Sunday, June 29, 2008

"The Everglades National Park - Part 2"

We journey deeper into the Everglades....

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like Indiana Jones, always got a map showing Point A to Point B :D

Point A is the amazing Anhinga Trail, right at the Main Visitor's Entrance. After that, we hopped back into the car to Pa-hay-okee Trail

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Park the car and start hiking...
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Ah, we are there... from the overlook, we can see...

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The vast and endless "Sea of Grass"! Well, it's kind of dried up, not surprising, considering the blazing heat... :-S The best time to visit the Everglades is winter, then all the wildlife would be in abundance.

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The boardwalk circles around the sawgrass...
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Grasshopper :D

Ok, time to hit the road again, to Point B, Flamingo Visitor's Centre. There were a few other spots to hike, but we were in an express trip (and it pretty much looked the same throughout!)

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The Long Road ...........................

At some point, we were considering turning back coz it sort of became a drag, driving for so long.

But then...
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Whoa! The scenery changed drastically! Now a beautiful coastal prairie lies before us! We've reached Flamingo point... Lucky didn't turn back!

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I absolutely *love* this picture! Can be my wallpaper ;)

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Actually, Flamingo was badly damaged after Hurricanes Katrina and Wilma back in 2005 and it looks eerie...

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Bird nesting on top the antenna.

The view from Flamingo is...
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not really exciting.. it's a murky swamp :D Heheh....
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There's these scopes to view stuff (faraway boats, birds, etc)

Captured a video to show how it's like there:

So windy, it's almost scary. Can imagine how it was like when the hurricanes hit.

Ok, time to go back... drove ALL THE WAY BACK TO POINT A (-_-''), but we stopped by the main entrance to take one last pic...
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Ok! Mission accomplished! ;)

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