Parrot Key Resort Key West

... a wreck! The best wreck dive I have done so far and my first true deco dive being that we were down for a total of 34 minutes with an average depth of 64 feet. For the second dive we relocate the dive boat to the bow of the Spiegel and descend, this time to 94 feet where there are a lot of passages which we can swim in and out of. All too soon the dive was over (56 min total) and ...

... Miami with his money and said to give him a wide birth if i see him again there! So i headed off to the bus station after bidding farewell to Sol who was more upset that his 'friend' had stitched him up rather than losing his money. I reached Smathers beach which is beautiful and walked with my feet in the water from one end to the other with all my bags on. I got some funny looks as most people were there in swimmers and I'm loaded like a pack horse dripping with sweat! Anyhow ...

... plenty of pictures to prove it. We ended up hanging out with Cory after the cruise at a few different bars. We all had quite a bit to drink, and didn't have to pay for any of it. It definitely paid to hang out with him for the night.All and All we had a GREAT day!<br><br>Today we got to sleep in enjoy some breakfast before we left the beautiful keys. It was a sad day! We would all go back there any day of the week. <br><br>Till next time,<br><br>Jess, Nic, and Michelle<br><br>

06/10/2009 - Woke up in the morning to a lovely free breakfast by the pool of the hotel with relaxing music playing in the background, beautiful. Jim headed up to the harbour after breakfast to try and find a spare place on a boat to go fishing, but no joy. The boats that were going out were all booked and the next trips wouldn't be until Thursday when we would be in Chicago! Jim was gutted he didn't get the chance to go deep sea fishing ...

... we were soooo gutted. We never to got find out what it was on the end of the line, but speaking to Fred the next morning, he reckoned it was probably a barracuda or maybe a black-tip shark (!) as they are known to come in to shore at night.<br><br>05/10/2009 - I had been looking forward to this day for a while! About 20 miles south of Islamorada on Grassy Key, there is a Dolphin Research Centre, where you can swim with dolphins in the Gulf of Mexico sea. Jim had booked a ...

... zügig angelegte vorhaltung... so, das wars für heute - die pflicht ruft - ich muss in den pool! im übrigen: wundert euch nicht, dass in den worten andauernd buchstaben fehlen - die tastatur ist anscheinend im sommerurlaub (oder mein dell muss whl mal gereinigt werden). nachtrag abendmahl: schnitzel mit champignonrahmsauce und reis. danach key lime pie und/oder grandma´s brownies (von grandma mary frisch zubereitet). und schnitzel heißt hier übrigens breaded pork. gute nacht.

... sites for us, to the next door site without the tree. We had found out at the office of no WIFI (IE: not free you have to pay for it, as opposed to what is advertised) The "beach area" had no sand, the site we were given had no TV so were moved to a third site, this gave us TV. We paid top dollar for this park yet it was near enough to empty and not as advertised. Mmmmm Never mind we are in or should I say NEAR Key West. Key West is 20 miles South, we plan that final step tomorrow.

... ensuring we kept a good rhythm up with our feet to keep the ants at bay. It was a beautiful spot and still keen to save a few dollars we found ourselves a pitch and set up camp. Unfortunately we weren't the only ones residing in our patch, an army of very vicious biting ants had claimed that land as their own and hey, who are we to argue with a horde of vicious biting anything?! We hit the road. Taking note of the warning signs as we left.

... set sail (that is, after having the boat splashed, discovering the propeller was put back wrong and having to take the boat out again to adjust it. Very anti-climatic) Then SPLASH! Finalmente we could start south. We should mention that for our first month we have a stowaway named Troy (we'll leave out his last name in case anyone is searching for him). If we do ever make it to a place where we can dive(too windy here) he will ...

Weds, 15th Nov Woke early with the intention of finding a snorkelling trip. Wandered to The Coffee Plantation to do the usual, walked about a little and went back to the room to drop off my laptop. Promptly went to sleep again! Around lunchtime I took a zig-zag route to the 'Southernmost Point of the Continental USA' at the end of South Street. The housing is so lovely but alas out of my price range....less than $300K won't buy you anything ...