KEY LARGO,FL, USA Jules Underwater Lodge in Key Largo is a one-of-a-kind hotel.It is completely underwater! It sits on legs at the bottom OF A 30-foot deep lagoon, completely underwater. To check in, you have to scuba dive and enter through a hole under the hotel. This hole leads to a "wet" room where you take off your wet clothes and dry off.
The underwater hotel is comfortable. There are books, videos, hot showers, and also phones so you can keep in touch with people on land. Each of the two bedrooms has a big window where you can watch hundreds of fish go by. When you wake up. You may see an angelfish or parrot watching you. "It's a moment you'll never forget," says I am Koblick, an underwater scientist. For special occasions, the hotel gives you the red- carpet treatment. A chef can scuba dive to the hotel and cook a special meal for you. A birthday cake or flowers can also delivered.
A control room an land monitors the hotel at all times. It pumps fresh air into the hotel and keeps water out. You can explore the ocean attach to a long line, which provides a limitless air supply. But if diving is not your cup of tea, you can relax inside the hotel.
Yes, you'll pay through the nose for a night at Jules' Lodge ($325 per person), but you'll have a ball. "To live beneath the sea was once just a science fiction fantasy. Now it is reality," says owner Dr. Neil Monney.
- one- of a kind---unique; one that does not exist elsewhere
- check in---register at a hotel, a convention, a hospital etc.
- take something off*---remove something (clothing, jewelry, make up, a cover from a jar. etc).
- dry off*---become dry
- go by(someone or something)---pass, move past (someone or something)
- wake up*---awaken from sleep
- give someone the red- carpet treatment---welcome guest with special attention
- at all times --- constantly; continuously
- keep someone or something out*---not allow someone or something to enter
- not one's cup of tea---not something one enjoys
- pay through the nose(for something) ---pay a very high price(for something)
- have a ball---have a wonderful time; really enjoy oneself
A b o u t y o u
- Imagine a special place you want to go. What do you see when you wake up? What goes by your window?
- Describe a place where you had a ball.
- Do you own a anything that is one-of-a-kind? Describe it.
- Have you ever given the red-carpet treatment to a guest in your house? What did you do?
- What sports or activities are not your cup of tea?
