seven: naples to orlando

i survived my first day being an 'experienced' tour guide in an area i have never been to before. i spent more time with the people individually than talking about the area over the mic. hey, what is there to tell about the gulf coast? i mean, Henry Plant built hotels there in the early 20th century and build a railroad to bring the rich to his paradises and there you go.

naples looked really boring, fort myers beach was nice to drive through. i skipped venice and sarasota to get lunch in st petersburg which was a good decision (actually it was a tip by the driver) and i had my first quick city tour in tampa. st petersburg is nice. the walk on the pier is fine and you see a lot of pelicans. you can take a trolley tour ni the city for only 25 cent. but the city was EMPTY just like the rest of south florida this time of the year. tampa has a cool quarter called Ybor city where the cubans built there sigar factories. now it has a lot of shops like my favorite clothes shop here: urban outfitters. they have this cool shirt saying BELGIE. not belgium but belgie in flemish. out are the brazil shirts. 28 dollar or so. i will buy one. Sean, get one too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

orlando sucks. it rains here and i don't want to go to a park. i would prefer to go to busch gardens in tampa zhere they have more rollercoasters. i might go to an outlet centre. but i have no money. not yet. my driver got 350 dollar in tips for just three days driving with 35 passengers. average of 10 dollars per person. he was good as well and was a great help. i don't know how they will tip me. i do my best but i am not sure that they will see 'doing your best' as 'earning a tip'. the irish mother and daughter gave the driver only 5 dollar. fuck them. i am hoping to get more than 400 but i am not sure.

talk to you later folks