Miami Beach and Timbalive. We arrived at Miami Beach about 9am just as they were putting the deckchairs out. So being some of the first there we quickly claimed a couple for ourselves. And settled down for a nice few hours sleep having had hardly any the previous 2 nights due to the heat. We woke up around midday and headed into the water for a quick swim. The sea was almost at bath temperature, and I later heard on the lifeguards radio that it was at 86 degr...

Miami style salsa? After a quick trip to the tourist information at the rest stop to pick up a map and some information we set off again. As we drove further into Florida we found that palm trees started to creep their way into the hedgerows at the side of the road. The further south we went the more palm trees until eventually that's all there is. After several more hours driving we arrived in Miami at about 7pm and headed straight for Hollywood (not that on...