It's getting to be past the stage of "warm" and approaching "hot," yesterday topping off at 113 degrees. It's the time of year I stop drinking regular spring water and have to drink electrolyte-infused water to replace the sweat I lose during the days and nights. An impotent rage hangs above the city, fuses and tempers are short, the cows start lunging or charging, and puppies lie panting helplessly in unworldly cute piles. Needless to say I will be leaving soon, though my tabla classes remain cool beneath several stories of stone buildings in a fan-cooled room. A back-up battery becomes important at this time of the year with the interspersed electricity blackouts, and people who store their well water in black containers on the roof (i.e. everyone) have to wait until 11pm before the water isn't scalding hot to take their evening showers. Without at least three cold showers a day and dependable electricity supply Varanasi is a nightmare from May onwards. That gives me roughly ten days to book a train to the nearest Himalaya hill station and take advantage of all the tabla teaching I can in the next week - though my fingers are already starting to rebel and droop as I succumb to the relentless heat. "
Da, tin, tin,
da,
da tin, tin, DA!"
It's getting to be past the stage of "warm" and approaching "hot," yesterday topping off at 113 degrees. It's the time of year I stop drinking regular spring water and have to drink electrolyte-infused water to replace the sweat I lose during the days and nights. An impotent rage hangs above the city, fuses and tempers are short, the cows start lunging or charging, and puppies lie panting helplessly in unworldly cute piles. Needless to say I will be leaving soon, though my tabla classes remain cool beneath several stories of stone buildings in a fan-cooled room. A back-up battery becomes important at this time of the year with the interspersed electricity blackouts, and people who store their well water in black containers on the roof (i.e. everyone) have to wait until 11pm before the water isn't scalding hot to take their evening showers. Without at least three cold showers a day and dependable electricity supply Varanasi is a nightmare from May onwards. That gives me roughly ten days to book a train to the nearest Himalaya hill station and take advantage of all the tabla teaching I can in the next week - though my fingers are already starting to rebel and droop as I succumb to the relentless heat. "Da, tin, tin, da, da tin, tin, DA!"
salt water? you should be mixing electrol with your water or gatorade
ReplyDeleteHaha! Yes, rehydration salts and electrol, hence "salt water." My water looks and tastes like sweat :)
ReplyDeleteWell at least you've figured out how to stay hydrated
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