USA - DAY 1 - cont

So it is 8 am and i am laying in my bed at our Miami hotel - recovering from the long flight and also the late night last night. We were so tired but we decided that we would be in Miami probably only once in our lives with time to kill so we got walking to an awesome little irish pub to watch some ice hockey (am i the only one who cant see the puck?) and make some friends. So we only got in after 1 - but im up, and already one coffee down :)

The trip so far has been just amazing - since we last shared it feels as though so so so much has happened which is a great feeling cos we are less than 10% of the way through the trip. There are going to be so many memories and stories at the end of all of this....

We thankfully had the correct time for our connecting flight and landed in Miami at about 3pm. Caught a bus that took us into Miami Beach and had a very knowledgeable tour guide keeping us quite interested in a lot of factual information. I was amazed at the money in the place - there really is just so much of it, and the buildings are quite incredible! I tried to take a few photos but it is tough from the inside of a bus!




After arriving, we checking into our rooms and had a long overdue shower and grabbed some grub at a very awesome little eating spot right on the water of the harbour.

At this point my camera battery died - so the rest we have no proof about :)

AS exhausted as we were we decided to walk a little while to an irish pub we had seen from the tour bus - darryl was convinced it was only a 10 minute walk - it was more like 25. But well worth it to try some new beers and meet some very friendly people.



We made it home in the end for some well deserved rest. Darryl has just woken up next to me and he says he managed to make it downtown with a few other people from the bar downstairs. Good for him!! That was our plan before we found out that a cab would cost $20 each way... now it is time for breakfast. Today is the day im really excited about - i think the ship is going to be really incredible.

‘Till tomorrow.....

USA - DAY 1

So we are sitting here in Atlanta airport - picking up some free wi-fi but I only have 45 mins of battery on my mac and i have yet to figure out what plug I will need to buy to convert the voltages. Maybe I will do that next.

Travelling with my brother is a lot of fun - he likes to take a few crazy photos every now and then - like the one where we took the pillow slips off the delta airline pillows and put them over our heads and pretended to be members of the KKK.

The flight was good - the on board entertainment was super good and when I got bored of that, I had my PS3 to keep my thumbs busy. I did have an elderly lady on my right who managed to literally shoot all of her salad dressing onto my jeans only 2 hours after taking off. I did recommend that she eat her salad off my lap - it would have had more flavour i reckon.

The customs people arent the friendliest, but lets face it, what country has friendly airport staff?

Travelling with my brother also has other interesting moments - like when he tells you to find him at a gate far far away cos he needs a smoke. Thankfully en route to fetch the smoke sucking long distance walker I picked up a call card and had good fun working out how to phone my folks and miss browning on her cell phone. it is good to be in the same time zone as her! unfortunately my mother didnt pick up - she’s on night duty and Im sure was fast asleep when I tried to call.

So we fly out at 1 (i really hope this is the case as we have lost the rest of our travel group!) and then we should be in miami at 3:30pm - sleeping at the Hyatt Regency hotel tonight - hopefully there will be some internet and I will be able to upload some pics...

peace :)

USA - DAY 0

First things first - I have not been writing much. I have been trying to sell insurance and it was this effort that has won me and my brother a trip to go for a 2 week holiday in the States. Well we land in Atlanta and then head off to Miami to board the biggest cruise ship in the word - the Oasis of the Seas which will take us to Haiti, Jamaica and Mexico before dropping us back off in America so we can visit Disney (not sure if it is the land or the world, but it the Disney in Orlando). Yes, probably a once in a lifetime trip. All expenses will be paid and all we have to do is to try and have a good time.... sounds easy enough.

The trip seems like a good reason to get my blog up and running a bit. I will be trying to post photos and tell stories, but things might get busy. We might have to lay by the pool, or learn how to linedance, or something.

Thanks to all who have been interested in hearing news and wanting photos - I have recently bought a new camera and will be taking lots and lots of photos.

As we sit here, after killing a very long ‘to-do’ list over the last few days, it finally feels like i can think about the trip and get excited for it....

Sometimes joy doubles when you share it - cant wait for the news two weeks with my bro.