It took nearly three weeks but I finally experienced "thick air". I was out walking after one of the two or three rains which last about 30 minutes, spaced evenly throughout the day. It gets considerably cooler as it rains, but as the moisture is reabsorbed into the air, I noticed how dense the flat would feel...hadn't been out in it, though, until this morning. All of a sudden, just standing there at the edge of the road - not even walking - my brain yelled out, "Hey, you can't breathe!" Sure enough, breathing had become a conscious effort. Thankfully the next internal scream was, "You're in Kolkata, this happens....take small breathes, relax." It worked! Within a breath or two I'd acclimated & ten minutes later the air just lightened up. Cannot imagine what 122 heat index will feel like in late June. Am considering leaving India two weeks early to avoid July all together...my friends concur. We'll see how much I accomplish over the next four months.
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