Key West

Key West on program for Monday

- Safari Tours bus arrived at 7am

to pick up for the excursion

- Jorge the driver was also our guide,

it was possible to practise Spanish

as Jorge gave the tour in English

& in Spanish as well
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Sloppy Joe's Bar

where Hemingway used to go

when living in Key West

- didn't go inside,

read that it's better to avoid it,

the atmosphere isn't the same any more

as it used to be in Papa Hemingway's times
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The weather was rainy & warm

when arrived to Key West

- after some minutes the rain stopped

and the temperature got even higher,

very tropical weather there

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Walgreens pharmacy was in an old theatre

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Southernmost point of the United States
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Small trolley takes tourists around the town
- 25.000 inhabitants in Key West,
lots of tourists coming in January-April
- could see that the resession has hit tourism here as well,
shops 're selling goods with huge discounts
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All the sand has been brought here from Bahamas
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Dark clouds in the sky,
but luckily didn't get any more rain
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Coconuts on the street
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Ernest Hemingway's former home
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And other beautiful wooden houses:
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Some of the houses're not in a very prime shape:
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Some beautiful details of the houses:
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So pittoresque !

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You could find roosters everywhere!
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Gorgeous bouganvillas in lots of different colours

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Visoted also at the Key West cemerery

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Collection of strange & witty gravestones

like

"I told you I was sick"

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All the graves are above the grounds
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The south end of highway 1

which goes here to north all away up to Canada

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Lunch at Duval Street

- the main street of Key West
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Port for the cruise ships

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Nice day!

Key West is a nice town to visit once

and for a day

but otherwise there are not much to see or do,

very touristic place

- loved the beautiful houses there

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the climate is very pleasant

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