Blogs from Tampa, Florida, United States, North America - page 13

Saying goodbye was so hard. After only about 1 1/2 hours of sleep, immigration, showering and final packing, I went from cabin to cabin, knocking on the doors to say goodbye to friends who insisted we couldn't say it last night. After the thank yous and I love yous and best wishes, there's only goodbye left. And it is so hard to say when you treasure somebody so much and you don't know when or if you'll see them again. And once the goodbye was said, I'd have to turn and walk away from their cabin. And then the tears would start. And then I'd reach another cabin and do it all over again. I'm going to treasure these people so much. Sharon's genuine care for me. Cam's general love for people. Marvin's soft smile - ... read more

My first day on this ship, I met Brooks. He was friends with Tara, the Club O2 director I took over from who was also kind enough to just drag me around behind her while I tried to find my way around. Within my first few weeks, Brooks and I were inseparable. I didn’t have any other friends on the ship. A lot of people assumed we were dating. Random vendors in ports have called us a married couple - we told them our spouses were at home and we were having an affair. Of course, that is not what our friendship is. But he has been my best friend in this crazy world I have been living in. Ship life takes you over somehow. You lose touch with everything that is familiar, comforting, everything that ... read more

Mar 25, 2007 City official name :Tampa Founded date : Location :Florida State Elavation :? ft (? m) Area :Approximately ? square miles (? km²). Facts :Tampa is a United States city in Hillsborough County, on the west coast of Florida. It serves as the county seat of Hillsborough County.GR6. The population within the city limits in 2005, according to the Census was 333,040; it is the third-largest city in Florida, behind Jacksonville and Miami. Tampa is a part of the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater metropolitan area, most commonly referred to as the "Tampa Bay area". The four-county area is composed of roughly 2.7 million residents, making it the second largest metropolitan statistical area (MSA) in the state behind Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, the third largest in the S... read more

Well, we are back on the road again and I suppose it's time for a 'proper' travel blog, one which contains words and not just photos to keep you all amused :) The morning of the 14th February found Russ and I back on the road again to Tampa, Florida. It felt good to be on the interstate and bound for somewhere new but at the same time sad to be leaving our home of 3 months, Orlando. Orlando gave us Disney and friends but we must look onwards and to the future in this adventure of ours. The weather was absolutely beautiful, the perfect day to be doing anything but moving but at the same time, what a blessing to have good driving conditions. The closer we got to Tampa the 'beachier' it began to ... read more

well me and my 2 australian buddies went to the animal kingdom for the first tym not longago it was a great experience...however we were stressing a bit because knowing me i forgotmy ticket so our plan was to sneak me into a disney world theme park ....yeh right! anyway we got me in thanks to adeles smart thinking...we did a number of things it was fuking incredible....firsst thing we did was watched the lion king musical which was amazing then we went on a number of rides... the first ride we waited inline for 2 hours...i forgotten what it was called but it was a white water rafting ride where we went in a boat and it was fast had waterfalls we went down and u basically just get soaked ...it was bloody awesome u ... read more