We had a wander around International Plaza and lunch there, followed by a drive around downtown Tampa, Channelside, a glimpse of Harbour Island, then back to uncle KK's beautiful home just outside of town. We saw some eagles and a blue heron by the lake. The best of city and country living combined. We hit Hungry Harry's BBQ Restaurant for dinner that night - Jesse had Baby backed BBQ ribs for dinner, while I had the mixed platter with Ribs, Chicken, Pulled Pork and Beef. They were huge meals so we had no room for desert at the end!
We mainly just took it easy and had a bit of a pause here. We got to check out Uncle KK's Lego and awesome robots collection. Had a chance to go to the Ellenton Premium Outlet for some retail therapy. It was a bit of a drive, but I think we got a few bargain items! Thanks for driving us there Uncle KK and Aunty Maha!
Tuesday we were treated to lunch at Columbia's in Ybor city. It was a very delicious paella! Will have to go home and try to make my own paella again. Ybor city is the older part of Tampa, a bit run down, full of cigar shops and nightclubs. The main highlight of the day was definitely the segway tour of downtown Tampa. We met up with our guide at Channelside for a quick briefing on the do's and don'ts of the segway. This was followed by a half hour practice on the segway before we headed out. A bit apprehensive at first but soon got the hang of it. It is certainly a very cool human transporter, though at $5300 each I won't let Jesse buy one.
After we were all comfortable on our segways we started zipping down the sidewalks along the harbour, down by the river, through the heart of the city, going past the University of Tampa with its interesting Henry Plant Building, then back to Channelside. It was great fun, and as we all started getting more comfortable on the segway could enjoy the view more and take some photos and videos. Cold stone ice-cream and some delicious Vietnamese spring rolls topped off our last night in Tampa.
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