Port Everglades is the first major deep-water port we have seen in quite awhile. There is a very large container ship loading dock here and many cruise ships start and end their tours in this port. We saw at least five container ships and two cruise ships as we passed through. The other thing we saw passing through Port Everglades are the largest private yachts we have ever seen - yacht after yacht, many of them well over 100 feet in length and clearly a few over 200 feet long. It is amazing to see these yachts up close and personal.
We have a reservation at Bahia Mar Yachting Center in Fort Lauderdale for the next three nights – we are taking the advice we have received from other Loopers about not traveling in this part of Florida during the weekend. Bahia Mar is another place where the really big boats hang out. We are definitely one of the “little fish” in this marina.
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| downtown Miami |
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| more of downtown Miami |
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| another shot of downtown Miami |
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| this is the American Airlines Center where the Miami Heat play all their home basketball games |
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| one final picture as we leave Miami behind |
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| a cargo ship being loaded in Port Everglades - you can see both cranes lowering a container into the ship |
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| a fully loaded cargo ship at Port Everglades |
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| this is the luxury yacht Pacific, just under 280' long with a helicoptor on the back upper deck |
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| a Holland America cruiseship waiting for its next excursion |
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