Florida
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After twelve hours spent in the airplane with overlanding in NewYork, you’re landing at Ft. Lauderdale International Airport. Ft. Lauderdale is located in Florida, approximately 30 miles North from Miami. When you see Fort Lauderdale from airplane, you realize that the city is built on the water. That’s why many people call it American Venice. There live about 1.2 million inhabitants in Ft. Lauderdale. You can find there vocation houses of many rich people such as president of Budwaiser, president of Oscar Maier and so on. This part of the city is built directly on the water and reminds as Venice. But all canals are wider and houses are modern and expensive. The price of those houses vary from two till ten million dollars. But there is one exemption. House of “Carbage man” costs 625 million dollars and it’s regular size house.
Rest of Fort Lauderdale looks like typical American city. You find there downtown with several tall buildings (not skyscrapers) and beaches with sand. The temperature of ocean reaches 33 degrees during the summer. If you pay attention, you can see many different kinds of fishes, sea turtles, ray sting or even shark. About 50 meters from coast coral reef is located. At this reef, 1 meter long turtles and over one meter long sharks can be found. Even Michelle Jacque Rousseau (I’m not sure if it’s spelled right) comes there every year. By the beach, many restaurants, bars, discos and shops are located. Everybody wants to visit the Hooter’s, a famous bar with waitress dressed just in tiny swimsuit. Another great place for visitors is the Baja Beach Club, a very strange discos. Many of those Europeans, who visit this disco, are surprised how Americans can behave. Tourists also want to visit Planet Hollywood at Ft. Lauderdale and buy a T-shirt.
If you have enough time, there are many places to visit in Florida. The most popular are parks located near Orlando, approximately 5 hours of driving from Ft. Lauderdale. You should visit Disneyworld, which consists of four different parks. You would need whole week to visit all of them. Many people choose just one, because they have just one day. The best ones are Magic Kingdom with night parade and fireworks and MGM Studios. Universal Studios is another great attraction. It’s the right choice for those, who love movies and movie stars. The last one is Sea World, park with many shows, including dolphin show and whale show.