tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10560969.post3263111781894048688..comments2023-10-17T12:07:59.225+02:00Comments on Sam's Spot: Thirteen things better than the TropicsSamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05943062466398436785noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10560969.post-86415624534181192382007-11-18T15:18:00.000+01:002007-11-18T15:18:00.000+01:00Ok, I wanted to visit both a Tropical country and ...Ok, I wanted to visit both a Tropical country and France!! I guess I'm gonna try to save a couple of hundred of dollars more, and go to France first!!!Jillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12871047592501542942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10560969.post-10548353190753277802007-11-17T09:18:00.000+01:002007-11-17T09:18:00.000+01:00Tuscany - that must be a beautiful place - haven't...Tuscany - that must be a beautiful place - haven't been there, but I'd love to go.<BR/><BR/>SdB - Where is your Blog???<BR/>Been looking for you!<BR/>And yes, it would make an interesting story. As it is, they came in when gambling was made legal, and because they needed tourists who felt secure, they cleaned up the small crime. With bullets. Suddenly there were bodies lying around with seven bullet holes in them.Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05943062466398436785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10560969.post-61383549410740421142007-11-16T20:02:00.000+01:002007-11-16T20:02:00.000+01:00I love the idea of the mafia cleaning up the crime...I love the idea of the mafia cleaning up the crime...absolutely plotworthy. <BR/><BR/>SdBAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10560969.post-64357307832747126832007-11-15T22:10:00.000+01:002007-11-15T22:10:00.000+01:00Well the choice seems clear... I'd also think one'...Well the choice seems clear... <BR/><BR/>I'd also think one's mind works better in a chilly clime. I know my brain ceases to function when the temperature is above 85 degrees. <BR/><BR/>But all those bugs and the poverty and all really does sound like it'd take some getting used to.<BR/><BR/>I think Tuscany is about as tropical as I'd care to go... but ask me again in 3 months when I haven't seen the sun in 94 days.John Nezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13428052549806632272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10560969.post-36344394055542440502007-11-15T15:24:00.000+01:002007-11-15T15:24:00.000+01:00Gabriele, they even scare me behind glass! LOLDev ...Gabriele, they even scare me behind glass! LOL<BR/><BR/>Dev - That's what I mean. It's devestating. Good word.<BR/><BR/>Rosie - a tropical paradise is everyone's ideal - but I have yet to actually find one.<BR/><BR/>Bernita - Sand flies. Forgot to list them. LOLSamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05943062466398436785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10560969.post-54171492791439679562007-11-15T14:15:00.000+01:002007-11-15T14:15:00.000+01:00There goes my suppressed desire to be a beach bum....There goes my suppressed desire to be a beach bum.Bernitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05264585685253812090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10560969.post-12820599421650412992007-11-15T05:20:00.000+01:002007-11-15T05:20:00.000+01:00GG's idea of bliss is a tropical island. We've ye...GG's idea of bliss is a tropical island. We've yet to vacation on one. Not my thing. Now I have a place to send him for notes from a native when he gets fired up about going. :)Rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15868327419940314643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10560969.post-10313628389944364452007-11-14T20:35:00.000+01:002007-11-14T20:35:00.000+01:00I remember when I was in St. Thomas and I got mayb...I remember when I was in St. Thomas and I got maybe a block or two off-path of the touristy area. It was complete poverty ~ the houses looked like cardboard boxes. It was devastating to see that when just a few blocks away people were throwing money away like mad.Devhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10719293114461054932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10560969.post-28557441809812838082007-11-14T20:26:00.000+01:002007-11-14T20:26:00.000+01:00* than the Med..One of those bugs eats words.* than the Med..<BR/><BR/>One of those bugs eats words.Gabriele Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17205770868139083575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10560969.post-65199388281259422332007-11-14T20:25:00.000+01:002007-11-14T20:25:00.000+01:00Tarantulas are fine behind glass, but NOT in the s...Tarantulas are fine behind glass, but NOT in the shower. <BR/><BR/>Just well I can't stand hot climate anyway; I've never wanted to go further south the Mediterranean, and that only in winter. :)Gabriele Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17205770868139083575noreply@blogger.com