Bienvenidos a Miami !

We had some time on Saturday to take a boat tour between Miami, around the harbor and out around the islands.


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A cool view of Fisher Island, home to Oprah, Boris Becker and a few other celebs.


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Neat sailboat. The cool looking building in the background is a condo tower on the south end of South Beach.


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This little shack on Star Island in the Miami harbor actually belongs to . . . well, Shaq.


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Maybe the most hysterical feature of Shaq's house is this little bald Buddha statue sitting on top of one of the dock supports.


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More hysteria from posh Star Island . . . a great house on the water with nothing but a big blue Chevy truck sitting in the backyard.


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Saw this really old tree near the waterfront in downtown Miami.


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Some really white feet on South Beach.


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Self-portrait on the beach.


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I'm trying to snooze here . . . why is she shooting a picture of me?


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Some of the natural grasses growing on the beach as a buffer to the boardwalk and the beach.


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While walking around South Beach, we saw this amazingly strange house! Guess we should assume they like fish?


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Photo while waiting for dinner at the great South Beach restaurant, Joe's Stone Crab.


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Inside Joe's Stone Crab . . . after a two-hour wait, we can see why it took so long to get seated. Lots of people and many of them look "well-heeled", which means we screwed up by not greasing the palm of the maitre' d!


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Driving along South Beach's Ocean Drive, this was the house of Versace. Since the picture was taken at night, it seems pretty spooky. Think it's haunted?


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Out on the Everglades for a quick air-boat tour. Yeah, it's noisy and all they give you is a strip of toilet paper to stuff in your ear!


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Uh, yeah, that's a gator and it's heading in the right direction . . . away.


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But unfortunately, this big guy is not afraid of a few humans snooping around.


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Now where is this guy going? He looks like he's got the run of the whole area and can roam where he pleases! Of course, I'm not about to get in his way....


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