Carnival Paradise leaving the Tampa Port | Bigkitty Gallery

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We were able to watch this cruise ship leave port...more about this Carnival Ship in the USS Victory album

Getting up close with a Stingray that's about 40 yrs old

Turtles in the Breeding Pond

Brian holding the stingray

I love the "smile" the ship has

Now our adventure begins!

Hawksbill Turtle Info

Swimming under a platform for workers

The 5-inch 38 caliber gun

The end of the body of the female stingray

It needs a bit of paint touch ups when it goes to dry dock in December

Answers to the questions

Coming back to the ship

Touching the stingray

Headed out to Stingray City

Another Hatchery Statue

Passing by Brian

Physiology of the turtles

Gently gliding along

One of the 20mm caliber Oerlikon guns

Life of a Kemp's Ridley Turtle

See how they flaps their sides to move

Breeding Pond Info

Hold it like an icecream cone, and keep your thumb down

Cayman Crocodile Exhibit

Life of a Hawksbill Turtle

Rules for touching the turtles

A lizard in the middle of the picture that ran out in front of us.

Smiley the Crocodile

Those black rocks would become white-ish if put in baking soda and water.

This group of turtles are around 20 yrs old

Look one turtle is in the tunnel like Erica was in Tampa!

Lots of turtles in the Breeding Pond!

Conservation of the turtles

Are those lava rocks?

Loggerhead Turtle size

Heritage of the turtles

He's bringing over one to eat our squid

The par that's in the middle of the tail is the barb

View from our balcony

Average age of these turtles is 30 yrs old

Crocodile questions

Using the "Oil Painting" feature of the camera at sunset

Our squid to feed the stingrays

Look how close the poles on the ship get to the bridge

Life of a Green Turtle

Gentle creature

Display of how an incubator is set up

This is Bes...our Tour Guide/driver for the day (just not at Stingray)

Front view of the NCL Dawn

Long tails are male, short tails are female

Hawksbill Turtle size

Starboard side of the ship toward aft

Exploring the stairs

Life of a Loggerhead Turtle

Isn't she cute!

Going through Hillsborough Bay

The "beach" the females lay their eggs in. The workers move the eggs to the Hatchery.

Leaving Tampa Bay

Eyes on the top

View as we start leaving looking forward

Getting closer!

The boat we used to get to Stingray City

Green Turtle Facts

Hatchery Statue

Loggerhead Turtle Info

That's one of the restaurants we went to: Jackson's Bistro Bar & Sushi

Just a relaxing view to start a relaxing vacation

The purple lights on the bridge look perfect with the sunset

Grand Cayman is a tender port...we are leaving the ship

More black spiky rocks!

Here comes another

Other view of the engine room from the catwalks.

The origin of the name of this town

Almost fully through

Photos to help explain previous picture

Coming through!

Our ship's purple lights look good with the bridge lights

Right under me!

Highest deck mid-ship view towards front

Soft smooth skin

The Sunshine Skyway Bridge looks great in this light!

Brian in our Living Room

A male on the right, I think a female in the middle, and unknown gender on the left

Carnival Paradise leaving the Tampa Port

View from one of the 20mm caliber Oerlikon guns

Wonderful blending of color from day to night

They can swim under the platform we started our tour on.

It was cool being able to sit there!

One side of the engine room

All 3 modes of transportation in 1 picture

Good view of the male above the other 2 turtles

Slightly younger turtles...under 20 yrs old.

Info about the ship

I got to touch one that's just a few years old!

Lining up between the markers

The orange rays are disappearing

This barge came very close to us as we passed each other in the channel

Don't touch the barb...it will hurt you!

Size of an adult Green Turtle

View from behind the wheel

Turtle Hatchlings Experiment

Port side towards aft

SS American Victory

Erica is taking aim...

See I can smile!

Slight side view from mid-ship

Standing mid-ship

Electrical room

Off in the distance: Carnival Legend Cruise ship and the Sunshine Skyway Bridge

Cute sign on the bottom of the main sign

Sun setting as we get closer to the bridge

The sign says it all!

Full side view of the ship

Brian enjoying the view

Under the bridge

View to the left

Gentle touches, but NO kisses

Sunshine Skyway Bridge at dusk

Carnival Legend going under the bridge

Mid-ship facing forward

Another version of the view from the balcony

Wonderful sunset colors!

Panoramic View of Hillsborough Bay

Brilliant orange sky!

Zoomed in to capture the orange hues

Cool lights on the bridge

Lots of stingrays and fish...hey free food daily, you'd hang out too!

Another "oil painting" filter picture

Looking back through our wing wall

Erica the Turtle!

Zoomed in view as the Carnival Legend approaches the bridge

View to the right

The sun is almost set

That's a tight fit!

Look! Terminal 2 in Tampa from our balcony

Selfie on the River Walk

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