Blogs from Miami, Florida, United States, North America - page 44

arrived back in Miami from the cruise on the 9th sept. am staying for a week. have checked into the Clay Hotel which is a cute little spanish style place - quite pretty actually :) Have meet some choice people here - especially a bunch of spanish speaking dudes - 2 from south america (nicholas and german ) and 1 from spain (victor). had some fun nights with them. German and Victor took charlie and I to a little salsa club and then proceeded to try and teach us some salsa. a fun night!!! such a laugh! not really sure i learnt anything - its kinda hard! the only easy bit is the slow 'lovey-dovey' stuff!! anyone can do that!! One thing i can say though is that ive never had so many people to dance ... read more

I was only in Aventura (suburb of Miami) for a few days but it was a pretty adventurous 4 days. We happened to be there during Hurricane Katrina on her first landfall and the eye of the hurricane passed right overhead. I was pretty nervous but the local were very calm and we just hunkered down playing Trivia Pursuit 90's edition until 1am. Thankfully Katrina was only level 1 on her first landfall as we all know the damage that she caused over New Orleans. ... read more

D and I are here in Miami melting away. We got here yesterday morning after a brief flight and fell asleep in the hotel. Our hotel is a nice - we're in the art deco district of south beach. In fact, they filmed parts of Miami Vice in our hotel! Oh..and before I forget, guess who we saw at the airport yesterday? The Black Eyed Peas!! Our celebrity moment. And I was pretty damn excited - we both love the BEP. Yesterday was a relaxing day - we walked around a bit, went to the beach, took some naps and had dinner at a cafe on ocean drive. Today we rode this great electric bus around south beach and did some shopping for last minute items for costa rica. Now we're off to find some shrimp ... read more

What a welcome change it was when we got out of the airport and drove to Miami Beach. Hot sun, palm trees and a wide beach that stretched for miles. I'd been a bit put off by stories of crime before arriving - we even considered - changing dates to spend less time there - but now we were here I was glad to have the best part of four days to kick back and relax. And that's mostly what we did. The hostel we stayed in was in real need of a refurb, in fact it's the only place I've stayed so far that I could have any gripes with. The room was manky and the mossies swarmed around the stairwell and made their way into our room each time the door was open. Most ... read more

Arrived New York in snow storm. Absolutely freezing but beautiful. Dumped everything in hostel, then found pizza and wandered around the city near Central Park for a few hours. Remember Famiglia pizza... it was great. Locals friendly, Metro easy, roomies old! Left for Miami via Chicago next dy at 1pm, spent morning walking Central Pk and taking "snow" piccies, back in 3 months. Planes were delayed and arrived Miami 2am. Trashy, cheap, colourful and American. People are complete tarts and everyone wants a tip. Did the Everglades airboat, played with Larry the baby alligator. Got lost in Teds Hideaway and drank too many coronas and cowboys. Clocked up dinners with Greg, Mario nd Kiki before leaving. Didn´t pay for anything but learnt how to salsa, samba and do the naive departure before groping began. They were ... read more