Monday, April 25, 2005

Postcard from South Beach, Miami

In his 1997 hit, 'Miami', West Philidephia (born and raised) Will Smith offered an insightful and comprehensive introduction to the Sunshine State's very own Sin City. And as I near the end of my stay here on South Beach I find truth in the former Fresh Prince of Bel Air's lyrics. True dat, you might say.

Miami is an intoxicatingly beautiful place, awash with sunlight intensified natural colours and, at night, aglow under a neon lit skyline. Looking out at palm trees swaying in the breeze and, with some guilt, a topless beach, it is hard to imagine a better looking city.

Half of its two million population is Hispanic, the vast majority Cuban; all, it seems, beautiful.

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