Banana Bay Key West

... and wanted to experience that and the other reason being I didn't like the flight schedule with a later than desired arrival into Key West. I can be very particular about my flight schedule when I travel in order to maximize my vacation time and I favor ...

... to the West Bay, which could not be more opposite than where we are staying.  Where the West End is more low-key, West Bay is hoppin'.  It is more glamourous, more glitzy.  The sand is even whiter here and the water even more ...

... night, it was welcome!) Once we got moving, we set off to Rudys Restaurant for some of the famous banana pancakes. We caught a water taxi to West Bay and spent the afternoon there. I spent most of the time playing in the water and snorkeling while the ...

... of Chris by jumping up and singing Happy Birthday. After showering Chris appeared to find a birthday banner, a special birthday banana complete with candles, a card and Happy Birthday by Stevie Wonder being played in the background.  Annabelle had ...

... better things. Our destination was south point and the green beach. South point is the southern-most point in the United States. (Key West also says that, but their claim is relative to the mainland.) We drove through coffee country with the top down ...

... Mac Nut, Mango, Coconut and a few others.  The cigars were ok.  You don't taste the flavor too much.  Key West flavored cigars are still the best so far!   Lahaina   Aloha Mixed Plate - GOOD   We had the ...

... atmosphere is the claim to fame at this restaurant. I had a bacon cheeseburger, my mother had a turkey wrap and my father had a Key West Fish Wrap. Desserts were 2 for 1 so we got Key Lime Pie and Raspberry Cheesecake. Our plan was walk around after ...

... very closely to sleeping in the hole (for those of you that know what i'm talking about). Monday: We headed straight out to Key West. This is the southernmost of the US's Caribbean islands, although linked to the mainland by road. On the way we ...

... on dry land I was flushed with a sense of nostalgia like I had visited this place before. It very much reminded me of Key West, FL but with a more laid back, backpacker feel to it. Few high class hotels and restaurants were there, keeping the prices low ...

... skins form Denny’s back to my room. Looking like any average Australian drive-up motel, the Wild Wild West Hotel & Casino was the scene of key scenes in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (one of my favourites) and the Hangover. The room is nice ...

... to the key and make myself at home. Took a while to see my name, because it was next to my room mate’s: Nancy West. The key was gone, and I was told that she was already in the room. Knocked tentatively on the door. And what a relief – a ...

... , but got some good shots of the colourful female, and black male, plus a shot of a male sitting on a tourist's shoulder eating banana. Also shots of a good green chameleon, and tree boas. DP even held the boa for a photo. Didn't bother with photos of the ...

... the driver of a crepe-cooking boat to take the stern line ashore.   We are besieged by vendors of crepes, ice cream, jet skis, banana boats, but manage to put most of them off till later.  Can't work out why we were in such a hurry to get to ...

... in the Kong Lung Center. Lunch consisted of a piece of cheese pizza and a chocolate chewy bar (chocolate, coconut, puffed rice and banana cake batter). I thought it was okay, but not my favorite. The pizza was very cheesy which I like, but could have ...

... shore looks particularly dry and yellow, and only the top of the hills have any scrub. We sail almost due west along the coast, past the bay with the airport, then along steep, dry-looking hills dropping straight into the water. The built-up area ends ...

... of these monkeys. Surprisingly, they never bothered me. But on the way, I saw an animal aggressively pouncing upon a tourist, who took out a banana to eat. Don't look them in the eye. Don't pop anything into your mouth in front of them. In that case there ...

... Road and window shopped in the fashionable shopping malls. We then visited the Botanical Gardens, which are beautiful. We saw bonsai, banana trees, and a ginger garden. It was raining, so we were given rain ponchos from a park ranger - very thoughtful. ...

... . Garifuna are a mixture of African, Caribbe and Arawak. Other black people on the North and in the Bay Islands are descendants of Jamaicans and other West Indians who came to Honduras with the British or to work on the banana plantations. La Ceiba where ...

... have to wait till 1pm for the trip, so set up camp under a dangerously low thatch shelter on two of the hotel's fractured banana chairs. DP swims around the wharf, but sees nothing. Eventually we are fronted for a dollar to sit on the seats, even though ...

... . We were the last people there, so we closed the bar. Day 4 (Tuesday) Woke up again at 6:30am and had a delicious banana nut muffin. Today the topic of conversation was the action at Willy T’s the night before. This morning we sailed to Cooper ...