Last weekend was probably one of the most exciting times I've had in recent memory..for the 3rd time in 3 weeks I went off to a beach..In this case it was a whirlwind 2-Day trip to KeyWest-- the Southernmost Island at the southern tip of Florida/US, and Miami. More than 2500 miles of driving in 48 hrs with room to spare for the Miami nightlife, and just abt as much watersports as KeyWest has to offer !
My friends drove over from Atlanta ..reaching Orlando around 1 am after a 8 hr haul .. so I promptly packed them back into the car @ 2am and off we went for Miami.. breakfast at Amimai around sunrise and then off to the Florida keys..then after after the day at KeyWest, we drove back to Maimi , checked in to our hotel, and came back to the South Beach to give my friends a taste of Miami's nightlife..(including a 2hr India-style-driving-&-parking-adventure) and whats goota be the most exotic (and expensive!) seafood platter any one of us have ever had.
My friends drove over from Atlanta ..reaching Orlando around 1 am after a 8 hr haul .. so I promptly packed them back into the car @ 2am and off we went for Miami.. breakfast at Amimai around sunrise and then off to the Florida keys..then after after the day at KeyWest, we drove back to Maimi , checked in to our hotel, and came back to the South Beach to give my friends a taste of Miami's nightlife..(including a 2hr India-style-driving-&-parking-adventure) and whats goota be the most exotic (and expensive!) seafood platter any one of us have ever had.
[yah baby! have a look for urself.. Royal grilled platter w Jumbo Lobster, Jumbo Crab, Jumbo Shrimp, Mahi Mahi, Calamari, and Salmon !!]
Now for the main course.. no not the food, the Jetkiing and ParaGliding @ Keywest..we had around 4~ 5 hrs @ Keywest.. So we went ParaSailing for 2 hrs and followed it up with a trip around Keywest on the Water-Rockets (Jetski-s) for another 2.. and even snuck in a lunch and guess what? free beer !Parasailing was as much a calming and enlightening experience as it was exciting, if that is possible to imagine .. Floating around @ 400 ft, the view is absolutely breathtaking .. and you have a birds eye shot of the Islands, the Emerald Green Guld waters on one side, and the Deep Blue Atlantic (in a rough mood that day) on the other.. I even managed to take some shots while hanging in up there...
Yah thats me..and my frnd.. from the boat
On the way up
At 400 ft .. pure bliss !!
If ParaSailing was exciting, what followed has gotta be the most exhillerating experience of my life ! For 1.5 hrs on that WaveRunner, going @ 80 kmph on 4 ft high waves .. it was a thrillseekers dream and after the first 1 min when your internal organs try to disintegrate into something resembling mashed potatoes, it felt like riding an angry bull with wings !![unf I dont have a pic of us riding this.. but what the hell..I was going too fast neways for a clean shot !! :) ]
Enough Said.. I'm going back as soon as I get another breather.. and this time, there's more to explore.. snorkeling.. (unf I'm not a good enough swimmer for scuba diving.. but who knows..maybe later ! )
