digestive system has been handling India just fine, the worst part is the heat and the clothes I have to wear during it! Mumbai is the most humid place I have visited, or at least it
feels that way. I could walk
around in my usual summer outfit of short-shorts and a tank top but that would
probably offend half the public and regrettably attract the rest. I stand out
enough as it is being a white girl with blonde hair, so I am trying to blend in
as much as possible by covering up like the locals do. However that means
wearing long pants, long sleeves and usually a scarf in 35ᵒ+ weather!
I am starting to sweat in new places – the most recent being
the inside of my elbows!
In my first weeks here, it was such a pain getting dressed since all the clothes I brought were too hot or too “scandalous” for India and incredibly
difficult to get over my sticky body! At our home and office, as most places,
there are only ceiling fans not air conditioners, which blow around the sticky
dirty air (as well as all my papers at work). I can usually handle the heat pretty well, but having to concentrate in this humidity and work outside in the sun while dressed for Canadian weather doesn’t help!
And it’s only going to get worse! By the end of my time here
it will be monsoon season which means hot and wet - I guess I just have to get
used to it! In the mean time I have bought some Indian clothing since it is
much lighter than my jeans and funny to look at. I haven’t yet figured out the
sari, but the jumbo pants and kurti are fun because it feels like I am going to
work in my pyjamas!
Those pants look so comfortable! I am astounded that they fit. The look huge in the first picture!
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