At the pier | Bigkitty Gallery

Created on: Tuesday 4 February 2020
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Albums: Vacations / 2020 NCL Dawn Southern Caribbean Cruise / Grand Cayman
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Selfie on the River Walk

Look! Terminal 2 in Tampa from our balcony

That's a tight fit!

The sun is almost set

View to the right

Zoomed in view as the Carnival Legend approaches the bridge

Erica the Turtle!

Looking back through our wing wall

Another "oil painting" filter picture

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

Cool lights on the bridge

Brilliant orange sky!

Zoomed in to capture the orange hues

Panoramic View of Hillsborough Bay

Wonderful sunset colors!

Mid-ship facing forward

Another version of the view from the balcony

Carnival Legend going under the bridge

Sunshine Skyway Bridge at dusk

Gentle touches, but NO kisses

View to the left

Under the bridge

Brian enjoying the view

Full side view of the ship

Sun setting as we get closer to the bridge

The sign says it all!

Cute sign on the bottom of the main sign

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

Standing mid-ship

Electrical room

Slight side view from mid-ship

Erica is taking aim...

See I can smile!

SS American Victory

Port side towards aft

View from behind the wheel

Turtle Hatchlings Experiment

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

Size of an adult Green Turtle

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

The orange rays are disappearing

Info about the ship

Lining up between the markers

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

Slightly younger turtles...under 20 yrs old.

All 3 modes of transportation in 1 picture

Good view of the male above the other 2 turtles

It was cool being able to sit there!

One side of the engine room

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

Wonderful blending of color from day to night

View from one of the 20mm caliber Oerlikon guns

Carnival Paradise leaving the Tampa Port

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

Brian in our Living Room

The Sunshine Skyway Bridge looks great in this light!

Soft smooth skin

Highest deck mid-ship view towards front

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

Photos to help explain previous picture

Coming through!

Right under me!

Almost fully through

Other view of the engine room from the catwalks.

The origin of the name of this town

More black spiky rocks!

The purple lights on the bridge look perfect with the sunset

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

Here comes another

Just a relaxing view to start a relaxing vacation

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

Loggerhead Turtle Info

Green Turtle Facts

Hatchery Statue

View as we start leaving looking forward

Getting closer!

Leaving Tampa Bay

The boat we used to get to Stingray City

Eyes on the top

Going through Hillsborough Bay

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

Isn't she cute!

Starboard side of the ship toward aft

Life of a Loggerhead Turtle

Front view of the NCL Dawn

Long tails are male, short tails are female

Exploring the stairs

Hawksbill Turtle size

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

Display of how an incubator is set up

Gentle creature

Life of a Green Turtle

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

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

Our squid to feed the stingrays

Average age of these turtles is 30 yrs old

Crocodile questions

View from our balcony

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

He's bringing over one to eat our squid

Heritage of the turtles

Loggerhead Turtle size

Are those lava rocks?

Conservation of the turtles

Lots of turtles in the Breeding Pond!

This group of turtles are around 20 yrs old

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

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

Smiley the Crocodile

Rules for touching the turtles

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

Life of a Hawksbill Turtle

Cayman Crocodile Exhibit

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

Breeding Pond Info

See how they flaps their sides to move

Life of a Kemp's Ridley Turtle

One of the 20mm caliber Oerlikon guns

Gently gliding along

Physiology of the turtles

Another Hatchery Statue

Passing by Brian

Headed out to Stingray City

Touching the stingray

Coming back to the ship

Answers to the questions

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

The end of the body of the female stingray

The 5-inch 38 caliber gun

Swimming under a platform for workers

Hawksbill Turtle Info

Now our adventure begins!

I love the "smile" the ship has

Brian holding the stingray

Turtles in the Breeding Pond

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

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