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And here I thought you only went as far as the Canaries lol.
These photos illustrate just how tropical the Carib is compared to a place like the Canary Islands. Though the Canary Islands can have coco palm trees, their water, air and water temps, beaches, clouds, tropical veg and animal life is no match for the Carib and tropical Mexico.
This place where you are right now is as warm in winter as the Canary Islands in summer, but with warmer water in winter than the Canaries have in summer.
It also means that winter cold and snow extends very far south over the landmass of North America, but the Gulf Stream protects islands like the Bahamas, Bermuda, etc that are right off our shores.
Remember that NYC is at the latitude of Naples, Italy.
I know, but I picture the Bahamas as very far south, like in the sahara or something.
For some reason I have no real desire to visit humid tropical places, because I believe it would be so humid that the air would be unbreathable and I would be sleepy all day. Also I think there would be giant spiders on every corner and other dangerous animals and I would get malaria. I have never been there but the drier hot environments llike the Canaries are more inspiring to me, a more "natural", safer environment, but I've always been on vacation on the mediterranean and I have no experience of humid tropical places.
And here I thought you only went as far as the Canaries lol.
These photos illustrate just how tropical the Carib is compared to a place like the Canary Islands. Though the Canary Islands can have coco palm trees, their water, air and water temps, beaches, clouds, tropical veg and animal life is no match for the Carib and tropical Mexico.
This place where you are right now is as warm in winter as the Canary Islands in summer, but with warmer water in winter than the Canaries have in summer.
I'm back home already. I always post my photos after the trip has ended.
I know, but I picture the Bahamas as very far south, like in the sahara or something.
For some reason I have no real desire to visit humid tropical places, because I believe it would be so humid that the air would be unbreathable and I would be sleepy all day. Also I think there would be giant spiders on every corner and other dangerous animals and I would get malaria. I have never been there but the drier hot environments llike the Canaries are more inspiring to me, a more "natural", safer environment, but I've always been on vacation on the mediterranean and I have no experience of humid tropical places.
I'd really like to see a desert instead.
My experience with the islands in the Carib is very few bugs at all. Never got bit by mozzies in the US Virgin Islands or Barbados or Jamaica or Grand Cayman or Cozumel. Humid yes, but it really wasn't much worse than Philly when I went to Barbados in late June. When I returned it was hotter here than there. I think you would be pleasantly surprised by the Carib especially in winter when the weather is really warm like summer but not hot, and the ocean is nice and warm.
Yeah, I think people prefer to visit these places in the dead of winter when it is cold here. In France many people go to Guadeloupe / Martinique or Reunion Island (all french territories) but I doubt they do it in July August (well the Reunion Island is in the southern hemisphere, so maybe).
All this lush and dark vegetation would probably creep me out. I am more fascinated by bone-dry landscapes. But then I prefer geology over biology, so that may be why...
Yes, there are quite a lot of french tourists in Reunion in June/July (when I went there two years ago). Also quite a lot of Australia and South African tourists. Awesome climate in winter: warm, slightly humid, water is on the edge of warm and cool, sunny. And half of the island is bone dry while the other half is wetter all year round, even in the "dry season".
Trees are in full colour this early in September? wtf?
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