As this was to be our last day in Miami I really wanted to at least visit Downtown Miami, so we decided to go for a bike tour. Sebastian, yet another German joined us to we picked up the map and just left spontaneously. We crossed over to Miami via the beautiful Venetian Islands and rode right through Downtown. It was fun to ride the single gear bikes and even though the bike infrastructure was not optimal we had a nice time. It was especially nice how nobody honked at us when riding on the street. They just patiently drove behind us slowly waiting for an opportunity to pass by. I wished it was this relaxed in Germany, even though our infrastructure for bikes is better in most places.
At one point we stopped looking at the map and figured it might be nice to ride another island. We underestimated the distance and the extreme heat and radiation made us stop for water and ice several times. When we arrived at about 3.00 p.m. we walked up the lighthouse and enjoyed the nice view, but realized we should go back to return the bikes on time. The return tip was equally exhausting, especially riding up the bridges without shifting gears. As the dinner at our hostel was really good the last few days we were motivated to be back on time, but in the end it was not really worth it. Apart from that we had all underestimated the sun to some extend, especially because applying sunscreen during the ride seemed to have no effect, because we were sweating to much. Luckily nobody did get a real sunburn, though.