Blogs from Miami Beach, Florida, United States, North America - page 15

25th Feb On the 3 ½ hours round trip back to Buenos Aires I didn’t really sleep that much and to be honest I think I was still quite hungover as when I collected my rucksack as I had managed to get it checked in this time, there was a big queue which I joined thinking it was some kind of landing fee so I handed over my $10 US bill and gave the address I was staying at like everybody else. I was putting my hostel details back in my daypack and this hand grabs my rucksack, I was like what the fuck and ran after the man who had taken it. This man chucked my bag into the boot of a car and he was about to shut it when I grabbed it back ... read more

WE ARE ERE AND IT IS WARM The weather for the first week here has been lovely…24 degC ish during the day and sunny. Managed to get my first sunburn while taking the old name stickers of the boat hull. The boat now had nice new name stickers across her stern and as of today is fully Aussie registered. Yay!. Miami is warm and mostly sunny, but uwe have had a couple of cold fronts moving in from the north over the past week so the morning temperatures are a little chilly (by that I mean 15ish  ). The locals here are not particularly friendly, but the Hispanic, Cuban and Mexican population are. Unfortunately Everyone speaks Spanish, and not Spanish like in spain is very colloquial , fast and has a different accent. The boat ... read more

Hi Everybody. I hope you've all got over your Christmas hangovers and gut aches and are ready for another dose tomorrow night! Well what with travelling, time issues and blank spots we've kind of skipped over, forgotten a few things that have happened to us. We had such a good time in Koinonia that it was really sad to leave. On our last day we had a great meal, with good company. We all brought small presents along and stood in a circle. Then one of the leaders told a story which included many lefts and rights, and we passed the present around accordingly. I ended up with some meditation cds and tea (which I don't drink), whilst Fiona got some peanut butter cake mix! Fiona was also awarded her Musical Chair award (which sits proudly ... read more

Bahamas 2008-2009 14 Décembre 2008 Bonjour à tous, Voici le 3e chapitre de notre petit périple à bord de Grand Style. Nous espérons à travers ce blogue vous donner de nos nouvelles, de mettre un peu de soleil dans votre hiver et un peu de rêve aussi. Nous sommes donc partis en voiture le 21 novembre dernier jusquà l’endroit où nous avions laissé le bateau en avril dernier Tiger Point Marina, Fernandina Beach Floride. Aucune mauvaise surprise nous attendait tout était comme nous l’avions laissé. Même la toile avec laquelle nous l’avions couvert a résisté à l’ouragan Faye. Nous nous sommes mis au boulot le lendemain de notre arrivée afin de réinstaller tous les équipements que nous avions enlevés au printemps dernier (dodger, bimini, panneaux solaires,voiles etc.),refaire une toilette à la grandeur à l’intérieur, cirer la ... read more

Hey all , Landed in Florida to glorious sunshine at last , its been a while since ive seen it . I had planned on spending around 2 nights in Fort Lauderdale 3 night in Fort Myers and then head over to California , i picked up my hire car from the airport and was shafted for $700 but i should have looked more into it than being just plain stupid , so i set off for my hostel and as i arrived i instantly took a dislike to the place ,it was quite grubby and full of weirdos and in the midle of nowhere , i set off out to find somewhere to eat but as Fort Lauderdale is pretty quiet and the place i was staying at was in the middle of nowhere i ... read more