rhysd2
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Tuesday November 2nd: The Birthday.
Originally our plan called for us to go to wet n wild in the morning on this day however we were so beat from the first 2 days we decided to take things very very slowly. So we got up. Walked to ponderosa for breakfast, and promptly stuffed ourselves stupid. A lot of people say that ponderosa attracts the naff type tourists in football shirts but personally im a big fan of the place. The breakfast there value for money wise cant be beat(and no im not a football shirt wearer
).
So we filled ourselves full of grub and made our way back to the hotel where we caught a taxi to the Florida mall. Once inside I pointed Jessica at the shops and said sweety happy birthday buy anything you want. And she did she came away with bag after bag of stuff heh. Truth be told we lost count of the amount spent in the end but it was somewhere between $400 and $700. But it doesnt matter because that was the whole idea. She had a great time and so did i. I do enjoy a good bit of shopping. Managed to get myself a few t-shirts, casual trousers, and a new watch. Which is a small feat in itself because im picky about watches. The week before I came away my watch strap busted, then on the plane my backup/spare watch broke as I was altering the time. I thought I had no chance to find one I like but the first one I tried on suited me great.
By the time we were finished with our humongus shopping spree it was around 4:30 so we caught a taxi back to the hotel. Freshend up. Got dressed in our new duds and headed to city walk.
And immedietly made a beeline for jimmy buffets. There was a lil bit of a line outside so we got Jessica a margherita to stand in line with hehehe. We ended up being sat in about 10 minutes in the porch area at the front of a restaurant. It was nicely decorated and had a nice lively atmosphere as well as a live one man band playing jimmy buffet songs. The place was huge though. Going back miles n miles. The volcano bar was especially cool. The food was amazing. The service excellent. And the setting fantastic.
I had the hand pulled guava bbq pork sandwich and Jessica had the guava bbq ribs. Both were excellent and boy was the guava bbq spicy hehe.
We stayed for a few drinks after our meal too. My one complaint, and this goes for all of universal as well as most restaurants in the area, is that alcohol was flaming expensive. A beer was costing me the same price as a pint back home or sometimes more. And dont get me started on the price of the cocktails. It strikes me as odd really as there are a few bars/restaurants that do things at reasonable prices, and the gas stations and liquor stores were cheap as heck. So why do they over charge for it?
Anyway after a few drinks we decided to call it a night and caught a taxi back to the hotel, grabbed a 6 pack from the liquor store and lay in bed chilling out with some beer and a movie.
A Great day and a great birthday. Day 4 islands of adventure the hangover aftermath coming soon.
Originally our plan called for us to go to wet n wild in the morning on this day however we were so beat from the first 2 days we decided to take things very very slowly. So we got up. Walked to ponderosa for breakfast, and promptly stuffed ourselves stupid. A lot of people say that ponderosa attracts the naff type tourists in football shirts but personally im a big fan of the place. The breakfast there value for money wise cant be beat(and no im not a football shirt wearer
). So we filled ourselves full of grub and made our way back to the hotel where we caught a taxi to the Florida mall. Once inside I pointed Jessica at the shops and said sweety happy birthday buy anything you want. And she did
she came away with bag after bag of stuff heh. Truth be told we lost count of the amount spent in the end but it was somewhere between $400 and $700. But it doesnt matter because that was the whole idea. She had a great time and so did i. I do enjoy a good bit of shopping. Managed to get myself a few t-shirts, casual trousers, and a new watch. Which is a small feat in itself because im picky about watches. The week before I came away my watch strap busted, then on the plane my backup/spare watch broke as I was altering the time. I thought I had no chance to find one I like but the first one I tried on suited me great.By the time we were finished with our humongus shopping spree it was around 4:30 so we caught a taxi back to the hotel. Freshend up. Got dressed in our new duds and headed to city walk.
And immedietly made a beeline for jimmy buffets. There was a lil bit of a line outside so we got Jessica a margherita to stand in line with hehehe. We ended up being sat in about 10 minutes in the porch area at the front of a restaurant. It was nicely decorated and had a nice lively atmosphere as well as a live one man band playing jimmy buffet songs. The place was huge though. Going back miles n miles. The volcano bar was especially cool. The food was amazing. The service excellent. And the setting fantastic.
I had the hand pulled guava bbq pork sandwich and Jessica had the guava bbq ribs. Both were excellent and boy was the guava bbq spicy hehe.
We stayed for a few drinks after our meal too. My one complaint, and this goes for all of universal as well as most restaurants in the area, is that alcohol was flaming expensive. A beer was costing me the same price as a pint back home or sometimes more. And dont get me started on the price of the cocktails. It strikes me as odd really as there are a few bars/restaurants that do things at reasonable prices, and the gas stations and liquor stores were cheap as heck. So why do they over charge for it?
Anyway after a few drinks we decided to call it a night and caught a taxi back to the hotel, grabbed a 6 pack from the liquor store and lay in bed chilling out with some beer and a movie.
A Great day and a great birthday. Day 4 islands of adventure the hangover aftermath coming soon.
Looking forward to a cocktail or two 
