The Wandering Disciple

Tampa, Florida: 2019 marks the 60th anniversary of a Tampa landmark. Since 1959, Busch Gardens Tampa Bay has been serving up wild rides and wildlife. While the official anniversary date isn’t until March 31, the party has begun and there is no better time to visit. Over the past sixty years, the park has transformed from an admission free gardens into a mega-theme park featuring over 20 rides and 8 roller coasters. Today you can see a glimpse into Busch Gardens past in the Bird Gardens area of the park, the original section of the park opened in 1959. But much of the park has since changed and continues to change. Even in the past ten years, the park has taken on a new look. To fully experience everything that Busch Gardens has to offer, we took a tour around the park in a counter clock-wise fashion. Every trip to Busch Gardens begins and ends in Morocco. This is the parks entry point. Here is where you find shops and restaurants as well as the gateway to the Myombe Res...

A playful pair of white tiger cubs frolic in the grass at ZooTampa (formerly Lowry Park Zoo).  The white tiger cubs, a boy and a girl, were born at the zoo back in November 2008.  A white tiger is a version of the Bengal tiger that is rare in the wild because the lack of camouflage causes them to become easy prey in the wild.  The white tigers were later given a new home at the National Tiger Sanctuary around 2011. Although the white tigers no longer live at ZooTampa, the zoo is home to the Malayan Tiger which can be seen in the Asian Gardens section of the zoo. (Photo: June 28, 2009)