Busch Gardens

During my first weekend here in Florida, the guys at the office were kind enough to schedule a trip to Busch Gardens in Tampa. It was a great themepark complete with their very own zoo and serengeti park. They had about 7 rollercoaster rides in there... some week ones, but some of them were pretty awesome.

This was one of the best, and it's called Sheikra...



This is actually the beginning of the ride and they hang you on top for like 10 or 15 seconds. Of course, there really is no other way to ride this fucking thing except to be on front... and I actually rode this twice. Both times queueing up on the extra longer line just to be on front row. And during both the times that I was dangling for my life... I was thinking "Holy Crap.. what have I done!!!"

This pic actually shows the curve way too much. Coz from the experience itself, I swear that the 200-ft. drop was more than 90 degrees coz you would actually tilt inwards.

Most of the day was basically spent going through all the best rollercoaster rides first... and then going around to view all the animals. Took some good pics for my daughter and made some interesting discoveries myself. For example this picture of a sleeping hyena...



It doesnt quite show it, but I was surprised how big these fuckers really are. I mean you always see them in National Geographic or Animal Planet and I always wondered how they posed any threat or at least competition to Lions on the african wild. And then I see them up close and see that they arent really like dogs... which is what exactly they look like in TV. They really are huge... and almost the size of the lions themselves... well.. ok maybe not, I think a better comparison would be a Great Dane with a body of a St. Bernard. Yeah, thats it.

And then check out this gorilla scratching his ass...



And this tiger taking a piss...