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28/09/2010
We went to the Everglades, which is a national park in Miami. When we got there we got on board an air boat and our tour guide took us out to spot all the Alligators within the Everglades. This was so cool as we saw gators who were huge and would swim up next to the boat, we saw 2 week old gators who were holding onto the lilypads for dear life and we saw a 2 year old gator who was getting bigger but not quite as big as the mummy (who stayed close by to all her kids!! You did not want to mess with her!!) We got to see one of the guides show us how they can wrestle an alligator, without hurting it! We hope we never actually HAVE TO wrestle one but he gave us tips on what to do if we ever find ourselves having to wrestle a 7 foot gator!!! We also got to hold a gator (one of the weirdest and coolest feelings ever!!) Although Kirsty did get a shock when the tour guide handed her the gator and jokingly said 'ok i'll be back in a minute' and started walking away!!! She was not happy!
In the afternoon we went on a boat tour which took us out of the port of Miami and into Biscayne Bay. There are many man made islands where the very rich and the very famous stay! These people included Will Smith, P.Diddy, Shaquille O'Neal, Rosie O'Donnell, Al Capone, Elizabeth Taylor, Shakira, Vanilla Ice, Gloria Estefan and many more! These houses were out of this world and cost millions of dollors to build and maintain! They all had their own private dock with a few boats per house and many jet skis! It was fun to see all the huge mansions but reality kicked in when we returned to our hostel!
29/09/10
Today was our last full day in Miami. We have had a great time here in Miami Beach. It is a very interesting and exciting place to be. There is an Art Deco theme here where most of the building were designed in the 1920's-30's. All of these buildings, mainily on Ocean Drive, light up at night with an array of different colours! We met some really nice people whilst staying here, some guys and girls from australia, iraq, morroco, turkey and even a couple from paisley!! The hostel we stayed in put on many club nights - a lot of the clubs are very famous in Miami Beach - We even got a limo ride to one of the clubs!! That was fantastic!!
However, all the hopes of sitting on the beach and chilling out quickly went out the window when a tropical storm set in during the night. However after doing all the domestic duties in the morning we went out to watch some champions league football in the form of Man United and Rangers. We went with a couple we had met in the hostel who were from Paisley, so it was safe to say he was a Rangers fan. The games were both good with wins for both Man United and Rangers, however as the rain was still bouncing off the ground we decided to shelter in the pub for a wee while longer :). After an hour or so had passed it was time to brave it and run to the next place, and run we did. As I only had flip flops on they quickly got picked up and I ran down the road in my bare feet finally making to the Cleavelander, with the girls strolling behind us dry and under an umberella. It was safe to say we were going to get a taxi back to the hostel to aviod drowning on the walk home. So after a nice night and a nice meal we were back at the hostel playing pool. And ever the competitors, Kirsty and I were playing doubles but on seperate teams. Kirsty lucked out and Ross was a good pool player, helping their team win the three match series 2-1. Its safe to say I went to bed in a huff that night.
30/09/10
We started our epic travels at 9:30am this morning and after taking 3 buses, 1 plane, another 3 buses we arrived at our hostel in LA baby !!!!!!!
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