Category: Travel

  • Thursday 16 December 1999 Highlights: Rain I did a little shopping today after finally getting some sleep after a big night. I walked down to the factory outlets and visited the Nike store. I ended up purchasing a raincoat, Nike cap and gloves. These should help in the colder climates up north. Unfortunately the shuttle…

  • Wednesday 15 December 1999 Highlights: Disney Epcot We went to the Disney Epcot Park today which features science, technology and the future. What we learnt was that it was mostly educational. The best ride was a test car driver which frankly sucked. Managed to take an electronic photo and send it by e-mail back home…

  • Tuesday 14 December 1999 Highlights: Disney MGM Theme Park, Beer inspired Uno Matches We decided to start with the Disney-MGM Theme Park since it is the newest park and it involves movies so I felt we were bound to love it. MGM has two great rides, the “Tower of Terror” and the “Rock ‘n’ Roll…

  • Monday 13 December 1999 Highlights: Running into a former school and cricket team friend We got up early for our longest non-overnight bus ride of 7 hours to Orlando.  I should probably say Kissimmee since that was the bus station and hostel’s actual address. Unbelievably we run into Sean Kiley who both Jon and I…

  • Sunday 12 December 1999 Highlights: Savannah History Museum We explored beautiful Savannah today, my first impressions from yesterday were right a lovely town, somewhere you could easily live in. Visited the Savannah History Museum which covered the areas past in detail especially interesting was the Wars that Savannah’s citizens have been involved in.  There was…