Hostel

Simon (NZ), Me, Julia (Germany), Derek (Holland), Felix (Dominican Republic), Adam (Buffalo, NY), Taiwanese and Spanish guys

Holland

Me and Holland (Derek) at the Baltimore Golf Course (After swimming in their pool!)

We had just been to the Venetian pool, Derek had heard of the Baltimore hotel being a good place to visit and it was just down the street, so we went there. It was an amazing hotel, 5 stars at least. We snuck into the pool area and confidently walked up to a lounge chair. Derek got straight in the pool but I took longer to take a souveneir photo of him lazing in the pool with his camera. As I was getting ready to jump in the pool I saw a white shirt out of the corner of my eye coming towards me. He asked me if I was a hotel guest, I said yes. He asked me for a room number, I said I couldn't remember. He asked for my keycard and I said that my parents had it with them and they had gone out. He asked for my last name, I said Williams...

I decided we would be in the pool for about 5 seconds before we would get kicked out, I swam over to Derek and told him to enjoy the swim while it lasts. We mucked around in the pool and then swam back to our lounge, when we got back there was fresh towels on our lounges!!!!! hehehehehehehehhhee, Williams must have checked out as a guest!!

Bring me my towel

Coles-Myer selling Myer???!?!?!?!?!?

WTF?

Been to see my university! so cool.... football tickets are $45 each!!! for college football!! That's like AFL final's prices!

Lot's of Budweiser and Millers being consumed at the hostel. Lot's of british empire countries represented!

Pictures of our trip to the Venetian pool and us sneaking into the most expensive hotel in the city and swimming in their pool to follow..... (we managed to convince them that we were guests and they brought us towels!!!!) hehehehehheheehhehehehe lol

Lot's of fun and humidity to be had in this town.

Art Deco along South Beach

See the hurricane modified palm tree's??

Alley outside Clay Hostel where I stay... lots of Mexican, Italian restaurants. No-one eats here though - too expensive

Welcome to Miami!

Welcome to Miami!

The first thing I noticed when I got off the plane was the stifling heat! After a few days I am starting to get used to it… it is certainly beach weather all the time. The only problem is that the sand is burning hot and the water is so warm that you want to stay in it all day! I haven’t gone for a run yet… by the time that it is cool enough to run I have already been enticed to have a couple of beers by fellow hosteller’s…. also when you can buy 12 stubbies of Millers for $5.99 it’s always tempting.

Miami is the city of humidity, the Spanish language, provocative t-shirts like ‘you know you want me’ (you can buy them EVERYWHERE! although I have seen no-one wearing them!), Palm trees, South Americans and Australian tourists.

‘The Clay Hostel’ is cool, I have met nice people from Holland, Germany, France, Australia and the U.S. we have been swimming at night the last couple of days and have been sharing beers in our courtyard. The Dutch people have been teasing the Germans but they are in agreement over their dislike of the French! Hehe

I have to be at uni on the 18^th to get our room…. I’m looking forward to that. I think I will buy a bike from a thrift store and get around that way.