scrapbookbuzz Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 Good morning, all! Welcome to the Lounge! Today's theme is brought to you by my dream of living somewhere in Central America, at least for at time. I've already lived there for a time, over 20 years ago, so I am no stranger to how different it is than the US. And I know all about the humidity. Doesn't bother me as much as the dry, desert summers do! Have you ever lived in or near or visited a rainforest/region? Here: see above. Plus, we lived in western Washington state for about 2.5 years. We are no strangers to rainforests! How willing would you be to up and move to a place completely different in climate and culture than where you live now? Here: I'd love to, for a time. I'm all about adventure! What is your favorite tropical plant or food? Here: do I have to name just one? I do like a good organic rainforest coffee! Just finished a cuppa, in fact! I also like pineapple and many other foods from the tropics. Talk to me! :bigear: 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maize Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 (edited) Have you ever lived in or near or visited a rainforest/region? I lived in Guatemala--nearly 30 years ago; lived in Bolivia a bit more recently, La Paz is anything but rainforest but as you descend you can go from sparse high altitude vegetation, cold thin air, to lush rainforest, warm humid air surprisingly quickly. How willing would you be to up and move to a place completely different in climate and culture than where you live now? I think I've had a lifetime's worth of adventure :) I still like adventure for myself but I appreciate the comforts and conveniences of a more settled life in a developed country where I don't have to struggle to learn the language at this point in my life--I'm barely keeping my nose above water as is trying to take care of my family, I have no idea how my mom managed all those years overseas! What is your favorite tropical plant or food? Favorite? Tough question! I loved pitaya when were lived in Guatemala, we ate the type with hot pink flesh. Sometimes they sell the white-fleshed type in the grocery store here but what they have is pretty flavorless. https://www.pitayaplus.com/pages/what-is-pitaya When I was in college my parents were in Nicaragua, I loved visiting--they had mango trees, banana plants, and coconut trees in their yard. Fruit straight off the tree is my favorite and those are things I can't get fresh here. The coconuts were a bit frightening though because they would fall at random times and it was always a bit disconcerting to hear the loud !thunk! and realize just how dangerous it would have been to be standing in just the wrong spot when it fell.. Edited May 23, 2017 by maize 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 (edited) Good morning, Scrap. I have been to the Hoh rainforest- the one you mentioned in WA. It is a temperate rain forest instead of a tropical one. I have trouble with humidity. But I survived the Philippines for a month. ;) We eat a lot of tropical food here. Dh just brought home some plantain and mangoes. I like the plantain sliced and fried with sugar so it becomes all caramelized. (Did I spell that right? My phone is having a hard time when that word. ) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Edited May 23, 2017 by Jean in Newcastle 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butter Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 Rainforest: No. Move to a different climate/culture: Sure. Favorite tropical food: Pineapples I think. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luuknam Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 It looks like where I lived in Thailand would be classified as tropical savanna, though there are also maps that happily label it as "agricultural zone". There were banana trees and such. Sure, I'm willing to up and move wherever (well, not literally wherever, but close enough), IF someone were to provide us with plenty of money for doing so. We've already got our boxes packed. Also, if they don't speak Dutch or English wherever "wherever" is, it would have to be for only a year or so, as I'm sure Celery will hate us if we're going to make him learn some other language (he's not very good at learning languages). Chocolate is from the tropics, right? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrapbookbuzz Posted May 23, 2017 Author Share Posted May 23, 2017 Maize - I clicked on the link, saw the picture, and before I read anything, thought, "Oh! Dragon fruit!" Jean, I'm glad you like it there; WA was not for me! Butter, pineapple! luuknam, yes it is! :D 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murphy101 Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 Dh has been to Costa Rica for long stretches of business travel. He got to stay at a coffee plantation. *jealous* He says he'd love to take me and the kids with him some day. I could move. Fav tropical food...bananas 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoutTN Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 Rainforest or tropical - nope Move - maybe, but not to that particular climate. I love where I live now. Always up for travel, but no desire to move. Food - chocolate for sure! I do like tropical fruit though too. Love pineapple. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrapbookbuzz Posted May 23, 2017 Author Share Posted May 23, 2017 Murphy, if you moved down there, we'd be neighbors (at least in neighboring countries)! :coolgleamA: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selkie Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 I've also visited the rain forest in Washington state - it's so beautiful there! I may be willing to move somewhere faraway if my family and animals could come along. Nowhere hot and humid, though, because I can't handle that. I'd rather move somewhere like Switzerland, Norway, Sweden, or Iceland. I love Canada, too. My favorite tropical foods are coffee and chocolate (two of my main food groups :laugh: ). I'm not crazy about most tropical fruits (too sweet), but mango is good in salsa. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom31257 Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 Good afternoon, all! Does visiting Rainforest Cafe count? LOL! I've never been to a real rainforest. I've been to Animal Kingdom at Epcot which had some tropical feeling sections. I am not willing to move to a hotter climate. We will probably move to southern Ohio in 3-4 years, so that will be a big change from middle GA. I love coffee, chocolate, pineapple, and coconut. I loathe mangoes. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrapbookbuzz Posted May 23, 2017 Author Share Posted May 23, 2017 Sorry, Amy, Rainforest Cafe does not count. In fact, dd and I were just there last August and we talked about how mixed up the decore is. They have an African elephant - in the jungle. Sorry, no. Amongst other things. We tend to be accuracy snobs when it comes to such things. ;) I do like their food, though! :D 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wintermom Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 I've never visited a tropical rainforest, but I'd love to. I'd love to move to a different culture/country - might be better to go for a trial visit first, though. ;) I'm not sure how my gut would respond to lots of different food. I suspect it wouldn't like it much, but who knows? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrapbookbuzz Posted May 23, 2017 Author Share Posted May 23, 2017 Wintermom, if we do wind up where I want us to go, you can schedule a trial visit with us! Margaret, you might as well make an adventure of it and come visit us too, after seeing SIL. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrapbookbuzz Posted May 23, 2017 Author Share Posted May 23, 2017 Now that dd and I have done some grocery shopping (life skills/home ec) and both kids and I have had a more detailed discussion on a restaurant/hotel idea they've had for a couple of years (critical thinking), they are taking a break and I need a nap! Will pop in later! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murphy101 Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 Murphy, if you moved down there, we'd be neighbors (at least in neighboring countries)! :coolgleamA: Hopefully on the other side of the wall of dust and dry skin? 😎 Idk. If we ever move anywhere, I think it's going to have to happen soon. Like within the next 5 years tops. The older we get, the harder change is it more accurately, the more security is important to us. And it would be extremely important to us to be able to visit our grown kid or have them visit. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirty ethel rackham Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 My, what an adventurous group you all are! Have you ever lived in or near or visited a rainforest/region? Nope. Not ever. When we were on a Carribean cruise, I wanted to take the excursion to Chichen Itza, but dh and the others we were with nixed it ... specifically due to the hot hike through the rainforest. I minored in Spanish in college and have always wanted to see the places I had studied about. How willing would you be to up and move to a place completely different in climate and culture than where you live now? There is a part of me that says "Yeah, sure." But then, the cautious and just-plain-tired part of me says no way. Actually, the thought fills me with a vague sense of anxiety, but, then again, pretty much all change does that to me. I'd love to visit ... like visit long enough to really take in the culture, but I'd like to have a home base that feels like home. What is your favorite tropical plant or food? I love pineapple, mangoes, plaintains, chocolate. There are some others that I don't remember, but I had a friend from Guatemala and I loved the food she would bring to social events. But, not coffee. Never coffee. I'm weird, I know, but I just can't stand the stuff. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FaithManor Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 (edited) The closest to rainforest we have lived was when we were in the Portland area. So not in the temperate rainforest of the Olympics, but close enough to visit which we did more than once. Yes, we are very willing to move to a new climate and culture. Actively looking at retiring overseas. Give me a bungalow on the beach in Tahiti and a Mai Tai, and I am ready to go! Coconut is my favorite that I can get stateside. But when I was in Jamaica as they had these little fruits that I think they called ginnups (sp?) That I loved. They cannot be imported due to some sort of fruit fly that attacks them which we do not have in the U.S.. I was 17 at the time. That means I have not eaten my favorite tropical fruit in 32 years sniff sniff!! Edited May 23, 2017 by FaithManor 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrapbookbuzz Posted May 23, 2017 Author Share Posted May 23, 2017 Ellen, if we make it down where I want to go, you're welcome to come visit long enough to "get some culture." LOL 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunshineMom Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 Traveled to Peru, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Hawaii and Yucatán Peninsula with my kids;) Yes, I would move to a tropical climate in heartbeat! Papaya, mango, avocado, pineapple, lime, and coffee. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirty ethel rackham Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 Ellen, if we make it down where I want to go, you're welcome to come visit long enough to "get some culture." LOL Oh, absolutely. A place to experience AND people to see. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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