"KurtG" wrote in message .. .
Pszemol wrote:
Any interesting places in Jacksonville, Florida?
Will be on a business trip in the area so ... :-)

Any places in the city itself worth seeing?
Something like a spectacular aquarium/fish stores? :-)

Not really. The visibility is fairly poor and you need to go 8-10 miles
off shore for any artificial reefs and those are usually in 60-80 feet
of water with visibility much less then 50 ft.

OK, understand...
In this case - what if I extend my bussiness trip ending Friday
for a whole weekend, and I am willing to travel somewhere South? :-)
What are interesting snorkeling places further south from JAX?

AquaZoo is my usual marine fish store. The one on Beach Blvd has a nice
selection, but they are also the ones that sold me an ritteri anemone
with 2-days of experience. However, I like to go in there and look at
their tanks.

Where do I find these two stores? Do you know their address/www?

No public aquarium. Also, watch yourself, there are some rough areas of
town where flying lead and innocent victims/bystanders seem to be the
norm, but anywhere on the beaches is good.

That was not very good touristic recomendations... :-)
What parts of town should I avoid most?

The Jacksonville Landing also has a nice river/downtown atmosphere.
If you make it up to Fernandina Beach, let me know. It's about
50 minutes from downtown Jax.

Thanks Kurt!