Here is a country I so badly want to visit… Looks so beautiful from the air. If what I hear and read in the media is correct, then the disparity of the beauty of nature and poverty of citizenry can match the memories of India I have from half a century back. But just like then, I have to believe that the people, though poor, are very nice.

Need to put this on the list and find ways to go there with all the complications of a US passport.

It snakes thru the keys before ending about 90 miles away from Cuba. If you have driven on it, you will remember the breathtaking water and beaches all along it. And some marvelously engineered long bridges connecting islands.

… and immediately hit my favorite color! Down below all those islands are the Florida Keys.

Looking forward to some more island time, blue waters, sunny days, white beaches as well the local folks.