And if you visit Tampa, you should check out the old cuban quarter called "Ybor" City...looks like New Orleans architecture. The Spanish Restaurant (not cuban) The Columbia is located there to. (at least the original location is) You can tour some of the old cigar factories get a taste of "old Tampa"
JV, where did you hear such a thing?.. Granted there are alligators, but they're everywhere down here, I've got a five footer living the the drainage canal behind our house right now.. I've lived and worked in Sarasota as a Firefighter for 37 years and if there were monitor lizards here, I would know about them... Rest assured, if you vacation here again, you won't be eaten, at least not by a monitor...
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LOL Have your ears checked Bombero, we have thousands of Monitors here in the Cape!! Enough to get the government to send people down here to take care of it!! We have so much land here that has been wild, and now there is so much construction they are showing up in neighborhoods!!
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The Columbia is a wonderful place to eat!
Years ago, there was also one called Las Navidades. At least I think that was the name. Do you happen to know if it is still there?
Busch Gardens, Lowry Park Zoo, the Aquarium, Pinellas County Beaches, Channelside (the port) has some good night spots and restaurants but they seem to change frequently so it is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you are going to get (in a good way!)
Past cruises:
Carnival Splendor 12/08 Carnival Victory 05/08, Carnival Inspiration 01/08, Carnival Freedom 12/07, Carnival Triumph 05/07, Carnival Liberty 12/06, Carnival Liberty 12/05, Carnival Miracle 12/04, Carnival Inspiration 12/02, Carnival Sensation 12/01, Premier Oceanic 05/91