What hot country would you like to live in ?

[Lardlizard]

Where do you think would be a nice place to live that’s hot and has a nice sandy beach ?

Barbados, although the hurricanes put me off a little.

Another vote for Singapore

@Aebj Another honorary sandgroper here. We are 7 minutes from Floreat beach and love life here

Singapore
France- Narbonne Plage (huge beaches, great places to eat and chill)
Portugal- Tavira

Barbados. It's beautiful 😍

Yes, los cris for me too
Need to get cinema sorted out though

Italy, the hills outside of Rome. No sandy beaches that I know of, but if you’ve got an outdoor pool, bliss! We went there on holiday a couple of years ago and it was lovely. Cold in the winter I suspect (there were lots of road signs warning of ice and so on), but I don’t mind that, personally.

Aaeb wow how lucky

Sri Lanka
Kenya
Tobago
for me.
But it gets hot where I live, just not all year.

I really struggle with the combination of heat & humidity, so Florida and anywhere in the Tropics would be a non-starter for me. The Mediterranean climate does suit me, though, so somewhere on the coast in southern France or Catalunya would be perfect. Montpellier is lovely.

I live in central Portugal. It can get too hot in the summer (think 40c+ for 2/3 days!) but days like today are wonderful; 25c, cool breeze, deep blue sky and able to see sunrise and sunset without getting up an stupid o'clock. Winters can be very wet but are mild - we rarely get frost. For snow it's a 3 hour drive north to the mountains!

Aebj: wow! Looks amazing! Can you swim in the sea there? I love hot and humid! Used to live in Darwin, Australia but couldn’t swim in the sea there... I would be happy (I think) to live in Thailand, Indonesia or Greece!

Hawaii .. most beautiful place I have ever been and warm! (I don't mind some rain)
Or Italy, but I'd never dare drive.
Or Malta... I love Malta!

Southern France is the furthest I'd move.

@StillMedusa

Hawaii .. most beautiful place I have ever been and warm! (I don't mind some rain) Or Italy, but I'd never dare drive. Or Malta... I love Malta!

Lol, we hired a car on our Italian holiday... it took both of us to drive it. DH to drive and me to navigate and serve as the extra eyes in the back of his head! We only had one squeaky bum moment though, and we did several motorway journeys too. It wasn’t as scary as you’d think!

Costa Rica.

Whenever we get fed up with the UK, we look at Costa Rican estate agent's websites and daydream about winning the lottery, quitting our jobs and moving there.

What’s do you like about Costa Rica ? I’ve never been but it’s where the canue man wanted to go to isn’t it

I loved the rainforest and the wildlife in Costa Rica (we saw sloths, toucan, monkeys, coati, raccoon, gecko in the wild) and also lots of fun activities like ziplines, white water rafting though not sure how you would finance that on a permanent basis!

It's mainly the rainforest and wildlife for me. I like the idea of living in a country that is so peaceful that it doesn't even have a standing army and that values the environment so much that 28% of the land is protected (mixture of national parks, reserves and wildlife refuges).

Plus the language is less of a barrier than in some countries that I like. Spanish wouldn't be to tricky to learn to a basic standard and we are looking at an area with a big Carribean influence where a lot of English is spoken.

Getting a Costa Rican passport would also be possible. With the shit show of a no deal Brexit fast approaching and yet so many people continually voting Tory, the idea of being able to distance myself from this country in as many ways as possible has a lot of attractions.

The canoe man went to Panama. It's right next door to Costa Rica. Different kind of government but similar climate etc. We did some diving there (plus zip wires and a couple of other things). It was lovely for a holiday but Costa Rica appeals to me more as my dream place to live.

Hawaii, i loved it there! Can't wait to be able to return

Me and DH dream about retiring to Kefalonia, beautiful island and people.

Hong Kong or Phuket my two favourite places on earth

Failing that, Italy

None.
I worked in Saudi Arabia for 2 years and am now done with hot.
Living in a hot country is very different to going on holiday there as you can't just relax by the pool.
There's work, shopping, all the day to day stuff. And trying to sleep at night, either with the noise of air conditioners or the stifling heat.

We liked Bali but the humidity was high even though the temperature wasn't particularly, it was about 27 degrees which is comfortable but was really sticky. There was a noticeable earthquake while we were there and the Tsunami evacuation route signs were an unnerving reminder that it could happen any time. And my hair explodes in high humidity

Much prefer Corfu. I'm sure Greece isn't most people's idea of Utopia and I'm sure there are problems living there same as anywhere, but the mild winters and toasty summers are so appealing. 35 degrees in summer is fine with low humidity. The UK's six-month long winter is just unbearable.

There's work, shopping, all the day to day stuff. And trying to sleep at night, either with the noise of air conditioners or the stifling heat.
Sounds good to me, cold = pain in my world, so being able to work outside in high temperatures isn't a problem. (It's like being kissed all over rather than being bitten by giant rats...)