After New Orleans and the highway on the pilings we drove further East to Florid. The main destination was Everglades National Park, the tropical wilderness at the southern end of Florida, is wetlands, the endangered habitat of endangered birds, crocodiles and manatees, full of mangroves, strange birds and fish. For us Everglades turned out to be about mosquitoes, mud, sunsets and mosquitoes. Lot's of mosquitoes. On New Year's night. The tent still bears the bloody evidence of those battles. After mosquitoes there are palms. And sunsets.
The first stop in Florida was Blackwater State Park. The name speaks for itself.
Pine trees and palms, and sandy bottoms of streams
We then followed the western coast of Florida down south, had amazing Thai food in some small town, and arrived to watch sunsets in Everglades
This muddy stale body of water is somewhere in between the Atlantic Ocean and Mexican Gulf. Islands on the horizon are connected by the Highway 1, leading to Key West. According to rangers couple of hours ago manatee with calf were seen nearby.
More mud
The way to explore themud shore
Breakfast buddy
On New Year's eve, after the first battle with mosquitoes, we rented a canoe...
... to explore the canal....
...in a pleasant company
Other participants of the adventure
And then celebrated the new year 2013 with dolmas, beer and chocolate wine under the coconut palms
And more sunsets (I could not choose)
The first stop in Florida was Blackwater State Park. The name speaks for itself.
Pine trees and palms, and sandy bottoms of streams
We then followed the western coast of Florida down south, had amazing Thai food in some small town, and arrived to watch sunsets in Everglades
This muddy stale body of water is somewhere in between the Atlantic Ocean and Mexican Gulf. Islands on the horizon are connected by the Highway 1, leading to Key West. According to rangers couple of hours ago manatee with calf were seen nearby.
More mud
The way to explore the
Breakfast buddy
On New Year's eve, after the first battle with mosquitoes, we rented a canoe...
... to explore the canal....
...in a pleasant company
Other participants of the adventure
And then celebrated the new year 2013 with dolmas, beer and chocolate wine under the coconut palms
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2013!!!
And more sunsets (I could not choose)
TO BE CONTINUED
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