Treetop Inn Key West

... set up, the captain says that the seas have calmed and we're off to the Spiegel Grove a 510-foot retired Navy ship which when first sunk ended up on it's starboard side in 130 feet of water until a hurricane came through and uprighted it.

Once we're onsite we decide to do two dives on the wreck since it's so large and descend to the stern section in 105 feet of water ...

... drive over a series of keys which are connected by bridges over the ocean, the longest being 7 miles! Yes 7 miles of bridge through an ocean is quite amazing. There are lots of other smaller islands to look at along the way as well, not that you ever get bored of looking at paradise. Tom was cracking jokes and showing me photos of his life the whole way as well so went really quickly. We arrived at Key West at 3pm. Key West is 4 miles long by 2 wide, so everything is reasonably ...

... I don't think the guy had ever cut a whiteman's hair in his life! Before returning back to the hotel, we visited the southernmost point of Key West and consequently the continent - bit of an anticlimax, but at least we can say we've been!

In the evening we walked up Duval Street, (the main party street) to Mallory Square on the eastern side of the island to witness the sunset celebration there. It really was beautiful. Hundreds of ...

... for me as an early Christmas present and I was so excited. Swimming with dolphins was something which I had always dreamed of doing. We packed up and sadly left our oasis in Islamorada and set off to the centre (en route to Key West where we would be spending two nights).

We arrived at the centre and booked in. Before you go and swim with the dolphins, you take part in a workshop and learn about the history of the place and the work that they do. The centre was originally ...

... patient und schwester, sondern eher wie die zwischen kund und dienstleister ist. Ich mag mich da täuschen, aber mir scheint es so, als bekommen sie patienten hier das gefühl vermitttelt, in den besten händen zu sein. Ich werde das weiter beobachten. Zum ende meiner kurzen arbeitswoche - also am Donnerstag - war dann die luft raus. Das traf vor allem für das hinterrad meines fahrrads zu, so dass joan mich samt rad am krankenhaus abholen musste ("musste" stimmt ...

... she didn't really like it but I knew she was just being stubborn.........) The Keys are very built up for such a small area and it showed, everyone must be trying to grab a piece of the Caribbean whilst benefiting from the USA's resources, it has an appeal but only in some areas. One of which was the Bahia Honda State Park, close to the seven mile bridge. We stopped on the way back to Tavernier to look around, the place had a small campground full of USA ...

... seemingly we are the only people who seem to stick around to enjoy the pockets of silence interspersed with the trill of the birds, the breeze through the trees and grasses and the deadly, singular 'plops' of submerging prehistoric beasts and playing 'where's the alligator' in the countless roots and grasses which surrounded us. Aware of the constant heat we slowly made our way back to encounter the same amazing insects as ...

... the end of earth…very nice!

Key west is another paradise on earth, definitely Mexican gulf is awesome.

It was the place where Hemingway was living and wrote his books, obviously, the landscapes push the spirit to travel. Nice place but very hot during summer, very very hot (I insist).

It’s also possible here to reach a very famous checkpoint: the southerner point in USA and the closest to Cuba: 90 miles ...

... everyone here. Distance driven 105 miles Saturday 15th December I was never sure how long we would want to stay in Key West, from its 'lively' reputation and although we had booked the room on a night by night basis, we decided to explore the town. We've found that the best way to get our bearings is usually by a town tour and here there were two versions. A sedate old fashioned style bus or a custom built tractor (usually designed like a train loco) that pulls open ...

... it was three places down from our hotel, which was fantastic, so it was an easy walk home. The next day we woke up to black skies and quickly a violent storm that raged for about 3 hours, but luckily for us we could sit out on the porch protected by the builidng and watch the wind and rain come down while we read. Very Key West indeed! The ...