Miami and Orlando

From Houston we went straight to Miami for a wedding. Normally this is a two day trip since it's about a 20 hour drive. But we needed to get there so we drove all night. This is a trip both Hina and I have done several times since we both grew up in Miami and have driven to Houston from there a few times. The last time we drove there was to Orlando and then to Miami for a short stay. Before that we drove from Miami to Houston after our wedding.

After a couple days in Miami we set off again. Visited Orlando again for the 100th time. But this time we went to Disney's Animal Kingdom. It was supposed to be a great park. But it wasn't even better than some of the zoos we've been to. They had just opened their newest ride, a roller coaster called Yeti or something. 2 hour wait for a 2 minute ride. Didn't do much more than give me a headache. The best attraction of the park is supposed to be a safari type trip through acres of land modeled to look like Africa with live animals. While the ride was pretty long, that was the worst part. I couldn't wait to get off. Instead of seeing hundreds of animals what you see are about 3-4 animals in each area and like 10 other tour busses driving around. We saw more people on this ride than animals. Overall, this park sucked. Hina wanted to skip it but I had to go. "Who knows when we will come back to Orlando", I said. Hard to admit, but she was right, as usual.