Leaving Tampa Bay | Bigkitty Gallery

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Erica talking about what we grill at home

Chef JJ Johnson

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

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.

I love the "smile" the ship has

Entering the Tampa Port

Now our adventure begins!

Sunset on our last day of this cruise

Making a dressing for the Tuna Tartar appetizer

Swimming under a platform for workers

Hawksbill Turtle Info

Our towel animal menagerie

The 5-inch 38 caliber gun

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

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

Gently gliding along

Breeding Pond Info

Life of a Kemp's Ridley Turtle

See how they flaps their sides to move

Cayman Crocodile Exhibit

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

One of the 20mm caliber Oerlikon guns

Smiley the Crocodile

Life of a Hawksbill Turtle

Zoomed in...there it is Marriott Water Street

Rules for touching the turtles

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

This group of turtles are around 20 yrs old

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

Conservation of the turtles

Are those lava rocks?

Lots of turtles in the Breeding Pond!

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

Loggerhead Turtle size

Heritage of the turtles

He's bringing over one to eat our squid

Sunrise on Day 14

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

Crocodile questions

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

View from our balcony

Life of a Green Turtle

Our squid to feed the stingrays

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

Average age of these turtles is 30 yrs old

Gentle creature

Starboard side of the ship toward aft

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

Display of how an incubator is set up

Long tails are male, short tails are female

Life of a Loggerhead Turtle

Hawksbill Turtle size

Exploring the stairs

Isn't she cute!

Eyes on the top

Sunrise looking forward Day 14

Front view of the NCL Dawn

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

Going through Hillsborough Bay

The boat we used to get to Stingray City

View as we start leaving looking forward

Rock and Turtle enjoying the view

Green Turtle Facts

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

Leaving Tampa Bay

Getting closer!

Hatchery Statue

Loggerhead Turtle Info

More black spiky rocks!

Here comes another

Just a relaxing view to start a relaxing vacation

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

Other view of the engine room from the catwalks.

The purple lights on the bridge look perfect with the sunset

Almost fully through

The origin of the name of this town

Right under me!

Coming through!

Brian in our Living Room

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

Photos to help explain previous picture

Soft smooth skin

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

Highest deck mid-ship view towards front

The Sunshine Skyway Bridge looks great in this light!

View from one of the 20mm caliber Oerlikon guns

Wonderful blending of color from day to night

Carnival Paradise leaving the Tampa Port

One side of the engine room

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

Good view of the male above the other 2 turtles

All 3 modes of transportation in 1 picture

It was cool being able to sit there!

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

A cup of garbanzada, a traditional Puerto Rican chickpea stew

Info about the ship

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

Slightly younger turtles...under 20 yrs old.

The orange rays are disappearing

Lining up between the markers

View from behind the wheel

Size of an adult Green Turtle

washy washy your laundry

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

Tech staff for Main Theater

Port side towards aft

Erica is taking aim...

Turtle Hatchlings Experiment

The sign says it all!

Electrical room

See I can smile!

Full side view of the ship

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

SS American Victory

Slight side view from mid-ship

Cute sign on the bottom of the main sign

Our beverage had mint and lime in it

Sun setting as we get closer to the bridge

Standing mid-ship

Chef talking to us about what happens here daily

Towel folding machine

Galley continues

Under the bridge

Gentle touches, but NO kisses

Sorted my cast member

Brian enjoying the view

A lot of food being prepared

Talking about baking pastries

View to the left

What is cooking?

Carnival Legend going under the bridge

Refridgerated storage

Sunshine Skyway Bridge at dusk

Zoomed in to capture the orange hues

Mid-ship facing forward

Another version of the view from the balcony

Men dressing room for Main Theater

Brilliant orange sky!

Wonderful sunset colors!

Panoramic View of Hillsborough Bay

Cool lights on the bridge

Historical stage at the restaurant

Another "oil painting" filter picture

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

One day's worth of bread

Simple platter of pulled pork, rice, and beans

Most of the costumes

Walking through the galley

Zoomed in view as the Carnival Legend approaches the bridge

Sunsetting on San Juan

Looking back through our wing wall

View to the right

Erica the Turtle!

Closer view of the table

Making desserts

The sun is almost set

Chocolate Martini at the Chocobar

Where the sheets are coming out

Towel going through it

Our tour guide sharing history of the plaza

A view of the cruise port

That's a tight fit!

Lunch during our Champaign Lobster Catamaran cruise

Last stop - Princesa Cocina Cultura

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

Washing Machine

Look! Terminal 2 in Tampa from our balcony

Getting closer the the "frog"

Stuffed Sweet Plantains With Corned Beef Croquettes

Selfie on the River Walk

El Convento - started as a Carmelite convent in 1651

Looking out to the Atlantic Ocean at La Perla

An espresso shot

Catedral Basilica Menor de San Juan Bautista

Other side of Fort Barrington

Getting ready to snorkel

Good morning Antigua

La Fortaleza in the back and the hanging PR flag

Another view of Fort Barrington

Walking along the wall down

Walking along a street in Old San Juan

Newer balconies have the gap at the bottom

Red tinged water from the minerals around

2 different pork dishes

The first Sargent major fish that wasn't camera shy

Casa Alcaldía de San Juan

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

Passing more rocks

Early Morning first Sea Day

Ladies dressing room for Main Theater

Next stop - Hotel Plaza de Armas coffee bar

Different color whipped cream

Official residence of the Governor-General

Reggie Medford - The man who created our sculptures

Closer view of Fort Barrington

Starting our trip aboard the Siamese Sailing Junk

Siamese Sailing Junk with sails down

View from the beach

Second stop - Deaverdura

Bananas curve up when growing!

Bird of Paradise

120,000 Years Ago

Sharp looking stalactites

a school of sargent majors

Closer view of the steaming stuff

Sailing to Klein Bonaire for snorkeling

See the Caribbean Sea

Great Morning on a Sea Day

Original brick pavers line the streets in Old San Juan

Pool where you can swim in the Sulphur Springs mud

Starting our UTV Excursion

Good morning Aruba!

Our excursion catamaran

In the last 120,000 years

Fish Market Mosaic sidewalk art

Hawksbill Rock...our "frog"

Steep cliffs on the side of Andicuri Beach

Bastión de las Palmas de San José

Different rock formations everywhere

Fort Barrington in the distance

My guide to a school of sergent majors

Here's the full picture

Looking out to sea on Andicuri Beach

A shack various fishermen use during their trips

My rock with his new turtle friend at St. Lucia

Bread and Cheese (Begonia obliqua)

Wide view of the volcanic plug

Historical architecture with the modern version

Entrance to Cave and land formation information

The ocean is powerful!

The formation starts here

Steaming volcanic plug

It looks like a turtle opening it's jaws

Fish swimming along the sandy bottom

Down we go on the tram

The sand is all broken shells

The cliff shows the erosion

Heading out on our excursion

NCL Dawn in St. Lucia

Continuing to the Natural Bridge

Thunbergia vines

Brian snorkeling

Great stalactites

Sunrise at Castries St. Lucia

Entrance to Maranatha Gardens

Random shacks for traveling fishermen

Entrance to the Natural Bridge

Plaque at Harrison Cave Visitor Center entrance

Bronze statue of Catalino 'Tite' Curet Alonso

Close up of West Indian Jasmin

Many new stalactites

Mountains in the distance

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

Just 1 great view after another

Rock view of Grand Cayman from the ship

The layers of minerals on the stalagmite

"My work here is done!"

Oil rig off the coast

Looking up to where the walk down started from

Large school of sargent majors

Sun starting to peak out

Fuente de la Herencia de las Américas

Too hot to grow anything there

One building left from 1600s battles

Following the coast to the natural bridge

Hey there little hermit crab!

The captain of the junk

Driving the Arashi Dunes

Our 2nd snorkel spot

We're in the middle of the line of UTVs

Getting very close to the fish

Yellow building in the back is at the Natural Bridge

Overlooking Soufriere and the Pitons

Close up view of a shell

Our first stop on our Food Tour - La Carreta

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

The small beach under Baby Bridge

Nice coast line

Sunrise colors stretching to the clouds

Stalagmites almost looking like a group of people hanging out together

Good morning San Juan

Sunrise with the sun camera filter

Us on Andicuri Beach with the cliff behind us

What is a karst?

One of a few harbor porpoises playing along side the ship

Looking out from St. John

St. Maarten - Good Morning!

"For I know the plans..."

The ocean is eroding the land

Looking back to port

Inside Alto Vista Chapel

Rock off of Shipstern Point

Name of our boat - Filante

How did Harrison Cave form?

This fish followed me EVERYWHERE!

Still wreaking havoc on the old broken bridge

Lines in the sand from the waves

Pier at L'Anse la Raye

Erosion in progress

Small vertical flowstone

Us over looking Marigot Bay

Always steaming

Info on Catalino 'Tite' Curet Alonso

Nice coral and a rock with fish around the rock

Barbados is not a volcanic island

Chenille plants along the path

Heading back to port

A masked booby along side the NCL Dawn

Multi-million dollar house facing at oil rig

Cliff Wall Vegetation Zone Info

It's all about water...

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

Another 1600s building

Heading to Alto Vista Chapel

Some of the drive was on paved roads

The minerals forming a flowstone

Driving right along...

Cool looking plant

Neat small plant

Looking inland...nice scenery

A cluster of stalactites and a cluster of stalagmites

Today's driver is Erica

The power of the ocean!

Belly view of Green-throated Carib

Sea Day sunrise rock

Alto Vista Chapel front

The bay at Castries looking at the NCL Dawn

Close up of a chenille plant

California Lighthouse

Heading to the California Lighthouse

Looking at Arashi Bay

Passing Andicuri Beach

Spectacular crashing waves

Up close with a Thunbergia vines

Look how large the area is

Looks like a face

Different cacti growing around here

A spring flowing through the caves

"But He was pierced for..."

Follow me...this way!

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

Different view of Plaza de la Barandilla

Full view of La Perla

Different types of coral

See the drops on the stalactites?

Spout of water flowing out

Where we are first snorkeling

Overlooking Andicuri Beach

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

Bubbling spring

You can see the thickness of the fort wall

Many stalactites still forming today

Side of Alto Vista Chapel

Heading to the coast

Where the sandy area drops down deeper

A fish near the coral rock

Very nasty smelling...Sulphur

Part of the original fort

Left side of the beach

Great orange color!

A "frog" in the distance

Steam running through the caves

Looking out on the beach at Anse La Raye

Us on the beach

Nice white cockatoos hanging around

Micro view of seaweed

Alto Vista Chapel information

Different types of speleothems

Almost a column

Sunrise view out of the side window

Less than 1 million years ago

Panoramic view of Castries, St. Lucia

Marigot Bay, St. Lucia

Such blue waters!

The moon ending day 7 of our cruise

Welcome sign to the info center

"Walk in the ways..."

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

Part of Plaza de la Barandilla

Looking off the side of the pier

Green-throated Carib

Rainy morning sea day with a masked booby

This is on the back of the chapel

Driving right along

Pink glow on my guide

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

Vegetation wall

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