My husband and I celebrated our 2nd wedding anniversary in Sunny Isles Beach, Fl. We stayed at the Acqualina Resort and Spa on the Beach, a resort I will go back to in a heartbeat. . .what a glorious location! The staff was super-friendly, courteous and extremely helpful. The room was large, and luxurious, and the grounds were very inviting. The hotel also offers a complimentary house car (actually it’s a Lincoln Navigator) for transporting guests to nearby locations, which was great for us as we used it several times. 
Most of the time we just lazed and lounged on the beach, by the pools and in the hot tub having drinks, we went window shopping at two great malls nearby, danced the night away (well…I danced and did the limbo) at the hotel bar one night (Brazilian night), and went for long walks along the beach. Although, of course, it was very warm there, being near the ocean made a huge difference. My husband (who prefers cooler temperatures) was comfortable in the heat.
The highlight of the mini-vacation, however, was a trip to the Everglades. My husband wanted
to do this and so I “gave in” and said I would go too (even though I was not too keen on doing this). Turned out that I enjoyed it much more than he did. We rode an airboat through the Everglades, going very slowly at first, then at top speed, doing all of the fancy sliding turns you’ve seen in the movies. We then stopped “somewhere” in the marsh and some of the guests on the boat got out and stepped into the murky, muddy waters of the Everglades. We saw full-grown alligators (which my husband swore were “planted” there for the unsuspecting tourists), and many baby alligators, which were so adorable.
After the airboat ride, there was a show which featured a huge alligator (who mainly laid on his belly and opened his mouth only once for the presenter to put something in it), a poisonous frog (which one of the female tourists was pressured into kissing), a jet black scorpion (which the presenter was holding and startled me with as I walked close by him to my seat), some other small reptiles and a 3 month alligator that you could take a picture with. We passed on this.The trip was great and we both enjoyed our time and celebrating our anniversary there!
Written by Screenname TriniDiva (a.k.a. NSL-R) on 10/11/10
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