ESCAPE TO THE TROPICS

Message from the Jungle

with yellow orchids

with a mixture of many beauties

with serene depth of dark leaves

sending you a message with the warmth of the ever lasting

SUMMER.

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At the very same time

it is possible

to take a few minutes ride

( not a long airplane trip)

to escape the snow

and winter misery!

( Sometimes one has to be lucky!:)

because

ONCE UPON A TIME THERE WAS A VERY RICH MAN WITH HIS FAMILY LIVING IN THIS AREA: COLLED

THE GOLD COAST.

AMONG MANY NICE THINGS THIS HUGE HOTHOUSE WAS ALSO BUILT AT THE TIME WITH HIS CASTLE.

BECAUSE EVERYTHING WAS SO BEAUTIFUL OVER THE YEARS THIS ESTABLISHMENT SURVIVED THE PRESSURE OF THE "DEVELOPERS" TO DESTROY IT AND BUILT SEEMINGLY MORE PROFITABLE LITTLE HOUSES.

THE WORK OF THE

NEW YORK STATE GOVERNMENT

THE ENTIRE LAND

AND BUILDINGS WAS DECLARED AS

NATIONAL MONUMENT.

BLESSED BE THOSE SMART MEN

WHO WITH THEIR POWER

WERE ABLE TO SAVE IT

FOR MANY GENERATION TO COME

ALL THE BEAUTIES

WHAT THIS ESTATE IS OFFERING

TO THOSE WHO COME FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD.

(Photographs by @Blue Bird)