... People are moving from New York to Miami because of
So we came back from Ohio yesterday and now it's
5 p.m. in the evening and I am very excited for my New Year trip
I have never had a special New Year experience in my life.
You have this dream of not spending the New Year just at home
I celebrated the last New Year at home as well.
And also before that in India, always in home. Never did anything special.
Outside your hometown or outside where you live...
And this time I am finally getting the opportunity
and I will be going to Miami which is one of the biggest US cities.
Because, if you have heard Pitbull's song -
"What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas."
"What happens in Miami never happens!"
And the packing has started. I am just charging my iPad
because I am gonna watch Money heist on the way. I have just started.
And luckily I got my driver's license yesterday
And can you all comment which photo is from 2020 and which from 2021?
And if m driver's license hadn't come on time today,
then it would have been a problem. Because I would have to carry my passport
You can travel with your driver's license like you can do with your Aadhar in India.
And in terms of packing I have kept a fancy shirt for salsa parties.
And I have packed swim clothes because it's going to be pretty hot in the beach.
And light clothes...
And for the first time, I haven't packed a jacket in December!
It's weird. I have just packed light shirts because
the weather is gonna be amazing!
So guys, look at the Miami weather
And this is Atlanta's weather. It's been raining heavily for so long.
We are going to Miami today.
I'm very excited.
Hopefully the security lines won't be too long though
cuz we saw on social media that they were really really long
even for TSA PreCheck which I have.
So... We'll see.
Oh! Because I think yo are gonna leave me and..
You know.. She has TSA PreCheck
... the global entry that Indian citizens can also get.
And I didn't pack one thing- Sunscreen. Did you pack sunscreen?
Awesome. Okay, let's go.
The rainwater came inside the parking lot as well.
Going to the airport three hours early.
Feels like we are catching an international flight.
But it's still domestic.
And we usually check Atlanta Scoop's feed everyday.
So every city has a scoop page on Instagram
where you can watch the city-news. Like today, there was a tornado warning.
Which intersections are risky and shouldn't be travelled to.
Like, there was flooding in one intersection.
So I follow their stories everyday.
And atlscoop shared that even TSA PreCheck's
line was longer than an hour today.
And the normal line was coming out as you just saw.
So the normal line can probably take more than two hours.
...If you have to pass the security check.
So that's why we are going safe on the occasion of New Year.
Hopefully we don't miss our flight today.
And don't leave me today for TSA PreCheck.
Stick with me today.
Wait, no- but if I leave you for TSA PreCheck
and I get out before you I can like, get you food!
Yeah, that is true.
I'll let her go.
Very scary floods today!
And hopefully Covid check will be required for domestic travel soon.
It's already there for international.
N4 terminal. Thank you so much Apurv.
Happy New Year!
I mean, it's not packed like Delhi Airport but still it's quite packed.
So Katie is gonna go to the shorter line - TSA PreCheck
and I am gonna go to the normal line!
- Normal person!!
They recently made this boundary because the line is coming out!
The line has filled up now.
So finally made it. And to this terminal, how long did it take for you?
With TSA PreCheck?
Like, I think 10 minutes...
10 minutes? It took me around 30 minutes.
As soon as I entered it was totally packed. The whole room was so so crowded.
And usually during New Year,
they said the line could be so long that it can even take upto two hours.
So come to the Airport early for this time.
And friends, I got this flight for zero dollars
because when I applied for Chase credit card last year,
I got 100,000 points.
So I used some of them for this flight.
And we will be reaching really late to Miami, so...
like our AirBnB host already sent us all the information.
So there's burger here and pizza here.
I'm gonna say no to both.
Just say no...
So for healthy food, we'll have to go to terminal B.
The Mexican restaurant's line was long..
Looks great.
Some people are actually not wearing masks.
That shows that we are going to Florida
that doesn't care about Covid.
The boarding was late again so they told us to keep our bags in first class.
Thank you.
This is your first time seeing that thing?
Welcome to Miami!
Harnoor, wake up!
Harnoor! We gotta get up!
Time to go..
No more snoring!!
I'm so exhausted and I cannot believe
that they didn't even give us water. They said that
"The place from where we get supply of fruits
juices and water,
the supply didn't come up."
And the flight was 10 minutes late as well.
And we didn't get a single food item or water. I was shocked!
The whole Airport is empty. No check-ins here!
US Airports switches off all its operations after 10 p.m or 11 p.m
So it's all empty.
And now I am fully awake. So I can also say - Bienvenida a Miami!
And if you come to the Miami Airport
If you wanna take a lift or an Uber - You are getting a discount
Like I get 5% discount sometimes. I still didn't take a lift or Uber
because you have to walk extra.
And I am like, already passing out. So Taxi's the recommended option.
This is a really pretty view.
And- Excuse me sir, What do you like the most about Miami?
Oh! Everything!
And we were just like ten minutes away from the Airport
So we reached very soon!
And these houses are really pretty.
So this is basically our room that starts from this corner
and ends in that corner. It's a very small room.
We'll get to know in the morning how pretty the view is.
I think stay tuned till the morning.
I am myself very very excited. Can't see anything now.
It's good I didn't bring a jacket.
It's good that I was not wearing a jacket.
Even with this shirt it was very hot. I was feeling so warm.
So this is our breakfast.
And fruits, yoghurt
and juice and milk.
Wow!
And cereal or granula to put on the..
yoghurt.
This is awesome.
Ohh!
- This is bread? - Yeah, this is French bread but it's whole grain, okay?
Looks great! Thank you.
Our AirBnB host is very nice.
Our Uber is here.
We have a chicken outside.
And there's a song by Pitbull called "International love"
He said, "There's nothing like Miami heat"
I think he is very right.
Even in December!
And this neighbourhood is very famous for all the art.
What a view!!
We are gonna get coffee for Katie first
because Americans cannot survive without coffee in the morning.
I'm just shocked why it's not crowded even on New Year's eve!
And I got the carrot ginger smoothie.
Just this much for 10 dollars! This is from Madrid, Spain.
And today's goal is just that we are gonna walk around the city.
Explore the colours of Miami, the beauty of Miami.
It's my first time and also since this is New Year's eve,
I want to see how New Year's eve is celebrated in Miami as well.
And I just got an email from my office for New Year
that because of Omicron variant
in our office, it's gonna be optional to come to office
starting the new year.
So I feel sad that Omicron..
So basically just like Delta variant,
it's gonna be optional due to Omicron variant as well.
Only vaccinated people- They can come to the office if it is important.
But it's completely optional now.
And guys, look at that art!
Can't believe that this is made by us, human beings!
I mean, I thought that that's a real person for a second.
Virgin forever.
It's written virgil. I thought it's virgin!
And even the basketball team of Miami is called "Miami heat"!
It is terrible! So hot!!
Can't believe in December!
Even though it's 27 degree Celsius or 82F,
because of the humidity, it is unbearable.
I mean, it feels like it's hotter than Atlanta's summer peak.
5th Avenue Beauty!
And this is the street from where I used to pick up the cycle in Vice City
to start the game!
This is the reply that they got-
"Graffiti doesn't make your life better.
It just makes your neighborhood look worse."
Very cool history about it.
In 1960s kids didn't have the money to learn art
and the broke their own bed
to learn how to do backflips.
And next day while doing some Cuban food tour,
we realised a lot of people are moving from New York to Miami.
And we also met Ramaa in our tour.
- Hi Ramaa! - Hi, how are you?
- I'm good. - It's such a pleasure to meet you!
Yeah, pleasure to meet you as well.
So what kind of journalism do you do in New York?
So in New York I've actually done a lot of stories about immigrants.
Like the Afghans who have settled from Afghanistan
in New York.
And I have done...
generally a lot about the Indians. I did about the Sikh community
who went out during Hurricane Sandy
and shed all the homeless, you know..
And...
which was featured also in the museum of the city of New York.
So I do a lot. I have done pieces on yoga, religion
So a lot about immigrants. But I also do
I have done podcasts and I have done radio pieces
you know.. I have done..
There are very eclectic kind of work.
That's awesome.
- Yeah, you wrote about Queens.
Yeah, there's such a big Indian community in Queens.
- Not just that. There's a 150 communities within - No I've also
No- No, I've also taught food writing and blogging class.
At William's college.
And where I taught them how to cook Indian food
and I brought my students to Queens
and I took them on a culinary tour of Queens.
And we visited like the best Kebab place,
the... the best place for buying groceries
and Gujarati food and you know, everything.
We just did an amazing tour.
I- I did the food tour with them. So...
And my students wrote
on my blog- They wrote pieces about that.
That's very nice.
Lot of people are moving from New York to Miami because of
remote culture, because of Covid and you know, they can afford Miami housing
easily as compared to New York housing.
Exactly, which is so true.
- Thank you! - Thank you so much!!
Lovely meeting you!
- Good to meet you! - Good to meet you too!