Words from my beloved via email:

It is hot and humid, we are here during the months when
the Sumatrans burn their forests so the entire sky is covered by a
horrid smog. The sun is visible in the morning as an orange ball
burning through the haze. Kind of like what you see in futuristic
sci-fi movies on planets that have a dying sun.

All in all, makes me quite pleased to be here in unsmoggy-Sydney
(hurrah for winter!)

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