I'm in Miami girl....

We set off on Fri morning for the airport and flew through customs and onto a 10 hour flight to Miami. Apprehensive and excited we disembarked and made our way through US customs expecting interrogations and stress, but flew through and Sam thought it was very cool that we had our fingerprints and pictures taken.

We managed to get the surfboards into a taxi with ease and drove to the hotel in about 45 minutes. The hotel is brilliant and I would highly recommend it to any traveller on a budget. The rooms are nice and clean, the staff helpful and friendly and the location is perfect. 2 minutes to the beach (if that) and 2 minutes to restaurants, shops etc.

Miami itself is a nice way to ease into the trip, it's laid back, hot and Sam thinks it's uber cool because there are a billion Lamborghini's and Hummers, as well as break dancers and women with fake boobs!!

Tomorrow we fly to Guatemala - don't know what to expect from Central America, I think an open mind is the best way forward but so far so good.