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Yoga! I am now completely hooked on it. Devann, Ryan and I went to a free lesson kindly donated to the Earthrace crew by Jeffrey and Andrea (www.satsangyoga.com) and we had a blast! Some of the moves that you have to do are amazing and completely impossible for short ginga's with stiff muscles! But, the next morning Devann and I went back for a new session and I could really feel the difference in flexibility and my body did feel a lot better...... So have decided to take up Yoga when I get back to NZ or wherever i end up next.

After 3 weeks it was a real shame to leave Charleston..... especially since we had made so many friends there..... but, everything has to end some time so last week Devann and I had to drive from Charleston, South carolina to Miami......... A good 10 hour drive. It is pretty fun driving on the wrong side of the road and some of the rules are a little different which can be confusing. On the way down we stopped off at a pretty cool cafe to get a much needed Chai Latte...... and it was the best i have had in the USA so far. We then went to a town called St Augustine which is the oldest town in the USA. We had dinner and then strolled around town for a while....... St Augustine is definately my favourite place in the US so far.......

We arrived in Miami last week and set up for the Miami Boat Show. I was walking some stuff down the pontoon to the boat and in the corner of my eye, in the sea, I saw a couple of huge brown things drifting up towards the surface of the water. The first thought that pooped into my head (haha) was "they are whale turds!" because I really did'nt know what they were...... and then i realised that it was a female Manatee and its son, daughter, foul, calf, kitten, pup, puppy, cub......... I dunno, lets just say baby! So i was pretty happy for a few hours after that...... Check out this photo of the whal...... Manatees.





Jiye came down from Houston for 6 days during the boat show. Was great to see her again..... Most of the time we spent at the boat show. We only had half a day to ourselves and ended up walking down the beach a long way, climbing palm trees, shopping and holding a wicked python! Check out some of these photos:


- Jiye chases the seagulls


- Miami beach has stunning water


- Trying to get coconuts


- The coolest snake in the world!

We went out to a couple of bars for a couple of nights and had some cocktails. The music was wicked and I absolutely love the metal drums everywhere! One crazy thing i noticed i have been doing since in Miami is humming the theme tune to Police Academy 5!! Crazy i know but that movie pretty much was all i knew about Miami.

Earthrace left for Puerto Rico a couple of days ago... so now the ground crew is completely official. Me, Devann, John, Scott and Alison all stayed in a hotel in Fort Lauderdale which is just north or Miami. Devann left us yesturday which was sad but we will see her in San Diego. Devann and I also went for a swim in the ocean the other night which was wicked! Want to keep doing that from now on as every place we go to during the race is on or near the equator.

We are looking at leaving for Panama city soon which i am very excited about!!!!!!!

Here is a couple of random photos i have taken during the last couple of weeks......... enjoy:


- Earthrace cruises Chareston


- Beautiful sunset


- Miami city at night


- Guy thinks im a freak as i put a little too much sun block on


- Charleston port


- Devann and I keep warm on top of Earthrace


- Earthrace sits peacefully at the Miami boat show


- Jiye took this stunning photo of some random handsom man


- Team Earthrace!!!