Esinye sezizathu zokuhlala eMiami lilanga, isanti kunye nokufubha. Kodwa uya kuphi na ukuba ubaleke kuyo yonke into xa uhlala esentendeni edidesi eparadesi efana ne-Miami? Kuphela kweyure yokuhamba ngezantsi uza kufumana i- Florida Keys enhle, ihlabathi ngaphandle kwendlela yokuphila ka-Miami. Amabhishi abo, ukudiba kunye nokuloba ziphakathi kwezona zilungileyo kwihlabathi. Okukuqala kwinqaku lamanqaku malunga neFlorida Keys unikeza umxholo kunye nemvelaphi yeziqithi.
I-Florida Keys yafumana igama layo kwigama lesiSpanish elithi cayo , okanye isiqithi. UPonce de Leon wafumanisa i-Keys ngo-1513, kodwa ayizange ilungiswe kumakhulu eminyaka. Ezi ziqithi zashiywe kwii-pirates. Amazwe asekuhlaleni aseMaliya aseCalusa afa nge-1800 njengoko abahlali beSpeyin beza kummandla wezolimo; Izilime eziphambili, iipinapula kunye nezinye izityalo zaseTropiki zazingokuqala zokuthumela ngaphandle.
Ukuya kwiiKhowudi, uya kushiya i-Homestead ne-Florida City phantsi kwe-18-mile-stretch ye-US 1 kwi-Everglades, eyaziwayo kubahlali nje nje njengeStretch. Kwiindawo ezininzi zindlela nje emgwaqweni omkhulu wendlela, oku kuthetha ukuba unamathele emva kwesikhephe esinokuhamba ngokukhawuleza. Yiba nesineke, njengoko kukho iindawo ezidlulayo eziphakanyisiweyo kwiindlela ezine zonke iikhilomitha eziliqela. Uhambo luzolile kwaye lube lukhuni, olukubeka kwindawo yeholide yengqondo oya kuyidinga ngeveki eparadesi.
Isisitshixo sokuqala oya kufikelela kwi- Key Largo .
Eminye ye-diving ehamba phambili kwii-Keys itholakala ku- John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park , ekuqaleni kwe-coral reef ephilayo kuphela e-US. Ukuhamba, i-snorkeling kunye neeklasi-eziphantsi kweenqanawa zinika imibono ephawulekayo yobomi be-undersea. Iquka umfanekiso kaKrestu we-Abhishe, uKristu we-bronze eneengalo zakhe eziphakanyiselwe ilanga.
Kwimizuzu engama-25 ngaphantsi komhlaba, inokuyithandwa lula ngabadlali be-snorkelers kunye nabanye.
Inqaku elilandelayo li-Islamorada. I-Islamorada yaziwa ngokuba yiCandelo loLwabiwo loLwabiwo lweMidlalo yeHlabathi. Iintlobo zeentlanzi zemidlalo ezifana ne-marlin, ityhuna kunye nehlengethwa zivame emanzini e-blue crystal. Thatha nayiphi na enye yeenqanawa ezininzi zeetriki ezifunyenweyo zifunyenwe zonke iinyawo kwaye zihambe ngosuku lokuloba. Ukuba awuyena umlobi, khangela umboniso okanye udide kunye namahlengethwa, ama-stingrays kunye neengonyama zolwandle kwiTheater of the Sea.
I-Marathon, eyaziwa njenge- Heart of the Keys , idolophu encinane phakathi kwezinye iziqithi. Ukuba uhamba, qiniseka ukumisa kwiWal-Mart okanye kwi-Home Depot nayiphi na into oyilibeleyo; awuyi kufumana elinye ithuba ngelixa usebenza kwiiKhowudi! Ibhuloho yeekhilomitha ezisixhenxe, eye yaba yindawo yamabhayisikobho ambalwa kuquka iiNyaniso Zinyaniso, ukuhamba ngokukhawuleza phezu kwamanzi. Ngalinye icala i-Atlantic Ocean; kwelinye, iBa. Xa isibhakabhaka sicacile kwaye sibomvu, ngumhlaba ongenakulinganiswa.
Emva kweMarathon kuza ikhonkco leziqithi ezincinci ezibizwa ngokubanzi njengee-Keys Keys. Ziquka, phakathi kwabanye, ukudilika okungalinganiyo kwi-Looe Key reef kunye namabhankane anezilwanyana ezinobungakanani be-Little Duck Key. Iindawo zokudlela zasekhaya zasekhaya zenza i Keys Keys indawo egqibeleleyo yokumisa isidlo sakusihlwa.
I-West ephambili, i-Southernmost Key, ayifani nesezinye iiKheyi. Ummakishi kwinqanaba elisemzantsi e-US li-90 ukusuka kwiCuba, kwaye ngosuku olucacileyo unokwenza umongo waseCuba ngasentla. I-Hemmingway ibone i-Key West ibe yindawo ekhuthazayo yokusebenza, kwaye iqhubeke nokudweba abaculi kunye nabalobi behlabathi lonke. Ubusuku bobusuku buba yinto engasendle, kodwa yonke into yintengiso. Ungaphuthelwa ukushona kwelanga eMallory Square; I-Sunset Celebration iyashukumisa.
Iimpawu zichanekile ngekona, kodwa ihlabathi lide. Ufezekile ukuphumula kweveki yokuphumla, ukuhlaziya kunye nokubuyisela amandla.