Archive for April, 2009

  • Florida Keys Eco-Discovery Center

    Florida Keys Eco-Discovery Center

    The Florida Keys Eco-Discovery Center is Key West‘s best-kept secret.  Open just two and a half years, it’s the nicest and most informative museum in Key West.  Actually, as the name implies, the Florida Keys Eco-Discovery Center is more than a museum. More fun than a museum, more relevant to the Florida Keys than many [...]

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  • Things to do in Key West

    Things to do in Key West

    Of all the things to do in Key West, the best ones involve the ocean. Whether it be snorkeling, diving, fishing or even glass bottom boat tours, the coral reef is what makes Key West special. Other things to do in Key West include Key West museums, bar hopping and Key West tours of Old [...]

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  • 2009 World Sailfish Championship

    2009 World Sailfish Championship

    The World Sailfish Championship is held every year in Key West, and features 3 days of fishing tournament for big cash prizes. It costs a lot of money to enter the contest, and the prizes are in the hundreds of thousands of dollars for top placement. The World Sailfish Tournament is not only an incredible [...]

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  • Conch Republic Independence Celebration

    Conch Republic Independence Celebration

    There are two Independence celebrations each year in Key West: the Fourth of July and Conch Republic Independence Celebration.  Conch Republic Days occur every April and all of the Florida Keys commemorate the day they withdrew from the United States of America in 1982.  It actually happened: the Keys residents were upset over a Border [...]

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  • Stargazer Reef

    Stargazer Reef

    There is an articficial reef in between rock key and sand key, in 20 feet of water. Its kind of striking because it is surrounded by white sand. I couldn’t find much information on it online.  One site says its a puzzle another says its something to do with a mounument to mariners. Its pretty [...]

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  • More Dolphin, turtle rescue and great snorkeling

    More Dolphin, turtle rescue and great snorkeling

    Snorkeling has been awesome this past week or so , the water has been very clear. The only downside has been there is a lot of current. We had a pod of dolphins come to check us out when we were snorkeling, which was pretty amazing. Its illegal to purposely swim with the wild dolphins [...]

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