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On my way home from
Ecuador, I get a twelve hour stop-over in Atlanta .
It was not planned, but my good friend Morten comes up with a list of
sight-seen things. One of the sights is the world's largest
aquarium, but I will be diving in the rich waters of
Sulawesi; Indonesia within a week, and I
can wait to see corals. Fortunately, it is during the day, and there
are a few other things to enjoy my selves with. 3/11. It is only a six hour flight, and during the night, but I can't sleep at all. Even though I have gotten a seat behind the emergency exit: No seat in front; I just can't find rest. Might go better tomorrow night on the flight to Copenhagen! Once again, I am baffled over the waiting it takes to enter the US. I spent an hour and a half in the airport before I am out in the train, and I don't even have to bother abut my big bag, which hopefully will end up in Copenhagen along with me tomorrow.
At Art Centre, a shift into bus 36, and
quite fast, I'm at the
Atlanta Botanical It turns out the last fourteen days have been surprisingly bad, especially the last week. Pouring rain every day and cold; real strange for the city. That in mind, the day turns out really nicely: Full sun and 25C, although the wind is chill. Ever since I
entered the train, I have only seen black people. It might have
something to do with the time of day? That continues more or less,
when the staff meets in at the botanical garden. I sit at a
fountain, and doing my lizard imitation; the sun are luckily
breaking this mornings clouds. More staff meets in, and I'm aloud to
wait in the warmer reception. Even
though it is a very young garden, the glasshouses contains
The desert house is less impressive,
although The last house host a rainforest, and it
is a really grown-together but still well maintained "mess". As for
the other houses, only a narrow path leads through, and taking
pictures of the house it selves are impossible. In the entrance are
three nice terrariums with poison dart frogs and some leaf frogs.
On my way back, I passes the slightly
disappointing Japanese garden. There are a conifer collection, a
edible -, perennial, rose- and children's garden. It covers a total
of 30 aches, equals 12 hectares in a scientific scale. The garden was started as late as 1997, and a big art,
including the glasshouses are At eleven, I passes the café, and treat
my selves with a Jack Rabbit: Smoked turkey sandwich - which Instead, I take the bus to the station,
then the train into City Centre; Five Ways,
A few more rounds the centre, and I'm
back at the train station at three, and I actually have a ticket,
sitting at the gate at quarter pass four! Coffee and a calorie boost
for the last coins - that can't be changed into a 10 dollar note.
Two hours to write the memories and check the 284 photos - mainly
orchids. I'm even able to find a free internet! When I reaches Denmark after yet another
sleepless night It have been a short stay to Atlanta, but that is what it takes! This is a city of bureaucrats, not tourists! Unless, of cause, you are into the Coca Cola, the CNN museum, the large Aquarium, ZOO and stuff like that. Then you might need two days. The price considered, a good visit.
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Garden
some very
large plants. Due to the climate, there are not that many
glasshouses, but those there are, are really a treat. Especially the
orchid collection, counting more than 2000 are impressive. I try to
get a photo of each flowering, but I'm sure I misses some.
In-between the orchids, I spot some of the ant-plants, begonias
and the special epiphytic ferns I'm going to see in the wild next
week.
it is nice. Again, there are some huge plants, but many of
the plants should have been dried out in periods, or cut back to
maintain their natural shape. The whole house are suspicious lush
green! There are names on a quarter of the
plants, and I recognises the rest.
Another place, I find
something familiar as well: A tissue
laboratory. Outside, I find a young anole, probably a Anolis
carolinensis.
from 2004.
comes
with a bag of potato chips!, a Cesar Salad and a medium coffee: All
for 10$ . Sit in the sun and enjoy until it is too late to walk to
the natural museum. The houses in the area looks real nice.
and do a bit of walking.
Here are some amassing mix of old and new buildings. Broad Road have
some fancy cafés, but just I ate guinea pig in Ecuador, I eat
Mc Donald's here: Double cheese menu: 3,30$.
due to
coldness, it is 3C and pretty windy. When I
reaches my home, it starts to snow! Glad I'm only here for a week;
then it is diving in