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00:00Travel is in my blood.
00:02Let's go.
00:03This is the best.
00:04For years I worked as a tour rep,
00:06following in the footsteps of my dear lovely mob,
00:09a hard-working, no-nonsense travel agent.
00:12Thanks to our money-saving tips,
00:14we managed to budget our way to a place that totally captured our hearts.
00:18Look at this! Look at this!
00:20Florida.
00:21I love it!
00:24I was born for Little Havana.
00:26And now the Sunshine State is a big draw for me.
00:29Sorry, I'm still on your foot.
00:31And my son, Aidan.
00:33You see him, mate?
00:35Yeah.
00:37But with holiday prices rising...
00:39Oh, my goodness. I'm in heaven.
00:41Can you do Florida...
00:43Without breaking the bank?
00:45$4.99 for these.
00:47Oh, yes, Aidan!
00:49Help you, Mum. Otherwise, just get out.
00:53It's the best day of my life.
00:59Right, after this red car, son.
01:01After this red car, I'm all over this.
01:03I'm all over...
01:05Move your head.
01:07It's quite literally the end of the road for me and Aidan,
01:09on our budget-savvy Florida foray.
01:11The best road trip you've ever been on, isn't it?
01:13To be honest.
01:14Taking the journey.
01:15Oh, that's nice.
01:16Not the destination.
01:17We've enjoyed it, haven't we?
01:18We really have.
01:19US Route 1 has taken us as far south as it possibly can for one last adventure.
01:23We're heading to Key West, babes.
01:26We're heading to Key West.
01:28One of the most popular spots in the Sunshine State.
01:31We've made it, mum.
01:46Top of Florida, Key West.
01:47Isn't it lovely?
01:48They save people when they come.
01:50Isn't it lovely?
01:51Yeah.
01:51They say people, when they come here, they can be anything they want.
01:55And they're one of the most happiest people in the whole of Florida when they come here.
01:59Really?
01:59Yeah.
02:00That's a pretty big reputation to hold.
02:02Yeah, it's true.
02:02Apparently, when they come here, they never want to leave.
02:05They want to stay.
02:06I want to find out why.
02:07Let's find out what makes them so happy.
02:11Famed for its year-round raise, lively nightlife and friendly chickens that free range around the place,
02:17because I'm told this tropical paradise can be pretty pricey.
02:24But fear not.
02:25Us Hammonds are going to unlock some thrifty ways to do Key West
02:29without blowing a hole the size of Cuba in our bank account.
02:34Which is just over there, incidentally.
02:38My first thrifty tip, dump the hire car.
02:42They cost a fortune, don't they?
02:43And with the island being so bijou, just four miles long,
02:48you're much better finding alternative ways to get around.
02:52Oh, there it is.
02:53Yeah.
02:54Let's get trollied, Babs.
02:57Hello, everybody.
02:59Hello.
03:00We've come on board to meet a man in the know, Clinton,
03:03who's going to give us a little insider knowledge to get our Key West party started.
03:09Clinton, I'm loving this bus ride already.
03:11What is it about Key West that is so incredible?
03:13The weather, the smell of the ocean, you're seeing the ocean,
03:17there's like a really great connectivity to it.
03:19It's such a terrific community as well, very welcoming.
03:22You kind of put all of those pieces together,
03:25and I can understand why people always want to come back.
03:28I don't ever really want to leave.
03:29So, you know, so I get it.
03:31Key West is famous for a giant native sea snail called a conch.
03:38Well, I say conch, but Key Westerners, they say conch.
03:42If you're born and bred here, you can call yourself a conch too.
03:46And if you've lived here for seven years or more,
03:49you're a freshwater conch.
03:50So this island is conchers, and Clinton is a conch OG
03:56because he's mastered the art of putting the honk into the conch.
04:01Of course, the snail grows the shell.
04:03We eat the snail in conch fritters, conch chowder, conch salad.
04:07But what are you going to do with the shell afterwards?
04:09No.
04:10We make horns out of them.
04:11No.
04:12And so, yeah, so this is actually a horn,
04:15and if you ever played any kind of brass instrument in any band,
04:20you can already play a conch horn.
04:22You ready?
04:23Yeah, I'm ready.
04:23Okay, all right, watch your ears, just a little.
04:25Go on.
04:29It's like a shit.
04:30Yeah, take a breath.
04:31You're so good at that.
04:32I've been doing it a very long time.
04:34We all learn as little kids how to play the conch horn.
04:37Everything here is very conch-centric.
04:40You're telling me.
04:42And now someone else wants to get in on the conch craze.
04:47Can I have a go?
04:48I want to have a little go.
04:48I'll have music.
04:49Absolutely.
04:50That one is for you.
04:51This one's for me.
04:54There you go.
04:55So good.
04:56He's got it down.
04:58First time, that was all right, wasn't it?
04:59First time, right?
04:59Absolutely.
05:02I can see Aidan's come out of his shell.
05:05The Hammonds are here.
05:07So that is my gift to y'all.
05:10You can take that home.
05:11Oh, my God.
05:12Yeah, so...
05:13Don't give him that gift.
05:14I'm like, oh, I wouldn't have no pieces quite when it come out.
05:17Oh, my God.
05:18Put it inside your carry-on luggage.
05:19It's the worst present ever.
05:24Clinton's suddenly going down, in my estimation.
05:27But he could turn it around with some top local tips.
05:31So we're here all day.
05:33What would you recommend we do?
05:34Everyone that comes here, you want to get on the water.
05:37Go to some of the great restaurants.
05:39Try Key Lime Pie.
05:40Oh, yes, I've got to try that.
05:41From sun up to sun down, there is something for everybody.
05:46I love it.
05:48Hold up.
05:49Did he just say pie?
05:50Oh, my.
05:52Sounds like we've got a fun day ahead of us.
05:54But first, I'm going to ride this trolley for all it's worth.
05:58I'm well on board with this, babes.
06:02It's like a little toy town, isn't it?
06:04It's so cute.
06:05Key West, here we go.
06:08It's 50 bucks for one day's unlimited travel.
06:12But that also gets you two guided walking tours
06:16and entry to a local museum.
06:18And to top it off,
06:19they give you a book of coupons for local restaurants.
06:22Oh, I love a coupon.
06:24Who doesn't?
06:24Plus, up here, we can float above the streets,
06:28safe in the knowledge that our parking isn't about to run out.
06:32Win-win.
06:34And we all have a new wedding day.
06:36Pretty good.
06:36Yeah.
06:38And can we just hear it for our tour guide?
06:40He's so friendly.
06:42Takes me back to my days as a holiday rep,
06:45picking up passengers from the airport.
06:47I love getting on that mic.
06:49First stop, a Key West landmark.
06:53The furthest south you can possibly get
06:55in the whole of the continental US of A.
06:59So the southernmost point buoy,
07:01just here to your right-hand side.
07:02Oh, look at that.
07:0390 miles to Cuba.
07:05Just 90 miles?
07:06Yeah, just 90 miles across the Florida Straits.
07:09And as you can see,
07:10it's a very popular location to have your picture taken.
07:13There's a queue?
07:14Yeah, there's a queue almost every day.
07:16One of the most sought-after photos on the island.
07:19That's unbelievable.
07:20Great, great, great spot.
07:22We Brits are drawn to a queue like moths to a flame.
07:28And I'm not going to miss an opportunity for a selfie.
07:33That would be madness.
07:35We can't go without getting our selfie, can we, Bab?
07:37No, we can't.
07:38We're here now.
07:39In truth, this isn't even the southernmost point in the US of A.
07:44That's actually around the corner on an off-limits naval base.
07:48But let's not let that get in the way of a good photo opportunity.
07:52She's really going for a pose.
07:54Shall I show everyone my music?
07:55No, please don't.
07:57I'll be saying that.
07:57Oh, no, don't.
07:58We're going to lock horns if this carries on.
08:04It's so embarrassing.
08:07Right, let's show them how it's done.
08:1390 miles from Cuba.
08:16Gracias.
08:19Got it.
08:22Surprising fact, Key West is actually closer to Havana than Miami.
08:27Before the highway was built and long before the Cuban Revolution,
08:31it was easier for locals to sail south to Havana than travel north to Miami.
08:36Lovely.
08:37Amazing.
08:38Sorted.
08:38Let's go.
08:45You are so funny.
08:46With Key West being an island, one of the best ways to enjoy is to get out onto the crystal
08:56clear waters, which, if you're not careful, can cost a fortune.
09:02Boat trips and water sports are pastimes you pay a premium for here, especially if you're
09:08not part of a group, where you can split the cost.
09:12You could go solo and snorkel at Fort Zachary Park.
09:15But there are ways to get out on the water where you don't have to push the boat out.
09:23Well, you do, obviously, but not financially, at least.
09:26Good morning.
09:27I'm Captain Brian.
09:28How are you?
09:28You're a hugger.
09:29You are.
09:30Yes.
09:30This boat trip is not costing us a dime, because me and Aidan are volunteering for the army,
09:38the Marine Army.
09:40Nice boat.
09:42We're talking trash babes, offering our services to help clean the ocean.
09:48Do you need any help?
09:51Let's go.
09:53The Conk Republic Marine Army is a team of volunteers who are taking action to clean up the Florida
09:59Quay's waters.
10:01We call it making friends in trashy places.
10:05Anyone can join in, as long as you're willing to get a little bit wet.
10:09I've got it.
10:10I've got it.
10:10I've got it.
10:11I've got it.
10:11You've got it.
10:11I've got it.
10:12Nice.
10:14You can take that home and hang it up in your office.
10:16There you go.
10:18I've got the trash.
10:20Yeah.
10:22It might not look like there's too much phloxam and jetsam on the surface here.
10:26I'll get it.
10:27I think you can.
10:28Right?
10:29Yeah.
10:29Right-hand side, yeah.
10:30All right.
10:31Come on, I ain't getting in the trash.
10:33I've got it.
10:33Yeah, two.
10:35But these guys are removing rubbish on an industrial level, relying solely on local goodwill to make
10:42it happen.
10:43We're going to be selling pool noodles at the end of the day for $5 to raise money.
10:48Every month, the volunteers pull out four truckloads of junk.
10:52They're on track for 20 tons this year alone.
10:55If that wraps up around a propeller, that'd be a bad day.
11:00Much of it down to the ever more frequent storms battering the Florida Keys.
11:06Oh, it's a big ball.
11:08Look at that.
11:08There's still more.
11:12Brian, I'm actually quite shocked at how much rubbish is coming out of this ocean.
11:17Look at all this rope.
11:18This is called trap line, which is rope that attaches the buoy to the lobster or crab trap.
11:25And in storms like hurricanes, they all get torn to shreds and distributed.
11:29And we have about a million of these pots in the Florida Keys in the water.
11:33And about 15% of them get cut off.
11:35And no one has ever cleaned up the Florida Keys like what we're trying to do.
11:39It's unbelievable.
11:40How did this all start off with you, Brian?
11:42It was Hurricane Irma in 2017.
11:44It came through in September.
11:47And it destroyed our home.
11:49And you needed a way to vent.
11:51And an easy way to vent was to find a couple of sofas that were in the water.
11:54And I said, I'm just going to go get one of those out.
11:57So I made a Facebook post.
11:58And 25 people showed up to help me go get that sofa.
12:01So I made another post saying, let's do it again.
12:03And four weeks later, I had 125 people show up just looking for something different to do than live in misery.
12:09And then since then, we've pulled out 250 tons of trash, 94 refrigerators, which is crazy.
12:16Numerous Cuban chugs, one kilo of cocaine.
12:21And a couple of messages in a bottle.
12:22So we've done 54 miles of the shoreline.
12:24Very clean.
12:25And there's 900 more to go.
12:27So we're not even at 10%.
12:28Wow.
12:29So this is a mega problem.
12:30Everyone agrees that cleaning up our environment here in the Keys is the number one priority.
12:34Our water quality is what we live on.
12:36No one visits here for the cheap rent and the fresh fruits and vegetables, as I say.
12:40It's for the weather and for the water.
12:42And if we don't have that, you know, why come?
12:44Has this changed your life, Brian?
12:45Amazingly.
12:46There's nothing better, honestly.
12:47This is a much better way of spending the day than the normal touristy things, in my opinion.
12:52Yeah, I agree.
12:52And I get the benefit because I meet all kinds of people like you.
12:55And here we are.
12:56You and I are making friends for life.
12:57Yes, definitely.
12:58I'm family now, Bob.
12:59I'm in this marine army forever.
13:01Yes, you are.
13:04And I'm not alone.
13:05Numbers have now swelled to a massive 5,000 volunteers.
13:09All willing to get into deep water to do their bit for the local environment.
13:15You did a good job.
13:19The great thing about this, as well as having no impact on my wallet, is that the whole family
13:25can get involved can get involved.
13:26There we go.
13:27There we go.
13:28A piece of stuff.
13:30There's one of our little creatures here saying thank you for picking up this habitat.
13:35That is so cute.
13:36That's one of our local residents here.
13:38He wanted to say thank you for picking up all this trash and trash running out of the water.
13:42You can't play that one, Aide.
13:44That is fun.
13:45Put him safely back in his environment.
13:47Put him back in his home.
13:48Thank you very much.
13:49All cleaned up.
13:52As well as the feel good factor, and the fact that it's free, one of the other perks
13:56is you get lunch thrown in too, as a reward for your efforts.
14:02We're going to go right in here to this little cove.
14:04And if you look over there, there's a big white, looks like a sail.
14:07I can see it.
14:08And it looks pretty big.
14:09And it doesn't belong there, so let's go get it out.
14:11Let's go do it.
14:13Time to get stuck in.
14:15You're going to sink down just a little bit when you get there, but it's not terrible.
14:18It's not.
14:19It's not happening.
14:20Let's help Mama.
14:21Yeah.
14:22The queen.
14:23I think I'm going to get wet.
14:24It is what it does.
14:25It is.
14:26Yep, just go slow.
14:27Just go really slow.
14:28Am I in it?
14:29Yeah.
14:30Quite literally.
14:31Ooh, I've gone really low.
14:33Yeah, same.
14:34My foot is stuck.
14:35That's right, come on.
14:36Pull it.
14:37Just move it up.
14:38Gently.
14:39I was the same.
14:40I was the same.
14:41I think so.
14:42Perfect.
14:43I've got some trash.
14:44Of course.
14:45Oh, there's loads of bugs on it.
14:46Yeah.
14:47The thing is, once you start, you can't stop.
14:50One bottle, Brian.
14:51Nice.
14:52Got any other trash?
14:53There's a lot of rope left in here.
14:54Any more plastic in there?
14:56Lovely.
14:57Alison, how you doing?
14:58Good for this one.
14:59Oh, yeah.
15:00I'm not going to lie, it's not exactly glamorous, but getting down and dirty is kind of liberating.
15:10Do you know what?
15:11I'm actually really enjoying this.
15:12It also gives you more appreciation about when people throw rubbish away.
15:18You know what?
15:19It could end up in this beautiful, beautiful spot, and we don't want that.
15:25No, no, no.
15:26These guys are working so hard.
15:29All these volunteers are working so hard.
15:32They're not the only ones.
15:34Hey, Alison, look at Aidan.
15:36He's addicted now to getting trash.
15:39It's bizarre, the things we found.
15:42Nice job, buddy.
15:44That's getting it done.
15:45Good work, guys.
15:47Well done, son.
15:50Well done, darling.
15:52You've just done so well.
15:53I know.
15:54There was so much trash.
15:56Yeah, it's mad, isn't it?
15:57I can't believe it gets caught up here.
15:59I found a lemon squeezer.
16:02Did you?
16:03It's so random.
16:04Let me take that out.
16:05A gas can.
16:06And a gas can, yeah.
16:07Really random stuff.
16:08But it was good fun.
16:09I enjoyed it.
16:10And you're giving something back as well.
16:11You really are.
16:12Well done, babes.
16:14I'm really proud of you.
16:15It's a lovely feeling, actually, cleaning up.
16:17I was going to say, how are you feeling here?
16:18Really good in my heart, actually, yeah.
16:20It's a lovely thing to do.
16:21You visited the keys and you gave back.
16:23Come back and see us again.
16:24Thanks for coming.
16:26Sure, you can splash the cash and experience more luxury on the water.
16:32But this is so much more satisfying.
16:35And between us, me and Ade collected over 14 pounds of trash.
16:40So many bottles, pool noodles and that lemon squeezer.
16:45And this sense of island community spirit is really starting to come across.
16:55There's a saying the locals use on this island that pretty much sums them up.
16:59We're all here because we're not all there.
17:02Key West has always been a place where larger than life characters can feel right at home.
17:08Over the years, the island's all-embracing lifestyle has inspired some colourful eccentrics to put down roots.
17:16From Tennessee Williams to Jimmy Buffett, who wrote Margaritaville.
17:21But perhaps its most famous resident was America's literary legend.
17:26The Nobel Prize winning, heavy drinking, deep sea fishing, bar brawling genius, Ernest Hemingway.
17:35Or just Papa to his fans.
17:38For just $18, you can visit the house he called home.
17:41Now a museum with guided tours included.
17:45Legend has it, Hemingway loved to frequent the bars along Duval Street.
17:52Especially this one.
17:54So how does Key West celebrate its connection to such greatness?
17:58Well, in typical Key West style, by gathering every Hemingway lookalike on the planet.
18:06Sloppy Joes has been in this location for 87 years.
18:10And for 43 of those years, we've hosted the Hemingway lookalike contest.
18:15Where guys show up from around the world to say, I want to be the next Papa.
18:20That's a hell of a lot of facial hair.
18:23Local resident Tim Stockwell is one of Key West's keenest competitors.
18:28I was sitting at this very bar and somebody came up and said, are you here for the contest?
18:33And I didn't know anything about the contest.
18:35I said, what contest?
18:36So they brought down the application for me.
18:39Great then.
18:40I filled it out and made it to the finals my first year.
18:43So I've been to the finals all five years.
18:45I've been to the contest and I made it in the top five twice.
18:49So you never know.
18:51Next year could be a good year.
18:52The competition is stiff, mind you.
18:55With lookalikes identified all over from New Zealand to Norway.
19:00What you have is a lot of eccentric guys showing up for this, right?
19:03And they want to show their flair.
19:05So we come with guys that have bullhorns through their shirts with blood all over.
19:09We have people come in all kinds of safari outfits.
19:12One year we had a guy show up in a Titan.
19:15You never know what you're going to see show up on that stage for Hemingway days.
19:19And as well as entertaining the locals, this zany contest raises over $100,000 each year towards scholarships for students in the Florida Keys.
19:30I think that Papa would have loved the fact that we're giving away a lot of money to keep people here in his beloved Key West and the Florida Keys.
19:38But what would the great man have made of this island today?
19:41I think what he would particularly like about Key West now is it has kept its eccentricity.
19:48The tolerance for being eccentric and outrageous or being who you want to be, it thrives here.
19:57Almost as famous as Hemingway is another Key West classic.
20:02Something else we've been told not to miss while we're here. As if.
20:07I'm so excited and I'm so glad that Clinton said that we've got to try Key Lime Pie.
20:14That's why I brought you here. What? Pepe's?
20:16Award-winning Key Lime Pie. You are. Well, if it's award-winning, it's good for me. Come on.
20:23You can't come to Key West and not try Key Lime Pie.
20:28It would be like going to Brom and not having a bolty or Cornwall without devouring a pasty.
20:35There's a chicken behind you. Even the local chickens want to get in on the action.
20:41If you wanted to save a few dollars, you could get them as take-out and eat them on the beach or in the park.
20:48But these guys have been making Key Lime Pie for almost a hundred years.
20:53And the Key Lime King is Danny.
20:57Hello, good people. How are y'all doing? Hi. We're good. How are you? Hello, Danny.
21:01It's wonderful to see you, dearest. Oh, lovely to see you. How are you?
21:05Like a new pair of pants ready to rip, okay?
21:09I heard there's no calories in your Key Lime Pie.
21:11There's absolutely no. Is that true?
21:13Oh, the Key Lime Pie. No. I'm not going to say that.
21:17There's a lot of calories. We make it fresh, so it's...
21:21Can we get two of them? That's why I brought my mum here. I wanted her to try the Key Lime Pie.
21:25Well, guess what, friend? I think we can make this happen, okay?
21:29Are you going to join us? I actually will join you.
21:31Yeah, come on. Let's clean the Lime Pie.
21:33Do we just need one and then three spoons?
21:35If you'd like to, I would love to share a Key Lime Pie with you. Let's share it.
21:39Oh, no, you're a young, strappling man. I'll have the whole thing.
21:43I'll have the whole thing. Well, guess what? You're getting the whole thing, okay?
21:46Amazing. Thank you, darling. Thank you. Thank you very much.
21:49The creamy biscuity delight is said to have started here in Key West back in the late 1800s.
21:57Made with the tiny yellowish Key Limes grown here,
22:01it was a no-bait treat that early settlers whipped up with whatever they had on hand.
22:07Fishermen even took the pies out to sea for a sweet pick-me-up.
22:11Yep, sometimes the oldies really are the goodies.
22:15Inform your cardiologist. Thank you. Welcome to Key Lime Pie.
22:20I think I'm going to want this recipe.
22:22We make it from the ground up, so literally we do the graham cracker crust, Key West Key Limes,
22:28and condensed milk, and all those things that are really heart-healthy, okay?
22:33Cheers, everyone. Cheers. Cheers.
22:35That's right. Oh, wow.
22:37Oh, my goodness. I feel like I've just pied and went to heaven.
22:42I've had this for breakfast before, by the way.
22:45Yeah, that's good. Okay?
22:46I mean, really?
22:47That is delicious.
22:48Oh, my Lord. This is great.
22:51This is really good. Wow.
22:53These recipes go back to 1931.
22:56Wow. Okay?
22:57This goes back that far, before air conditioning.
23:00Really?
23:01Yes.
23:02I'm actually regretting sharing this with you.
23:05Is the recipe a secret?
23:08No, I'll tell you, but I'd have to kill you, okay?
23:12Honestly, that is delicious.
23:14Thank you very much.
23:15Mmm.
23:16Sorry, I can't speak right now.
23:17I'll be honest with you.
23:19It's not often I'm rendered speechless, but I need to find my voice again,
23:23because before we go, I've just been given a tip-off about another quirky perk in this restaurant.
23:29I just found out that this telephone box, it gives free international calls,
23:34so I thought, you know what?
23:35I'm going to call my sister, but I've only got three minutes to do it in.
23:38This was introduced for the locals.
23:41I hope that's a number.
23:44What?
23:46When it was the only phone working on the whole island during a hurricane,
23:50it was the only way to keep in touch with family.
23:55Hello?
23:56Sandra, it's Alison.
23:58Hello.
23:59Hello, darling.
24:01How are you?
24:02I'm all right.
24:03I'm actually calling you from Key West.
24:06Oh, wow.
24:08Hemingway country.
24:09Yes.
24:10I'm absolutely loving it.
24:12Oh, my gosh.
24:13Have we taken lots of pictures?
24:14Babes, I've done one better than that.
24:15I've made a show.
24:16I've made a show.
24:17All you've got to do is watch Florida Unpacked.
24:19You're going to love it.
24:20Florida Unpacked?
24:21Yeah.
24:22When you get on?
24:23Babes, don't you worry.
24:24I'll send you all the deets.
24:25Oh, my gosh.
24:26Well, give me the heads up.
24:27Give me the heads up.
24:28You're going to love it.
24:29I'm so loving to hear you again.
24:30I miss you, sis.
24:31I miss you.
24:32I'll see you when you get back.
24:33I love you, bye.
24:34Bye.
24:35Bye-bye.
24:36Bye-bye.
24:37How cool is that?
24:39Aww.
24:40I feel like I've got a little piece of home here in Key West.
24:44Aww.
24:45Aww, Sandra.
24:48She's a bit like Key West, my sister.
24:51Eccentric and welcoming.
24:56As the light starts to fade, there's one more sight we need to see.
25:00And it doesn't cost a dime.
25:04Mallory Square is where the locals and tourists meet up to celebrate what people say is one of the best sunsets in America.
25:12And if you're expecting serene and spiritual, think again.
25:18This is something else.
25:21There's a carnival atmosphere every day.
25:26We just need to get the low down on the sundown from local musician Mike.
25:30What on earth is happening here?
25:33There's so many people.
25:34It's like a big massive party.
25:36Every night, seven days a week, if that sun's going down, people are here.
25:39There's vendors, there's performers playing music.
25:42Then the sunset's just a cherry on top of the ice cream.
25:45All day, we've been asking people, why do they love Key West so much?
25:49Why do you love it?
25:50The people.
25:51The people make it what it is.
25:52The people bring that energy, that spirit to the town.
25:54If you need help, they got you.
25:56The weather's great.
25:57The food's amazing.
25:58But the people are what make Key West, Key West.
26:00Oh, that's beautiful.
26:01Yeah.
26:02Oh, that's lovely, that is.
26:04You know what?
26:05I think Mike's nailed it.
26:08We came to Key West, wanted to know why this tiny island at the very bottom of Florida draws so many to its shores.
26:16And why they never seem to want to leave.
26:19I feel like we already know why people keep coming back to this place.
26:23I mean, look at that.
26:24What a sunset.
26:25I feel like that's one of the main reasons why they come back.
26:28Have you noticed how happy everybody is as well?
26:31Yeah.
26:32Everyone's loving it.
26:33Everyone's happy taking photos.
26:34And they're so proud to show off Key West.
26:36Yeah, they really are.
26:37They want to talk about it.
26:38They love their city.
26:39I totally get it now.
26:41You can see why people here have a blast.
26:45There you go.
26:46That's so good!
26:48They don't take themselves too seriously.
26:51And they definitely eat well.
26:55Are you still thinking about that key lime pie?
26:57I am.
26:58It was so nice.
26:59Weren't it nice?
27:00This conch crazy island has captured my heart.
27:04Key West has shown that sometimes the best things in life really are free.
27:09And as the sun sets across the Florida straits, it's also setting on our Florida adventure.
27:22Look at this!
27:23Look at this!
27:24Look at this!
27:25Oh, yes, Aidan!
27:26And what an adventure it's been.
27:29Go Dolphins!
27:31We've kayaked.
27:33This is actually so lovely, Aidan.
27:35Just having some quiet time with me and you.
27:38We've danced.
27:41We've parasailed.
27:42This is one of the most wonderful things I've ever done in my life.
27:45Unbelievable!
27:47We've done so much.
27:49I never expected that.
27:50It's been the best time alive.
27:52And I feel closer than ever to Aidan.
27:55I can't tell you how lovely you look.
27:57And my dear mum.
27:58I got a little bit emotional.
28:00Yeah.
28:01She would have loved it, hey?
28:03Oh, Aidan, I can't believe we're at the end of our incredible adventure.
28:08Do you reckon this is the, like, last adventure now that you're 19 that we're ever going to have?
28:12It can't be.
28:13It can't be. I've enjoyed it.
28:14Really?
28:15I really enjoyed it.
28:16It's been lovely.
28:17I've enjoyed it.
28:19Let's do it again sometime.
28:20Yeah, let's.
28:21But not this year.
28:22Let's do it again this year.
28:52let's do it again next week.
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