Thursday, July 10, 2008

Miami tourist attractions - Key West

U.S. West Cay (Key West) are the islands of Tianya, a Florida Keys (Florida Keys) 1700 in a small islands, is located in the United States or the southeast. From Islands Florida peninsula south east corner and around Miami, the trip all the way south, gradually bending the west, until the Keys at the bottom of the West (or who "Qiweisite Island" or "Kaiweisite Island", Key West, Keys of the West), are out of the uninhabited Dry Tortugas. These islands located in the Florida Straits, will be divided into the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico two things, and set aside the Florida Bay . In the south corner of Key West last point, only 90 miles from Cuba (145 kilometers). Its distance from Havana than to Miami the past. From Miami drove nearly four hours, 250 km journey along the so-called "world's most beautiful sea-crossing highway," the US-1 Highway to the southern tip of the United States of Key West. Drive south of Key West, will go through one by one of the island called Key, about 50 smaller islands of the Florida Keys, by the length of 42 bridges connecting until Darcy Keys (Key West). Key West retreat of the first artists to the famous. In fact, the first onto the map of Key West who is the Pulitzer Prize winner - Ernest. Hemingway. He almost every day to the sea fishing boat, if he did not think to fishing, even if this day is white before. Despite the well-known writers from more than 60 years of Key West, but we can still feel his presence, his Hemingway's former residence is the island's most scenic spots to attract tourists one. Hemingway's love for adventure, he is not the time to write out to the Austrian skiing, fishing to Cuba, to visit the African wild, or even to Spain to try to bullfight, he is very much like the wild life. Here, tourists can visit Hemingway's studio, he completed inside several best-selling book. Hemingway usually in the morning between 6:00 to 6:30 this place every day in the studio to write on nearly Liu Qibai words. "Death knell for whom Wong", "Death of the afternoon", "and without some" creative are here. As early as in people with the labyrinth of the Key West chicken, Hemingway's cats and six toes colorful waterfall link before, the city of Key West in Florida, another small island is a unique symbol of the big house . The big house is another of Key West attractions is the famous former U.S. President Harry Truman here in the palace - on the White House (Little White House), it was built in 1890, when Navy officials for the quarters. 1946, President Truman began here in the office and the rest, as the United States after the successive Presidents have to follow laid the foundation for the summer break. Today, the "small White House," the official function no longer exists, it is only tourism and ideal for private parties. However, here still maintained some of President Truman left traces.

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