Fort Myers - Tampa - Orlando - Blue Springs (Orange City) - Houston

Hey ho.

Since I last posted here we've travelled by bus, car, monorail, boat and on foot, we've been to 7 theme parks, we have stayed in two hotels and one cabin and we have also seen everything from rhinos, elephants, owls, manatees & bald eagles (in captivity) to bald eagles, manatees, cranes, vultures, racoons, aligators and ducks (wild). Oh and in the process have gained at least 5 blisters...

Photos will follow (I promise) but for now simply words will have to do.

From Fort Myers we dropped off the hire car in Tampa and bussed ourselves out to Busch Gardens and Lowry Park Zoo. We stayed in one of the few hostels to be found in Florida - Google "Gram's Place" if you want a look - which was quite an experience.
From there we got a bus to Orlando and then a taxi to Disney. We spent 3 days in the Mouse's Kingdom and ended up thoroughly sick of fast food - although it  has improved since we were last there I can assure you. We
also managed to take in Universal Studios and Seaworld.

Best rollercoaster: SHEIKRA at Busch Gardens.
This ride includes a VERTICAL drop - but before you hurtle face first towards the ground, it pauses - as if at the edge of a cliff - to give you a good view of what you have just let yourself in for before plummeting groundwards.

 

Anyway, can't stay much longer as my time on this PC is almost up, but so far all is going amazingly well. Almost TOO well ;-)

 

Almost time for our 24 hour bus to Houston. Can't wait...

 

I'll keep you posted.

UPDATE: We made it. This post didn't make it earlier so rather than waste it, I resurrected it and added this update. Chill out.