Welcome to Miami!

Hey Fashionistas,

We arrived in Miami and staying at the RUI located at Miami Beach. The hotel included a breakfast buffet which looked a whole lot different due to the pandemic. Our temperature was measured each morning before entering the breakfast area. Most of the food was wrapped in foil, tea and coffee were only served by waiters. The breakfast area included an outdoor patio that faced the beach which hundreds of palm trees.
We spent our first day at the beach. Since I thought it was located oceanfront it only took us a minute to reach the sand. We collected shells and jumped into the ocean. The water temperature was nice and warm compared to the cold water here in Los Angeles. . We got so lucky was the tropical storm because we spent the first few days driving across Florida we basically escaped the storm. By the time we returned back to Miami the rain had stopped and only a few clouds were left in the sky. Occasionally it started to drizzle during the evening time

Of course, we couldn’t visit Miami and not visit the Everglades. So we decided to book a typical airboat tour and a walking tour. Our day started with the walking tour. Due to the pandemic, we decided to book a one and a half-hour private tour that took us through the Everglades by foot. Since the storm had just passed and it rained heavily the past few weeks, we were hip-deep in water. The water was really clean and we could even see the ground. The guide explained the plans and ecosystem which was super interesting. Did you know that the Everglades is the slowest moving river in the world?! Me neither but that’s what we have learned during our walking tour.

The airboat tour we initially booked was canceled due to strong winds so we decided to drive around and stop at airboat tours along the road to see if they still offer tours. We got lucky and found a place that still offered tours for the day. Plus this tour was much cheaper than the first one we booked! The boat tour took around 30 minutes and drove through grassland and mangroves. We saw alligators and other wildlife. The airboat tour was followed by an alligator encounter.

After an eventful day, we drove back to our hotel and ordered Cuban food. During our stay in Miami, we indulged in Cuban food almost every day. Since we didn’t want to eat at restaurants we just ordered the food and ate in our hotel room.

After enjoying our time in Miami we drove to the Keys which I’ll be covering in my next post.

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