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00:00Woo-hoo!
00:02The Hammonds are here!
00:05Travel is in my blood.
00:06Let's go.
00:07This is the best.
00:08For years, I worked as a tour rep,
00:10following in the footsteps of my dear, lovely mob,
00:14a hard-working, no-nonsense travel agent.
00:17Thanks to our money-saving tips,
00:19we managed to budget our way to a place
00:21that totally captured our hearts.
00:23Look at this! Look at this!
00:24Florida!
00:26I love it!
00:28I was born for Little Havana.
00:30And now the Sunshine State is a big draw for me.
00:34Sorry, I stood on your foot.
00:35And my son, Aidan.
00:37Good job, y'all.
00:38You see him, mate?
00:39Yeah.
00:41But with holiday prices rising...
00:43Oh, my goodness. I'm in heaven.
00:46Can you do Florida...
00:48without breaking the bank?
00:50$4.99 for these.
00:53Oh, yes, Aidan!
00:55Help you, Mum.
00:56Otherwise, just get out.
00:58It's the best day of my life.
01:09Right, after this red car, son.
01:11After this red car, I'm all over this!
01:14I'm all over...
01:15Oh, move your head!
01:18It's quite literally the end of the road for me and Aidan
01:22on our budget-savvy Florida foray.
01:24The best road trip you've ever been on, innit?
01:27Be honest.
01:28Taking the journey.
01:29Oh, that's not the destination.
01:31We've enjoyed it, haven't we?
01:32We really have.
01:35US Route 1 has taken us as far south as it possibly can for one last adventure.
01:42We're heading to Key West, babes.
01:47One of the most popular spots in the Sunshine State.
01:52We've made it, Mum.
01:53The tip of Florida.
01:54Key West.
01:54I know!
01:54Isn't it lovely?
01:55Yeah.
01:56They say people, when they come here, they can be anything they want and they're one of
02:00the most happiest people in the whole of Florida when they come here.
02:04Really?
02:04Yeah.
02:05That's a pretty big reputation to hold.
02:06Yeah, it's true.
02:07Apparently, when they come here, they never want to leave.
02:09They want to stay.
02:10I want to find out why.
02:12Let's find out what makes them so happy.
02:16Famed for its year-round raise, lively nightlife and friendly chickens that free range around
02:22the place, I'm told this tropical paradise can be pretty pricey.
02:29But fear not.
02:30Us Hammonds are going to unlock some thrifty ways to do Key West without blowing a hole the
02:36size of Cuba in our bank account.
02:39Which is just over there, incidentally.
02:43My first thrifty tip, dump the hire car.
02:46They cost a fortune, don't they?
02:49And with the island being so bijou, just four miles long, you're much better finding
02:54alternative ways to get around.
02:56Oh, there it is.
02:57Yeah.
02:59Let's get trolley bubs.
03:02Hello, everybody.
03:03Good morning.
03:04We've come on board to meet a man in the know, Clinton, who's going to give us a little
03:09insider knowledge to get our Key West party started.
03:13Clinton, I'm loving this bus ride already.
03:16What is it about Key West that is so incredible?
03:18The weather, the smell of the ocean, you're seeing the ocean, there's like a really great
03:22connectivity to it.
03:23It's such a terrific community as well, very welcoming.
03:27You kind of put all of those pieces together and I can understand why people always want
03:32to come back.
03:33I don't ever really want to leave.
03:34So, you know, so I get it.
03:38Key West is famous for a giant native sea snail called a conch.
03:43Well, I say conch, but Key Westerners, they say conch.
03:47If you're born and bred here, you can call yourself a conch too.
03:51And if you've lived here for seven years or more, you're a freshwater conch.
03:57So this island is conchers and Clinton is a conch OG because he's mastered the art of
04:03putting the honk into the conch.
04:05Of course, the snail grows the shell.
04:08We eat the snail in conch fritters, conch chowder, conch salad.
04:12But what are you going to do with the shell afterwards now?
04:15We make horns out of them.
04:16No.
04:17And so, yeah, so this is actually a horn.
04:19And, um, if you ever played any kind of brass instrument in any band, you can already play
04:26a conch corn.
04:27You ready?
04:28Yeah, I'm ready.
04:28Okay, all right, watch your ears.
04:30Just a little.
04:30Go on.
04:34It's like a shit.
04:35Yeah, take a breath.
04:36You're so good at that.
04:37I've been doing it a very long time.
04:38We all learn as little kids how to play the conch corn.
04:42Everything here is very conch-centric.
04:45You're telling me.
04:47And now someone else wants to get in on the conch craze.
04:51Can I have a go?
04:52I want to have a little go.
04:53I heard music.
04:54Absolutely.
04:55That one is for you.
04:56This one's for me.
04:59There you go.
05:00It's so good.
05:01He's got it now.
05:02First time?
05:03It was all right, wasn't it?
05:04First time, right?
05:04Absolutely.
05:05I knew it.
05:07I can see Aidan's come out of his shell.
05:10The Hammonds are here!
05:13So that is my gift to y'all.
05:15You can take that home.
05:16Oh, my God.
05:18No, don't give him that gift.
05:19I'm like, oh, I wouldn't have no peace and quiet when I come home.
05:22Oh, my God.
05:23Put it inside your carry-on luggage.
05:24It's the worst present ever.
05:29Clinton's suddenly going down in my estimation.
05:32But he could turn it around with some top local tips.
05:36So we're here all day.
05:37What would you recommend we do?
05:39Everyone that comes here, you want to get on the water.
05:41Go to some of the great restaurants.
05:44Try key lime pie.
05:45Oh, yes.
05:46I've got to try that.
05:46From sun up to sun down, there is something for everybody.
05:50I love it.
05:53Hold up.
05:53Did he just say pie?
05:55Oh, my.
05:56Sounds like we've got a fun day ahead of us.
05:59But first, I'm going to ride this trolley for all it's worth.
06:03I'm well on board with this, babes.
06:07It's like a little toy town, isn't it?
06:09It's so cute.
06:10Key West, here we go.
06:13It's 50 bucks for one day's unlimited travel.
06:17But that also gets you two guided walking tours and entry to a local museum.
06:23And to top it off, they give you a book of coupons for local restaurants.
06:27Oh, I love a coupon.
06:28Who doesn't?
06:30Plus, up here, we can float above the streets,
06:33safe in the knowledge that our parking isn't about to run out.
06:37Win-win.
06:39Hey, how are we all of you winning today?
06:41Pretty good?
06:41Yeah.
06:43And can we just hear it for our tour guide?
06:45He's so friendly.
06:47Takes me back to my days as a holiday rep.
06:50Picking up passengers from the airport.
06:52I love getting on that mic.
06:55First stop, a Key West landmark.
06:58The furthest south you can possibly get in the whole of the continental US of A.
07:04So, the southernmost point buoy just here to your right-hand side.
07:07Oh, look at that.
07:0890 miles to Cuba.
07:10Just 90 miles?
07:11Yeah, just 90 miles across the Florida Straits.
07:13And, as you can see, it's a very popular location to have your picture taken.
07:18There's a queue?
07:19Yeah, there's a queue almost every day.
07:21One of the most sought-after photos on the island.
07:24That's unbelievable.
07:25Great, great spot.
07:27We Brits are drawn to a queue like moths to a flame.
07:35And I'm not going to miss an opportunity for a selfie.
07:37That would be madness.
07:39We can't go without getting our selfie, can we, Bab?
07:42No, we can't.
07:43We're here now.
07:44In truth, this isn't even the southernmost point in the US of A.
07:49That's actually around the corner on an off-limits naval base.
07:53But let's not let that get in the way of a good photo opportunity.
07:56Look at her.
07:57She's really going for a pose.
07:58Shall I show everyone my music?
08:00No, please don't.
08:01I'll be so embarrassed.
08:02Oh, no, don't.
08:03Oh!
08:05We're going to lock horns if this carries on.
08:09This is so embarrassing.
08:13Right, let's show them how it's done.
08:1790 miles from Cuba.
08:20Gracias.
08:24Got it.
08:27Surprising fact, Key West is actually closer to Havana than Miami.
08:32Before the highway was built and long before the Cuban Revolution,
08:36it was easier for locals to sail south to Havana than travel north to Miami.
08:42Lovely.
08:42Amazing.
08:43Sorted.
08:44Let's go.
08:50You are so funny.
08:55With Key West being an island,
08:57one of the best ways to enjoy it is to get out onto the crystal clear waters.
09:03Which, if you're not careful, can cost a fortune.
09:07Boat trips and water sports are pastimes you pay a premium for here.
09:11Especially if you're not part of a group where you can split the cost.
09:17You could go solo and snorkel at Fort Zachary Park.
09:22But there are ways to get out on the water where you don't have to push the boat out.
09:28Well, you do, obviously, but not financially at least.
09:31Captain.
09:31Morning.
09:32I'm Captain Brian.
09:33How are you?
09:33Nice.
09:33You're a hugger.
09:34Yes.
09:37This boat trip is not costing us a dime, because me and Aidan are volunteering for the army.
09:43The Marine Army.
09:45Nice boat.
09:47We're talking trash babes, offering our services to help clean the ocean.
09:53Do you need any help?
09:55Let's go.
09:56Let's go.
09:58The Conk Republic Marine Army is a team of volunteers who are taking action to clean up the Florida Keys
10:04waters.
10:06We call it making friends in trashy places.
10:10Anyone can join in, as long as you're willing to get a little bit wet.
10:14I've got it, I've got it, I've got it guys, I've got it.
10:17Nice.
10:19You can take that home and hang it up in your old house.
10:21There you go.
10:23I got the trash!
10:25Yeah!
10:27It might not look like there's too much flotsam and jetsam on the surface here.
10:31I'll get it.
10:32I think you can.
10:33Right?
10:33Yeah, right hand side, yeah.
10:35Alright.
10:36Get in the trash!
10:37I got it.
10:38Yeah, two!
10:40But these guys are removing rubbish on an industrial level, relying solely on local goodwill to make it happen.
10:48We're going to be selling pool noodles at the end of the day for $5 to raise money.
10:53Every month the volunteers pull out four truckloads of junk.
10:57They're on track for 20 tonnes this year alone.
11:01If that wraps up a round of propeller, that'd be a bad day.
11:07Much of it down to the ever more frequent storms battering the Florida Keys.
11:12Oh, it's a big ball, look at that.
11:14There's still more.
11:17Brian, I'm actually quite shocked at how much rubbish is coming out of this ocean.
11:22Look at all this rope!
11:23Yeah.
11:24This is called trap line, which is rope that attaches the buoy to the lobster or crab trap.
11:29And in storms like hurricanes, they all get torn to shreds and distributed.
11:34And we have about a million of these pots in the Florida Keys in the water.
11:38And about 15% of them get cut off.
11:40And no one has ever cleaned up the Florida Keys like what we're trying to do.
11:44It's unbelievable.
11:45How did this all start off with you, Brian?
11:47It was Hurricane Irma in 2017, came through in September.
11:52And it destroyed our home and he needed a way to vent.
11:56And an easy way to vent was to find a couple of sofas that were in the water.
11:59And I said, I'm just going to go get one of those out.
12:01So I made a Facebook post and 25 people showed up to help me go get that sofa.
12:06So I made another post saying, let's do it again.
12:08And four weeks later, I had 125 people show up just looking for something different to do than live in
12:13misery.
12:13And then since then, we've pulled out 250 tons of trash, 94 refrigerators, which is crazy.
12:21Numerous Cuban chugs, one kilo of cooking, and a couple of messages in a bottle.
12:27So we've done 54 miles of the shoreline, very clean.
12:30There's 900 more to go, so we're not even at 10%.
12:33Wow.
12:34So this is a mega problem.
12:35Everyone agrees that cleaning up our environment here in the Keys is the number one priority.
12:39Our water quality is what we live on.
12:40No one visits here for the cheap rent and the fresh fruits and vegetables, as I say.
12:45It's for the weather and for the water.
12:46And if we don't have that, you know, why come?
12:48Has this changed your life, Brian? Amazingly.
12:51There's nothing better, honestly.
12:52This is a much better way of spending the day than the normal touristy things, in my opinion.
12:56Yeah, I agree.
12:57And I get the benefit because I meet all kinds of people like you.
13:00And here we are, you and I are making friends for life.
13:02Yes, definitely. I'm family now, Bob.
13:04I'm in this marine army forever.
13:06Yes, you are.
13:09And I'm not alone.
13:10Numbers have now swelled to a massive 5,000 volunteers.
13:14All willing to get into deep water to do their bit for the local environment.
13:20You did a good job.
13:24The great thing about this, as well as having no impact on my wallet,
13:28is that the whole family can get involved.
13:31There we go.
13:33These pieces are all.
13:35There's one of our little creatures here saying thank you for picking up this habitat.
13:40That's so cute.
13:41That's one of our local residents here.
13:42He wanted to say thank you for picking up all this trash and traveling out of the water.
13:46You can't play that one, Aide.
13:49That is a fun.
13:50That is a fun.
13:50Put him safely back in his environment.
13:52Put him back in his home.
13:52Thank you very much.
13:53All cleaned up.
13:56As well as the feel good factor, and the fact that it's free, one of the other perks is you
14:01get lunch thrown in too, as a reward for your efforts.
14:06We're going to go right in here to this little cove.
14:09And if you look over there, there's a big white, looks like a sail from a sailboat.
14:13And it looks pretty big.
14:14And it doesn't belong there, so let's go get it out.
14:15Let's go do it.
14:18Time to get stuck in.
14:20You're going to sink down just a little bit when you get there, but it's not terrible.
14:23It's not.
14:24Let's help mama.
14:25Yeah.
14:26The queen.
14:26I think I'm going to get left.
14:28It is what it wants.
14:29It is.
14:30Yep, just go slow.
14:31Just go really slow.
14:33Am I in it?
14:35Quite literally.
14:37Oh, I've gone really low.
14:38Yeah, same.
14:39My foot is stuck.
14:40Come on.
14:41Pull it.
14:41Just move it up, but gently.
14:43I was the same.
14:44I was the same.
14:45I think so.
14:46I've got some trash.
14:49Oh, there's loads of bugs on it.
14:51Yeah.
14:52The thing is, once you start, you can't stop.
14:55One bottle, Brian.
14:56Nice.
14:57Got any other trash?
14:58There's a lot of rough left in here.
14:59Any more plastic in there?
15:01Lovely.
15:02Alison, how you doing?
15:03Whip it this way.
15:05Oh, yeah.
15:08I'm not going to lie, it's not exactly glamorous, but getting down and dirty is kind of liberating.
15:14Do you know what?
15:16I'm actually really enjoying this.
15:18It also gives you more of appreciation about when people throw rubbish away.
15:24You know what?
15:24It could end up in this beautiful, beautiful spot, and we don't want that.
15:30No, no, no.
15:31No, no, no.
15:31These guys are working so hard.
15:34All these volunteers are working so hard.
15:37They're not the only ones.
15:39Hey, Alison, look at Aidan.
15:41He's addicted now to getting trash.
15:44It's bizarre, the things we found.
15:47Nice job, buddy.
15:49That's getting it done.
15:50Good work, guys.
15:53Well done, son.
15:55Well done, darling.
15:56You've just done so well.
15:58I know.
15:58There was so much trash.
16:01It's just constant.
16:01Yeah, it's mad, isn't it?
16:02I can't believe it gets caught up here.
16:04I mean, we found a lemon squeezer.
16:07Did ya?
16:07It was so random.
16:08Let me take that home.
16:09A gasket.
16:10And a gasket, yeah.
16:12Really random stuff, but it was good fun.
16:14I enjoyed it.
16:14And you're giving something back as well.
16:16You really are.
16:17Well done, babes.
16:19I'm really proud of you.
16:20It's a lovely feeling, actually, cleaning up.
16:22I was going to say, how are you feeling here?
16:23Really good in my heart, actually, yeah.
16:25It's a lovely thing to do.
16:26You visited the keys and you gave back.
16:28Come back and see us again.
16:29Thanks for coming.
16:32Sure, you can splash the cash
16:34and experience more luxury on the water,
16:37but this is so much more satisfying.
16:40And between us, me and Ade,
16:42collected over 14 pounds of trash.
16:45So many bottles, pool noodles, and that lemon squeezer.
16:50And this sense of island community spirit
16:52is really starting to come across.
16:59There's a saying the locals use on this island
17:02that pretty much sums them up.
17:04We're all here because we're not all there.
17:08Key West has always been a place
17:10where larger-than-life characters can feel right at home.
17:13Over the years, the island's all-embracing lifestyle
17:17has inspired some colourful eccentrics to put down roots.
17:21From Tennessee Williams to Jimmy Buffett,
17:24who wrote Margaritaville.
17:26But perhaps its most famous resident
17:28was America's literary legend.
17:31The Nobel Prize winning, heavy drinking, deep-sea fishing,
17:36bar-brawling genius, Ernest Hemingway.
17:40Or just Papa to his fans.
17:43For just $18, you can visit the house he called home,
17:46now a museum with guided tours included.
17:52Legend has it, Hemingway loved to frequent the bars
17:55along Duval Street, especially this one.
17:59So how does Key West celebrate its connection to such greatness?
18:03Well, in typical Key West style,
18:06by gathering every Hemingway lookalike on the planet.
18:11Sloppy Joe's has been in this location for 87 years,
18:15and for 43 of those years,
18:17we've hosted the Hemingway lookalike contest
18:20where guys show up from around the world
18:23to say, I want to be the next Papa.
18:26That's a hell of a lot of facial hair.
18:28Local resident Tim Stockwell
18:30is one of Key West's keenest competitors.
18:32I was sitting at this very bar,
18:35and somebody came up and said,
18:37are you here for the contest?
18:38And I didn't know anything about the contest.
18:40I said, what contest?
18:41So they brought down the application for me,
18:44great then, I filled it out,
18:46and made it to the finals my first year.
18:48So I've been to the finals all five years,
18:50I've been to the contest,
18:52and I made it in the top five twice.
18:54So you never know, next year could be a good year.
18:57The competition is stiff, mind you,
19:00with lookalikes identified all over,
19:02from New Zealand to Norway.
19:05What you have is a lot of eccentric guys
19:07showing up for this, right?
19:08And they want to show their flair.
19:10So we come with guys that have bullhorns
19:12through their shirts with blood all over it.
19:14We have people come in all kinds of safari outfits.
19:17One year we had a guy show up in a diaper.
19:21You never know what you're going to see
19:22show up on that stage for Hemingway days.
19:24And as well as entertaining the locals,
19:26this zany contest raises over $100,000 each year
19:32towards scholarships for students in the Florida Keys.
19:35I think that Papa would have loved the fact
19:37that we're giving away a lot of money
19:39to keep people here in his beloved Key West
19:42and the Florida Keys.
19:43But what would the great man have made of this island today?
19:48I think what he would particularly like about Key West now
19:51is it has kept its eccentricity.
19:53The tolerance for being eccentric and outrageous
19:57or being who you want to be, it thrives here.
20:03Almost as famous as Hemingway is another Key West classic.
20:06Something else we've been told not to miss while we're here.
20:10As if.
20:14I'm so excited and I'm so glad that Clinton said
20:17that we've got to try Key Lime Pie.
20:19That's why I brought you here.
20:20What? Pepe's?
20:21Award winning Key Lime Pie.
20:23You are.
20:24Well if it's award winning it's good for me.
20:26Come on.
20:28You can't come to Key West and not try Key Lime Pie.
20:32It would be like going to Brom and not having a bowl tea.
20:36Or Cornwall without devouring a pasty.
20:40There's a chicken behind you.
20:41Even the local chickens want to get in on the action.
20:46If you wanted to save a few dollars,
20:48you could get them as take-out and eat them on the beach or in the park.
20:52But these guys have been making Key Lime Pie for almost a hundred years.
20:58And the Key Lime King is Danny.
21:02Hello good people, how are y'all doing?
21:04Hi.
21:04We're good.
21:05How are you?
21:05Hello Danny.
21:06It's wonderful to see you dear.
21:08Oh, lovely to see you.
21:09How are you?
21:10Like a new pair of pants ready to rip, okay?
21:14I heard there's no calories in your Key Lime Pie.
21:16There's absolutely no.
21:17Is that true?
21:17There's another Key Lime Pie.
21:20No.
21:21I'm not going to say that.
21:23There's a lot of calories.
21:23We make it fresh, so it's...
21:26Can we get two of them?
21:27That's why I brought my mum here.
21:28I wanted her to try the Key Lime Pie.
21:30Well, guess what friend?
21:31I think we can make this happen, okay?
21:33Are you going to join us?
21:35I actually will join you.
21:37Yeah, come on.
21:37Let's Key Lime Pie.
21:38Do we just need one and then three spoons?
21:41If you'd like to, I would love to share Key Lime Pie with you.
21:44Let's share.
21:44Oh no, you're a young strappling man.
21:47I'd have the whole fig.
21:48I'll have the whole fig.
21:49Well, guess what?
21:50You're getting the whole fig, okay?
21:51Amazing.
21:52Thank you darling.
21:53Thank you very much.
21:55The creamy biscuity delight is said to have started here in Key West back in the late 1800s.
22:02Made with the tiny yellowish Key Limes grown here.
22:06It was a no-bait treat that early settlers whipped up with whatever they had on hand.
22:12Fishermen even took the pies out to sea for a sweet pick-me-up.
22:16Yep, sometimes the oldies really are the goodies.
22:20Inform your cardiologist.
22:23Welcome to Key Lime Pie.
22:24I think I'm going to want this recipe.
22:27We make it from the ground up.
22:29So literally we do the graham cracker crust, Key West Key Limes, and condensed milk.
22:35And all those things that are really heart healthy, okay?
22:38Cheers everyone.
22:39Cheers.
22:39Cheers.
22:40That's right.
22:41Oh wow.
22:42Oh my goodness.
22:44I feel like I've just pied and went to heaven.
22:47I've had this for breakfast before by the way.
22:49Yeah, that's good.
22:51Really?
22:51That is delicious.
22:53Oh my lord.
22:54This is great.
22:56This is really good.
22:58Wow.
22:58These recipes go back to 1931.
23:01Wow.
23:01Okay?
23:02This goes back that far.
23:04Before air conditioning.
23:06Really?
23:06Yes.
23:07I'm actually regretting sharing this with you.
23:11Is the recipe a secret?
23:13No, I'll tell you, but I'd have to kill you, okay?
23:17Honestly, that is delicious.
23:19Thank you very much.
23:21Sorry, I can't speak right now.
23:23I'll be honest with you.
23:24It's not often I'm rendered speechless.
23:26But I need to find my voice again, because before we go, I've just been given a tip-off about
23:31another quirky perk in this restaurant.
23:34I just found out that this telephone box, it gives free international calls.
23:39I thought, you know what?
23:40I'm going to call my sister, but I've only got three minutes to do it in.
23:44This was introduced for the locals.
23:47I hope that's a number.
23:51When it was the only phone working on the whole island during a hurricane,
23:56it was the only way to keep in touch with family.
24:00Hello?
24:01Sandra, it's Alison.
24:03Hello.
24:04Hello, darling.
24:06How are you?
24:07I'm all right.
24:08I'm actually calling you from Key West.
24:11Oh, wow.
24:13Hemingway country.
24:15Yes.
24:15I'm absolutely loving it.
24:17Have we taken lots of pictures?
24:19Babes, I've done one better than that.
24:20I've made a show.
24:21I've made a show.
24:22All you've got to do is watch Florida Unpacked.
24:24You're going to love it.
24:25Florida Unpacked?
24:26Where's that on?
24:27Babes, don't you worry.
24:29I'll send you all the deets.
24:30Oh, my gosh.
24:30Well, give me the heads up.
24:32Give me the heads up.
24:33You're going to love it.
24:33I'm so loving to hear you, babe.
24:34I miss you, sis.
24:36I miss you.
24:37I'll see you when you get back.
24:38I love you, babe.
24:38Bye.
24:39Bye-bye.
24:42How cool is that?
24:44Aww.
24:45I feel like I've got a little piece of home here in Key West.
24:49Aww.
24:52Oh, Sandra.
24:53She's a bit like Key West, my sister, eccentric and welcoming.
25:00As the light starts to fade, there's one more sight we need to see.
25:05And it doesn't cost a dime.
25:09Mallory Square is where the locals and tourists meet up
25:12to celebrate what people say is one of the best sunsets in America.
25:17And if you're expecting serene and spiritual, think again.
25:23This is something else.
25:26There's a carnival atmosphere every day.
25:30We just need to get the low down on the sundown from local musician Mike.
25:37What on earth is happening here?
25:39There's so many people.
25:40It's like a big, massive party.
25:41Every night, seven days a week, if that sun's going down, people are here.
25:45There's vendors, there's performers playing music.
25:47Then the sunset's just a cherry on top of the ice cream.
25:50All day we've been asking people why do they love Key West so much?
25:54Why do you love it?
25:55The people.
25:56The people make it what it is.
25:57The people bring that energy, that spirit to the town.
25:59If you need help, they got you.
26:01The weather's great.
26:02The food's amazing.
26:02But the people are what make Key West, Key West.
26:05Beautiful.
26:06Yeah.
26:06Aw, that's lovely that is.
26:07Yeah.
26:09You know what?
26:10I think Mike's nailed it.
26:12We came to Key West, wanted to know why this tiny island at the very bottom of Florida draws
26:18so many to its shores.
26:20And why they never seem to want to leave.
26:24Hey, I feel like we already know why people keep coming back to this place.
26:28I mean, look at that.
26:29What a sunset.
26:30I feel like that's one of the main reasons why they come back.
26:33Have you noticed how happy everybody is as well?
26:36Yeah.
26:36Everyone's loving it.
26:37Everyone's happy taking photos.
26:39And they're so proud to show off Key West, aren't they?
26:42Yeah, they really are.
26:42They want to talk about it.
26:43They love their city.
26:44I totally get it now.
26:45You can see why people here have a blast.
26:50There you go.
26:51That's so good.
26:52They don't take themselves too seriously.
26:56And they definitely eat well.
27:00Are you still thinking about that key lime pie?
27:02I am.
27:03It was so nice.
27:03Weren't it nice?
27:05This conch-crazy island has captured my heart.
27:09Key West has shown that sometimes the best things in life really are free.
27:18And as the sun sets across the Florida Straits, it's also setting on our Florida adventure.
27:27Look at this.
27:28Look at this.
27:29Oh, yes, Ada!
27:31And what an adventure it's been.
27:34Go Dolphins!
27:36We've kayaked.
27:38This is actually so lovely, Ada.
27:40Just having some quiet time with me and you.
27:43We've danced.
27:46We've parasailed.
27:47This is one of the most wonderful things I've ever done in my life.
27:51Unbelievable!
27:52We've done so much.
27:54I never expected that.
27:56It's been the best time in my life.
27:57And I feel closer than ever to Ada.
27:59I can't tell you how lovely you look.
28:02And my dear mum.
28:04I got a little bit emotional.
28:05Yeah.
28:06She would have loved it, hey?
28:09Oh, Aidan, I can't believe we're at the end of our incredible adventure.
28:14Do you reckon this is the last adventure now that you're 19 that we're ever going to have?
28:17It can't be.
28:18I've enjoyed it.
28:19Really?
28:19I really enjoyed it.
28:20It's been lovely.
28:21I've enjoyed it.
28:24Let's do it again sometime.
28:25Yeah, that's...
28:26But not this year.
28:27Ha ha!
28:29Ha ha!
28:58Shit.
28:58It's been 100 years.
28:59Let's get into it.
28:59It's been pretty good in December.
28:59So the day at this year, we'd haveressed