capnsensible
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You should head south!
Bouba
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I’ve lived in far hotter places....but...sometimes too hot is too hot...and interferes with your daily activities. For example, I think the South of France is the ideal place because it’s never too hot nor too cold....so, whatever your hobbies you can do them year round (except skiing....and surfing....although you can do water skiing year round and Internet surfing)You should head south!
Blueboatman
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The old houses in the tropics were built where the trades blow and there be trees.Natural cooling and invariably tucked out of the direct line of hurricanes too to have survived so many decades..
Modern developments often sitting proudly on rocky outcrops seem to command premium views and yet need premium use of air conditioning , all concrete and no shaded garden nor green bits nor overhead leafy shade
( presumably fewer mozzies too!)
Just my observation on the relentless pace of housing in desirable areas !
Modern developments often sitting proudly on rocky outcrops seem to command premium views and yet need premium use of air conditioning , all concrete and no shaded garden nor green bits nor overhead leafy shade
( presumably fewer mozzies too!)
Just my observation on the relentless pace of housing in desirable areas !
capnsensible
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Agree that the tropics can be hot....but also very wet. So I....and various joints...like it here because its normally dry. Im acclimatised so i know some people find it too warm in the summer. We were in Cannes last September and with the background of living here, i had to lag uo.
Still, horses for courses......
capnsensible
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Insects. Don't forget the insects....
Bouba
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In Africa in the winter it was 35c and the locals wore fur coats with the hoods up. I’ve gone from hot places to cold in my life (in fact most people do it every year with the changing of the seasons) and you adapt remarkably quickly.....but not as you get older....sad
billskip
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Talking about Weather (and leaving political stuff aside.)
I found Isla de Margarita the best climate, better than here, clean air and very healthy
Living, sea water temperature good for swimming 24/7/365 very rarely high humidity, yet mainland and Trinidad terrible for humidity.
Here is good, but the calima causes throat irritation,sneezing and blocked nose
making little uncomfortable at times, overall though it's much better here than mainland Europe or UK
Bouba
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After dinner we went back to the boat....I watched some tv and went to bed....about one in the morning my stomach started doing cartwheels....either something I ate or drank....or just the sheer quantity of food....was making me feel extremely ill. I went into the lounge and spent the night on the recliner sofa....as long as I stayed upright I was good...but any attempt to move off center caused my guts to protest. It’s ruined the wife’s day...as she had planned a morning walk and lunch out for today. I’m ok now...just a little delicate
Wansworth
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Sorry to hear of your problem…..must of been the dinner ….Viago was the guest cook?
Fr J Hackett
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Today was a perfect day temperature wise, started out quite chilly at 8.00am we had to go to see our friendly hairdresser who has just opened his new Salon in a different town after 7 years of gutting the large palatial family home in the middle of Romans and he has made a stunning job of it but I digress. By 10.30, our appointed departure time for the 1 hour trip it had warmed up to a pleasant 17.5°C so I decided we would go in the Boxster with the top down. A glorious drive and by the time we arrived it was a very pleasant sunny 22°C. That is my perfect temperature.
Koeketiene
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Insects. Don't forget the insects....
18 months ago we considered moving from Brittany to Martinique/Guadeloupe.
The mosquitos and the humidity put us off.
Cost of living was also a factor (+15/20% compared to metropolitan France).
Moved to the South of France instead.
shan
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Mosquitoes! Hate the little bar stewards! Unfortunately, they seem to love me!
shan
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OMG... I hate it when people say "in Africa"! Where in Africa? It's not a small continent and it does have many countries!
RupertW
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Although I get that to a certain extent, I know which climate we prefer. We spent every season in the 90s sailing around Brittany and loved the hot times enough to go further afield and now our shakedown sail when we get on the boat is 20 miles across to Martinique. Which is perfect at an anchorage even with the heat but for marina use we had buy a portable aircon. And Guadeloupe is even better, but food is more expensive than in France except for misshapen local produce which is great.
Bouba
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I reserve the right to say Africa…just like I say Atlantic or Pacific….yes, they are big…but I don’t want to narrow it down so far that eventually someone says ´I remember that white guy’….
capnsensible
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I've been to the Caribbean a few times. Love lots of it but not to live. There's a lot of disease still around carried by mossies, the females oof which lay their eggs in stagnant water. The Americans wised up to this when they took over building the Panama Canal and together with disinfectant, cut the number of deaths from diseases like malaria and yellow jack enormously.
Whenever I've been that way, it always seems to be the French Islands that are still getting the likes of Dengue fever. Dunno why.
capnsensible
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Can't you remember where you were?
Bouba
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I remember many things....what I was doing this morning is more hazy
Wansworth
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Boathook
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To much diet cola and fries .....
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