Friday 18th - Wednesday 23rd September 2015 I managed to pack my bag, So I caught the shuttle bus to the airport after saying my goodbyes to my parents! I'll be seeing then in exactly one year from now so thats not too long to wait! The flight to New York was relevantly painless and I managed to find Alicia which is a positive start! We decided to brave the subway to get to our hostel. The subway was an adventure in itself! We managed to work out how to g...

Thursday 17th - Friday 18th September 2015 So we left our lovely presidential suite in Key West and headed on our way up North to Miami. It was a great drive going over nine-mile bridge back to the mainland of the US. We went through an EPIC lighting show. I swear to god a bolt of lightening hit a lamp post not too far off where we were in the car. It made me scream! Luckily we weren't driving at the time. Dad would of thumped me for sure! We stopped at the ma...

Tuesday 15th - Wednesday 16th September 2015 The drive from Islamorado to Key West was a little longer, but an enjoyable drive. Key West is a city in Monroe County, Florida. The city encompasses the island of Key West, the part of Stock Island north of U.S. 1 (the Overseas Highway) (east), Sigsbee Park (north, originally known as Dredgers Key), Fleming Key (north), and Sunset Key (west, originally known as Tank Island). Key West is the southernmost city in the C...

Sunday 13th - Monday 14th September 2015 It was a short drive to Islamorado on the next key south of Key Largo. We had a nice little bungalow for the next couple of nights. The name Islamorada (Original meaning: "Island Home"), newly nicknamed, "The Purple Isle," came from early Spanish explorers in the area. It is pronunced "Is-La-Moh-Ra-Da." We headed out to dinner the weather was turning for the worse, lots of thunder and lighting plus some water f...

Monday 7th - Saturday 12th September 2015 So we had a casual morning before we headed off towards Key Largo, I was still pretty tired from the plane and travel from the last few days! It was a nice drive once we left the city! The Florida Keys is made up We checked into our hotel and headed over to the dive shop to 'check in' and got everything sorted. We have two dives every morning up to Saturday. We had a wonder to the dive shop and around the sho...