Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Orlando - not Bloom, but the Florida one

In the begining of March, while Minnesota was covered in snow, we went off to visit my friend M in Orlando, Florida. Thanks M, it was such a great holiday !

First thing to hit me was the weather ofcourse. I mean, away with the jackets. All the freedom to play in the backyard, walk in & out of the house without preparation, look around and actually see more colors than white & brown.

Florida vehicles don't have number plates in the front, only in the back. Thats the first time I have seen this.

Here are some of the Orlando downtown pictures. In general not too many highrises in Orlando. Thats due to the hurricane risks.



And being a coastal area, weather was all warm & toasty, this being winter. I am told summers are really really hot.



Florida and especially Orlando is major tourist destination. There are whole lot of places to visit and things to do. Beaches (Cocoa, Merritt), theme parks and more. I covered some usual suspects, which I could.

Update: So among the million things to do in Orlando, here are some which I covered:

  1. A whole lot of theme parks. I visited 3 of them:
  2. SeaWorld
  3. Universal Studios &
  4. Disneyland - The Magic Kingdom
  5. Sea beaches - Cocoa, Meritt.
  6. NASA's Kennedy Space Center. Also check ther website for any shuttle launch schedules. You can catch at actual launch too.

2 comments:

Jani said...

Happy Wandering :)

I am jealous.
I want my happy wandering days back :(

Best wishes any way!

Prithi Shetty said...

Thanks. But every phase has its dip & peaks, for balance in life. So just hang on.

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