The Everglades

We just want to start by saying that the Everglades is a must-visit place if you are in Florida! Check hihi.

Everglades National Park is an amazing wilderness located on the southern tip of Florida. When we were there, 11th of July the weather was hot and extremely humid with a temperature around 32 degrees. All of a sudden in the afternoon there was a thunderstorm that frightened us and we started to scream so loud that people thought we were freaks. They reacted very strange, like the thunderstorm didn’t bother them at all and…it didn’t, because then we found out that it was very common with a thunderstorm in the afternoons. 

The mosquitoes were abundant and we all are sitting here right now scratching our mosquito bites, really funny! 

Back to the Everglades-day now. There were so many things to do and see that you didn’t want to miss any of them and that’s why we had to plan our time wisely.  A guide told us that Everglades is split up into three different sections, Flamingo, Shark Valley and Everglades city. In flamingo you will find hiking trails, boat rentals and different tours. In shark Valley you can walk, drive, ride a bicycle or take a tram tour through this part of the park. And finally Everglades city is a place for water enthusiast. Here you can book guided water tours and you can also take an airboat ride which is the best way to explore Everglades!

We booked an airboat ride and it was actually the best we had done! It cost 23 dollar/person and the ride is about 30 minutes long. An airboat isn’t quite a boat. An airboat is propelled by a large air-craft like propeller that sticks out of the back of a boat. Now we realize why so many people from all around the world book airboat rides. There’s nothing like the thrill of a fast moving airboat while providing the best way to view alligators and other creatures. And thank god that we all brought a thick sweater because these boats go very fast and you want to stay warm under the tour! Unfortunately Lena didn’t put her watch in her bag so it got sprayed by swamp water, but that’s okay because we'll go shopping soon anyway!

We spent almost a whole day in Everglades and of course we got very hungry. They say that a visit to the Everglades will not be complete if you don’t taste the famous gator bites so we stopped in the safari restaurant and enjoyed the great meal with a beautiful view of the Everglades. It tasted really good.

Gator bites

Everglades is a home to over 300 species of animals and more than 350 species of birds.

 

Here are  some souvenirs we bought from Everglades! :)

8 dollars

17 dollars

8 dollars

We had a long but great, awsome, amazing, fantastic, wild, wonderful and finally a adventurous day! We all were exhausted after a visit in the Everglades but the good thing was that we got a good night's sleep!

Tomrrow it's time for Louise to get a tatto! She's so excited and nervous but it will go well!

XOXO

Lena, Louise, Nathalie and Rebecka