Largo Lodge
Travel Blogs from Key Largo
Theatre of The Sea
... charters. We decided to head across the road to watch the sunset at another hotel and jumped into their tiny pool while the sun was going down. The music from the next door tiki bar with a nice swim and sunset really hit the spot.
After we got back to the hotel and changed for dinner, we took a quick walk down to the Conch House which is a local restaurant. We shared a lobster bisque and I had a mahi salad which was nice as well. We were definitely full by the time we went home!
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Treetops, Everglades and happy endings
... Virgin. I can't imagine why anyone would think of this as a 'resort hotel'. Compared to Hawks Cay which we stayed at on our way down the Keys, this is like a Travelodge, rather than the paradise it pretends to be.
Up at Treetops Restaurant - a concrete balcony above some overgrown bushes - Lisa, a middle-aged blonde with the evangelical fervour of a born-again wino, is doing her best to interest the ageing clientele of loyalty card members in the local viticulture.
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Welcome to the Jungle...
... meal. She and her husband were manning the visitors center in Florida City as she had done for the last 21 years, coming this time every year from Michigan. Last year they renewed their vows in a local attraction spot on Valentine's Day after 65 years, Derek saw the picture. So yes we had received ample information about the must see and do of the area, in fact Derek had to kindly decline any more pamphlets or coupons (she was big on coupons) as we ...
Conched out at the Keys
... the best ones, so after getting a locals recommendation we headed to the Conch Shack where we ordered 12 for $12.
As we wanted to have a wander, we headed to Duval Street which is known as the longest main street in the world as it goes coast to coast, from the Atlantic Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico. We walked the full length of it twice so now we’re thinking off adding fasted land crossing between the Gulf and Atlantic to ...
Extending Bottom Time
... different problems that the course teaches you to be aware of and to calculate your oxygen levels and nitrogen levels and so forth. That's a little simple but basically in a nutshell.
To today I extended my ability to have longer bottom time with Nitrox. Haven't made a dive with Nitrox yet. I'll do that in the morning.
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Amenities
- Free High-Speed Internet
- Beach
- Free parking
- Kitchenette