UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - JULY 20-26, 2004

ORLANDO

The biggest city in central Florida, Orlando is dominated by Lake Eola in its northeastern downtown quadrant. The most famous downtown icon is Church Street Station, a collection of restaurants, bars and shops located between Interstate 4 and the railroad tracks. Orlando is 6 km (4 mi) from Universal Studios, 16 km (10 mi) from Sea World, and 32 km (20 mi) from Walt Disney World, all located southwest of downtown in an area appropriately known as the Tourist Quarter.

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER

NASA's John F. Kennedy Space Center is America's premier gateway to the universe. As the world's only launch site for the Space Shuttle, Kennedy prepares the vehicles for each mission, operates each countdown and manages end-of-mission landing recovery activities. The Center also coordinates all expendable vehicle launches carrying a NASA payload, whether the launches take place at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, or elsewhere. Finally, as the last Earthly stop for International Space Station hardware, Kennedy prepares these elements for their missions in space. Kennedy Space Center is located just 45 minutes east of Orlando.

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MIAMI

Miami, Florida's most populated city, sits at the southeastern tip of the most southeastern state of the United States, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the east, the Gulf of Mexico to the west and the neighbouring states of Alabama and Georgia to the north.
Most visitors aren't here for Miami itself, but rather to visit Miami Beach, an entirely separate municipality. Miami is on the mainland, while the city of Miami Beach is on a thin barrier island about 6 km (4 mi) to its east, across Biscayne Bay - locals call it the Billion Dollar Sandbar.

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