I am very sad. I'm leaving Miami Beach and I'm leaving a great group of friends I made there. Well, technically they left before me and I'm writing this the evening before I leave, but the first way I said it sounded more evocative. I did the journey from my last stop at Orlando to downtown Miami with no problems. In fact the bus was very empty because it was a local schedule starting at Orlando rather than coming down from New York or anywhere. As I passed thro...

After much contemplating over the cost of spending two nights in Orlando and taking a bus trip out to the Kennedy Space Center ($90) I went for it. And I'm very glad I did. I arrived in Orlando in the evening and, after checking in, I went out to explore for some dinner. I was amazed by International Drive (the main strip with hotels on it) - it reminded me somewhat of the Las Vegas Strip with lots of coloured lights and restaurants. And it was so warm still tha...