Alarm set for 7.30am seeing breakfast ends at 9am and we don’t want to miss breakfast again like when we first arrived on 8 March. Joined the queue for an omelette just like being in a cafeteria with your tray. Found a table near the waterfall took extra fruit and muffins for later when we got hungry.

Decided to get an all-day pass on the Sun Trolley (US $3.00 each) to see the sights on the way to the Gallery Mall for Richard to buy his runners. Big centre but not his brand of runners. Walked down Sunrise Boulevard over the canal (lots of waterways here similar to Mandurah) to the coast and continued along the beach front, which looks like home but has more umbrellas.

Getting hot hailed the Sun Trolley past the B Ocean Hotel, which is actually an old cruise ship looks fantastic but couldn’t get a photo from the trolley. The trolley drivers are very helpful with information on places we wanted to see like Bass Pro (a big sporting complex) we visited outside of Toronto, the Everglades and Miami.

A day of adventure first we caught the free white Tri Rail Shuttle, which we thought would take us to Griffin Road Tri Rail Station where the Bass Pro Complex is near. But no the lovely driver showed us where we catch Bus 1 on Federal Highway, which will take us round the corner from Dania Community Library where we catch Bus 4 or 16 to Griffin Road.

On our adventure we are meeting lots of lovely people who are helping us with directions and one chap at the bus stop is going to Griffin Road and he is going to show us where Bass Pro is seeing he shops there. Talked to another chap who was going to England and he didn’t want to wait for the No. 4 or 16 so when a different Tri Trail shuttle came he found out the driver goes to Griffin Road so we get on for the free ride thinking we would get there quicker. No, no the shuttle went around the world through lower suburbs one wouldn’t want to walk at night, to shopping centres and hotels before it finally arrived at Griffin Road Tri Trail Station. A nice young Negro lady gave us directions and showed us where to walk to Bass Pro.

The Bass Pro Shop is just the same as the big Bass Pro Shop in Canada, Richard had a great time wondering around looking at all their different fishing gear bought a popper and lure clips which are cheaper than in Australia. Pity they didn’t have the expensive fishing gear Richard was after, but then America and Canada have different fishing to us.

At least this time the journey back to the Embassy Suites was a little quicker, the Ticket Attendant at Tri Rail told us to hurry to catch the free Tri Rail Shuttle to the Fort Lauderdale International Airport then Bus No.1. This is what the Sun Trolley driver told us this morning but we couldn’t understand his Caribbean accent.

The highways and overpasses are massive like Canada and we would have been lost if we rented a car plus the drivers are speedsters. Had a bit of fun trying to get from one side of the airport to the other. The Tri Rail shuttle stopped at Departures and we had to get to the other side of the road (two tiers) to Arrivals. It was fun up and down escalators and lifts till we managed with the help of some people to find Stop 7 for bus No.1.

Tired and exhausted by the time we arrived back to the Embassy Suites the weather was quite warm and the sun block is doing its job. Relaxed with a cup of coffee and caught up with compute work and emails, lovely to have internet access that works and is not slow.

It’s a pity hotels don’t provide TV guides as the shows are so old and there are too many adverts especially health ones you might as well roll over and die.