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Trying to cram as much Miami into one day, I decided to do one of those cheesy tours. It was called 'duck tour' and was on a bus which also doubled as a boat. The plan was to go round and get a bit of a history lesson along with loads of celebrity info and locations etc. It was hosted by one of those over the top failed actors, very pantomime. All the other tourists were armerican and loving it, wooping and joining in. I didn't have a choice because I has to sit up front and was constantly mentioned and talked to by the guide.
Most of his celebrity stuff and pop culture references were lost on me, and the guide was constantly asking if i got it. But he was pretty funny and quick, and made everyone feel included. We saw places from lots of reality shows like 'Miami ink' and cribs etc. Plus a sushi place sex and the city used and a road they used in a car chase/crash scene in bad boys 2 amongst other interesting tid bits.
After that I was feeling 70% myself from the illness and had eaten something earlier that day. So I decided to have a beer during the hostel happy hour and go check out the nightclubs before I leave. I thought i would just go to the happening place that night, have a beer and look around to see what all the fuss is about.
What actually happened was a world-wind adventure starting with chatting to 3 danish girls, then with european bartender students, then being a sidekick to a drug dealer for a few hours (unknowingly), partying in a different hostel with Australian-under age drinkers, helping a crippled old lady get to her hotel with her daughter, joining 2 new yorkers in search for the happening club, getting discount entry cus a stranger gave me a VIP card, chatting to this guy who looked and acts just like a young Jim Carrey at the bar. watching 8 Canadian girls have a pillow fight on beds in the middle of the club, walking home at 5am and the hostel bar still being open. So then a guy i'd never met wanted to discuss where I should go in new york and all the celebrities he's met, when all i wanted to do is sleep. Mental evening, knowing no-one to knowing waay too many people.
Who puts beds in a nightclub anyway, what do they expects going to happen. My student union put in unisex toilets and after a week about a dozen people got chucked out for fornication! I wouldn't want to black-light that night club for stains.
I thought that was a crazy night but i soon learnt that the same night a girl in out hostel got run over and messed her leg up, a day before she was heading for a cruise. Plus 3 phones and 1 wallet were lost/stolen the same night. Miami is big on the drama.
After a few hours sleep I had another walk around town before I checked out and headed to the airport. Visited an outside mall, which was nice compared to the pizza places/tatto parlours/liquor stores which littered these streets. The more I walked round the more it looked similar to the grand theft auto games...with amazingly flash cars parked everywhere.
I want to return to enjoy it without
being so sick. Plus i want to visit tue Everglades and swim with dolphins. Also the have a 'Liger' in Their zoo, which any fan of napoleons dynamite would enjoy seeing. But the Miami people are very vapid and materialistic, needing to be flashy and admired. After being lectured by the first person I asked for help, the rest of the people I met were just travellers and tourists as they were way more interesting and friendly.
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Kayley Wow. I wana go Miami - ur night out there sounds like sumthing from a film lol tho nottingham does have a club with beds too! lol xxxxxxxxxxxxxx