91. Until now the distant and sparsely populated tropical islands of the Pacific Ocean have been largely bypassed by the big names of the world fast food revolution. 92. Victor was far from isolated on his tropical island, visited by family, scientists and eminent friends like Jacques Cousteau and even President Francois Mitterrand. 93. Hainan, a freewheeling tropical island province, is widely reputed to be buck central control from Beijing. 94. Dense rainforest carpets the mountainous interior of Basilan, a tiny tropical island on the southern tip of the mainly Roman Catholic archipelago. 95. Estimates suggest hundreds have died in fighting while several thousand more have died from diseases which are now rampant on a tropical island without health services. 96. The South Pacific state of the Cook Islands is trying to stave off bankruptcy by opening up a tropical island to llamas heading from the high Andes to Australia. 97. They particularly did not want him visiting the tropical island during the torrid Caribbean summer. 98. It is the first project to be licensed on the spectacular tropical island, which has dramatic scenery and white sand beaches. 99. Jeju is a tropical island south of the Korean mainland. 100. That was already half an hour after the official opening time, but delays are part of life in these langourous tropical islands. |