Starting with the most uninteresting: I pulverized my ‘longest hair’ record by simply not visiting the hairdresser’s ever since my last post. That said, I finally got up and my hair cut today. On to more interesting things:
About a month ago, I went on vacation to Florida in the US with a bunch of friends, and you can check out the pictures from the trip in the gallery. While down there, I also happened to run a GPS tracking application on my mobile phone, the result of which is a bunch of GPS tracks, showing you where I’ve been. So without further ado, here’s the tracks. (Note: This page will stress your browser and load a bit, so only click on the ‘more’ link if you’re prepared to handle it.)
Hardrock Hotel to Sawgrass Mills Mall:
Hardrock Hotel – Sawgrass Mills Mall
Sawgrass Mills Mall to Romano’s Macaroni Grill:
Sawgrass Mills Mall to Romano’s Macaroni Grill
Romano’s Macaroni Grill to Hardrock Hotel:
Romano’s Macaroni Grill to Hardrock Hotel
The way to Key West (with a short stop at the Everglades and on Islamorada):
The way to Key West (with a short stop at the Everglades)
I actually forgot to turn on the tracker here, thus the track doesn’t start at the Hotel where we left.
The way to Key West (from our restroom stop on Islamorada to Key West):
The way to Key West (from our restroom stop on Islamorada to Key West)
Leaving from the Southernmost Hotel in Key West and taking a stroll up and down Duval Street:
Leaving from the Southernmost Hotel in Key West and taking a stroll up and down Duval Street
Boat trip to Fort Jefferson / the Dry Tortugas:
Boat trip to Fort Jefferson / the Dry Tortugas
Return trip from Fort Jefferson / the Dry Tortugas:
Return trip from Fort Jefferson / the Dry Tortugas
If you zoom in on the port, you’ll see that our boat drove a few loops there. The reason for that was that a Jetski tried to jump the wake of our boat but collided with another one, forcing us to stop and turn around to make sure everything was OK. (The accident actually looked pretty bad but other boats were quick to respond and pick up the injured. We never found out what their fate was though.)
Just another stroll along Duval Street on New Year’s Eve:
Just another stroll along Duval Street on New Year’s Eve
GPS reception went haywire at the beginning, not sure why.
Walking around Key West and then to the beach:
Walking around Key West and then to the beach
Duval Street again:
Duval Street again
With another fluke of the GPS reception at the start.
Power adventure tour on the board and a visit to a Cuban restaurant:
Power adventure tour on the board and a visit to a Cuban restaurant
More GPS hiccups, one of them, around our hotel pool, really big. The power adventure tour took us out south to go snorkling, and then went north where we went parasailing, riding a banana boat and Jet Skis. I didn’t have my mobile phone in my pocket, so it stayed static with the boat while we did that. The Cuban restaurant is north east of Duval on Catherine and Margaret street.
Travelling back from Key West to South Beach, Miami:
Travelling back from Key West to South Beach, Miami
Forgot to turn on the tracker at the beginning again, and if you follow the track, you’ll see us get off the highway to stop at an outlet mall and at a Best Buy. The track also got messed up again around our hotel.
Taking a walk on the beach, through a pedestrian zone, to a holocause memorial and back to the hotel:
Taking a walk on the beach, through a pedestrian zone, to a holocause memorial and back to the hotel
That straight line is another GPS messup where my phone lost the signal and suddently regained it.
Going to Nikki beach:
Going to Nikki beach
From Nikki beach to a restaurant and back to the hotel:
From Nikki beach to a restaurant and back to the hotel
My phone didn’t like us sitting in that restaurant I guess, another GPS ‘star’.
Visiting Little Havana and South Beach classics:
Visiting Little Havana and South Beach classics
Started the track late again while on the bus, didn’t get a signal there anyway. We got to Little Havana after some walking, then went North from there by bus to visit South Beach classics (on the way to which I lost my BlackBerry holster :( ) and then returned with a taxi (the straight line ’cause my phone lost the GPS signal again on that trip).
Visiting a museum, then going to a Haitian restaurant and taking a final walk on our last day:
Visiting a museum, then going to a Haitian restaurant and taking a final walk on our last day