Hello all - have had a really great day at 'Miami Seaquarium' today. We had to catch a bus to Downtown Miami, then another to Key Biscayne where the seaquarium is located. Another scorching day. Saw lots of fascinating sea creatures and other animals; here's a list - crocodiles, sharks, manatees, dolphins, killer whale, giant turtles, sea horses, lobsters, parrots, pelicans, deer, lizards, sealions - and more! The main attractions were the dolphins and the ki...

It's been about 90 degrees here today - I hear it is still warm in England. Long may it last! Have just come off the beach - can't keep out of the water! We went to the Everglades National Park in Ft Lauderdale this morning - the world's largest river of grass. Our first activity was to take an airboat ride along the river - we had to wear earplugs when the boat accelerated, due to the excessive noise. The boat is only a few inches about the water and our en...

Hello again! I went to church today - at last! So apologies to my non-church friends and family while I write a bit about that. You can skip onto the next bit if you want to! I enquired at the hostel about local churches last night and they pointed me in the direction of a nearby one. I found it while we were out wandering - Miami Beach Community Church - which sounded promising, so I phoned them (no notice board) about service times. Jane didn't set the al...

Hello everyone - have arrived safely in Miami after a 5am start this morning. We are now only 5 hours behind you. It was pouring with rain as we drove from the airport to our hostel near the South beach. I thought we had arrived in England by mistake. Have had a meal and it looks like it's beginning to brighten up. We are here for four nights, although we nearly found ourselves on the street today when the hostel had no record of our booking. Fortunately,th...

Well, had a great day at the Grand Canyon. Michael, a young man from Pennsylvania, was our guide. There were about ten of us on the trip and it took about 1.5 hours to drive to the Grand Canyon National Park. There are no superlatives that can do justice to the grandeur of the place, so any words I might find to use would be inadequate. A few words from a map I was given: 'Over several million years the Colorado River has carved an immense chasm through this...