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A Jungle Boat Ride in Florida

by Bob Fairbanks

If you're planning a trip to Ft. Lauderdale, here's an interesting ride you might enjoy.

The Jungle Queen is an old fashioned riverboat that cruises up and down New River on the intra-coastal waterway . It took us on a 3 hour cruise , past hundreds of waterfront homes and yachts, through downtown Fort Lauderdale and on to a private tropical island, the Jungle Queen Indian Village. We didn't see any Indians on our trip, but there were lots of exotic birds and monkeys and the main attraction, alligator wrestling.

A nice ... (more)

Our week in Florida ended with a ride on this historic boat.

The great seal of the State of Florida.

We sailed by hundreds of homes, many as beautiful as this dockside one.

Lots of folks out on their boats on a pretty day in June.

Approaching downtown Fort Lauderdale, we passed by dozens of high rise...

A dozen bridges raised to let us through, undoubtedly causing hundreds of...

At the halfway point of our 3 hour cruise, we stopped at a jungle...

This alligator didn't look too happy to see us. And those teeth looked...

I moved around to see it in profile. And the teeth still look ominous.

Look at those claws. And note the skin that reminded us of heavy armor.

Then the keeper stuck his hand inside those awesome jaws.

Way inside. So long as he didn't touch anything, the keeper's...

Then he sat on the big alligator as if it were a pony, and forced the...

No. Don't try this anywhere!

A beautiful parrot in its cage.

An unusually colored duck wandering free.

More beautiful homes on the way back.

When cosmetic queen Mary Kay lived here, the house was painted pink. The lawn...

The cross streets in this part of town show off more boats docked...

There is a lot of money in Ft. Lauderdale!

It's hard to believe a single family lives here.

And then the trip was over. Everyone off! Time for lunch, and then a drive to...

article published 08/15/2007

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