Starting our UTV Excursion | Bigkitty Gallery

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We drove around Aruba to see the coast line, the Alto Vista chapel, the Natural Bridge, and Lighthouse.

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.

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

Hawksbill Turtle Info

Our towel animal menagerie

Swimming under a platform for workers

The 5-inch 38 caliber gun

The end of the body of the female stingray

Answers to the questions

Coming back to the ship

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

Headed out to Stingray City

Touching the stingray

Passing by Brian

Another Hatchery Statue

Physiology of the turtles

Starting a Tuna tartar appetizer

Breeding Pond Info

Gently gliding along

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

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

Rules for touching the turtles

Smiley the Crocodile

Life of a Hawksbill Turtle

Zoomed in...there it is Marriott Water Street

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

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

This group of turtles are around 20 yrs old

Are those lava rocks?

Conservation of the turtles

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

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

Sunrise on Day 14

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

Average age of these turtles is 30 yrs old

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

Gentle creature

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

Display of how an incubator is set up

Starboard side of the ship toward aft

Long tails are male, short tails are female

Life of a Loggerhead Turtle

Hawksbill Turtle size

Exploring the stairs

Isn't she cute!

Front view of the NCL Dawn

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

Sunrise looking forward Day 14

Going through Hillsborough Bay

Eyes on the top

View as we start leaving looking forward

The boat we used to get to Stingray City

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!

Loggerhead Turtle Info

Hatchery Statue

Here comes another

More black spiky rocks!

Just a relaxing view to start a relaxing vacation

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

The purple lights on the bridge look perfect with the sunset

The origin of the name of this town

Right under me!

Other view of the engine room from the catwalks.

Almost fully through

Coming through!

Brian in our Living Room

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

Photos to help explain previous picture

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

Soft smooth skin

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

One side of the engine room

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

Carnival Paradise leaving the Tampa Port

Wonderful blending of color from day to night

Good view of the male above the other 2 turtles

All 3 modes of transportation in 1 picture

A cup of garbanzada, a traditional Puerto Rican chickpea stew

It was cool being able to sit there!

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

Slightly younger turtles...under 20 yrs old.

Info about the ship

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

The orange rays are disappearing

Lining up between the markers

Size of an adult Green Turtle

View from behind the wheel

washy washy your laundry

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

Port side towards aft

Tech staff for Main Theater

Turtle Hatchlings Experiment

See I can smile!

Erica is taking aim...

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

The sign says it all!

SS American Victory

Full side view of the ship

Electrical room

Slight side view from mid-ship

Cute sign on the bottom of the main sign

Sun setting as we get closer to the bridge

Our beverage had mint and lime in it

Standing mid-ship

Galley continues

Chef talking to us about what happens here daily

Towel folding machine

Under the bridge

Gentle touches, but NO kisses

Brian enjoying the view

A lot of food being prepared

Talking about baking pastries

Sorted my cast member

View to the left

What is cooking?

Refridgerated storage

Carnival Legend going under the bridge

Sunshine Skyway Bridge at dusk

Zoomed in to capture the orange hues

Mid-ship facing forward

Another version of the view from the balcony

Wonderful sunset colors!

Men dressing room for Main Theater

Brilliant orange sky!

Panoramic View of Hillsborough Bay

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

One day's worth of bread

Simple platter of pulled pork, rice, and beans

Most of the costumes

Zoomed in view as the Carnival Legend approaches the bridge

Sunsetting on San Juan

Walking through the galley

Looking back through our wing wall

View to the right

Erica the Turtle!

The sun is almost set

Chocolate Martini at the Chocobar

Closer view of the table

Making desserts

Towel going through it

Our tour guide sharing history of the plaza

A view of the cruise port

Where the sheets are coming out

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

Look! Terminal 2 in Tampa from our balcony

Washing Machine

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

Getting ready to snorkel

Other side of Fort Barrington

La Fortaleza in the back and the hanging PR flag

Good morning Antigua

Another view of Fort Barrington

Walking along a street in Old San Juan

Walking along the wall down

Newer balconies have the gap at the bottom

The first Sargent major fish that wasn't camera shy

Red tinged water from the minerals around

2 different pork dishes

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

Early Morning first Sea Day

Casa Alcaldía de San Juan

Passing more rocks

Official residence of the Governor-General

Different color whipped cream

Ladies dressing room for Main Theater

Next stop - Hotel Plaza de Armas coffee bar

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

Bird of Paradise

Bananas curve up when growing!

120,000 Years Ago

a school of sargent majors

Sharp looking stalactites

Sailing to Klein Bonaire for snorkeling

Closer view of the steaming stuff

See the Caribbean Sea

Original brick pavers line the streets in Old San Juan

Great Morning on a Sea Day

Pool where you can swim in the Sulphur Springs mud

Good morning Aruba!

Starting our UTV Excursion

Our excursion catamaran

In the last 120,000 years

Steep cliffs on the side of Andicuri Beach

Fish Market Mosaic sidewalk art

Different rock formations everywhere

Hawksbill Rock...our "frog"

Bastión de las Palmas de San José

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

Entrance to Cave and land formation information

Historical architecture with the modern version

The ocean is powerful!

The formation starts here

Steaming volcanic plug

Fish swimming along the sandy bottom

Down we go on the tram

It looks like a turtle opening it's jaws

The sand is all broken shells

The cliff shows the erosion

Heading out on our excursion

NCL Dawn in St. Lucia

Random shacks for traveling fishermen

Great stalactites

Brian snorkeling

Thunbergia vines

Entrance to the Natural Bridge

Plaque at Harrison Cave Visitor Center entrance

Sunrise at Castries St. Lucia

Close up of West Indian Jasmin

Bronze statue of Catalino 'Tite' Curet Alonso

Many new stalactites

Entrance to Maranatha Gardens

Continuing to the Natural Bridge

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

Mountains in the distance

Rock view of Grand Cayman from the ship

The layers of minerals on the stalagmite

"My work here is done!"

Large school of sargent majors

Just 1 great view after another

Oil rig off the coast

Fuente de la Herencia de las Américas

Sun starting to peak out

Following the coast to the natural bridge

Looking up to where the walk down started from

The captain of the junk

One building left from 1600s battles

Too hot to grow anything there

Driving the Arashi Dunes

Getting very close to the fish

Hey there little hermit crab!

Yellow building in the back is at the Natural Bridge

Our 2nd snorkel spot

We're in the middle of the line of UTVs

Overlooking Soufriere and the Pitons

Close up view of a shell

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

Stalagmites almost looking like a group of people hanging out together

Our first stop on our Food Tour - La Carreta

Sunrise colors stretching to the clouds

Nice coast line

One of a few harbor porpoises playing along side the ship

What is a karst?

Us on Andicuri Beach with the cliff behind us

The small beach under Baby Bridge

St. Maarten - Good Morning!

Sunrise with the sun camera filter

"For I know the plans..."

Looking out from St. John

The ocean is eroding the land

Good morning San Juan

Looking back to port

Inside Alto Vista Chapel

How did Harrison Cave form?

Name of our boat - Filante

Still wreaking havoc on the old broken bridge

Rock off of Shipstern Point

This fish followed me EVERYWHERE!

Lines in the sand from the waves

Nice coral and a rock with fish around the rock

Small vertical flowstone

Pier at L'Anse la Raye

Always steaming

Barbados is not a volcanic island

Info on Catalino 'Tite' Curet Alonso

Erosion in progress

A masked booby along side the NCL Dawn

Chenille plants along the path

Heading back to port

Cliff Wall Vegetation Zone Info

Us over looking Marigot Bay

Multi-million dollar house facing at oil rig

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

Heading to Alto Vista Chapel

It's all about water...

The minerals forming a flowstone

Some of the drive was on paved roads

Another 1600s building

Driving right along...

Cool looking plant

Looking inland...nice scenery

A cluster of stalactites and a cluster of stalagmites

Neat small plant

The power of the ocean!

Alto Vista Chapel front

Today's driver is Erica

Heading to the California Lighthouse

The bay at Castries looking at the NCL Dawn

Close up of a chenille plant

Belly view of Green-throated Carib

Sea Day sunrise rock

California Lighthouse

Looking at Arashi Bay

Up close with a Thunbergia vines

Passing Andicuri Beach

Spectacular crashing waves

Look how large the area is

Different cacti growing around here

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

A spring flowing through the caves

"But He was pierced for..."

Looks like a face

Different view of Plaza de la Barandilla

Follow me...this way!

Different types of coral

See the drops on the stalactites?

Overlooking Andicuri Beach

Spout of water flowing out

Full view of La Perla

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

Many stalactites still forming today

Bubbling spring

Where we are first snorkeling

Heading to the coast

Left side of the beach

Where the sandy area drops down deeper

A fish near the coral rock

You can see the thickness of the fort wall

Side of Alto Vista Chapel

Part of the original fort

Great orange color!

Very nasty smelling...Sulphur

Looking out on the beach at Anse La Raye

A "frog" in the distance

Micro view of seaweed

Us on the beach

Steam running through the caves

Nice white cockatoos hanging around

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

Such blue waters!

Marigot Bay, St. Lucia

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

Rainy morning sea day with a masked booby

Looking off the side of the pier

Green-throated Carib

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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