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Exploring Miami and Everglades national park

My first night in Miami Beach was on Halloween and it was definitely a good one. Nikki Beach Club delivered what was expected - loud music, hot girls in skimpy costumes, not-so-expensive beer and enough seating space.

A day after was rather lazy - rainy weather, bit of a jet-lag and a long night before resulted in nothing more than a short stroll around Miami Beach and a lot of movie-watching, chatting and relaxing in general.

The hostel I've stayed in was definitely catering to party-loving crowd. Having an option to get a ride in a huge hummer limo, cover charge for Louise club and a drink voucher for 10$ was a no-brainer and I spent another night partying.

So much for a healthy lifestyle I planned for this trip ;P

Anyway, lazy as I was on that day, I've decided to sign up for an Everglades tour in my hostel.

This cost me 50$, which is not bad, but since it's essentially a transport service to the park, you can simply go there yourself and pay 23$ entrance fee.
As for the park itself, the first part was an airboat tour around the swamp, with the guide(employed by the park, our our guide waited outside) telling us about different plants and species living in the area. We've seen few turtles and crocodiles but since the boat wasn't really fast(still, very loud), and crocs were rather passive, it was more of a family trip kind of a thing, rather than adrenaline fuelled adventure. Still, it was a nice experience and a gator tail from the restaurant was pretty good.

After the boat ride, we were shown a baby scorpion and a scorpion, followed by a crocodile feeding session with some commentary. In the end, you could have a photo holding one of the young aligators and that's basically it. We got back to our hostel around 2pm.