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Erica talking about what we grill at home

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

Chef JJ Johnson

Day 13th - The sun is rising from behind us

Adding final touches to the food before serving it to everyone

He worked in the atrium

Turtles in the Breeding Pond

Erica got to help Chef JJ with one of his recipes

Brian holding the stingray

We are docking, and you can see our hotel from before the cruise.

Entering the Tampa Port

I love the "smile" the ship has

Now our adventure begins!

Sunset on our last day of this cruise

Making a dressing for the Tuna Tartar appetizer

Hawksbill Turtle Info

Swimming under a platform for workers

The 5-inch 38 caliber gun

Our towel animal menagerie

The end of the body of the female stingray

Answers to the questions

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

Coming back to the ship

Touching the stingray

Headed out to Stingray City

Passing by Brian

Another Hatchery Statue

Starting a Tuna tartar appetizer

Physiology of the turtles

Life of a Kemp's Ridley Turtle

The nights were so clear. Here's our last night!

Gently gliding along

One of the 20mm caliber Oerlikon guns

Breeding Pond Info

See how they flaps their sides to move

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

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

Cayman Crocodile Exhibit

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

Smiley the Crocodile

Rules for touching the turtles

Life of a Hawksbill Turtle

Are those lava rocks?

This group of turtles are around 20 yrs old

Zoomed in...there it is Marriott Water Street

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

Conservation of the turtles

Lots of turtles in the Breeding Pond!

Loggerhead Turtle size

He's bringing over one to eat our squid

Heritage of the turtles

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

Crocodile questions

View from our balcony

Average age of these turtles is 30 yrs old

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

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

Our squid to feed the stingrays

Sunrise on Day 14

Life of a Green Turtle

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

Long tails are male, short tails are female

Display of how an incubator is set up

Gentle creature

Hawksbill Turtle size

Starboard side of the ship toward aft

Front view of the NCL Dawn

Isn't she cute!

Life of a Loggerhead Turtle

Exploring the stairs

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

Going through Hillsborough Bay

Rock and Turtle enjoying the view

Sunrise looking forward Day 14

The boat we used to get to Stingray City

Leaving Tampa Bay

Eyes on the top

Getting closer!

Green Turtle Facts

View as we start leaving looking forward

Hatchery Statue

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

Loggerhead Turtle Info

Just a relaxing view to start a relaxing vacation

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

More black spiky rocks!

The purple lights on the bridge look perfect with the sunset

The origin of the name of this town

Here comes another

Other view of the engine room from the catwalks.

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

Almost fully through

Photos to help explain previous picture

Right under me!

Coming through!

Highest deck mid-ship view towards front

Soft smooth skin

Brian in our Living Room

The Sunshine Skyway Bridge looks great in this light!

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

A cup of garbanzada, a traditional Puerto Rican chickpea stew

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

Slightly younger turtles...under 20 yrs old.

Good view of the male above the other 2 turtles

All 3 modes of transportation in 1 picture

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

Info about the ship

Lining up between the markers

The orange rays are disappearing

washy washy your laundry

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

Turtle Hatchlings Experiment

SS American Victory

View from behind the wheel

Tech staff for Main Theater

Port side towards aft

See I can smile!

Electrical room

Erica is taking aim...

Our beverage had mint and lime in it

Slight side view from mid-ship

The sign says it all!

Cute sign on the bottom of the main sign

Standing mid-ship

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

Sun setting as we get closer to the bridge

Full side view of the ship

Galley continues

Chef talking to us about what happens here daily

Towel folding machine

A lot of food being prepared

Brian enjoying the view

Talking about baking pastries

Under the bridge

Sorted my cast member

What is cooking?

View to the left

Gentle touches, but NO kisses

Refridgerated storage

Sunshine Skyway Bridge at dusk

Carnival Legend going under the bridge

Wonderful sunset colors!

Another version of the view from the balcony

Mid-ship facing forward

Men dressing room for Main Theater

Panoramic View of Hillsborough Bay

Zoomed in to capture the orange hues

Brilliant orange sky!

Cool lights on the bridge

Historical stage at the restaurant

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

Another "oil painting" filter picture

Simple platter of pulled pork, rice, and beans

One day's worth of bread

Most of the costumes

Sunsetting on San Juan

Looking back through our wing wall

Walking through the galley

Zoomed in view as the Carnival Legend approaches the bridge

Chocolate Martini at the Chocobar

Erica the Turtle!

View to the right

Making desserts

The sun is almost set

Our tour guide sharing history of the plaza

That's a tight fit!

Lunch during our Champaign Lobster Catamaran cruise

Closer view of the table

Last stop - Princesa Cocina Cultura

Towel going through it

A view of the cruise port

Where the sheets are coming out

Balcony with no gap at toe area

The way to Paseo de la Princesa

Inside view from the street of Catedral de San Juan Bautista

Look! Terminal 2 in Tampa from our balcony

Getting closer the the "frog"

Stuffed Sweet Plantains With Corned Beef Croquettes

Washing Machine

Selfie on the River Walk

El Convento - started as a Carmelite convent in 1651

Looking out to the Atlantic Ocean at La Perla

Getting ready to snorkel

Other side of Fort Barrington

Good morning Antigua

Another view of Fort Barrington

An espresso shot

Catedral Basilica Menor de San Juan Bautista

La Fortaleza in the back and the hanging PR flag

Newer balconies have the gap at the bottom

The first Sargent major fish that wasn't camera shy

Walking along a street in Old San Juan

Walking along the wall down

Red tinged water from the minerals around

2 different pork dishes

Official residence of the Governor-General

"Did you get good pictures of all of those fish?"

Reggie Medford - The man who created our sculptures

Early Morning first Sea Day

Casa Alcaldía de San Juan

Passing more rocks

Next stop - Hotel Plaza de Armas coffee bar

Siamese Sailing Junk with sails down

Different color whipped cream

Ladies dressing room for Main Theater

Bird of Paradise

View from the beach

Closer view of Fort Barrington

Starting our trip aboard the Siamese Sailing Junk

Sailing to Klein Bonaire for snorkeling

120,000 Years Ago

Closer view of the steaming stuff

Second stop - Deaverdura

Bananas curve up when growing!

a school of sargent majors

Sharp looking stalactites

Original brick pavers line the streets in Old San Juan

See the Caribbean Sea

Pool where you can swim in the Sulphur Springs mud

In the last 120,000 years

Great Morning on a Sea Day

Good morning Aruba!

Our excursion catamaran

Steep cliffs on the side of Andicuri Beach

Starting our UTV Excursion

Fish Market Mosaic sidewalk art

Bread and Cheese (Begonia obliqua)

Fort Barrington in the distance

Hawksbill Rock...our "frog"

Bastión de las Palmas de San José

Different rock formations everywhere

A shack various fishermen use during their trips

My rock with his new turtle friend at St. Lucia

Here's the full picture

My guide to a school of sergent majors

The formation starts here

Historical architecture with the modern version

Looking out to sea on Andicuri Beach

Wide view of the volcanic plug

Entrance to Cave and land formation information

Down we go on the tram

Steaming volcanic plug

Great stalactites

The sand is all broken shells

The ocean is powerful!

Fish swimming along the sandy bottom

NCL Dawn in St. Lucia

Thunbergia vines

Brian snorkeling

It looks like a turtle opening it's jaws

Entrance to Maranatha Gardens

Bronze statue of Catalino 'Tite' Curet Alonso

The layers of minerals on the stalagmite

Random shacks for traveling fishermen

Many new stalactites

Sunrise at Castries St. Lucia

Close up of West Indian Jasmin

Plaque at Harrison Cave Visitor Center entrance

The cliff shows the erosion

Continuing to the Natural Bridge

Heading out on our excursion

Clear water...and a fish trying to blend in to the sandy bottom

Oil rig off the coast

Large school of sargent majors

Just 1 great view after another

Entrance to the Natural Bridge

Fuente de la Herencia de las Américas

Embarkation Day

"My work here is done!"

One building left from 1600s battles

Mountains in the distance

Following the coast to the natural bridge

The captain of the junk

Hey there little hermit crab!

Sun starting to peak out

Rock view of Grand Cayman from the ship

Our 2nd snorkel spot

Close up view of a shell

We're in the middle of the line of UTVs

Stalagmites almost looking like a group of people hanging out together

Looking up to where the walk down started from

Nice coast line

This is the original bridge to Andicuri Beach that collapsed in 2005

Overlooking Soufriere and the Pitons

Our first stop on our Food Tour - La Carreta

Yellow building in the back is at the Natural Bridge

Driving the Arashi Dunes

Getting very close to the fish

The small beach under Baby Bridge

"For I know the plans..."

Too hot to grow anything there

Good morning San Juan

Sunrise colors stretching to the clouds

Us on Andicuri Beach with the cliff behind us

Looking back to port

St. Maarten - Good Morning!

Sunrise with the sun camera filter

What is a karst?

One of a few harbor porpoises playing along side the ship

Looking out from St. John

How did Harrison Cave form?

Name of our boat - Filante

The ocean is eroding the land

Inside Alto Vista Chapel

Small vertical flowstone

Barbados is not a volcanic island

Still wreaking havoc on the old broken bridge

This fish followed me EVERYWHERE!

Info on Catalino 'Tite' Curet Alonso

A masked booby along side the NCL Dawn

The minerals forming a flowstone

Nice coral and a rock with fish around the rock

Always steaming

Lines in the sand from the waves

Us over looking Marigot Bay

Rock off of Shipstern Point

Heading back to port

Cliff Wall Vegetation Zone Info

Pier at L'Anse la Raye

Chenille plants along the path

Long ago, the small piles of rocks were used to mark fishing spots.

Erosion in progress

A cluster of stalactites and a cluster of stalagmites

Cool looking plant

Multi-million dollar house facing at oil rig

Heading to Alto Vista Chapel

Some of the drive was on paved roads

Neat small plant

It's all about water...

Another 1600s building

Looking inland...nice scenery

Driving right along...

The bay at Castries looking at the NCL Dawn

Belly view of Green-throated Carib

The power of the ocean!

Heading to the California Lighthouse

Close up of a chenille plant

California Lighthouse

Up close with a Thunbergia vines

Alto Vista Chapel front

Looking at Arashi Bay

Passing Andicuri Beach

Sea Day sunrise rock

A spring flowing through the caves

Follow me...this way!

3 masked boobies flying near us, as the rainbow fades away

See the drops on the stalactites?

Today's driver is Erica

2 stalagmites...the large one has be cut to show it's layers

"But He was pierced for..."

Looks like a face

Spout of water flowing out

Spectacular crashing waves

Many stalactites still forming today

Overlooking Andicuri Beach

Different types of coral

Look how large the area is

Full view of La Perla

Where the sandy area drops down deeper

A fish near the coral rock

Different view of Plaza de la Barandilla

Different cacti growing around here

Left side of the beach

Bubbling spring

You can see the thickness of the fort wall

Great orange color!

Part of the original fort

Where we are first snorkeling

Heading to the coast

Micro view of seaweed

Looking out on the beach at Anse La Raye

Very nasty smelling...Sulphur

Us on the beach

Alto Vista Chapel information

Nice white cockatoos hanging around

Side of Alto Vista Chapel

Different types of speleothems

Steam running through the caves

A "frog" in the distance

Sunrise view out of the side window

Less than 1 million years ago

Almost a column

Panoramic view of Castries, St. Lucia

Part of Plaza de la Barandilla

Welcome sign to the info center

Such blue waters!

Marigot Bay, St. Lucia

Rainy morning sea day with a masked booby

"Walk in the ways..."

Looking off the side of the pier

The moon ending day 7 of our cruise

Green-throated Carib

This is on the back of the chapel

Pink glow on my guide

Driving right along

Oh boy it's windy here! The dirt is flying into my eyes!

Wearing the required head gear to go into the cave

"Who you looking at?"

micro view of coral

The type of tree the "Awesome Tree" is

Erica hugging Brian

Vegetation wall

Brian hugging Erica

Hot steam venting through the volcanic plug

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