Summer in Beijing

1) Hot
2) Sweaty
3) Smelly (no such thing as deodrant in China)
4) Dangerous (girls with umbrellas can't see where they are going, by foot or on bike)
5) Cool and relaxing (on a balcony, drinking cold beer)
6) fleshy (even the girls start wearing dresses -note the chinese men you see on the street wear the same suit 365 days a year)
7) Watermelons -sold everywhere (it seems Pineapple season is almost over, and oranges season most definitely is)
8) Ice Tea season is now in (its almost as cheap as water in the supermarkets, with tens of 'ice'/'cool' flavours)
9) Rainy -sometimes, but not often. Still thunderstorms still threaten
10) slow and late (cannot run anywhere or even walk up a flight of stairs, otherwise you need a towel to wipe off the sweat)
11) fattening (8 ice creams for 1 US dollar, means several eaten per day)
12) polluted (air conditioning gets used lots, more people travel by car and taxi which are air conditioned whereas bus and subway is not)
13) Expensive -you pay a premium for COLD beers; and have to spend every night out at some bar by some lake dirnking, since your appartment is a veritable sauna
14) relaxing and holiday-like...well I'm British, so any warmth makes me feel like I'm on holiday!