Esinye sezidingo zokuhlala eMiami yilanga, isihlabathi kanye ne-surf. Kodwa uya kuphi lapho ubalekela khona konke lapho uhlala esihlahleni somthi wesigodlo esiseParadesi efana ne-Miami? Ukuhamba ngehora elilodwa kuphela eningizimu uzothola ama- Keys amahle e- Florida , izwe ngaphandle kwezinga lokuphila kwe-Miami. Amabhishi abo, ukudoba kanye nokudoba ziphakathi kwezinto ezinhle kakhulu emhlabeni. Lokhu kokuqala ochungechungeni lwezihloko mayelana neFlorida Keys kunika ukubuka konke kanye nesizinda seziqhingi.
Ama-Keys eFlorida athola igama lawo egameni lesiSpanishi elithi cayo , noma isiqhingi. I-Ponce de Leon ithole ama-Keys ngo-1513, kodwa ayizange ixazululwe amakhulu eminyaka. Iziqhingi zashiywe kubaqaphi. Izizwe zamaNdiya zaseCalusa zafa ngo-1800 njengoba izifiki zaseSpain zafika kule ndawo ngebhizinisi lezolimo; Ama-lime ayisikhiye, amaphayinaphu kanye nezinye izithelo ezishisayo kwakuyizinto zokuthengisa zangaphandle.
Ukuya ku-Keys, uzoshiya amaHomestead neFlorida City phansi kwe-18-mile kwe-US 1 ku-Everglades, owaziwa yizakhamuzi njenge-Stretch. Ezindaweni eziningi kungumgwaqo omkhulu ongama-two, okusho ukuthi ungabanjwa ngemuva kwe-trailer esheshayo yokuhamba ngesikebhe. Yiba nesineke, njengoba kukhona izindawo ezidlulayo ezivulekele emigwaqweni emine yonke imizuzu yamamayela. Ukuhamba kuthula futhi kuthumele, okukubeka esimweni sengqondo sokuphumula kwengqondo oyodinga ngempelasonto epharadesi.
Isihluthulelo sokuqala ozothola kuso yi- Key Largo .
Ezinye ze-dive ezihamba kahle kakhulu ku-Keys zitholakala kuJohan Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park , ukuqala kwe-coral reef ephilayo kuphela e-US. Ukuhamba ngezinyawo, izikebhe ze-snorkeling neziglasi-ngezansi kunika imibono emangalisayo yokuphila kwe-undersea. Kuhlanganisa isithombe sikaKristu esitokisini, uKristu wezethusi enezingalo zakhe eziphakanyisiwe elangeni.
Ngamamitha angaba ngu-25 ngaphansi komhlaba, kungabonwa kalula ngabakwa-snorkelers kanye nabahlukahlukene.
Isihluthulelo esilandelayo ngu-Islamorada. I-Islamorada ibizwa ngokuthi i-Sport Fishing Capital yezwe. Izinhlanzi ezihlukahlukene ze-game ezifana ne-marlin, i-tuna ne-dolphin zigcwele emanzini e-crystal blue. Thatha noma yiyiphi yezikebhe eziningi zamashayeli ukuze zitholakale zonke izinyawo ezinyawo futhi zihambe usuku lokudoba. Uma ungewona umdobi, bheka umbukiso noma ugijime ngamahlengethwa, ama-stingrays nezilwane zasolwandle eTheatre of the Sea.
I-Marathon, eyaziwa njenge- Heart of the Keys , idolobhana elincane phakathi kwezinye iziqhingi zezivakashi. Uma ushayela, qiniseka ukuma ku-Wal-Mart noma i-Home Depot nganoma yini oyikhohliwe; ngeke uthole elinye ithuba ngenkathi ungaphakathi kuzihluthulelo! Ibhuloho elingamamitha angu-7, okuye kwaba yindawo yamabhayisikobho amaningana kuhlanganise ne-True Lies, ihamba kahle phezu kwamanzi. Ngakolunye uhlangothi i-Atlantic Ocean; ngakolunye uhlangothi, i-Bay. Lapho isibhakabhaka sicacile futhi siluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka, kungumhlaba wezinhlobonhlobo ezingenakulinganiswa.
Ngemuva kweMarathon kufike ukhenketho lweziqhingi ezincane ezaziwa ndawonye njengezakhi eziphansi. Zihlanganisa, phakathi kwamanye, ukuhamba ngokungafanelwe ku-Looe Key namaphekula ezinobungozi be-Little Duck Key. Izindawo zokudlela zasekhaya zasekhaya zenza ama-Keys aphansi abe indawo ephelele yokuma ukudla.
I-Key West, i-Southernmost Key, ayifani nenye yonke i-Keys. Umakethi osempumalanga ye-US ungamakhilomitha angu-90 ukusuka eCuba, futhi ngosuku olucacile ungenza ukuma kweCuba ngasemuva. I-Hemmingway ithole i-Key West indawo ekhuthazayo yokusebenza, futhi iye yaqhubeka ukudweba abaculi nabalobi bevela emhlabeni jikelele. I-nightlife ingaba yinyendle, kodwa konke kuyiyingxenye ye-charm. Ungaphuthelwa ukushona kwelanga eMallory Square; i-Sunset Celebration ebusuku ivuselela.
Izinkinobho zizungezile ekhoneni, kodwa umhlaba uphelile. Kuphelele ukuvikelwa kweviki lokuphumula, ukuphumula nokubuyisela amandla.