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After a morning latte at a nearby Starbucks on Lincoln Road, I caught the tourist bus to tour Miami. It was quite a chilly start (relatively speaking). You'll see from my Flickr page that I've become trigger happy: http://goo.gl/kTywz5. My iPad ran out of juice about three quarters of the way through the trip. I deleted some shots off my Blackberry, but that's full, so I switched to the Nokia I've bought for the trip. That soon ran out! Talk about the technology not working in your favour. Despite this, I enjoyed seeing Miami. Last time I came I only saw South Beach, so I was keen to see downtown, Little Havana and Coral Gables. The city is gorgeous. Some beautiful properties and of course the stunning waterways. The highways are big and the traffic quite heavy, but it's just a lovely place. The sun appeared part way through the ride so I was able to take my jacket off. It's great to feel the sun on your back.
At Little Havana the bus stopped for twenty minutes. I watched the gentlemen playing dominos in Maximo Gomez Park and visited a couple of roadside stalls. I even bought two small canvasses from a local artist. Not sure how I'm going to fit them in my luggage, but never mind... a challenge for later. A bar type cafe had a sign saying the 'most famous mojito in the world', so I felt I should test their claim. It wasn't the best I've had, not even the best in Miami, but it went down ok on the rest of my bus ride. I was allowed to take it on board luckily, otherwise I'd have had to knock it back tequila-style.
On my return to South Beach I was dropped at Espanola Way, where I actually ate at a French Creperie. I had the fromage crepe with lambs lettuce and a noisette coffee. It's a charming side street with Italian, French and a couple of Spanish restaurants and bars. I tried a Cuban coffee at Havana 1957. It comes straight up black, espresso-style with a sweet smooth taste. I was glad it had some sugar to sweeten it. Enough caffeine for one day.
It was 4pm by the time I returned to my room. I was so tired fell asleep and I missed five Skype calls! When I woke up I spent the rest of the evening watching movies, bluetoothing and e-mailing photos between my technology and then loading to Flickr.
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