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MIAMI: Brickell

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There was a time many years ago that downtown Miami was a place to be avoided. Today it is very desirable, and some places much more desirable than others. I spent a few days in a Brickell Hotel recently, and here is a visual example of what it was like in the area.

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This was the AKA Brickell where I stayed and yes it was good enough as far as accomodation was concerned. Yet I thought the restaurant was just OK.

The most exciting part was the many views you can get from the hotel, from the restaurant or the lounge or from your own room.

I thought if you had the right kind of maney you can possibly live here.

Away from the downtown I visited the Botanical Garden close to the Convention Centre, in the South Beach, and which appeaed much quieter than usual. I remember this place as always very busy.

This was a very different Miami for me this time, conspicuous by my stay downtown, and yet it was still very enjoyable.

Winston James

New Site: Work in Progress

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2018, and I was ready for a new challenge.  After a few years of producing my very simplistic blog,   I decided that the tine had come for me to branch out to more personal statement.  I assumed that it would be easy, but I was wrong, very wrong.

The blog I offered before was simple, because of the limited time I had to give, and the formula involved bringing together a collection of photos with a few paragraphs.  But now, armed with a new site http://www.kaowinston.net , and delving into its construction, I found myself, shock horror, totally out of my depth.  What the hell is this thing called a widget?

After going round in circles for a couple days, I sent an SOS to WordPress.com Support, and that has somewhat returned me to sanity.  To be truthful, my limited knowledge of web building, and my total ignorance of WordPress.com practices, had played a major part in my downfall. The WordPress support response also made me realize that there were lots of information available out there, none of which I had come across before.   My advice to any one stating blogging for the first time, it would be  a better idea to do some homework first, or even subscribe to some of the courses – I was  absolutely surprised to find that these courses existed.

One of my pleasant surprises happened  when I decided that I should delete the videos approach from  my navigation menu as it belongs to the premium accounts, and then at the very last minute suddenly realised that I can embed  YouTube links in same, without any problems.  That was certainly a joyful moment for me.   I am still not out of the woods, as yet; but things are definitely improving, even though I still feel I have a long way to go. I am prepared to face the challenges that lie ahead to make the site much more useful, and definitely better.

Winston

PHOTOS: Museum of Modern Art

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SHANGHAI IN PHOTOS

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This is my second visit to China, and I was very impressed to to be in what is now the largest city in the world.  It is definitely more of the metropolis landmark than Beijing, which I had visited last year.  I was staying at the Novotel Shanghai Atlantis in Pudong, and from my room on the 31st floor, the view was fantastic.  Just as I was told, Shanghai does display all the signs of a vibrant financial centre, and convinces you, without a doubt, that it is the best place to do business.

To get there, I took a long journey with Qatar Airways.  It involved a six hour afternoon flight from London to Doha, and yes I finally made it to city in the Middle East. But it was not for very long , just two hours later, I was headed for a nine hour flight to Shanghai, which had me arriving the following day in the afternoon.  The experience was very revealing, and full of surprises to me, as I was passing through that part of the world for the first time.