Dryness and Heat in Windhoek

I have been drinking water like crazy since I arrived in Windhoek. It's not a healthy way of drinking, if you ask me, 'cause I don't really feel thirty and my stomach is really full, but I have to dump in water almost non-stopping - it's just too dry. Before I came here, people told me that we were supposed to drink 5L of water for each day. I couldn't imagine it, 5L, how big my stomach would be after the volume. Well, now, every morning before going to work, I go to the supermarket on the way to get two 1.5L bottles of water - that's for the day. When I finish work and go back to where I live, I will have tea, juice, beer, or just hot water to make my throat feel more comfortable.

I have been having a really sore throat for the past few days. It feels so painful to eat and swallow, even talk actually. To make things worse, because of the fact that my stomach has been accustomed to the big volume, I have a really good appetite and feel like eating all the time. So if you happen to see me eat, I probably look a bit abnormal, 'cause I actually half-swallow my food. Fortunately, I got some anti-inflammation oral rinse from the pharmacy here, it seems to help quite a bit. People say that it's the normal reaction to Windhoek for the first few weeks, I guess I will have to wait my body to get used to the dry and hot weather here. But, it's only the beginning of the summer, it will get worse. I didn't believe when people told me that it's that dry that when you rub your arms, you could see flakes fall. Now, I am just waiting for that day to come.