Vacation

Came back last night from a 9 day vacation to Sunny Florida. The vacation was long overdue. Between my Qtr ending and Kids school starting, there was exactly 1 week gap and we decided to go for it. We landed in Fort Lauderdale, FL on a Monday afternoon. Checked into a nice hotel (Hyatt). Went out to the beach for dinner and "wading" in the ocean water (my son's favorite activity). Took a romantic pedicab ride in the moonlight, with the nice cool breeze blowing on our faces... our turkish (student) driver gave us a guided tour of the ocean front points of interests.

Next day we checked out of the hotel (not before using the awesome pool) and went to Orlando. After Checking in (Hilton), went out to downtown Disney and dinner. Next day, we did Magic Kingdom. It was hot and humid like crazy and we were sweating like pigs.... which made the water rides even more fun. We had a fun day until we were too tired to even stand. Took a ferry and bus ride back to the hotel. Next day, we took it easy and went to the Kennedy Space Center. After a very interesting day filled with amazing information and tours, we took a ride in an actual space shuttle simulator.

Then we moved down to Miami (Hyatt). Spent a couple of days there checking out the beaches (loved the warm waters) and other local attractions (Biscayne, JI etc). Valet parking was a nice luxury. :) For the final leg, we moved to the keys. Checked into the Marriott Resort in Key Largo. The pool was amazing there. Sitting in the pool, we had a wonderful view of the ocean (ocean was 200 ft away or so). Very calm and relaxing. The next day we went out into the Atlantic Ocean in a glass bottom boat and checked out the coral reefs and the fishes. Then we went onwards to Key west and Mile 0. Finally flew back to home yesterday.

Very amazing, fun filled and memorable vacation. Took more than 600 photographs with our brand new Cannon SLR camera. Need to upload them to backup storage.... might post some online.