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Our flight to Miami was not a direct flight, we had to fly to Atlanta and then connect to Fort Lauderdale. The flights were a bit horrific as they were red eye flights so we had to try and sleep on the first on. I found it very hard to sleep on this plane, but thanks to the nice check in lady we managed to get an extra seat between us to put our feet up. We arrived in Atlanta at 4am and then had to wait till 6am to catch our next flight; we died in the airport lounge and then caught the next flight to Fort Lauderdale. On this flight we were sat at the front so we had lots of leg room, I also got chatting with the hilarious steward on take-off. After trying to get a bit of sleep we arrived in Fort Lauderdale airport on Saturday 5th January and it was hot, the airport was small and full of old people and I was tired. We had to get a shuttle to Miami Beach which was about 40 minutes away. We arrived at our hostel around 11ish; as we couldn't check in we dropped our bags, changed our clothes and got directions to the different sights. Jess had big plans for the days, I on the other hand did not, and I wanted to die somewhere, preferably on a beach. After getting a bit lost and walking the wrong way, we bought a wrap and a smoothie and ate it on the beach. We relaxed here for a little while and Jess changed her mind about her plans and we went back to the hostel to check in and change into beach attire. So we checked into South Beach Hostel, which has to be one of the worst run hostels I've stayed in, their staff were retarded, they couldn't work out our reservation, our 8 bed dorm had no lockers, it was small and the bed were tiny and had no ladders to the skyscraper top bunk and to top things off, they decide to clean the bathroom when everyone needed them. Anyway, we headed back to the beach, where we bathed in the sun until it went down, as we knew this could be the last time for beach times. Before we went out that evening, we needed to do some washing as I had run out completely of pants. So after doing a lot of laundry and trying to get ready in a tiny hot room, I managed to sort myself out and get out of the hostel without looking to much like a big sweaty mess and we went to a sushi place that Blondie had recommended us. It was a really cool place, it was a nice change of cuisine and the server was pretty hot, so that was nice to look at too. We ordered lots of sushi and teriyaki chicken and decided we would opt for some Saki instead of wine, we first had it cold and then we had it hot, both ways tasted fowl. We were both so tired after dinner we dragged ourselves back to the hostel, which was playing very loud pumping rock music and we tried to get some sleep.
Sunday, we woke up nice and early to try and get all the sightseeing done before the evening's festivities; The Super Bowl. We caught the bus downtown, which we learnt was pretty empty at weekends. We went to Bayside, which was the shopping and restaurant area on the waterfront. We went on the boat trip around the Miami islands, where we saw Frazier Island, which is where lots of celebrities have condos like Oprah and Tom Cruise. We then had a tour around Star Island where we saw the houses and houses of Elizabeth Taylor, P-diddy, Naomi Campbell and lots of other celebrities, and they were all very luxurious and I wanted one. We then had a lunch in a restaurant along the waterfront, bought our 'I <3…' tshirts and had a bit of a wander around until we realised there wasn't much else to do. We then went back to our hostel to pack and change to go back out. We found an awesome bar on Ocean Drive called Clevelanders, which was all open air; it had a pool in it, wings, beer, pre-game entertainment and big screens. So we ordered a jug of beer and got in the spirit of things, we were told to support the Packers. Jess made some friends with the guys near us, but they were dull and I think I offended them a bit so we moved around the bar. The pre-entertainment was women parading around in cheerleading outfits, underwear and also sprayed on t-shirts who were also selling shots. The game was interesting, but very long and we didn't really know what was going on all the time, but it was fun to see the half time show and we ate lots of wings and pizza. Jess also made a lesbian friend when I was in the toilet, who was all over both of us and she managed to face rape me and Jess had to pull her off me, she was like a hoover. After the game we stumbled back to our hostel, everyone in our hostel was on their way out but we had had a good night and we had to be up early for our greyhound so we headed for a hellish room for some sleep, I could not wait to get to Orlando for our hotel room. On Monday 7th, we left Miami by greyhound to Orlando, I was sad to be leaving Miami as we did not spend long enough there but I was glad to be leaving that hostel. I loved the area and I loved the beaches, just next time I will be in a nice hotel.
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