Saturday, February 11, 2006

What are some must see places around miami? -

I m going there for the first time and i don t know what to do, beside the beaches..

i suggest coral gables (some nice churches- architectural is amazing) miracle mile area- have a coffee and stroll around the biltmore hotel, historic and they have a great French rest., coral gables- great Indian rest., drive down old cutler to deering estate, matheson hammock park (to catch a sunset), fairchild tropical gardens, everglades (shark valley) and take tram tour, seminole hotel is on the way to shark valley and they have gambling it is an American Indian hotel- brickell avenue is also nice for a stroll, key biscayne - where the Flipper show was filmed, and just a nice island. dont waste your time at the malls though miami has a lot of beautiful nature. i walk around different areas of this city and it is truly beautiful just beware some places are equally awful --- just like anywhere.

Go to Dolphin Mall in Doral. It only take twenty minutes from Miami depending from where you live, but it s a cool place to be, or go to Miracle Mile at Coral Gables. It s a lovely place to be, too.

Might wanna stick to the beach. Unless you like strip clubs of course. You can also check out the malls.

Do i need a passport to hawail if im going from albuquerque n.m.? -

No, Hawaii is US territory like New Mexico, you don t need your passport. But to go on a flight there, you need a government issued photo i.d. meaning you could either use a state issued license, id or even your passport.

You do NOT need a passport to travel between states. Both Hawaii, and New Mexico are states, in case you didn t know.

No.

Just west of Saint Raphaels Croatian Catholic Church in New York...? -

At the north east corner of a parking lot, on the south side of 41st St, about 501 there is an odd thing. Looking over a short wall you see, about 20 down, abandoned rail tracks. There is evidence that homeless people frequent this location and the tracks are rusted and over grown with vegetation. Anyone know what this is/ was? How far do the tracks run and how do you get down there?Thanks

That sounds like the upper part of the High Line. The High Line was an old abandoned freight rail line that went into the City on an elevated track. It was all grown over, and people who lived near it used it as outdoor space. Then the City reclaimed a large piece of it and turned into a sort of elevated park. The part that s been reclaimed is south of there, and runs to about 20th Street or so. They will renovate the entire thing someday. But they ve only done this piece of it so far.Here is a website that explains something about the restored portion:http://www.thehighline.org/