Humid heat is very different to dry heat. When I was in the Middle East, we wore a keffiyeh and it just seemed to drastically lower heat. So I can imagine the B

Humid heat is very different to dry heat. When I was in the Middle East, we wore a keffiyeh and it just seemed to drastically lower heat. So I can imagine the Bedouin wearing thick clothes. I suppose the American equivalent are the cowboy hats and dusters. But that doesn't work here in the jungle heat, and I presume it doesn't work for swamp heat either.