June this year in Central Asia and July coming back through Europe, temperatures in the 30s or even 40s. I tried to get on the road just after dawn to escape the worst of the heat but by lunchtime I was flagging as the temperature rose. I was drinking about 2L of water a day and it wasn't really enough. Couple of times I felt quite dizzy (off the bike!) and that scared me.
I came to the conclusion that I can't handle the heat, and unfortunately that rather affected how I did my tour - never really spent as much time off the bike exploring as I would have liked. I know a guy who's out in Tajikistan right now and he has been coping with temperatures up to 46C... I just couldn't do that.
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