Melted in Miami

i'm back! and finally i have time to write my blog!

during our 4 days in miami, we spent 1 day wondering around and getting to know the town, 2 days on the beach, and 1 day for shopping. and it was sooooooo hot! i must have sweated 2 liters of sweat in 4 days. it's not even funny.

our hotel was cool. very small but clean and with style. the room was small but very tidy with all white bedding and oak furniture. the bathroom was phenomenal. it was with green tiles on the floor and walls, with a marble sink and fancy tap. the shower area is half enclosed by glass from floor to ceiling with a rainforest shower head. cool~

the beach at miami was pretty. as mentioned in my last posting, we stayed at the south beach area. white sands, bluish-green clear water, blue sky, and colourful safe-guard towers along the beach - just as pretty as seen on pictures! the only thing i would complain is that the sands were quite rough, not as fine as those in cuba or dominican republic. another thing is that the umbrellas and chairs were so expensive to rent! $10 for the umbrella and $15 for each chair, that's $40US in total for 1 day. what a rip off!

all 4 days we had american food. nothing really special, but all the restaurants were with great atmosphere and the portions were huge!

suprisingly i didn't buy anything at all in miami! so not ME. there's nothing wrong with the shops at miami, i think i am just burnt out from shopping on queen street! there were actually quite a few cool shops on lincoin street and collins avenue. barney's new york, urbanoutfitters, von dutch and anthropology are those you should not missed!

wow... this post is getting long, i should shut up. all i want to say is--miami is an excellent place for a short retreat. not to mention you may bump into shaquelle o'neal starting the next nba season! =)