Largo
Travel Blogs from Largo, United States
Jules Verne Underwater Lodge
... questions. Wanna know too? Well, the Jules Verne Undersea Lodge is still the only sunk hotel in the world. It lies in a lagoon at Key Largo at 21 feet depth. The only way to get there is diving. The pressure in the hotel is the same as if you would be ...
And so it begins.............
T minus 24 hours until we leave for for Atlanta. After not seeing Chelise for 2 months we are now going to spend 7 intensive months together not to mention a month in a car as we travel to Seattle. Its a good thing Im a trained pit fighter.... We will ...
By the beach - The Keys
After picking up our Dodge Caliber we hit the road and all I can say is purchasing the American program for Sat Nav was a brilliant move. I got to sit back and relax and it was a nice easy drive down. There are restaurants and shops all the way dotted ...
Abgetaucht - Florida Keys Unterwasser
Irgendwann musste es ja mal soweit sein. Und heute war der große Tag. Bienes erster Tauchgang im echten Ozean. Die Tauchausbildung liegt schon gute zwei Jahre zurück und endlich steht sie da. Fertig zum Absprung, mit zittrigen Knien, aber bei 40°C ...
John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park
March 23rd, 2009 One nights stay at Walmarts in Florida City left us refreshed and ready for adventure at John Pennekamp!! We arrived around 12 noon to 30 mile an hour winds.......no dive boats going out today!!! March 24 We booked spots on the ...
Day 26 & 27: Florida Keys
... getting everybody out. Day 2 in the Florida Keys we spent at John Pennekamp Coral Reef, the only tropical reef in the (lower 48 states) US. We took the glass-bottom boat tour, which was interesting and we saw a lot of fish out there, but when asked ...
Exploring the Keys
We (or rather I) woke up very early in the morning. Still very jet lagged our bodies had no idea what time it was. I woke up Barb because I wanted her to experience what a beautiful day it was - yep you guessed - it was pouring with rain. Perfect ...
Our Honeymoon begins!
... on the road and not crashing and Barb staring lovingly at.... no not me but the factory outlets!) As we approached Key Largo we came across thousands of cyclists doing a Miami to Keys ride. This kept me awake dodging wayward bikes whilst Barb snored ...
Key Largo
... end we must have paid about $18 in tolls! We arrived at the John Pennekamp Coral Reef park campground www.pennekamppark.com on Key Largo at about 5pm. Fred set up camp while I took the kids to the swimming beach, they were hanging out to try their new ...
Relaxing afternoon and evening
... returned to our hotel for lunch and a nap. Ahhh... This evening, we drove to the Wild Bird Sanctuary on Key Largo. There were some really beautiful birds and a lot of interesting information. Our favorite part was viewing the ...
Hello Key Largo!
... texture of the sand and rocks and of course tried to put it in his mouth. I had fun searching for shells (coquillages de Key Largo) with Mom and Dad. We wanted to go on the Glass bottom boat tour but it was 2.5 hours and it would have been ...
Sun, Warmth--What Could Be Better?
... open. Cool breezes drift through. Ahhh...It's been a long time. We are in Sunset Cove in Buttonwood Sound, Key Largo. The anchorage is pleasant; few boats; calm and secure. There is a great bar, Snooks, just a few yards away. ...
Key Lime Pie & seasickness!
Got up early & went to buy our tickets for the 9.15am glass-bottom boat tour. Unfortunately we found it had been cancelled & we had to wait until the 12pm tour. So we went back to a really impressive visitor centre with a huge aquarium inside - both ...
The Florida Keys
Many people may wonder why we headed down to the Keys and appear to have by-passed Miami. Well, we fly out of Miami in the evening and whilst the beach is supposidly great there didn't seem any appeal so we headed down here to enjoy a relaing few days ...
Key Largo
Decided that there wasn't that much of interest to us in Miami, so we took the car to Key Largo, the first of the Florida Keys islands. It was a gorgeous day, so we ate a picnic unch on the beach. We rented a double kayak for a couple of hours, it was wet ...
Five Guys Take a Trip - A Day Off
... a Trip - The Diving Continues (Author's Note: Although this is dated in chronological order I've had to backtrack a bit since Internet access in Key Largo was being difficult, was having too much fun to check in, and too tired at the end to keep ...
Five Guys Take a Trip - The Diving Continues
... Take a Trip - The Last Day (Author's Note: Although this is dated in chronological order I've had to backtrack a bit since Internet access in Key Largo was being difficult, was having too much fun to check in, and too tired at the end to keep ...
MARCO... POLO? key largo?
... me in detail that I reminded him of a dominatrix because I kept bossing him around gave us pointers on everything from Key Largo to Key West while I shoved as much steak and baked potato in my mouth as humanly possible to avoid further conversation. He ...
We came all the way to Key Largo for the library..
... morning Dad and I played on the beach for a while as Mom and Andre packed our stuff. After we checked out, we went to the Key Largo Public Library. Andre and I had such a great time there. We felt so much at home. Mom and Dad thought it ...
Five Guys take a Trip - The Road Back
... on the floor of the car and didn't want to get out although it might have been from missing his girlfriend in Key Largo. Anyway, it was rather uneventful after that, dropped Paul C. off in Virginia, and parted ways with Paul Z. just across the ...
Five Guys Take a Trip - We Arrive in Key Largo
... Take a Trip - Let's go Diving (Author's Note: Although this is dated in chronological order I've had to backtrack a bit since Internet access in Key Largo was been difficult, was having too much fun to check in, and too tired at the end to keep ...
Five Guys Take a Trip - Let's go Diving
... a Trip - Diving & Gomorrah (Author's Note: Although this is dated in chronological order I've had to backtrack a bit since Internet access in Key Largo was been difficult, was having too much fun to check in, and too tired at the end to keep ...
Five Guys Take a Trip - The Last Day
... take a Trip - The Road Back (Author's Note: Although this is dated in chronological order I've had to backtrack a bit since Internet access in Key Largo was being difficult, was having too much fun to check in, and too tired at the end to keep ...
Key Largo 2
Entry for later update - cos we´re getting behind. KEY LARGO We set off north from Key West up Hwy 1, stopping off a couple of times to look at different sights, like the Pelicans and Cormorants which were lined up on the old bridges, drying off or ...
Long Key and Bahia Honda State Parks
After Dry Tortugas, I wanted to get a little R&R on the beach so I headed back up the Keys to a couple of great State Parks. I pretty much did a whole lot of nothing except ly on the beach and catch some rays or go snorkeling. Yeah, ...
Key Largo 1
... Route 1 and shudders to a traffic jammed halt. An hour later and we're pushing on through towards the 'Keys'. We reach 'Key Largo', which is reached by a narrow strip surrounded by water and where the road is protected by a 'gator boom in the water. ...
Day 101 - Close Encounters Of The Snake Kind
... !). A bit of a beach holiday for us to chill out before tackling the more populated eastern states on the final phase of our journey. Miles travelled: 214 Total miles travelled: 10152 Days on road: 81 States visited: 18 National Parks visited: ...
Florida's Heat and a Holiday Inn
... Beach was our stop. The Water was AMAZING!!! We cooled off there for a couple hours then got back on the road. Made it to Key Largo around 8:30 tonight and found a Holiday Inn to call home for the night. We went for a swim as soon as we got here, had a ...
Getting ready and getting excited!
With a bit under two weeks left, preparations are drawing to a close and the anticipation of our impending trip is rising! We've spent many months getting ready - we've read guide books, watched travel shows, searched the web and we have most everything ...
