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The World as warm Peanut Butter Ganache is poured on

Sunset leaving Curacao

Morning from the ocean on Christmas day

Royal Caribbean Chef's Table - The World (before it melts) with a Salted Caramel Espresso Martini

Why we came on this cruise. Rest in Peace mom!

The World is melting

Inside the World is Valrhona Chocolate Mousse and Salted Caramel Gelato

Royal Caribbean Chef's Table - Grilled Filet Mignon

Royal Caribbean Chef's Table - Scallop Carpaccio

Royal Caribbean Chef's Table - Roasted Branzino

Walking under the drop

Royal Caribbean Chef's Table - Maine Lobster Salad

Trying to get on my knees

Look how the Odyssey glows at night

First time on a Flow Rider

Starting to rise above the pool deck

Seeing more of Curacao from the port

Pool deck during the day

Such a beautiful port

Looking at Curacao

Getting a few tips

Other side of Curacao port

Starting to fly in the iFly by Rip Cord

See how high we go

Entrance to Coco Cay

Closer look center to left is the Royal Caribbean Odyssey of the Seas

One side of Coco Cay

View from the Conrad Fort Lauderdale

Erica talking about what we grill at home

Chef JJ Johnson

Day 13th - The sun is rising from behind us

Adding final touches to the food before serving it to everyone

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.

Pool deck at night

Entering the Tampa Port

Sunset on our last day of this cruise

Making a dressing for the Tuna Tartar appetizer

Our towel animal menagerie

Starting a Tuna tartar appetizer

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

Zoomed in...there it is Marriott Water Street

Sunrise on Day 14

Rock and Turtle enjoying the view

Sunrise looking forward Day 14

A cup of garbanzada, a traditional Puerto Rican chickpea stew

washy washy your laundry

Sign about how high the river flooded during Hurricane Irene

The entrance to the mountain area

Tech staff for Main Theater

Our beverage had mint and lime in it

Galley continues

Chef talking to us about what happens here daily

Towel folding machine

White Face Mountain in the distance

A lot of food being prepared

Talking about baking pastries

Great Dead Tree saying

Sorted my cast member

What is cooking?

Refridgerated storage

It carved the valley with the raging waters

Men dressing room for Main Theater

Historical stage at the restaurant

Such powerful water

Ausable River flowing under the bridge

Beach area on the lake

Simple platter of pulled pork, rice, and beans

One day's worth of bread

Most of the costumes

One of the maps along the river

Walking through the galley

Our tour guide sharing history of the plaza

Sunsetting on San Juan

Making desserts

Chocolate Martini at the Chocobar

Olympic Center from the 1980 games

Towel going through it

Last stop - Princesa Cocina Cultura

Main Entrance to Olympic Center

A view of the cruise port

Closer view of the table

Lunch during our Champaign Lobster Catamaran cruise

Balcony with no gap at toe area

Where the sheets are coming out

The way to Paseo de la Princesa

Part of the Ausable River

A staircase to get to to the bottom of the gorge to the river

Inside view from the street of Catedral de San Juan Bautista

A tree behind our room...with a rainbow

Stuffed Sweet Plantains With Corned Beef Croquettes

1996 Great Floods information

Washing Machine

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

Getting ready to snorkel

Other side of Fort Barrington

Another view of Fort Barrington

Catedral Basilica Menor de San Juan Bautista

An espresso shot

La Fortaleza in the back and the hanging PR flag

Newer balconies have the gap at the bottom

Walking along the wall down

Original bridge across the river

Fraser Info part 3

Red tinged water from the minerals around

Walking along a street in Old San Juan

Looking over Lake Placid

The first Sargent major fish that wasn't camera shy

A tree behind our room...in clear weather

Great view of the mountains

2 different pork dishes

Early Morning first Sea Day

Casa Alcaldía de San Juan

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

Reggie Medford - The man who created our sculptures

Official residence of the Governor-General

Passing more rocks

Clearer view of the High Jump ramp

Next stop - Hotel Plaza de Armas coffee bar

Ladies dressing room for Main Theater

View from the beach

Bird of Paradise

Different color whipped cream

High Jump ramp used in the Olympics

Sailing to Klein Bonaire for snorkeling

A robin trying to welcome in Spring

Siamese Sailing Junk with sails down

120,000 Years Ago

Closer view of the steaming stuff

Closer view of Fort Barrington

Welcome to downtown Lake Placid

Starting our trip aboard the Siamese Sailing Junk

View from the beach

Second stop - Deaverdura

Bananas curve up when growing!

Sharp looking stalactites

Fraser Info part 2

View towards where we were on the Backwater Adventure trip

Original brick pavers line the streets in Old San Juan

a school of sargent majors

Harbour Town Lighthouse

See the Caribbean Sea

Pool where you can swim in the Sulphur Springs mud

Looking down the walls

Our excursion catamaran

Good morning Aruba!

Steep cliffs on the side of Andicuri Beach

In the last 120,000 years

Great Morning on a Sea Day

Starting our UTV Excursion

A shack various fishermen use during their trips

Here's the full picture

Bastión de las Palmas de San José

Different rock formations everywhere

Fish Market Mosaic sidewalk art

Looking out to sea on Andicuri Beach

The formation starts here

Bread and Cheese (Begonia obliqua)

Fort Barrington in the distance

Hawksbill Rock...our "frog"

Entrance to Cave and land formation information

Historical architecture with the modern version

Down we go on the tram

Wide view of the volcanic plug

My guide to a school of sergent majors

Steaming volcanic plug

My rock with his new turtle friend at St. Lucia

Great stalactites

View of Atlantic Ocean from Harbour Town Lighthouse

The elephants hanging out over here

The sand is all broken shells

The ocean is powerful!

Fish swimming along the sandy bottom

Polar bear climbing up to flip backwards

Brian snorkeling

NCL Dawn in St. Lucia

Bronze statue of Catalino 'Tite' Curet Alonso

A tree behind our room...in foggy weather

A tree behind our room...in snowy weather

Daufuskie Island view

It looks like a turtle opening it's jaws

Random shacks for traveling fishermen

Close up of West Indian Jasmin

The cliff shows the erosion

Thunbergia vines

The layers of minerals on the stalagmite

Entrance to Maranatha Gardens

Continuing to the Natural Bridge

Sunrise at Castries St. Lucia

Plaque at Harrison Cave Visitor Center entrance

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

Many new stalactites

Just 1 great view after another

Heading out on our excursion

Oil rig off the coast

Us on the lighthouse

Fuente de la Herencia de las Américas

One building left from 1600s battles

Entrance to the Natural Bridge

"My work here is done!"

Following the coast to the natural bridge

Large school of sargent majors

Hey there little hermit crab!

We're in the middle of the line of UTVs

Stalagmites almost looking like a group of people hanging out together

Mountains in the distance

Close up view of a shell

Our 2nd snorkel spot

View information about Daufuskie Island

Looking up to where the walk down started from

The captain of the junk

Rock view of Grand Cayman from the ship

Driving the Arashi Dunes

Overlooking Soufriere and the Pitons

Yellow building in the back is at the Natural Bridge

Sun starting to peak out

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

Looking back to port

Nice coast line

View towards Atlantic Ocean Information

Our first stop on our Food Tour - La Carreta

St. Maarten - Good Morning!

Sunrise with the sun camera filter

The small beach under Baby Bridge

Good morning San Juan

Getting very close to the fish

Addra Gazelle info

"For I know the plans..."

Too hot to grow anything there

Looking out from St. John

Sunrise colors stretching to the clouds

Us on Andicuri Beach with the cliff behind us

One of a few harbor porpoises playing along side the ship

What is a karst?

How did Harrison Cave form?

Fraser Info part 1

Going over to the other Addra Gazelles

Name of our boat - Filante

Small vertical flowstone

Fraser Point Information board (entire board)

Still wreaking havoc on the old broken bridge

Inside Alto Vista Chapel

Barbados is not a volcanic island

Always steaming

This fish followed me EVERYWHERE!

A masked booby along side the NCL Dawn

Heading back to port

The ocean is eroding the land

The minerals forming a flowstone

Us over looking Marigot Bay

Lines in the sand from the waves

Rock off of Shipstern Point

Info on Catalino 'Tite' Curet Alonso

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

A cluster of stalactites and a cluster of stalagmites

Multi-million dollar house facing at oil rig

Some of the drive was on paved roads

Cliff Wall Vegetation Zone Info

Pier at L'Anse la Raye

Nice coral and a rock with fish around the rock

Erosion in progress

Chenille plants along the path

Looking inland...nice scenery

Heading to Alto Vista Chapel

Driving right along...

It's all about water...

Cool looking plant

Neat small plant

The bay at Castries looking at the NCL Dawn

Another 1600s building

Alto Vista Chapel front

Swimming back to climb out and do it again

The power of the ocean!

Up close with a Thunbergia vines

Erica on the Flowrider

Looking at Arashi Bay

Close up of a chenille plant

Heading to the California Lighthouse

California Lighthouse

Belly view of Green-throated Carib

A spring flowing through the caves

Passing Andicuri Beach

Follow me...this way!

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

See the drops on the stalactites?

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

Many stalactites still forming today

Human watching time

Spectacular crashing waves

Spout of water flowing out

"But He was pierced for..."

Looks like a face

Sea Day sunrise rock

Today's driver is Erica

Different cacti growing around here

Where the sandy area drops down deeper

Different types of coral

Look how large the area is

Full view of La Perla

Left side of the beach

Overlooking Andicuri Beach

Where we are first snorkeling

Bubbling spring

Great orange color!

A fish near the coral rock

Very nasty smelling...Sulphur

Micro view of seaweed

Different view of Plaza de la Barandilla

You can see the thickness of the fort wall

Part of the original fort

Cougar lounging

Different types of speleothems

Looking out on the beach at Anse La Raye

Alto Vista Chapel information

Great scratching post

Heading to the coast

Us on the beach

Side of Alto Vista Chapel

Steam running through the caves

Nice white cockatoos hanging around

Fringe-eared Oryx hanging out

"So, do you have any questions about this Grassland area?" asks the Ostrich

A "frog" in the distance

Sunrise view out of the side window

Less than 1 million years ago

Almost a column

Panoramic view of Castries, St. Lucia

Thomson's Gazelle Info

Welcome sign to the info center

Part of Plaza de la Barandilla

Herd of Thomson's Gazelles

Formal night picture

Such blue waters!

Marigot Bay, St. Lucia

"Walk in the ways..."

Rainy morning sea day with a masked booby

Batting at the ball

The moon ending day 7 of our cruise

Looking off the side of the pier

Closer view of Fringe-ear Oryx

Driving right along

Pink glow on my guide

Green-throated Carib

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

Greater Kudu info

Animals on the Safari ride p2

Nile Lachwes Info

"Oh, a group of humans coming by me."

Fringe-eared Oryx Info

Animals on the Safari ride p3

"Oh this sun is so hot!"

Lounging brown bear

"Who you looking at?"

micro view of coral

Mix of Nile Lechwes and Thomson's Gazelles

Ostrich with ant mounds in the background

The type of tree the "Awesome Tree" is

Look at his flip!

Bigger group of Greater Kudu

Wondering elephant

Couple of Greater Kudu

Vegetation wall

Animals on the Safari ride p1

Harbor Seal information

Sea Lion Information

Hot steam venting through the volcanic plug

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