[VoriEremiagem]

If you go up country you can smear that powder over your face and down your shirt.

I don't see much of that in Bangkok though...

[Hamucevasiop]

my favorite ice coffee from 7Eleven. cooling and refreshing.

[SetSnonejog]

Gotta say, yeah, a cold beer definitely FEELS much better going down than a glass of water. As to "not feeling thirsty", if a person is perpetually under-hydrated their internal warning system adjusts and stops making them thirsty, same way someone who goes on a food fast stops feeling hungry after a day or two. I've seen people who were so dehydrated you could make finger mark in their skin like it was putty, but they swore black and blue they were not thirsty!
Peace,
Mikel.

[SetSnonejog]

Drink water. Drink more water. Then drink some extra water. The booze is dehydrating, might feel cool in the mouth but will make it harder for your body to stay well hydrated and thus well equipped for it's natural heat exchange processes. Same goes for tea and coffee, the caffeine is dehydrating. Even sugary soda drinks will mess with your hydration.
Anecdote: Some years back Europe had a heat wave. Something like forty thousand people died from heat stroke and related complaints. France was particularly badly affected. Why? Because their response to the heat was to drink more. More wine and more coffee. Seemed like the obvious thing to do, it's wet after all. But if it's wet AND it pulls water out of your cells at an unnatural rate (Diuretic effect) then it's a bad thing to be swallowing if heat is bothering you.
Drink water. Stand under water. Find excuses to get wet. Drink more water.
Advice from someone who grew up in forty degree summers.
Peace,
Mikel.

[fujitsusi]

I have got icy shower jel, icy powder and icy drink.

[VoriEremiagem]

I carry a wash cloth or a handkerchief at all times to wipe the sweat off my face.

Ah yes, I forgot about that one too.

Whenever I stay at a hotel I nick one of those little square hand towels out of the bathroom and carry it around with me all day.

[cemDrymnVem]

Maybe I'm unusual but I can't drink the amount of water needed, I just don't like it.

I also have trouble drinking a lot of water. I know I should be drinking it more to stay hydrated, but its strange that I hardly ever feel thirsty, even in hot weather. When in Thailand I have to discipline myself to drink water at regular intervals. But I have no trouble drinking a long cool glass of Singha!!

[77Dinaartickire]

Drinking cold things is the wrong way to go. Discomfort is caused by the large difference in body temperature to the ambient temperature. Hot drinks raise body temperature closer to the ambient therefore decreasing discomfort.

Travel around in the Middle East and you will always see people taking tea or coffee.

David

[fujitsusi]

Anyone want to share experience in summer in Thailand. How do you deal with the heat.

[iNYZgxNC]

Actually, l dont mind Thai tea, i'me going to give it a try.

[TerriLS]

Drinking cold things is the wrong way to go. Discomfort is caused by the large difference in body temperature to the ambient temperature. Hot drinks raise body temperature closer to the ambient therefore decreasing discomfort.

David

During our Peace Corps training they always told us to drink hot tea. I always thought this was nuts because my "instincts" told me to do the opposite. They never told us why. Your explanation makes a lot of sense.

Later in Chiangmai we went to the two large air-conditioned shopping centers a lot when the heat was too unbearable. We saw a lot of movies,