Rule #1 of traveling is to avoid sunburns on back, shoulders, chest, and upper legs like death! Fortunately, I avoided the back and my shoulders for the most part, but my chest all the way up to my shoulders and the front of my legs didn't managed to escape. There is a stripe going down the front of my legs, from upper thigh to ankle which makes squatting and kneeling down pretty damn uncomfortable, especially in jeans. But I'm wearing jeans because I don't want to shave over my burn in order to wear my shorts. The worst of it is carrying roughly a 40 pound backpack... it does not feel good when it presses against bright pink skin! Will write more later... just wanted to let you know that I was alive... barely lol
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