Well before the big weekend finale of the Florida leg we celebrated Kalpana nani's birthday. overall had a great time with nani ( heck we even made rasgullas together, my batch was kinda hard and small but it was good for my 1st try ;)


we also had a bowling game before the big day ( no the scores aint fixed, i am actually that decent at the game :P and off the record Raj mausa did most of the work on that score-board, including most of the good shots mausi, Rashi & Riya got ;)


After that came the big weekend. we drove down to the Kennedy Space Center and spent a saturday touring the complex.

It was mind numbing being in the presence of the machines that had taken man so far. be it their size or their complexity these things represented the ultimate human achievement and it was amazing just to be around them. the highlights were a Saturn 1b rocket,

thruster assemblies including that of a Saturn V ( the most powerfull engine ever built ),

the original 2-man Gemini 2space capsule ( man that thing looked cramped !! immagine hurling in orbit at many Km/sec around the Earth with a copilot for a couple of hours in that, the astronauts of today are pretty much in the lap of luxury !! )

and a memorial dedicated to the NASA's fallen.


Well its getting late now, i will have the final pics posted soon - Rashi and I hit Universal studios in Orlando. till then, take care.

The Hard Rock Cafe in the CBD, the 3rd one i have been to. Had once heck of a meal there and good rock music too, not to mention the collectable they had up on display ( Sir Elton John's hat, Madona's corsette and more !! )



The view from the highest man made structure on the planet ( Observation deck and the Sky Pod of the CN tower ).




( yes i know what your asking, that head-shot of me is me lying down on the glass floor of the observation deck with a plesent 400 meter drop below me )
you can also see the closing of the roof of Rogers Center, the largest stadium with a closable roof ( no mates, it aint Colonial stadium in Docklands !!! )