Some Like It Hot.

So, it's pretty hot here. It's not humid at all, so it's really not that bad, but the sun is pretty brutal. Luckily they knew what they were doing when they built these houses, so the courtyards always have at least 1/4 in the shade during the middle part of the day, and they're nice and cool compared to outside the house doors during the morning and the evening. You can really feel the difference when you're walking down the alley to the house and then walk in the courtyard. You're still more or less outside, but it's much cooler. And we have seen people pouring water on the ground outside their shops and Alex eventually asked someone why, and they said it cools it down and creates a small breeze if you leave the door open. This is totally true, and we now throw water all over the place when it gets particularly hot.

How hot does it get exactly? Case in point: If you leave a lighter out in the sun, it'll explode after about an hour. This has happened before. And yesterday. Two lighters exploded yesterday, in fact.

Some pictures in the morning, bros just straight chillaxing. The Yemeni girl has been gone for the week so we can deveil and be cool.





I disappear. I'm not sure at all who took these pictures... I just found them on my camera.



A bottlecap with the same thing written on it is the prize for anyone who can guess what this bottle says.



Me in my room, in my basic Syrian outfit. I have to actually try to look cool here to appear normal. Where are all the slackers who don't bother to shave here? Just us Americans?