In the southern most part of Florida, about one hour south of Miami, you can find the Everglades National Park. It's a vast wetland that covers more than 1.5 million acres. It's most know for its population of alligators which was also the reason we wanted to go there. At the information center we were told that it wasn't the best time for visiting because it had rained too much and the alligators would be swimming around instead of lazing in the sun. I am not quite sure if they were aware that plenty of them were just sitting along side the road and that some very stupid tourists (including us) got pretty close to get some nice shots. One of the gators started running after Benoit and Larry (our CS host with the awesome apartment in Miami) which almost gave me a heart attack. Luckily they weren't too far from the car and the croc wasn't a fast runner either.
The three last pictures aren't taken in the Everglades but in Blue Springs, Orlando. We went there to spot manatees, an animal we had no idea of how it could look like. I googled it before going and found out that it's called 'zeekoe' in Dutch and 'lamantin' in French. Whenever the ocean is cooling down, these mammals swim inland and hibernate in little springs. In Blue Springs, they had counted 240 the day we visited and it was the most unusual sight ever. Manatees are quite big and move super slow without making any noise which makes them hard to detect at first, also because they don't come up to breathe very often. But once you see them they're just fascinating and you don't want to take your eyes off of them!
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