Originally Posted by
jstava
If you come around here and and are caucasian, You will fry in the sun - Use sunscreen, or your skin will die. It's simple, cover up. Covering the skin, so the sun does not shine directly on it will also keep you cooler, loose fitting, light coloured, pure cotton is the best. It's also very effective to avoid travel for 3 hours in the middle of the day. Siesta's, or a spell in a pub from midday to 3 are great ideas.
I draw the line at 40 degrees Celcius, but everybody is different.
I agree, deserts are amazing places, but hard to carry enough water for.
I'm caucasian, and when I went to Australia, I didn't use sunscreen unless the people around me insisted I did. I hate the stuff, so sticky and messy. I just went from quite pale to a very dark brown. Now, the first couple months I was there, it wasn't overly hot, so I wore more clothing on many days, so I probably built up my tan layer gradually. The last month was up in Queensland in December ... 40+ degrees most days, and very humid. It was great!!!
My upcoming trip will be a bit more of a shock to the system, and I probably will use sunscreen (ick). I'm going from temps that were -40C last week, to whatever the temps in the Melbourne area will be. And haven't had a chance to fake bake or anything, so I'm as white as snow!