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Kelly's & Aqua-Nuts

The dive resort and home to Aqua-Nut Divers

This holiday was the first one I had planned and booked over the net and I was very pleased with the result. I was amazed when I could even access the timetable of Greyhound busses. Bus was my method of travel from Miami International airport to Kelly's on the Bay where I stayed for a week and I was impressed by the comfort, much better than our own National Express, and the courtesy of the driver. He put me down outside Kelly's at mile marker 104.2 which is not a regular stop.

The resort is situated on US-1, known as the Overseas Highway, where addresses are named after the mile markers at the side of the road which stretches all the way to Key West. A long, almost straight road where to my amazement all the drivers kept to the 50 mph speed limit even when the road was clear.

 

The dive boats

The dive boats.

 

 

The dive boats

The dive boats

 

 

The dive deck

The dive deck.

 

 

 

The dock

The dock

 

 

The refugee raft

The so called refugee raft supposedly used to escape from Cuba.

 

 

The Slipway

The slipway.

In the center a courtesy canoe which could be borrowed at any time as could a fixed wheel bicycle. The bicycle took some getting used to as I had not ridden a fixed wheel for many years.

 

 

 

Mangroves

All the dive boats have to get to the reefs through the buoyed channels in the mangroves.

 

 

Mangroves

By law these channels cannot be dredged nor the mangroves cut.

 

 

Mangroves

Mangroves

 

 

The City of Washington was sunk in 1870 in 8 metres of water and I was very surprised at the paucity of encrustation after so long.

There were however some very nice Sea Fans and Gorgonians and a resident green Moray Eel which was very tame.

 

City of Washington

City of Washington

 

 

City of Washington

City of Washington

 

 

City of Washington

City of Washington

 

 

 

City of Washington

City of Washington

 

 

City of Washington

City of Washington

 

 

The resident Moray

The resident Moray Eel

 

 

 

City of Washington

City of Washington

 

 

City of Washington

City of Washington

 

 

City of Washington

City of Washington

 

 

 

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City of Washington

 

 

City of Washington

City of Washington

 

 

City of Washington

City of Washington

 

 

 

Tang

Tang

 

 

Box Fish

Box Fish

 

 

Barracuda

Barracuda

 

 

The scenery was dominated by Sea Fans and Gorgonians.

 

Sea Fans

Sea Fans

 

 

Sea Fans

Sea Fans

 

 

Sea Fans

Sea Fans

 

 

 

Scene

Scene

 

 

Scene

Scene

 

 

Scene

Scene

 

 

 

Gorgonian

Gorgonian

 

 

Gorgnian

Gorgonian

 

 

Gorgonians

Gorgonians

 

 

 

Gorgonian

Gorgonian

 

 

Gorgonian

Gorgonian

 

 

Gorgonian

Gorgonian

 

 

 

Gorgonians with Sea Fan

Gorgonians with Sea Fans

 

 

Gorgonians with Sea Fans

Gorgonians with Sea Fans

 

 

Sea Fan

Sea Fan

 

 

 

Moray Eel

Moray Eel

 

 

Moray Eel

Moray Eel being cleaned

 

 

Moray Eel

Moray Eel being cleaned

 

 

 

Nurse Shark

Nurse Shark

 

 

Nurse Shark

Nurse Shark

 

 

Nurse Shark

Nurse Shark

 

 

 

Overhang

 

 

 

Me

Me

 

 

Moulted Lobster Skeleton

Moulted Lobster Skeleton

 

 

 

Puffer Fish

Puffer Fish

 

 

Puffer Fish

Puffer Fish

 

 

Sting Ray

Sting Ray

 

 

 

View

View

 

 

View

View

 

 

View

View

 

 

 

View

View

 

 

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View

 

 

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View

 

 

 

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View

 

 

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View

 

 

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View

 

 

The Dock

A lovely relaxed holiday.

My only regret was that a storm blew up on the last day preventing me parasailing.

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