PLT LOST ON XCOUNTRY FLT.

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THEN; I CONTACTED ORLANDO APCH ON 121.1 AND THE APCH CTLR TOLD ME IT WAS NOT A GOOD IDEA TO GO TO ORLANDO SINCE IT WAS NOT VFR ANYMORE. AT THE SAME TIME; THE CEILING WAS GETTING LOWER; THEREFORE IN ORDER TO STAY AWAY FROM THE CLOUDS; I HAD TO LOSE SOME ALT. GOING BACK TO CRAIG DID NOT SEEM POSSIBLE BECAUSE THE VISIBILITY WAS CONSIDERABLY REDUCED AND SINCE I WAS ABOUT 10 MI FROM SANFORD (WHICH WAS VFR) THE CTLR ADVISED ME TO DIVERT TO THIS ARPT WHICH SEEMED TO BE THE BEST AND SAFEST IDEA. HOWEVER; IN THE PROCESS OF DIVERTING TO SANFORD; THE VISIBILITY WAS SUDDENLY REDUCED BY FOG AND I HAD TO FLY AT 600 FT AT THAT TIME; TRYING TO STAY CLR OF CLOUDS. THEN BECAUSE OF THE LOW VISIBILITY; I BECAME A LITTLE BIT DISORIENTED; AND IT BECAME OBVIOUS THAT I HAD TO LAND AS SOON AS POSSIBLE SINCE I WAS NOT IFR CERTIFIED. THEREFORE; I FIRST CALLED SANFORD TWR WHICH TOLD ME IT COULD NOT REALLY HELP ME; SO THEY TOLD ME TO CONTACT ORLANDO APCH; WHICH I DID. MY ALT WAS NOW AROUND 500 FT; THOUGH I GAVE MY APPROX POS TO THE CTLR; IT SEEMED LIKE HE COULD NOT IDENT ME CLRLY ON RADAR. AT THIS POINT; THE APCH CTLR ASKED ME TO SQUAWK 7700 ON MY XPONDER; WHICH I DID. I TOLD HIM I WAS RIGHT OVER A HWY AND HE TOLD ME TO FOLLOW THIS HWY TOWARDS THE S. THE VISIBILITY WAS NOW REDUCED TO 2-3 MI BECAUSE OF THE FOG. A COUPLE OF MINS LATER; WITH THE HELP OF THE APCH CTLR; I WAS ABLE TO SEE THE ARPT (ORLANDO EXECUTIVE). AS I CONFIRMED TO THE APCH CTLR THAT I HAD THE ARPT IN SIGHT; HE TOLD ME TO CONTACT ORLANDO TWR; WHICH I DID; AND I ENTERED A R DOWNWIND FOR RWY 25. THE TWR DID NOT TELL ME TO CONTACT ANYBODY WHEN I WOULD BE ON THE GND; THEREFORE; I WAITED A COUPLE OF HRS AT ORLANDO FOR THE WX TO GET BETTER; AND I WENT BACK TO MELBOURNE.