It brings the reader into the island hopping, the jungle heat and rain, the "banzai attack" or full frontal assault used by his enemies.

To cool off from the steaming jungle heat, and to keep away the flies and mosquitoes, the men fanned themselves constantly.

"Archeologists don't like chemicals," adds Mangiraj, pulling off a white cap and wiping his brow against the jungle heat.

The horse's voice had a raw tenor to it that shivered down my spine, making me cold despite the jungle heat.

The sound of the tennis shoes faded in the jungle heat.

Even despots were victims of the jungle heat.

She knew that if she lingered, she would not be able to face the oppressive jungle heat again.

The air-conditioning has to run all the time so the jungle heat won't damage the gold leaf on his chandeliers.

The smell of warm blood in the jungle heat, like soup coming to a boil.

I'm coming from central California, and don't have any experience with "jungle heat".