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Up late and all slept in as did not get in until after 1am. Decided to visit some where called here is Roberts fruit stall to pick up some food. Wow this place was great. Some if the most unusual fruit i have seen. Suddenly florida city dies not appear so bad. They serve the best ice cream shake I have ever had. So many unusual flavours using the fruit they sell.
Got to miami just after 2 and dropped Jordan off. It finishes slightly earlier at 11 to night. We had booked a big bus tour which goes around the beach area. It is a hop on hop off one. The beach loop takes you over the long bridge from bayside passed palm and star island where the wealthy stars live. It the goes to south beach although disappointly it does not go near the sea but stays inland. We stayed on and viewed the Art Deco buildings. The area looked much the same as bayside lots of eateries, run down shops with a Latino feel and lots of people. We got off the bus at stop 10 11th street as Martin had spotted a bookstore in the miami guide that was rated. We walked back and found it. Went inside and realised it had seen better days. Not friendly at all. I had a croissant with Nutella and a drink and then we left. We decided to find the famous south beach. This was spectacular as it was so long and wide. The beach part nearest the hotels had a hard surface which could be driven on by rescue vehicles. There were booths for purchasing chairs. The sea was a long way out and not deep. I paddled but it was extremely hot and we decided to get back. The last bus was 5pm which seemed very early given that it was still light.
Behind the beach separated by grass and a road were posh restaurants. These looked expensive.
The bus took us back to near bayside. As we had time to kill we decided to take the monorail to the end of the line to see if miami had any more to offer. The ride was excellent and free. You ride above the traffic and get great views from it although it is standing room only.
Back to bayside and we went back to hard rock for a meal which we managed to take 3 hours over. There was wi fi access.
We picked up Jordan who was very tired after 3 days of raving but had really enjoyed the experience. The drive back was up smooth and got back to florida city successfully.
Our overall impression of miami was that we were disappointed and would not go back.
The highlight for me was getting martins photo with a real miami policeman......
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