Following the coast to the natural bridge | Bigkitty Gallery

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Zoomed in...there it is Marriott Water Street

You can see the thickness of the fort wall

Yellow building in the back is at the Natural Bridge

Wondering elephant

Wide view of the volcanic plug

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

White Face Mountain in the distance

Where we are first snorkeling

Where the sheets are coming out

Where the sandy area drops down deeper

What is cooking?

What is a karst?

Welcome to downtown Lake Placid

Welcome sign to the info center

Wearing the required head gear to go into the cave

We're in the middle of the line of UTVs

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

washy washy your laundry

Washing Machine

Walking under the drop

Walking through the galley

Walking along the wall down

Walking along a street in Old San Juan

View towards where we were on the Backwater Adventure trip

View towards Atlantic Ocean Information

View of Atlantic Ocean from Harbour Town Lighthouse

View information about Daufuskie Island

View from the Conrad Fort Lauderdale

View from the beach

View from the beach

Very nasty smelling...Sulphur

Vegetation wall

Us over looking Marigot Bay

Us on the lighthouse

Us on the beach

Us on Andicuri Beach with the cliff behind us

Up close with a Thunbergia vines

Trying to get on my knees

Towel going through it

Towel folding machine

Too hot to grow anything there

Today's driver is Erica

Thunbergia vines

Thomson's Gazelle Info

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

This is on the back of the chapel

This fish followed me EVERYWHERE!

The World is melting

The World as warm Peanut Butter Ganache is poured on

The way to Paseo de la Princesa

The type of tree the "Awesome Tree" is

The small beach under Baby Bridge

The sand is all broken shells

The power of the ocean!

The ocean is powerful!

The ocean is eroding the land

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

The moon ending day 7 of our cruise

The minerals forming a flowstone

The layers of minerals on the stalagmite

The formation starts here

The first Sargent major fish that wasn't camera shy

The entrance to the mountain area

The elephants hanging out over here

The cliff shows the erosion

The captain of the junk

The bay at Castries looking at the NCL Dawn

Tech staff for Main Theater

Talking about baking pastries

Swimming back to climb out and do it again

Sunsetting on San Juan

Sunset on our last day of this cruise

Sunset leaving Curacao

Sunrise with the sun camera filter

Sunrise view out of the side window

Sunrise on Day 14

Sunrise looking forward Day 14

Sunrise colors stretching to the clouds

Sunrise at Castries St. Lucia

Sun starting to peak out

Such powerful water

Such blue waters!

Such a beautiful port

Stuffed Sweet Plantains With Corned Beef Croquettes

Still wreaking havoc on the old broken bridge

Steep cliffs on the side of Andicuri Beach

Steaming volcanic plug

Steam running through the caves

Starting to rise above the pool deck

Starting to fly in the iFly by Rip Cord

Starting our UTV Excursion

Starting our trip aboard the Siamese Sailing Junk

Starting a Tuna tartar appetizer

Stalagmites almost looking like a group of people hanging out together

St. Maarten - Good Morning!

Spout of water flowing out

Spectacular crashing waves

Sorted my cast member

Some of the drive was on paved roads

Small vertical flowstone

Simple platter of pulled pork, rice, and beans

Sign about how high the river flooded during Hurricane Irene

Side of Alto Vista Chapel

Siamese Sailing Junk with sails down

Sharp looking stalactites

Seeing more of Curacao from the port

See the drops on the stalactites?

See the Caribbean Sea

See how high we go

Second stop - Deaverdura

Sea Lion Information

Sea Day sunrise rock

Sailing to Klein Bonaire for snorkeling

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

Royal Caribbean Chef's Table - Scallop Carpaccio

Royal Caribbean Chef's Table - Roasted Branzino

Royal Caribbean Chef's Table - Maine Lobster Salad

Royal Caribbean Chef's Table - Grilled Filet Mignon

Rock view of Grand Cayman from the ship

Rock off of Shipstern Point

Rock and Turtle enjoying the view

Reggie Medford - The man who created our sculptures

Refridgerated storage

Red tinged water from the minerals around

Random shacks for traveling fishermen

Rainy morning sea day with a masked booby

Pool where you can swim in the Sulphur Springs mud

Pool deck during the day

Pool deck at night

Polar bear climbing up to flip backwards

Plaque at Harrison Cave Visitor Center entrance

Pink glow on my guide

Pier at L'Anse la Raye

Passing more rocks

Passing Andicuri Beach

Part of the original fort

Part of the Ausable River

Part of Plaza de la Barandilla

Panoramic view of Castries, St. Lucia

Overlooking Soufriere and the Pitons

Overlooking Andicuri Beach

Our towel animal menagerie

Our tour guide sharing history of the plaza

Our first stop on our Food Tour - La Carreta

Our excursion catamaran

Our beverage had mint and lime in it

Our 2nd snorkel spot

Other side of Fort Barrington

Other side of Curacao port

Ostrich with ant mounds in the background

Original bridge across the river

Original brick pavers line the streets in Old San Juan

One side of Coco Cay

One of the maps along the river

One of a few harbor porpoises playing along side the ship

One day's worth of bread

One building left from 1600s battles

Olympic Center from the 1980 games

Oil rig off the coast

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

Official residence of the Governor-General

Nile Lachwes Info

Nice white cockatoos hanging around

Nice coral and a rock with fish around the rock

Nice coast line

Next stop - Hotel Plaza de Armas coffee bar

Newer balconies have the gap at the bottom

Neat small plant

NCL Dawn in St. Lucia

Name of our boat - Filante

My rock with his new turtle friend at St. Lucia

My guide to a school of sergent majors

Multi-million dollar house facing at oil rig

Mountains in the distance

Most of the costumes

Morning from the ocean on Christmas day

Mix of Nile Lechwes and Thomson's Gazelles

Micro view of seaweed

micro view of coral

Men dressing room for Main Theater

Marigot Bay, St. Lucia

Many stalactites still forming today

Many new stalactites

Making desserts

Making a dressing for the Tuna Tartar appetizer

Main Entrance to Olympic Center

Lunch during our Champaign Lobster Catamaran cruise

Lounging brown bear

Looks like a face

Looking up to where the walk down started from

Looking over Lake Placid

Looking out to the Atlantic Ocean at La Perla

Looking out to sea on Andicuri Beach

Looking out on the beach at Anse La Raye

Looking out from St. John

Looking off the side of the pier

Looking inland...nice scenery

Looking down the walls

Looking back to port

Looking at Curacao

Looking at Arashi Bay

Look how the Odyssey glows at night

Look how large the area is

Look at his flip!

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

Lines in the sand from the waves

Less than 1 million years ago

Left side of the beach

Last stop - Princesa Cocina Cultura

Large school of sargent majors

Ladies dressing room for Main Theater

La Fortaleza in the back and the hanging PR flag

Just 1 great view after another

It's all about water...

It looks like a turtle opening it's jaws

It carved the valley with the raging waters

Inside view from the street of Catedral de San Juan Bautista

Inside the World is Valrhona Chocolate Mousse and Salted Caramel Gelato

Inside Alto Vista Chapel

Info on Catalino 'Tite' Curet Alonso

In the last 120,000 years

Human watching time

How did Harrison Cave form?

Hot steam venting through the volcanic plug

Historical stage at the restaurant

Historical architecture with the modern version

High Jump ramp used in the Olympics

Hey there little hermit crab!

Here's the full picture

Herd of Thomson's Gazelles

Heading to the coast

Heading to the California Lighthouse

Heading to Alto Vista Chapel

Heading out on our excursion

Heading back to port

He worked in the atrium

Hawksbill Rock...our "frog"

Harbour Town Lighthouse

Harbor Seal information

Green-throated Carib

Greater Kudu info

Great view of the mountains

Great stalactites

Great scratching post

Great orange color!

Great Morning on a Sea Day

Great Dead Tree saying

Good morning San Juan

Good morning Aruba!

Good morning Antigua

Going over to the other Addra Gazelles

Getting very close to the fish

Getting ready to snorkel

Getting closer the the "frog"

Getting a few tips

Galley continues

Full view of La Perla

Fuente de la Herencia de las Américas

Fringe-eared Oryx Info

Fringe-eared Oryx hanging out

Fraser Point Information board (entire board)

Fraser Info part 3

Fraser Info part 2

Fraser Info part 1

Fort Barrington in the distance

Formal night picture

Following the coast to the natural bridge

Follow me...this way!

Fish swimming along the sandy bottom

Fish Market Mosaic sidewalk art

First time on a Flow Rider

Erosion in progress

Erica talking about what we grill at home

Erica on the Flowrider

Erica got to help Chef JJ with one of his recipes

Entrance to the Natural Bridge

Entrance to Maranatha Gardens

Entrance to Coco Cay

Entrance to Cave and land formation information

Entering the Tampa Port

El Convento - started as a Carmelite convent in 1651

Early Morning first Sea Day

Driving the Arashi Dunes

Driving right along...

Driving right along

Down we go on the tram

Different view of Plaza de la Barandilla

Different types of speleothems

Different types of coral

Different rock formations everywhere

Different color whipped cream

Different cacti growing around here

Day 13th - The sun is rising from behind us

Daufuskie Island view

Couple of Greater Kudu

Cougar lounging

Cool looking plant

Continuing to the Natural Bridge

Closer view of the table

Closer view of the steaming stuff

Closer view of Fringe-ear Oryx

Closer view of Fort Barrington

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

Close up view of a shell

Close up of West Indian Jasmin

Close up of a chenille plant

Cliff Wall Vegetation Zone Info

Clearer view of the High Jump ramp

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

Chocolate Martini at the Chocobar

Chenille plants along the path

Chef talking to us about what happens here daily

Chef JJ Johnson

Catedral Basilica Menor de San Juan Bautista

Casa Alcaldía de San Juan

California Lighthouse

Bubbling spring

Bronze statue of Catalino 'Tite' Curet Alonso

Brian snorkeling

Bread and Cheese (Begonia obliqua)

Bird of Paradise

Bigger group of Greater Kudu

Belly view of Green-throated Carib

Beach area on the lake

Batting at the ball

Barbados is not a volcanic island

Bananas curve up when growing!

Balcony with no gap at toe area

Ausable River flowing under the bridge

Another view of Fort Barrington

Another 1600s building

Animals on the Safari ride p3

Animals on the Safari ride p2

Animals on the Safari ride p1

An espresso shot

Always steaming

Alto Vista Chapel information

Alto Vista Chapel front

Almost a column

Addra Gazelle info

Adding final touches to the food before serving it to everyone

A view of the cruise port

A tree behind our room...with a rainbow

A tree behind our room...in snowy weather

A tree behind our room...in foggy weather

A tree behind our room...in clear weather

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

A spring flowing through the caves

A shack various fishermen use during their trips

a school of sargent majors

A robin trying to welcome in Spring

A masked booby along side the NCL Dawn

A lot of food being prepared

A fish near the coral rock

A cup of garbanzada, a traditional Puerto Rican chickpea stew

A cluster of stalactites and a cluster of stalagmites

A "frog" in the distance

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

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

2 different pork dishes

1996 Great Floods information

120,000 Years Ago

"Who you looking at?"

"Walk in the ways..."

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

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

"Oh this sun is so hot!"

"My work here is done!"

"For I know the plans..."

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

"But He was pierced for..."

Bastión de las Palmas de San José

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