HEY!
Great ideas, everybody!
Keep'em comin'.
I'm gonna check out some of these places this week. You know, do my homework and what not.
I wouldn't have thought of Madagascar at all, but it does sound interesting. I would love to see some lemurs, bats, and giant jumping rats, oh my! (sounds like the madagascar version of Wizard of Oz). As far as Temrecs go, Wishbone, they're pretty much a type of hedgehog. The coelencanth does fit the prehistoric clause no.3, heh-heh.
I'd love to own a lemur that brings me drinks and snacks out to the beach...
"NO, Mandrake! Don't hop with the BEER! Don't hop with the....NO! Mandrake! DORITOS, not SUN CHIPS, Mandrake!........Mandrake! Did you get the BOTTLE OPENER?!!"
Turkey sounds like a nice place to go. I've seen pictures of it from when my sister visited there while she lived in Greece for a year, studying underwater archeology (and she doesn't do a thing with her degree!
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She got to do Greece the right way...and happened to marry a good ol boy from Texas who happened to had a Greek philanthropist great aunt who owned her own island, yacht, limos, and small plane...not a bad alternative to the buses and ferries, eh? Too bad I don't have the same type of luck...except for the "marrying a good ol boy" part.
The North African coast sounds nice, for I've seen old, old photos from WWII when my uncle was stationed there with the American and British forces. He flew B-24's out of North Africa, so I've got some good low-level aerial photos. Probably has changed quite a bit, but like I said I've got some homework to do.
O.K. folks for your loverly input, I've attached three pictures.
1. Island Sands yearbook photo
2. A tenrec, for Wishbone.
3. A photo of Mandrake, the unsatisfactory lemur butler.
A thanks again to everyone, but don't your dare stop with suggestions
