Jasmine House Key West

... glad you didn't bring Buster down with you to Key West"

Pictures from the Trip Five Guys Take a Trip - A Day Off

(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 up.)

... west key seaport. Lovely area with lots of very impressive yhats & catamarans. They were doing all sorts of water sports and fishing trips, stopped and chatted to the fishing guy and looked at some of his photos of what people had caught on the trips, worryingly there had been afew Bull Sharks that had been caught recently!!! I remember watching a program about them and the chap saying they attack people the most out of all the sharks!!! Oh well suppose its unlikely. He had a ...

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 ...

... The drive was thrilling and we passed over the famous 7-mile bridge. We checked into our hotel and went out for dinner and a walk around the harbour. We had been warned that Key West was a party down and we certainly met a few characters. At the end of October there is a big festival there called 'Fantasy Fest' (Fred has been 6 times!). It's apparently very risque and anything goes, a bit like Mardi Gras in New Orleans. We were looking forward to seeing more of Key West the next day.

... ein geschäftspartner von rockefeller und hat somit nicht am hungertuch genagt. ende des 19. jh hat er mit dem bau von luxushotels entlang der südostküste begonnen und beschlossen, diese per zugverbindung schnell zugänglich zu machen. meisterstück dieser bauarbeiten war 1912 die verbindung vom festland floridas nach key west. das historeum zeigt (überwiegend filme) über herausforderungen und probleme bei dieser für damalige zeiten sensationelle ...

Well I am really tired from another long long day of driving and sun. I went to the keys today. I wasn't particularly impressed by Key Largo or Key West although I liked Key West a lot more because it's bigger but still easy to navigate. Duval Street is worth checking out. Sure it's touristy but there are some cute shops. Besides, I don't mind touristy so much. I ...

In the youth hotel in Miami Beach I met a Swiss girl, two German guys and a German girl. All nice persons, a little bit young (around 20/22) and lost so far away from home. Never mind, I'm 25 and got use to rent cars, so I go the agency rent a car then catch up with those guys at the break fast at the youth hotel, then during the talk I let them know about my plan to go to Key west today. "And you guys! What’s your plan?" obviously ...

... sat on their shoulder as they danced in front of the band. Not only did the bird seem to enjoy it, but it fluffed its head feathers regularly. Sue and I almost fell out of out seats. This is so Key West. Another great bar was the Green Parrot. This is an old bar. I mean a really old bar....like 1890 or so. Sue liked to call it the Dusty Parrot as the place surely had not been cleaned sine the built the place. We were glad ...

... held a few, but Kate wasn't too keen. We saw 2 shallow open pools - one had stingray and a big turtle, the other had about 20 nurse sharks of differing sizes. The two staff members taking the tour fed the stingray (who splashed their wings quite a bit as they rose out of the water to get their fish) and then fed the sharks. They then caught a small shark each with a net and held him so that we could have an opportunity to touch his ...

Took our first family vacation in a long time with the folks and little brother to Key West, Florida during Christmas break just now. It was December and 80 degrees or so outside..so beautiful really. but wow, the economic disparity between the way I spend money and my parents spend money is startling. Hopefully I will never make any money. THat way I will never be able to trick myself into thinking that it's necessary to have so much. So summary ...