http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Florida/Miami/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from North America , United States , Florida , Miami en-us Wed, 15 Oct 2008 22:28:31 BST Wed, 15 Oct 2008 22:28:31 BST Hello to all back home thus far Miami has been terrific Natacha and i and a few of her friends went to Orlando for the Halloween Horror nights and it was awsome. They did such a good job with the haunted houses. Every single one had a different theme for example one of them that we walked through was like it was built out in the sticks with a bunch of red necks http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Florida/Miami/blog-334408.html Miami big beach big people big food big storms big bigsWe left La Paz as it started to snow and blew into Miami at the roasting temperature of 38 degrees....with our fingers and toes thawing in the balmy weather we spent our time acclimatising to the heat to the healthy food portions and to the fact that everything suddenly cost 100 times what we were used to paying in bolivia it was onl http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Florida/Miami/blog-334118.html We got to stay with my cocounselor Zach and His Family. They were exceptionally nice people and gave us a tour around coral gables. Coral gable has some of the nicest houses I have ever seen. They were massive. Once again we found ourselves on another spectacular beach. This time at Key Biscayne. We also got o hang out at one of Americarsquos Glamour spots Miami Beach. Where the shoppin http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Florida/Miami/blog-332734.html hello my fellow bloggers since my last update from the tour of Scotland I have been spending some time in Barcelona catching up with a mate that i met earlier in my travels her name is Kelly. We spent a about a week relaxing under the sun down at the local beach with a few beers and a bag of chips.........life is grand. We stayed at a hostel called Kabul whi http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Florida/Miami/blog-326878.html We went shopping at an outlet mall went for a swim and then checked in to a motel for the last night of our road trip. We swam in the rooftop pool which was steaming hot from the sun and then went down to the bar for free Happy Hour cocktails. http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Florida/Miami/blog-322187.html We woke up in time for a sunset swim in the very salty ocean before having dinner at Bayside a street mall with restaurants stalls and live music. http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Florida/Miami/blog-322185.html Drove to Tampa and then through the Big Cypress National Preserve and the Florida Everglades. We stopped at a low pier on the side of the highway and some very gentle wild alligators swam right up to our feet. We checked in to our hostel in Miami Florida and went out and had enormous 2for1 cocktails at a restaurant overlooking South Beach. A cartoonist drew a picture of us a violinist serenade http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Florida/Miami/blog-322184.html I want to thank everyone for the well wishes and words of encouragement so carefully crafted on the back of many a tshirt. I hadn't realize how many wonderful people I've been so fortunate enough to call friends and family until I was compelled to take stock over the last few weeks. Thank you so much. I know we will lose no level of closness despite our change in proximity. I hope to you enjoy re http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Florida/Miami/blog-321106.html So it has been decided for us. We are renting a car and driving 1500 miles to Chicago. Yeah thanks Ike. We are planning on leaving on Monday and getting as far north as we can. West would be nice too but when you live at the bottom of a state that is as long as Florida is you have to drive quite a ways north before you can head west With three days of preparation taken away this weekend http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Florida/Miami/blog-319930.html Gustav is done now but we have Hannah Ike and Josephine marching across the Atlantic. Hannah looks like she will miss us here in South Florida but is aiming towards where we need to be going by train next Thursday. Ike is right behind and as of tonight we are in the middle of the path they are showing. We are still not sure if we will have to reroute our return trip after the cruise due to da http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Florida/Miami/blog-319522.html The monkey wrench has a name. Gustav. With it bearing down on the Gulf Coast we are rethinking our return trip from Los Angeles at the end of our cruise. The plan now is to take the Sunset Limited to New Orleans spend the night and then head out the next day on the Crescent to D.C. and then the Silver Meteor down to Miami. The likelihood of Gustav destroying not only New Orleans again and http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Florida/Miami/blog-317982.html After the crazy flight from Chiang Mai to Miami Simon and Lauren were not only tired but unable to sleep because of the 11 hour time difference...The United States threw a giant fireworks party for Lauren and Simon as they arrived on July 4th back to Lauren's home for the last four years where she had departed from to begin the epic journey to New Zealand many months ago. Sleep was the order of http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Florida/Miami/blog-317404.html I am so excited I am an absolute Phantom Of The Opera Phanatic. We have seen this musical in Chicago Milwaukee Toronto Boston FT. Lauderdale and London Englandwhere it all began. Now we will be able to add Seattle to our list of locations. Another activity we will engage in is a bit of fun called Geocaching . Click on the link to go to the website to get the full explanation. http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Florida/Miami/blog-317034.html Good heavens. Today I spent hours with my clothes. Formal 12 nights Informal 7 nights Resort Casual 46 nights. For all you women out there you know how tough this can be For you men I don't wanna hear about it ' I'm about half way through figuring out what I'm going to bring. I haven't gotten to the shoes or jewelery yet I see that we also have several Balls. Black and W http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Florida/Miami/blog-315156.html Hey Everyone I haven't been on this blog in a long time but I got an email from them and it reminded me about it. Things have been great in Miami. I have already done some diving been to the Dominican Republic for field work and been getting my appartment all set up. Also I leave on a research cruise to the Bahamas a week from today. I will give you all links to my facebook photos of th http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Florida/Miami/blog-313964.html On the descent into Miami the pilot announced that things could get a little bumpy as there were storms in the area. Within a minute it felt like the plane entered a 3 second asteroid field. It was violent but thankfully briefhellipsweaty palms again for me while Sam sat back and enjoyed the rideWe caught the shuttle bus to our hotel under a deluge of tropical rain. I was busy preparing mysel http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Florida/Miami/blog-312994.html Miami 11011990. Drunk out of our heads and dead tired we finally made it to Miami a huge airport with planes taking of and landing more freqeuntly as i have ever seen at any airport before. Leaving our backpacks in a luggage locker we decide first to have a coffee at the airport039s coffee lounge. Now i have heard about this big cuban thing here in Miami and had expected the town to be bi http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Florida/Miami/blog-311252.html Less than one month and we head off on our journey We will be taking a 65 day cruise on Holland America's Amsterdam . We start off on September 11th from south Florida on Amtrak's Silver Meteor . We take that overnight up to Washington D.C. where we change over to the Capital Limited overnight to Chicago Il. We plan on overnighting in Chicago to break up the trip with a nice comfy b http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Florida/Miami/blog-310688.html Miami 16.06.19.06.2008Am Mo 16.06. war es dann soweit. Das langersehnte Projekt Studium in Costa Rica war gekommen. Um 14 Uhr sollte unser Flugzeug gen Sden starten. Der Zug hatte kaum Versptung und auch sonst lief alles reibungslos. Wir hoben abIm Flugzeug konnte ich meinen Augen kaum trauen saen da ein paar Reihen vorne etwa die beiden Brder von einem Sendener mit dem ich Abi gemac http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Florida/Miami/blog-301181.html Missende foto's...Vanavond serie 3 de LA foto's http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Florida/Miami/blog-300559.html Hallo allemaalEindelijk weer eens een teken van leven Ik ga mij maar even beperken tot de laatste dagen aan de westkust. De binnenlandse vlucht naar Florida gisteren en de eerste dag vandaag in Miami volgen dan morgen ofzo anders krijg ik dit nooit af Jullie moeten dus nog even wachten hoe ons vliegtuig KAPOT was en dus voor mijn ogen buiten gerepareerd moest worden.... Hoe we onze aanslui http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Florida/Miami/blog-300313.html Soooo I'm not sure if Miami counts as the commencement of our journey but I'm going to pretend it does. Top 5 Greatest Cab Rides Ever has a new contender... we hopped into a town car for a shared cab ride with two other incredibly grumpy middle aged women who proceeded to argue about who had to get up earlier and who would subsequently win the battle of getting dropped off first. Our cab driver ha http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Florida/Miami/blog-296632.html Our visit to Miami was both brief and amazing. The people of America were so accomodating that we found it hard to leave their hospitality.We tried out an organisation called couchsurfing which is basically a way of meeting local people swapping cultural stories and spending a night or two for free at their homes.This idea was one of our best since we have been travelling. We met a couple called http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Florida/Miami/blog-296250.html Donato at 7 months http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Florida/Miami/blog-296164.html I went to ft. lauderdale for my yachtmaster course but also got to do some work on a boat in miami with friends and also found my new job on mirabella III. http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Florida/Miami/blog-296135.html Here I am waiting this year to go to Santiago de Compostela in the Madre Patria. I hope I have a good time and don't splurge on anything. Thank God food and lodging is covered for what I paid and I just have to worry about weekends. So I am taking with me my can opener silverware glasses cafetera and other absolute necesities...Hopefully the Euro will go down a couple of decimal poi http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Florida/Miami/blog-294227.html Unsere letzten Tage verbrachten wir entspannt am Strand und in Restaurants. Zum Wetter Es ist stndig verdammt hei am Abend fast gleich hei wie am Tag. Zwischendurch macht es manchmal einfach einen Schtter und pltzlich ist wieder der schnste Tag eingekehrt. Tja das ist Florida Ein perfektes Ende eines perfekten USAufenthaltes. These are the pics http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Florida/Miami/blog-291720.html Hi there sorry I haven't been in touch for a while but I have been in a communication blackspot Miami is the home to the beautiful and the rich. As the bus drives to my hostel we drive past huge apartment blocks waterfront residentials yachts and cruise ships. No more so than South Beach where I am staying. My hostel is wedged between designer clothes shops and one block away from the famous O http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Florida/Miami/blog-279854.html