Port of Miami Parking

... cruise to the Bahamas so I will probably do a blog when we get back. We are going to drop our car off at the Miami airport and get the shuttle to the Miami Port, where we can get on our ship from 12 pm today. Talk to you all in 5 days, Dianne and ...

... small could dampen my spirits on my way to Miami. After an uneventful flight, we boarded the shuttle bus bound for the port of Miami. Upon arrival, we realized that checkin was going to take some time. The lines were wound and threaded like a long queue ...

... Beach and came across some barricade's blocking off Ocean Drive from 5th to 15th. Hmmmmm... We just happened to find free parking again and were beside ourselves. We walked up to the barricaded area and didn't really notice anything different. Then we ...

... relaxation on one of the nicest beaches ever was also marked by my television debut. A travel channel crew from Venezuela interviewed little old me parking my ass on the beach. I was the only one there - heaven. I appear on TV, so they told me, in ...

... so far (touch wood). Anyway, we arrived in Miami and discovered that driving is going to be even more expensive than we thought… parking is a nightmare.  If you can find a space (there seem to be about 20 cars to every space) it’ll cost ...

... directed by Policemen, stood astride coffee cups in the middle of the road. Along the sides, BMW's and Mercedes' jostled for parking supremacy while the restaurants and antique shops all claimed to be twinned with Paris, Vienna and the like. It was while ...

... abit before eventually spotting the smallest sign, to the smallest indoor car park, of which Nicky had to park the car in the smallest parking space.  This is not an easy task in a huge American car and resulted in my having to climb over to get ...

... we'll have better luck Friday. Anyway, we booked a hotel on hotwire.com and when we got here, after we found out there was no parking, they told us that we had been "upgraded" to their other hotel across the street. In other words, even though they had ...

... are in Ecuador.  Starting our trip from our Florida home, we drove a rental to Miami (renting is cheaper than airport parking), met Danny and Barbara  connecting on the same American Airline flight direct to Quito, ...

... road. Hmmm… Definitely a lot more swampy-fied here. After about 45mins we just about did a handbrake turn into the parking lot of the Miami Gator Park. I mused silently at the 2 totem poles and the bear and reindeer on top of their sign… This ...

... Hassan has to park the boat, something that I never tire of watching. How someone can back a one hundred foot sailboat into a narrow parking space at a cement dock without taking out either the dock or the boat is beyond me - but he does it every time, ...

... Jeep and kept watch on it for us, as well as washing the car with their buckets and rags in the main square by the port. They even saved our parking place for us when we went out.   In 1974, my parents rented a house on a beach in Manzanillo and ...

... the entire hike and on the right is the exact place where you will ford the Escalante River(18" deep). Follow the cairns from the parking lot for several miles until you come to a cliff, where there appears to be no way down; look over the cliff and you ...

... our destination until we reach the end of one valley and double back, climbing up one slope, and then another, till we reach a parking area about a half-mile (800 m) from Kuelap. Ah, Kuelap. [Pronounce it KWAY-lawp.] Two months ago I'd never heard of ...

... pretty early because it was our only day up in the Split area. We drove around for a while trying to find the castle and parking and things like that. We ended up only having like a half an hour at the castle because we were planning on leaving for Krka ...

... and Cruise Port which was about a 5 minute drive from the rental car center and easy for me to find. The Fairfield Inn shares a parking lot with the Homewood Suites which is right next door. I checked into the hotel and was assigned room 368. The room had ...

... behold, a parking spot.  Not only did the car fit (the spots are small) but I managed to conduct a nearly perfect parallel parking job.  Where are the people to gloat too when you do a good job?  Silence, absolutely no one on the street, ...

... is in total contrast. After a coffee break at a sidewalk café by the cathedral, Miryam unpacks while I try to find a parking space. Miraculously I notice someone leaving a spot just four blocks from the hotel, and in best Miami style, slip right into ...

... . It's fast food with a Cuban twist-wraps, soups and chicken a hundred ways. Good food. After leaving the car at the off-site parking lot ($112 for 15 days), we arrived at the airport. As I studied the signs in Spanish, I felt like a little child just ...