Bus tour downtown Miami/Carlos Pueblo

Bus tour downtown Miami/Carlos Pueblo

Ship after sailing one day and two nights, Arrived in Miami port. I was

sitting at the same table with Eleanor and her husband for the breakfast.

After listening to my traveling plan, she pointed it out a small red roof

bus for me to take to tour downtown Miami. The bus is free provided by

the city and having a stop near the cruise terminal. I have been very impressed

by the city through my binoculars, blue green harbor and skyscrapers; however,

the bus goes through some old streets with many wooden bungalow s aged yet

well maintained. Miami is the richest and cleanest city in the U.S. and I regret

so much that I have not visit the city after living so long in this country and

passing through the airport so many times.

The bus was very practical on the route through old town to pick up and let go

of passengers to work , shopping, and going home. etc. I could see most of them

like me dressed plain clothes. The section must be the original construction, Miami

was incorporated in 1896, City expanded. This old downtown reminds me of my

youth in Taiwan before 1960 in the old city of Taipei or my hometown Huwei.

It is still busy and relaxing, bungalow houses with green mango hanging on the trees

with pheasants walking on the ground. It is a Cuban American community, the modern

constructions are adjacent to it. Miami keeps the tradition.

I was witness several disable passengers helped by the regular, most of them were

not convenient to walk on and off the bus yet they still needed to get around on this

free bus. I saw an old man on wheel chair waiting for the pregnant driver to lower the

small platform and up let him move to the back side of the bus and stable his chair.

When he was ready to get off, she just reversed the procedure. I wondered if I traveled

very far yet it did take very good two hours.

Walking back to the cruise terminal, I could not help to check in the port authority office

for rest room break, all the employees knew what was going on and pointed the direction

of the toilet. Many passengers got off the bus because that Miami was the last U.S. seaport

for passengers to purchase merchandise before Europe with a reasonable price.

Yong was looking for me for the emergency phone call from home. Houston was flooded

and we lost one vehicle, the one served us for previous day’s airport and terminal transportation

, 2002 Honda Accord.