A little puzzle for you……..
I am just back from a fortnight’s holiday somewhere very hot and humid. I will be posting a few blogs shortly but meantime can you guess where I have been on holiday? Family and close friends may not enter as hopefully you all know where I have been!
I won’t publish any correct guesses for a few days, just so everyone gets a good shot at it. You get three guesses each, but only one at a time.
This tree grows everywhere with its beautiful waxy flowers
Frangipani flowers
The country I visited has 1,500 species of orchids growing naturally in its forests, though this photo was taken in the botanic gardens.
blue orchid
Answer and first correct guesser to be published on Friday.
Happy guessing. . . .
My Aberdeen Garden 
Singapore.
Sorry, but no I wasn’t. Have you been there? Do they have the same frangipani trees?
I’m not sure but the orchid house in the botanical gardens is amazing.
How many guesses do we get? How about Sri Lanka?
Let’s say three guesses each. If you don’t get a reply I am either out shopping or you have got it right!
And sorry, not Sri Lanka either. You might want to hold your last guess until a few other wrong answers have been published, but then again someone else might beat you to the right answer. What a decision for first thing in the morning.
Were you in beautiful Singapore Annette
Sorry – I have never been there. Have you?
OK which of you readers is in two countries at once? I have apparently had 4 visitors today but the statistics are showing 5 country flags (United Kingdom, United States, Japan, Cyprus and South Africa). The views both tally to 19 so it is not as if the two statistics are counting differently.
Very Strange.
I need another clue…
My mean husband says you have to have at least one guess first!
Yes Annette I have been to Singapore twice and very humid and hot and seen both these flowers.
Now I guess I need to re think where you have been
I guess a lot of hot countries have the same flowers, so I will have to think up another clue without giving the game away. Difficult.
San Fransisco Botanical Gardens or was it the Winter Gardens Duthie Park
No sorry – though they may well have them in the Winter Gardens at Duthie Park – it is a wonderful place.
Yes it is Annette happy memories me being. True Aberdonian.
Now was it Kew Gardens
Despite living in Aberdeen, Kew Gardens still does not qualify as a hot country although parts of it may be hot and humid. Think quite a bit further afield.
Dubia I was there last year and very hot and humid and also saw these plants
Sorry – they probably have the same plants, but I wasn’t in Dubai.
I will get my thinking cap on – I was going to suggest Madeira until you mentioned the orchids (but perhaps they have orchids in Madeira – must google…) so I am guessing the far East somewhere
I can’t possibly comment until you give me an actual country. 🙂
Rightio then – I have googled orchids and Madeira so that’s what I will go with!
Sorry – try again.
Was it maybe Japan Annette
That is a good guess as I have family there, but no, not this time. I don’t think it is that hot there yet either.
I did say only three guesses each to try to make it fairer, but I am losing count . . .
How about you keep going, but the winner will be the person who gets it in three – if anyone does. I hadn’t realised how tricky it was to run a simple competition via a blog. I think I should have just kept it simpler i.e. no rules. Good job it is just a bit of fun and no prizes involved!
Thailand?
Well done Lynda! YOU ARE THE WINNER! 🙂
How about St. Lucia?
No sorry – I went to Antigua once, but have never been to St Lucia.
More clues this morning.