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RE: Exploring Kuching | What Is This Golden Building!? | Vlog #44
You are a real trooper braving it out in the midday sun, not many people walking on the streets there at that time, or so it would appear.
Any night markets there?
Funny you say that I meet some foreign girls who asked me if the city was normally that quiet. And I just figured that being it was Monday everyone was back at work but now it kind of makes sense that it could also be the obnoxious heat haha. There are markets on the weekend but on a evening there are a lot of food stalls along the boardwalk and it is definitely a lot more lively.
I used to think I could handle the heat, until one day I couldn't.
A few years back I rode 350K in two days. The first day had pouring rain, and the second day had intense 35-40C heat with high humidity.
The ride was OK, however the next morning was another story.
Passed out in the bathroom of a rather dangerous and supposedly "5 star" hotel.
Got up early in the morning, went to use the toilet, felt a bit nauseous and dropped like a rock into the bathtub, not one of my best moments. (woke up less than a minute later bleeding like crazy with rather sharp pain, luckily, it wasn't serious, just made a big mess) The bathroom looked like a scene out of a horror film.
I now have a permanent scar to remind myself of the dangers of dehydration, combined with heat exhaustion.
Woah! That is super intense and definitely something from a bizarre horror movie. I've definitely been ignorant before about how much heat can affects us being that where I live is so hot and humid sometimes. It can definitely be testing to our bodies if we don't take the right steps to look after ourselves. I could only image the scar is pretty gnarly but I'm really glad you made it out of the situation in one piece!
Well, it was my own damn fault! I can laugh about it now, at the time it was huge embarrassment. I've got quite a list of injuries, almost all self inflicted, by sheer stupidity.