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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

Turtles in the Breeding Pond

He worked in the atrium

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

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

Our towel animal menagerie

Answers to the questions

Coming back to the ship

Touching the stingray

Headed out to Stingray City

Passing by Brian

Another Hatchery Statue

Physiology of the turtles

Starting a Tuna tartar appetizer

One of the 20mm caliber Oerlikon guns

Gently gliding along

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

Life of a Kemp's Ridley Turtle

Breeding Pond Info

See how they flaps their sides to move

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

Cayman Crocodile Exhibit

Life of a Hawksbill Turtle

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

Smiley the Crocodile

Rules for touching the turtles

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

This group of turtles are around 20 yrs old

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

Zoomed in...there it is Marriott Water Street

Lots of turtles in the Breeding Pond!

Conservation of the turtles

Are those lava rocks?

Heritage of the turtles

Loggerhead Turtle size

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

Crocodile questions

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

Average age of these turtles is 30 yrs old

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

Gentle creature

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

Display of how an incubator is set up

Exploring the stairs

Starboard side of the ship toward aft

Front view of the NCL Dawn

Long tails are male, short tails are female

Hawksbill Turtle size

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.

Rock and Turtle enjoying the view

Sunrise looking forward Day 14

Leaving Tampa Bay

Eyes on the top

The boat we used to get to Stingray City

Getting closer!

View as we start leaving looking forward

Hatchery Statue

Green Turtle Facts

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

Here comes another

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

The purple lights on the bridge look perfect with the sunset

More black spiky rocks!

Other view of the engine room from the catwalks.

The origin of the name of this town

Almost fully through

Right under me!

Photos to help explain previous picture

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

Highest deck mid-ship view towards front

Coming through!

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

It was cool being able to sit there!

Wonderful blending of color from day to night

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

One side of the engine room

A cup of garbanzada, a traditional Puerto Rican chickpea stew

Good view of the male above the other 2 turtles

All 3 modes of transportation in 1 picture

Slightly younger turtles...under 20 yrs old.

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

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

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

Size of an adult Green Turtle

Turtle Hatchlings Experiment

SS American Victory

View from behind the wheel

Port side towards aft

Tech staff for Main Theater

See I can smile!

Erica is taking aim...

Electrical room

Slight side view from mid-ship

Standing mid-ship

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

Cute sign on the bottom of the main sign

Our beverage had mint and lime in it

The sign says it all!

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

View to the left

What is cooking?

Gentle touches, but NO kisses

Refridgerated storage

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!

Men dressing room for Main Theater

Panoramic View of Hillsborough Bay

Brilliant orange sky!

Zoomed in to capture the orange hues

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

Looking back through our wing wall

Erica the Turtle!

Walking through the galley

Zoomed in view as the Carnival Legend approaches the bridge

Chocolate Martini at the Chocobar

Sunsetting on San Juan

View to the right

Our tour guide sharing history of the plaza

Making desserts

The sun is almost set

That's a tight fit!

Closer view of the table

Towel going through it

A view of the cruise port

Last stop - Princesa Cocina Cultura

Lunch during our Champaign Lobster Catamaran cruise

The way to Paseo de la Princesa

Where the sheets are coming out

Balcony with no gap at toe area

Inside view from the street of Catedral de San Juan Bautista

Look! Terminal 2 in Tampa from our balcony

Washing Machine

Stuffed Sweet Plantains With Corned Beef Croquettes

Selfie on the River Walk

Getting closer the the "frog"

El Convento - started as a Carmelite convent in 1651

Looking out to the Atlantic Ocean at La Perla

Good morning Antigua

Another view of Fort Barrington

An espresso shot

Other side of Fort Barrington

Catedral Basilica Menor de San Juan Bautista

Getting ready to snorkel

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

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

2 different pork dishes

Early Morning first Sea Day

Official residence of the Governor-General

Casa Alcaldía de San Juan

Reggie Medford - The man who created our sculptures

Next stop - Hotel Plaza de Armas coffee bar

Passing more rocks

Different color whipped cream

Ladies dressing room for Main Theater

Starting our trip aboard the Siamese Sailing Junk

Siamese Sailing Junk with sails down

Closer view of Fort Barrington

View from the beach

Bird of Paradise

Sailing to Klein Bonaire for snorkeling

Bananas curve up when growing!

120,000 Years Ago

Closer view of the steaming stuff

a school of sargent majors

Second stop - Deaverdura

Sharp looking stalactites

See the Caribbean Sea

Original brick pavers line the streets in Old San Juan

Pool where you can swim in the Sulphur Springs mud

Good morning Aruba!

In the last 120,000 years

Our excursion catamaran

Great Morning on a Sea Day

Steep cliffs on the side of Andicuri Beach

Starting our UTV Excursion

Different rock formations everywhere

Fish Market Mosaic sidewalk art

Fort Barrington in the distance

Hawksbill Rock...our "frog"

Here's the full picture

Bastión de las Palmas de San José

A shack various fishermen use during their trips

Looking out to sea on Andicuri Beach

The formation starts here

Bread and Cheese (Begonia obliqua)

Entrance to Cave and land formation information

Down we go on the tram

Historical architecture with the modern version

My rock with his new turtle friend at St. Lucia

Wide view of the volcanic plug

My guide to a school of sergent majors

Great stalactites

Steaming volcanic plug

The sand is all broken shells

The ocean is powerful!

Fish swimming along the sandy bottom

NCL Dawn in St. Lucia

It looks like a turtle opening it's jaws

Bronze statue of Catalino 'Tite' Curet Alonso

Brian snorkeling

Thunbergia vines

Many new stalactites

Random shacks for traveling fishermen

The layers of minerals on the stalagmite

Close up of West Indian Jasmin

Sunrise at Castries St. Lucia

Entrance to Maranatha Gardens

Heading out on our excursion

The cliff shows the erosion

Continuing to the Natural Bridge

Plaque at Harrison Cave Visitor Center entrance

Entrance to the Natural Bridge

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

Oil rig off the coast

Just 1 great view after another

Embarkation Day

Fuente de la Herencia de las Américas

"My work here is done!"

One building left from 1600s battles

Large school of sargent majors

Hey there little hermit crab!

Following the coast to the natural bridge

Mountains in the distance

Our 2nd snorkel spot

Rock view of Grand Cayman from the ship

Close up view of a shell

The captain of the junk

Stalagmites almost looking like a group of people hanging out together

We're in the middle of the line of UTVs

Sun starting to peak out

Looking up to where the walk down started from

Driving the Arashi Dunes

Overlooking Soufriere and the Pitons

Nice coast line

Our first stop on our Food Tour - La Carreta

Yellow building in the back is at the Natural Bridge

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

Getting very close to the fish

Sunrise colors stretching to the clouds

Looking back to port

Good morning San Juan

Too hot to grow anything there

St. Maarten - Good Morning!

Sunrise with the sun camera filter

The small beach under Baby Bridge

"For I know the plans..."

One of a few harbor porpoises playing along side the ship

What is a karst?

Us on Andicuri Beach with the cliff behind us

Looking out from St. John

Inside Alto Vista Chapel

How did Harrison Cave form?

Name of our boat - Filante

The ocean is eroding the land

Still wreaking havoc on the old broken bridge

Barbados is not a volcanic island

The minerals forming a flowstone

Small vertical flowstone

A masked booby along side the NCL Dawn

Always steaming

Lines in the sand from the waves

This fish followed me EVERYWHERE!

Info on Catalino 'Tite' Curet Alonso

Cliff Wall Vegetation Zone Info

Us over looking Marigot Bay

Pier at L'Anse la Raye

Heading back to port

Nice coral and a rock with fish around the rock

Rock off of Shipstern Point

A cluster of stalactites and a cluster of stalagmites

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

Multi-million dollar house facing at oil rig

Some of the drive was on paved roads

Chenille plants along the path

Erosion in progress

Heading to Alto Vista Chapel

Cool looking plant

Neat small plant

It's all about water...

Another 1600s building

Looking inland...nice scenery

Driving right along...

Heading to the California Lighthouse

California Lighthouse

The bay at Castries looking at the NCL Dawn

Close up of a chenille plant

Belly view of Green-throated Carib

Up close with a Thunbergia vines

The power of the ocean!

Alto Vista Chapel front

Looking at Arashi Bay

Passing Andicuri Beach

A spring flowing through the caves

Follow me...this way!

See the drops on the stalactites?

Looks like a face

Today's driver is Erica

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

"But He was pierced for..."

Sea Day sunrise rock

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

Many stalactites still forming today

Spout of water flowing out

Overlooking Andicuri Beach

Spectacular crashing waves

Where the sandy area drops down deeper

Different types of coral

Full view of La Perla

Look how large the area is

Different view of Plaza de la Barandilla

Great orange color!

Different cacti growing around here

Bubbling spring

Left side of the beach

A fish near the coral rock

Where we are first snorkeling

Part of the original fort

Micro view of seaweed

You can see the thickness of the fort wall

Us on the beach

Different types of speleothems

Nice white cockatoos hanging around

Heading to the coast

Alto Vista Chapel information

Very nasty smelling...Sulphur

Looking out on the beach at Anse La Raye

Steam running through the caves

A "frog" in the distance

Side of Alto Vista Chapel

Sunrise view out of the side window

Less than 1 million years ago

Almost a column

Panoramic view of Castries, St. Lucia

Welcome sign to the info center

Part of Plaza de la Barandilla

Such blue waters!

Marigot Bay, St. Lucia

Rainy morning sea day with a masked booby

The moon ending day 7 of our cruise

"Walk in the ways..."

Looking off the side of the pier

Green-throated Carib

Pink glow on my guide

Driving right along

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

This is on the back of the chapel

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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