We definitely won’t take a decent shower and some hot running water for granted ever again, especially after only having cold and limited water access in the Amazon rainforest!

First full morning out of the jungle and we were ready to hit the beach and catch some rays. We spent the afternoon on South Beach relaxing and having a swim in the sea before walking around to see what else Miami had to offer.

The beaches in Miami are beautiful, with lots of white sand and clear blue waters (which is great), but there wasn’t many tourist attractions in Miami to visit. We had never intended on stopping by there as we were always planning on going straight up to the west side of the United States, but it was so cheap to fly there with all the Latin Americans residing in Miami, that it turned out to be a nice relaxing rest stop to allow us to recharge and get going again.

After a few hours of working up our tans and doing some sightseeing, we headed off to the airport for our evening flight to San Diego, whilst also catching a connecting flight in Houston.

When we arrived into San Diego we waited about an hour for a bus at the airport until we came to the conclusion that it was never going to show up! We got chatting to a couple other guys from Texas and Canada who were also waiting and decided to split an Uber with them. It was good chatting to them and they recommended a lot of great things for us to do and see in San Diego!

With American accommodation being so expensive, we decided to start trying out more hostels and we didn’t arrive until quite late at night. Cautious of putting on the bedroom light and disturbing others sleeping in the room, we heard someone pipe up and say that the light was broken and doesn’t work. We spoke to reception about it and they managed to turn it on for us, which wasn’t broken after all. The guy in our room was Ahmed (commonly and endearingly referred to as the bitch) and he turned out to become our best friend and travel buddy for the next 3 days, as he was travelling on his own from Jordan in the Middle East. We had a good laugh at Ahmed sitting in the dark for a couple hours when the light was working all along and then were keen to share travel stories with him. Ahmed then pulls out a full itinerary on an A4 page for San Diego and offered to spend the following day with us exploring. Us two, as always, last minute and unprepared, welcomed this idea with open arms. After a lot of chatting and laughter, that bitch wouldn’t shut up, so we got some sleep, ready to go along with what Ahmed had planned for his few days in San Diego.