Miami, USA

We drove here in one day from Talladega. Get a map and look how far that is. Its about 800 to 900 miles. In one day. We left Talladega at about 1pm and arrived in Miami at 4am. Only stopping for fuel and food. We consumed 4 energy drinks which really are ridiculously potent because it kept us bouncing off the walls up to 7am as it took us a further 3 hours to cruise Miami Beach looking for a hotel that wasn’t ridiculously over our budget. Also had a scary moment driving through Everglades at 2am in dense fog with the petrol light flashing on the car and no idea where the next gas station was. Luckily we found one but could have made this monster journey a little more interesting.

Miami!! The last place I’m probably gonna get some sun before going home. And it rained. All weekend. Damn it I should’ve gone to Chicago! Miami is a very pretty place as Ive been here before, but in the rain it doesn’t half look miserable (as do most places I suppose). At least it was warm though. You get the impression its very much up its own arse here. Lots of expensive clubs billing themselves as ‘upscale’ so you don’t get in with Tshirt or jeans (pretty much my entire wardrobe for the last year). But if you avoid that you can find some decent drinking holes like, surprise surprise, an Irish bar. Had some Strongbows, which were nectar, then met some locals who said they’d take us to a really ‘cool’ bar where the locals go. It turned out to be a cheesey pick up joint. I left before they played “Love Shack”


“I’d rather be done up the butt than listen to…..”

Spent the next day cruising around. Drove into downtown Miami which looked like an absolute shit hole and dodgy as hell. At least I got a big ‘wave off’ on the drive back when a cruise liner full of passengers set sail. Then looked at some of the posh shops around Ocean Drive where Teddy tried on a $2000 dress. She looked bloody stunning in it and as the shop assistant told her, it was a guaranteed ticket into any VIP club. Shame I wouldn’t be able to join her with my scruffy gear on.

Headed out again that night to a big club in downtown. Took the bus to save cash which took forever to arrive. Then halfway there we had to get off for a piss stop. Then wait another 40 minutes for the next one. Back on the bus, it started filling up with the usual weirdo’s you get on American public buses. One Peruvian guy kept talking to us although I could only understand about 10% of what he said. He told us what stop to get off at and it looked like the dodgiest area possible. Everyone just started staring at us. And this guy wanted to take us some place even though I was trying my best to get a taxi the hell out of there. Managed to get one to the club but after all the weirdos and waiting around I really wasn’t in the mood. When the ATM denied me cash it was clearly a sign it wasn’t meant to happen and we bailed to get home, spending a small fortune on Taxis. What a great night out. I think this picture of Teddy waiting for a bus in the rain sums it up:


"Haaaaarumph!"

The next day was better spent with some nicer weather and a chance for some nice pics:






“Yes, I am wearing a head band”

And better weather is predicted for tomorrow (25C hopefully) where we shall be heading for a 2 day theme park bonanza. After that the plan is to head to New York for Xmas then Boston for New Year. Can you believe I’ve been away for 13 months now blog fans? Amazing I know. Ill be touching down in Heathrow on the early hours of the 10th of January courtesy of Air India(!). That’s 3 weeks from now.

Boo Hoo blog fans.