So with the time difference I have no idea how long I was up yesterday but I got up in time to meet my work colleges at Edinburgh airport at 8:30 to begin the journey.  After the usual hanging around the airport we then got on the flight to London.  thankfully we were flying with BA so it was a connecting flight so no need to worry about baggage and more security.  A quick stop at Boots to pick up suntan cream and a couple of single use cameras and we were on the plane to Miami, the class was world traveler so was quite comfortable once i had taken the tablets the doctor gave me.  I watched hellboy 2 and Dangerous liasons listened to music and read my book.  It was still a long trip and I was very glad to get off.  Then of course we had to do immigration nearly an hour queuing, not really what you want after a long flight. 

When we finally got out of the airport it was a quick drive to the hotel in the Miami each area.  The Circa 39 is an art deco style building and is an OK hotel, bit scruffy and faded grandeur really, though not bad for a budget hotel.  A quick wash and we went out for dinner and then i started enjoying things.  We got a taxi to Ocean drive and wander around till we spotted a restaurant we liked. It's specialty was crab and lobster and not badly priced.  I had the lobster special and we sat outside and watched the people go by.  Once the meal was over we wandered up ocean drive looking at all the little stalls - still open at 9pm local time.  One thing I really noticed was the number of people wandering around with their dogs, the hotel we are in also takes pets.  A drink in the hotel bar and we called it a night at 12pm local time.

It is currently 8:30 local time and  have had breakfast and am waiting to be picked up from the hotel to do an Everglades boat trip and visit to a gator park. On my own as my colleagues were not interested, am I allowed to say good.  Hopefully I got the booking right and a buss from the tour company should pick me up soon.