Living in the Crazy Fun and Weird Bangkok

Thailand is known for having three seasons, hot, hotter, and hottest and when you're lucky a healthy dousing of welcome rain, usually lasting only several minutes, which softens the ground and cools you off.  However, occasionally the precipitation can turn into a monsoon, and walking outside is the equivalent of being drenched by a shower turned onto the highest volume. Clothing is instantly drenched all the way through, and your shoes and socks will quickly suffer from mildew and jungle rot. Bring the shampoo if you want to wash your hair. For someone who truly enjoys the moisture of a tropical shower, at these moments, I find an umbrella a necessity. 

It is said that Thailand has three seasons, hot, hotter, and hottest. In addition to this, it gets incredibly muggy here, making for some sweaty conditions. So, leave some sweaty clothes in the dryer (there are no dryers in Thailand, just the sun) and with the climate as it is, it takes far longer to dry the clothes then if you lived in never a drop of rain Las Vegas. Clothes here, I swear they ferment- you could get drunk with the residue left over from your "dry" clothes. In addition to the mildew forming, get your clothes wet a couple times and get ready to toss them out. Business is good for clothing retailers here in the BKK.