and it’s been quite an experience so far. I rented out some rooms at a place called the “Orange Hill beach inn”. It’s quite unlike the normal resorts you see around this area, but that’s exactly what I wanted - to get away from that sort of stuff. So many people come here to the resorts and end up spending most of their time gambling in Casinos. We had an authentic Thanksgiving day meal at the inn last night - it was pretty nice. So far I’ve seen a place burning down, a guy ask us if we wanted to buy some weed, and some crazy arse drivers. Lots of damage around here due to the hurricanes that came through a couple of months ago. Anyway, my internet cafe time is up and I have some sightseeing to do! checkya.

I am soooo bloody tired at the moment. I drove my family back from Orlando last night. It’s about a 3 1/2 hour drive (the actual time of course depends on if you feel like driving 20 MPH over the speed limit, like everyone else does) and we only left DisneyWorld at 12:15 am. Yeah, the Magic Kingdom is cool and all, but I found myself going on the Space Mountain rollercoaster-like ride three times. It was the only ride there that could appease my desire for rollercoaster thrills. I probably did the wrong thing at one stage by driving past Universal Studios’ “Islands of Adventure” and saying “look, there’s the Hulk ride!” After that everyone didn’t really want to go anymore, and it seemed fairly pointless going to Islands of Adventure after that :-(

I’m in for another pretty full-on week. This Thursday I’m heading off to the Bahamas. The tix and accommodation are all booked but I still have to organise what we’re going to do once we get there. oh, it’s a hard life, yes :-)

I picked up my family from Miami airport last night and took them down to South Beach for a quick drive. My bro seemed to take notice of the rims on the cars quite a bit, and Mum was trying to get over me driving on the other side of the road. Dad was pretty chilled out it seemed. The extra bonus of my family coming over was they brought a lot of cool stuff with them (at my request)

1. TimTams (Ten or so packets)

2. Cherry Ripes

3. Milo (REAL milo, the stuff you can eat straight out of the can, not the crud sold over here)

4. Vegemite

5. A cricket bat

6. An AFL football

So it seems I’ll have to team up with some Aussies, head down to Fort Lauderdale beach and show those Americans how to kick a football properly. The TimTams have been an absolute hit today. I’ve had people coming back asking for seconds and OMG it’s so good to actually eat a biscuit that tastes that good! My personal record with TimTams is 7 packets in 2 days. I did that during Uni because there was a chance to win $50,000. Unfortunately, I never did win but the TimTams were on special anyway and I was only feeling slightly sick for no more than a day.