Introduction to today's journey
Today's journey starts with a tour out west exploring the everglades before returning to Miami and spending the early afternoon exploring the city over the afternoon and evening. From there I catch an evening bus a couple of hours northward to Orlando.
Today's Journey
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Early morning exploring the Miami waterfront before heading westward for about an hour to the everglades. |
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Swamp buggies which we ride on out in the everglades. |
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An alligator just visible to the right in the still water. There are many lurking in the waters here but most are hiding from the hot sun. |
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Exploring the swampy everglade, which is the slowest flowing river in the world running from Lake Okeechobee southward about 160 kilometres towards Key West at about a metre per hour. Water draining from the lake finally reaches the sea after 18 years. |
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Following a channel through the everglades. Most of the water is about knee deep, but perhaps a little deeper in this channel. |
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Returning to the base, we see several alligators resting. There are many thousands of these living in the shallow water of the everglade. |
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Returning to Miami almost right next to the everglade. The city sits on a layer of limestone only a couple of metres higher than the limestone under the everglade. |
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I catch one of the little trains exploring the city centre. |
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After exploring the city centre, I head to the main railway station to catch the New York overnight train northwards to Washington D.C. |
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The train arrives in Orlando a little after sunset as an evening storm looms. |
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