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World Trip 2005-06
Miami (9th June- 24th June)
South Beach, the playground of the rich, beautiful and famous. The 'Clay' hostel i stayed at was situated on Esplanade/Washington Ave (famous for appearing in Miami Vice), perfectly located to check out the shops, the beach and the amazing but a little pretentious nightlife. I spent the majority of my two weeks in Miami there and i loved it, living the dream along with a load of other party goers from across America. The Miami Heat were in the process of winning the Basketball World Championship and the World Cup had just begun. My beaches were filled with soccer, beaches, 3 dollar pizza and meeting people at the hostel from where the party got started before hitting the nightclubs. The nightclubs were awesome, i went to all the big ones the celebrities hit when there here, Mansion, Opium, Little Nicky, it was hard to get in however, sometimes you could only get in if you had two girls on your arm! its also pretty expensive but i managed to get in for free a couple of times! don't know how i managed it though.
Throughout the two weeks i visited other parts of Miami including the everglades, Little Haiti and Little Havana, a concert in downtown and i also took a short trip down Florida to Key West.
Little Haiti and Little Havana
I decided to visit both Little Havana and Little Haiti on the same day and master the bus system of Miami. I succeeded and had a great day checking out very different area of the city. First stop was Little Havana, the cuban district of Miami, full of cuban restaurants and cigar factories. Next up was Little Haiti, which is the Caribbean district. Initially i was told not to visit by the hostel staff as there isnt much there for tourists, but i was determined to go after i read about the area in a National Geographic magazine while i was in New Zealand. One third of the families that live there live in poverty which seemed crazy considering the area is just 15 minutes from the glitzy South Beach. While exploring the streets i discovered voodoo shops just like the ones in the magazine so i visited and showed the locals the article, they were really interested in the magazine but they weren't that friendly, i don't suppose they were used to seeing many tourists!
Key West
In my second week in Miami i met two Danish guys who were doing a road trip around North America and kindly offered to take me to Key West, which is situated right at the bottom of Florida. I took them up on their offer and checked it out, i chilled and partied with them for a couple of days exploring the main street Duval street. It was crazy full of shops selling slogan t-shirts and every bar had someone performing music. Luckily i met an english couple on my second day in the area while watching England V Sweden and they offered me a free lift back to South Beach, Miami.
Everglades
The grassy marshland that spans 1.6 million acres home to a unique and fragile ecosystem and species found nowhere else in the world, including American Alligators and certain Dolphins and sea turtles. I took a day trip that included an airboat trip over the swamp and an alligator show. I was informed that there were Camion in the everglades like the ones i held in the Amazon but they had not naturally originated there had been realised as pets by mistake.
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