Hey MK, Miami LA what's the difference? Are you tall dark handsome? Interesting. Guys here speak to me in espaniol. Senorita rubbish. They can't speak English here. I feel drugged right now from the copious cream and sugar on my terrible coffee. Did I ask for a coffeeshake? Can any cafe make coffee here? I need real coffee. Can we meet in NY?
LA is full of fakes and flakes, as far I can tell. No, can't do NY. Best of times it's full of cold capitalists, and now they have the weather to match. Besides, the USA and Miami are just a brief "layover" for me: the destination is Panama.
Senorita rubbish? Forget the English, learn to habla the lingo, and let's mix-and-mingle South Of The Border (or near it).
Here's a "mental visual" to encourage you: You and I are on the balcony of this little hotel I know. Sultry evening. Warm winds from the Carribean Sea. In your hair, a little flower. (I will give it to you when we first meet.) In your hands, some coloured drink with little umbrella things. Me, now that Obama & the Castros are friends again, I brandish, in my right hand, one of those great cigars that I am told are hand-rolled on the sweaty thighs of Cuban women. In my right hand, a glass of
Anejo Gran Reserva (no ice). You are seated. I am standing, so that you can better appreciate 6' 2" of tall-dark-handsome. Three floors down, on the sidewalk, the local musicians start on a
son. You sigh in exquisite happiness. I give my hand-rolled cigar a manly, satisfied puff ...
Anyways ..
What's with the whining? I thought you'd be happy to get out of Australia. True, it has great weather and great natural beauty. But it also has two problems that will not be solved any time soon: (a) it is cut off from the rest of the world; and (b) it is full of Australians.