8:00 am, woke up in a sweat. At first I thought my trusty fan had failed, but I could feel warm wind on my toes. It was so hot that the fan couldn’t keep up with the heat of Bangkok. I walked out onto the balcony and the air wrapped around me like a wet electric blanket. Flipped open my laptop to check the temperature. It read: 8:04 am, temp 90° F, completely cloudless. And the sun had only been up for an hour and a half. Bangkok, according the World Meteorological Organization, is the world’s hottest city for one reason: Bangkok rarely cools down, temperatures tend to remain largely above 30° C from day to night, summer to winter. . . . → Read More: 5 More Ways to Beat the Heat in Bangkok