Day 4 : On the way to the Everglades...
Today we'll visit the southern part of the Everglades... let's leave Miami...
On the way, a very nice shop : "Robert is Here" :
Florida is THE best place for fresh fruits
We are now at the Everglades Alligator farm ... impressive
Huge!
But we are here for this
AIRBOAT
Let's go for a fast & furious 20 minutes ride
Caution... Alligators everywhere
Arriving at Flamingo / National Park ...
We drive all the afternoon on the everglades... and it's time to go back to Miami... more Out Run 2 pictures...
...or crazy taxi maybe
A last visit to a shop ... with interesting beverages
...and dinner -once again- in the hotel where Fred 'Arcade Fever' works
Day 5 : Little Havana & Miami Downtown.
Like every time we use the car... Out Run2
This morning, we start the visit with 'Little Havana', very close to the center of 'Downtown' :
The famous 'El Credito Cogar Company'...
...where they roll cigars manually
Let's buy few ones
A lot of memorial regarding the 'Bay of Pigs invasion'...
An other famous place here : the Maximo Gomez Park and its Domino Club
Now, let's go to the real 'Miami Downtown'
Nice, it's possible to visit 'by walking', like European cities
A lot of shops of course...
Let's go to 'BAYSIDE'
A nice place to visit, beautiful view on the bay, nice shops & restaurants...
Hey... a working Zoltar
This gives me some idea for my game room... but it would be too big to bring it in the place
Hey? It starts to rain
Fortunately the visit here is done
Let's check for a warm place now... who says Arcadefever game room?
...And here we are! Welcome in the ArcadeFever's house
As you can see, we are not in the game room, but they are already arcade games everywhere
His 'Sea Invasion' cocktail... brand new (see
here) !!!
This SI Dlx is very nice too
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IMPORTANT NOTE HERE : I'm *ULTRA* allergic to cats !!!
I love cats but ... once again ... I'm *ULTRA* allergic to cats
... and there are a lot of cats here...so after less than 20 minutes, impossible to do anything (itchy nose / eyes)... I'm even not able to take picture
...fortunately, my wife took few pictures :
Maybe an explanation ... why Fred 'ArcadeFever' is Top Chief
? Because of this
Because of my allergy to cats, I wasn't able to fully enjoy playing the games, but... on the short time I was able to play them... it's was great
Arghhh have a look at this wonderful Ghosts'n'Goblins
Playing Cabal on trackball is far better than playing with a joystick :
Of course, Fred's wife, like most of girls, is playing... Puzzle Bobble
Tron, and Commando with its nice 'custom made' CPO :
Playing Tempest ... on a Tempest cab is a great experience
But one of my best gaming moment was playing 'Speed Buggy' aka 'Buggy Boy'
I used to play it long time ago on the three screens version, and because (I think ) this game is still not playable in Mame, it was great to play it again after so many years
By the way, thanks for the warm welcome message on your electronic display
There are so many decoration items here... impressive
There is an other room, called 'The Consoles room' ... Wooow
Consoles, electronics games, TV Pong, Game & Watch... all ready to play ... Awesome
Also in that small room, two arcade games : Asteroids cocktail & a special version of 'Astro Fighter'
I really enjoyed the moment, but arrgggggggggg! Why I have this allergy to cats
I wished to take more pictures (thanks to Nunette for these pictures, fortunately), spend more time here, trying all the games... next time I will take special medicines
More pictures are available on the ArcadeFever's forum, right
here Thanks Fred for these additional pictures
See you tomorrow by the way
