The Fort Lauderdale that most tourists see is filled with wealthy people who have holiday houses on the water and a yatch moored at their own private dock, but today I saw a different part. I found the underbelly of Fort Lauderdale and it's called The Swap Shop. Here I found a place much more familiar to me, a place where people are poor and everyone is looking for a bargain. I don't think I have been anywhere in Florida were I have heard less English spoken than...

I have always wondered if I was directionally impaired. This wondering started a few years ago when I developed an exaggerated tendency to get lost. It all started when I got my drivers license, and my supposed freedom, but you can only be free if you can find your way around. I discovered this very fast. Suddenly when it was all up to me, navigating was a lot harder and more confusing. I got lost. Often. And when I did get lost I used to burst into tears. So as...

A language is not a universal culture. I am only just beginning to realise this. I speak English and so do the people in the United States. We should be able to understand each other, or so I thought. People have asked me what the biggest difference between the US and South Africa is. I can never answer them. I think this might be because it's not so much the big differences that I notice but the small ones. I was prepared for the big things like driving on the...

Walking along South Beach, Miami feels a lot like walking along South Africa's Camps Bay, and like Camps Bay it is the place to be. Stepping out of the car you are immediately struck by the humidity, it feels bit like you are breathing in water with your air. But then the breeze hits your face. It is coming straight off the sea, loaded with the smell so salty you can almost taste it on your tongue. The cool undercurrent to the wind is soothing and makes strolli...

Today I ate the best burger in America. What makes it so great? Well Oprah and GQ magazine say so, that's why! The Le Tub Saloon is a rustic bar and restaurant that was hand built by the owner in 1974. He spent four years collecting drift wood and "ocean borne treasures" all of which have been used to create this quaint place. This is where you can find America's number one burger and as it so happens Le Tub is right around the corner from where I'm ...