So i didnt really explain what has been going on the last few days. After the big party towns of Memphis and New Orleans i thought we would be having a bit of a relaxing time. I was wrong. Currently running what is termed.. the Gauntlet. From Amarillo to Orlando is termed the Contiki USA Gauntlet. 10 days of traditional Contiki partying, we did not disapoint.

You have all read about dallas and memphis. New Orleans was pretty seedy but it was pretty good for partying. Florida on the other hand was quite different. From the minute I stepped off the Bus in Pensacola (our first stop in Florida) the drinking began. By the end of our lunch/beach stop I had consumed 6 drinks (ranging from beers to daiquris to shots of Jamaican rum.. yuck). After dinner that night the drinking continued into the early morning till i could no longer walk and promptly passed out in my bed.

Orlando held more of the same. Pleasure Island was awesome. I wish they had something like it back home but sadly they dont. I found one club called Masquerade (the first club we went to actually) which was a very good dance club. When we first got there it was pretty much more commercial dance but by the time we left it was all trance and a touch of progressive and house. It was an awesome club. The dance floor rotated in a circle (like a lazy susan). It was fun 😀

Then the 2nd night in Orlando after hitting the theme parks all day was spent at the Pizza Party. Pretty easy way of relaxing you would think… NOPE!!!! Had been drinking during the day at lunch (Hard Rock Orlando) and then consumed not to much really that night. BUT i was playing beer pong and we lost of course and then of course… the beer bong. I couldn’t believe how much of the beer you actually wear. Horrible. Afterwards that night they threw me in the pool. BASTARDS! right after i had showered after the beer bong.

Last night though, I took it pretty easy, still had a few beers but nothing to huge. Today again a couple of beers tonight but nothing to huge. Took it very easy.

Some highlights non drinking wise from the last few days:
* Seeing the Disney Golf Ball at Epcot
* Riding Test Track and Mission: Space
* Seeing Cape Canaveral and the Kennedy Space Centre
* Seeing the size of a Shuttle and the Saturn V rockets
* Having lunch with a Real Astronaut and getting my photo taken with him

I am having a great time and I just wish it did not have to end. Wish i could just keep going travelling at the end of this but I will need to wait a bit I guess.

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