Party in the city where the heat is on...and the heat was on indeed! After a rather negative introduction to this coastal playground due to my discovering my bag had been torn open and therefore ruined in transit, we arrived on South Beach at our hostel....which looked very closed much to our horror. However to our relief there was just some major constructions going on out the front and once we got inside we were met with a colourful and lively display of lights, half naked bodies and thumping music (which never stopped...and i mean never). There were some loud half cut Australians in the lobby making a lot of noise, which at first we were a bit wary about...but before we had even had a chance to explore the place we were already tucking into beers with these same guys and about seven or eight more of our own in the downstairs common area.
Unlike LA and Vegas, we did manage to do all the touristy things we could or wanted to do, including the Everglades and boat and city tour, but it's really just a place to beach. It had a sort of cartoony, unreal feeling about it - the girls on the beach in gold, shiny bikini's, inch-thick make-up, salon perfected hair and hoop earrings that a tiger could jump through, men selling anything and everything - they be hustlin'! Nothing was black and white in terms of deals, prices - what you see is definitely not what you get. Scamming just seemed to be the norm.
I thought the beach was beautiful and the water was delicious, but it was definitely the great group of Australians that we met there and spent time with that leaves me with the fondest memories of the place. Good group...a shout out to Plumsy...a fitting nickname...he sure showed those Germans a sizeable difference. Tom and Joe...the party shall continue at the The Church in London! And Maddy...seriously stop following us around the world! See ya in Dublin :)
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