Now our adventure begins! | 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

Turtles in the Breeding Pond

Erica got to help Chef JJ with one of his recipes

He worked in the atrium

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

Brian holding the stingray

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

The 5-inch 38 caliber gun

Hawksbill Turtle Info

Swimming under a platform for workers

Our towel animal menagerie

The end of the body of the female stingray

Coming back to the ship

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

Answers to the questions

Headed out to Stingray City

Another Hatchery Statue

Passing by Brian

Starting a Tuna tartar appetizer

Touching the stingray

Physiology of the turtles

One of the 20mm caliber Oerlikon guns

Life of a Kemp's Ridley Turtle

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

Breeding Pond Info

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

Gently gliding along

See how they flaps their sides to move

Smiley the Crocodile

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

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!

Cayman Crocodile Exhibit

Are those lava rocks?

Zoomed in...there it is Marriott Water Street

Rules for touching the turtles

Life of a Hawksbill Turtle

Loggerhead Turtle size

Lots of turtles in the Breeding Pond!

Conservation of the turtles

Heritage of the turtles

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

Crocodile questions

He's bringing over one to eat our squid

Sunrise on Day 14

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

Average age of these turtles is 30 yrs old

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

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

Front view of the NCL Dawn

Starboard side of the ship toward aft

Display of how an incubator is set up

Our squid to feed the stingrays

Gentle creature

Long tails are male, short tails are female

Isn't she cute!

Going through Hillsborough Bay

Exploring the stairs

Hawksbill Turtle size

Leaving Tampa Bay

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

Life of a Loggerhead Turtle

Getting closer!

Life of a Green Turtle

Sunrise looking forward Day 14

Rock and Turtle enjoying the view

View as we start leaving looking forward

Hatchery Statue

Eyes on the top

Just a relaxing view to start a relaxing vacation

The purple lights on the bridge look perfect with the sunset

The boat we used to get to Stingray City

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

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

Green Turtle Facts

Other view of the engine room from the catwalks.

Almost fully through

Loggerhead Turtle Info

More black spiky rocks!

Photos to help explain previous picture

The origin of the name of this town

Here comes another

Highest deck mid-ship view towards front

Coming through!

Brian in our Living Room

Right under me!

The Sunshine Skyway Bridge looks great in this light!

A cup of garbanzada, a traditional Puerto Rican chickpea stew

Carnival Paradise leaving the Tampa Port

Soft smooth skin

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

It was cool being able to sit there!

Wonderful blending of color from day to night

One side of the engine room

View from one of the 20mm caliber Oerlikon guns

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

Slightly younger turtles...under 20 yrs old.

All 3 modes of transportation in 1 picture

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

Info about the ship

Good view of the male above the other 2 turtles

Lining up between the markers

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

washy washy your laundry

SS American Victory

Size of an adult Green Turtle

The orange rays are disappearing

Tech staff for Main Theater

Port side towards aft

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

Our beverage had mint and lime in it

View from behind the wheel

Standing mid-ship

Electrical room

Slight side view from mid-ship

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

See I can smile!

Turtle Hatchlings Experiment

Towel folding machine

Erica is taking aim...

Chef talking to us about what happens here daily

Galley continues

Sun setting as we get closer to the bridge

Cute sign on the bottom of the main sign

Full side view of the ship

The sign says it all!

A lot of food being prepared

Brian enjoying the view

Sorted my cast member

Talking about baking pastries

View to the left

Under the bridge

What is cooking?

Refridgerated storage

Another version of the view from the balcony

Sunshine Skyway Bridge at dusk

Gentle touches, but NO kisses

Panoramic View of Hillsborough Bay

Zoomed in to capture the orange hues

Wonderful sunset colors!

Brilliant orange sky!

Carnival Legend going under the bridge

Cool lights on the bridge

Mid-ship facing forward

Men dressing room for Main Theater

Historical stage at the restaurant

Simple platter of pulled pork, rice, and beans

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

Walking through the galley

Erica the Turtle!

Looking back through our wing wall

Our tour guide sharing history of the plaza

Most of the costumes

Sunsetting on San Juan

Chocolate Martini at the Chocobar

Making desserts

Zoomed in view as the Carnival Legend approaches the bridge

View to the right

Last stop - Princesa Cocina Cultura

That's a tight fit!

The sun is almost set

Balcony with no gap at toe area

Closer view of the table

A view of the cruise port

Towel going through it

Look! Terminal 2 in Tampa from our balcony

Lunch during our Champaign Lobster Catamaran cruise

The way to Paseo de la Princesa

Where the sheets are coming out

Inside view from the street of Catedral de San Juan Bautista

Getting closer the the "frog"

Stuffed Sweet Plantains With Corned Beef Croquettes

Washing Machine

Selfie on the River Walk

Looking out to the Atlantic Ocean at La Perla

El Convento - started as a Carmelite convent in 1651

Good morning Antigua

Getting ready to snorkel

Catedral Basilica Menor de San Juan Bautista

Other side of Fort Barrington

Another view of Fort Barrington

Newer balconies have the gap at the bottom

La Fortaleza in the back and the hanging PR flag

Red tinged water from the minerals around

An espresso shot

Walking along the wall down

The first Sargent major fish that wasn't camera shy

Walking along a street in Old San Juan

2 different pork dishes

Early Morning first Sea Day

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

Official residence of the Governor-General

Casa Alcaldía de San Juan

Reggie Medford - The man who created our sculptures

Passing more rocks

View from the beach

120,000 Years Ago

Sailing to Klein Bonaire for snorkeling

Bird of Paradise

Next stop - Hotel Plaza de Armas coffee bar

Starting our trip aboard the Siamese Sailing Junk

Closer view of the steaming stuff

Siamese Sailing Junk with sails down

Original brick pavers line the streets in Old San Juan

Second stop - Deaverdura

Different color whipped cream

Ladies dressing room for Main Theater

Closer view of Fort Barrington

a school of sargent majors

See the Caribbean Sea

Bananas curve up when growing!

Sharp looking stalactites

Pool where you can swim in the Sulphur Springs mud

Steep cliffs on the side of Andicuri Beach

Good morning Aruba!

In the last 120,000 years

Our excursion catamaran

Great Morning on a Sea Day

Fish Market Mosaic sidewalk art

Starting our UTV Excursion

Different rock formations everywhere

My guide to a school of sergent majors

Bastión de las Palmas de San José

A shack various fishermen use during their trips

The formation starts here

Looking out to sea on Andicuri Beach

Steaming volcanic plug

Fort Barrington in the distance

Here's the full picture

Historical architecture with the modern version

Hawksbill Rock...our "frog"

Down we go on the tram

Great stalactites

Bread and Cheese (Begonia obliqua)

My rock with his new turtle friend at St. Lucia

The ocean is powerful!

Entrance to Cave and land formation information

Brian snorkeling

The sand is all broken shells

NCL Dawn in St. Lucia

Wide view of the volcanic plug

It looks like a turtle opening it's jaws

Bronze statue of Catalino 'Tite' Curet Alonso

The cliff shows the erosion

The layers of minerals on the stalagmite

Random shacks for traveling fishermen

Entrance to Maranatha Gardens

Thunbergia vines

Close up of West Indian Jasmin

Fish swimming along the sandy bottom

Sunrise at Castries St. Lucia

Oil rig off the coast

Many new stalactites

Just 1 great view after another

Fuente de la Herencia de las Américas

Continuing to the Natural Bridge

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

Plaque at Harrison Cave Visitor Center entrance

Hey there little hermit crab!

Following the coast to the natural bridge

Heading out on our excursion

Close up view of a shell

Large school of sargent majors

One building left from 1600s battles

We're in the middle of the line of UTVs

Yellow building in the back is at the Natural Bridge

"My work here is done!"

Nice coast line

Entrance to the Natural Bridge

The captain of the junk

Stalagmites almost looking like a group of people hanging out together

Mountains in the distance

Our 2nd snorkel spot

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

Driving the Arashi Dunes

Looking back to port

Looking up to where the walk down started from

Sun starting to peak out

Overlooking Soufriere and the Pitons

Our first stop on our Food Tour - La Carreta

"For I know the plans..."

Rock view of Grand Cayman from the ship

St. Maarten - Good Morning!

Us on Andicuri Beach with the cliff behind us

The small beach under Baby Bridge

Sunrise colors stretching to the clouds

Getting very close to the fish

Good morning San Juan

One of a few harbor porpoises playing along side the ship

What is a karst?

Too hot to grow anything there

Sunrise with the sun camera filter

Looking out from St. John

Still wreaking havoc on the old broken bridge

Small vertical flowstone

How did Harrison Cave form?

A masked booby along side the NCL Dawn

Name of our boat - Filante

The minerals forming a flowstone

Always steaming

Barbados is not a volcanic island

This fish followed me EVERYWHERE!

Rock off of Shipstern Point

Info on Catalino 'Tite' Curet Alonso

Inside Alto Vista Chapel

A cluster of stalactites and a cluster of stalagmites

Us over looking Marigot Bay

Multi-million dollar house facing at oil rig

Heading back to port

Cliff Wall Vegetation Zone Info

Some of the drive was on paved roads

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

Heading to Alto Vista Chapel

Chenille plants along the path

Lines in the sand from the waves

The ocean is eroding the land

Nice coral and a rock with fish around the rock

Pier at L'Anse la Raye

Erosion in progress

Looking inland...nice scenery

The bay at Castries looking at the NCL Dawn

Driving right along...

It's all about water...

Cool looking plant

Up close with a Thunbergia vines

Another 1600s building

Looking at Arashi Bay

Neat small plant

Belly view of Green-throated Carib

Heading to the California Lighthouse

Passing Andicuri Beach

A spring flowing through the caves

California Lighthouse

Spectacular crashing waves

Alto Vista Chapel front

Looks like a face

The power of the ocean!

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

Many stalactites still forming today

See the drops on the stalactites?

Close up of a chenille plant

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

Spout of water flowing out

"But He was pierced for..."

Left side of the beach

Follow me...this way!

Sea Day sunrise rock

Different types of coral

Full view of La Perla

Different cacti growing around here

Where we are first snorkeling

Overlooking Andicuri Beach

Look how large the area is

Today's driver is Erica

Very nasty smelling...Sulphur

Micro view of seaweed

Alto Vista Chapel information

Bubbling spring

Us on the beach

Where the sandy area drops down deeper

Different view of Plaza de la Barandilla

Looking out on the beach at Anse La Raye

Part of the original fort

Great orange color!

Heading to the coast

A fish near the coral rock

Different types of speleothems

Steam running through the caves

You can see the thickness of the fort wall

Nice white cockatoos hanging around

Sunrise view out of the side window

Side of Alto Vista Chapel

A "frog" in the distance

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

Marigot Bay, St. Lucia

Looking off the side of the pier

Such blue waters!

Rainy morning sea day with a masked booby

Pink glow on my guide

"Walk in the ways..."

Green-throated Carib

Driving right along

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

The moon ending day 7 of our cruise

Wearing the required head gear to go into the cave

This is on the back of the chapel

micro view of coral

"Who you looking at?"

The type of tree the "Awesome Tree" is

Vegetation wall

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