I made a quick trip to the Gulf of Siam . . . . got up early to catch the misty, hot, humid sunrise.
The squid boats were coming back in from a night's trawling . . . . picturesquely through the morning golden light.
It is the 'hot season' in Thailand . . . and by 6:30am it was already 85f degrees and 85% humidity. The sky was thick with heat haze already.
The tourists, local or foreign, do not come to the beach in March or April; it is just too hot.
The number of fishermen seems also to diminish. These underwater sand ripples were fascinating.
When it is this hot and humid the air is so thick that sound does not travel very far. There is an immense silence that falls over the sea. You can hear neither surf or motor boat.
About the only thing you feel like doing in this heat is to languish in the pool . . . but the water was already too warm to enjoy.
Dr. Jeff Harper
