It's strange adjusting to living life around the weather. I met some people for lunch today, so my car sat out in the midday sun. When I got in to leave (around 2pm) the temperature gauge (which reads outside temps) read 54 celsius (that's 130 F!)
There's a lot of construction going on here, since Bahrain is modeling itself after Dubai and really wanting to expand its tourism industry, as well as just the general influx of expats wanting to live in Bahrain vs. Saudi. Because of the weather, construction pretty much halts in the afternoon. Therefore, we hear construction noise at 5:30am! What a rude awakening. They work at night until 11:30pm! So you pretty much cannot sleep, day or night. I guess this is good practice for when the baby arrives.
People have told me not to go out during the afternoon. Most have adjusted to either doing things in the morning (although most stores don't open until 10am, so you can't start too early) or after 4pm.
Also, daylight hours here are so different from Seattle. Sunrise is around 4:20am, sunsets by 6pm. You'd think it'd cool down by dark, and yes, it does by around 20 degrees-- although that still leaves it 90 degrees at 9pm!
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