Day 17.

Day 17

Today we got the bus from Orlando to Miami.

Well it wasn’t as fine and dandy as that, there was stress, confusion, relief and excitement.

The day started early, getting up at 5.40am to get to our bus.

Nothing exciting happened all morning and it just went slow, we got on the bus, this is when the worries started. We didn’t get accommodation before leaving, we didn’t even look at accommodation or the prices of what it was going to cost.

I jumped on the Internet on the bus and started looking, there was nothing, no hostels with vacancies nor was there any hotels that we could afford available.

So for the rest of the 5 hour bus ride we just didn’t think about what we were going to do, because it was looking like we wouldn’t be in Miami for long or sleeping on the beach.

As the trip went on we met 2 girls and a guy that were heading down to Miami also, we had a really good chat for the rest of the bus ride. They were originally from Austin Texas, they offered to show us around when we get there so we’ll be seeing them again. Laura who I spoke to mostly is 21 and she can show as around Austin and Houston Texas, so it will be very fun for the both of us.

When we got off the bus we didn’t know what to do, my laptop didn’t have any more battery and we had on idea where or if we would find something.

I met a guy from brazil and he was staying at Santa Barbra hostel and we were going to go to where he was staying and try to get a room, lucky as we get trying to get a taxi a guy asked me about my accommodation. This man was John, he said to me that he was doing the same thing, an impulse made him head down too, but wait he was with a girl, Alexandra whom he met on the bus, that was doing the exact same thing as him.

So here we have 4 people who on impulse were heading down to Miami and somehow all meet up and find out we all don’t have anywhere to stay.

Lucky for Carly and I, they knew a number that gets you accommodation and cheap, Alexandra was on the phone for about 20 mins finding cheap and good places to stay.

We found one it is called Chelsea hotel, it is beautiful and it’s on south beach.

We can walk across the road and up one street and we are on sand, its about 1 min walk. The cost is cheaper then hostels around this area and its almost $150 cheaper then hotels in this area, its amazing, I didn’t expect it to be so good, but its so good.

After we booked the room it took an hour for us to even get the key, to book the room you needed to be 21 so john had to book it for me and then I paid. While booking expeadia the company we booked it with, somehow stuff the booking up and booked us somewhere else. They couldn’t find out booking and we could do anything, they ended up just giving us the room even with out us having a booking in the system.

After we worked it all out we headed down to the beach we walked the strip and soaked up Miami.

Its bold, in your face, colorful, fun, full of life, crazy, people, cars, bikes, tans, thongs, topless, but mainly there is just everything you could imagine in one of the most beautiful places in the world could have.

We spent the night with John and Alexandra, walking the strip, enjoying it as well all hadn’t been there before. John is funny loves having a laugh, he loves basketball I love that because we can talk all night especially with march madness going on. Alexandra is a bar tender in Phili and just had enough and wanted to go away so headed down here to look for work, she’s fun, loves to have a good talk.

 We all headed out for dinner and had some pizza, chatted and it ended out to be really fun.

After we all went back to our rooms, Carly and I went back out for a walk, we hit up the main strip and walked from end to end, its crazy, its spring break so there are people everywhere. Its fun because compared to New Orleans, not being able to stay out after dark and able to feel safe, where we went for our walk at 10:20pm and felt pretty safe. People were everywhere, and the streets were full of parties and its just such a buzz. Night life like a street party and a fashion show, to know it’s like this year around almost, its just an unsure real feeling compared to anything I had felt before.

To sum up Miami, well I never felt like it was going to be the thing for me but more for Carly, but the life on the streets the music in the air from corner to corner, its just so much fun.

 


Jason & Carly
Signing Out
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