On we go! | 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

Hawksbill Turtle Info

The 5-inch 38 caliber gun

Swimming under a platform for workers

Our towel animal menagerie

The end of the body of the female stingray

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

Coming back to the ship

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

Smiley the Crocodile

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

See how they flaps their sides to move

This group of turtles are around 20 yrs old

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

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

Cayman Crocodile Exhibit

Rules for touching the turtles

Are those lava rocks?

Life of a Hawksbill Turtle

Zoomed in...there it is Marriott Water Street

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

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

Sunrise on Day 14

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

Average age of these turtles is 30 yrs old

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

Front view of the NCL Dawn

Display of how an incubator is set up

Starboard side of the ship toward aft

Our squid to feed the stingrays

Gentle creature

Long tails are male, short tails are female

Exploring the stairs

Isn't she cute!

Going through Hillsborough Bay

Hawksbill Turtle size

Leaving Tampa Bay

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

Getting closer!

Life of a Loggerhead Turtle

Life of a Green Turtle

Sunrise looking forward Day 14

Rock and Turtle enjoying the view

View as we start leaving looking forward

Eyes on the top

Just a relaxing view to start a relaxing vacation

The purple lights on the bridge look perfect with the sunset

Hatchery Statue

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

Other view of the engine room from the catwalks.

Green Turtle Facts

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

Right under me!

Coming through!

Brian in our Living Room

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

washy washy your laundry

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

The orange rays are disappearing

SS American Victory

Size of an adult Green Turtle

Port side towards aft

Tech staff for Main Theater

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

Chef talking to us about what happens here daily

Towel folding machine

Erica is taking aim...

Galley continues

Full side view of the ship

Sun setting as we get closer to the bridge

Cute sign on the bottom of the main sign

The sign says it all!

A lot of food being prepared

Brian enjoying the view

Sorted my cast member

View to the left

Talking about baking pastries

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

Brilliant orange sky!

Wonderful sunset colors!

Mid-ship facing forward

Carnival Legend going under the bridge

Cool lights on the bridge

Men dressing room for Main Theater

Historical stage at the restaurant

Another "oil painting" filter picture

Simple platter of pulled pork, rice, and beans

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

One day's worth of bread

Erica the Turtle!

Walking through the galley

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

Towel going through it

A view of the cruise port

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

Walking along a street in Old San Juan

An espresso shot

Walking along the wall down

The first Sargent major fish that wasn't camera shy

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

120,000 Years Ago

View from the beach

Next stop - Hotel Plaza de Armas coffee bar

Sailing to Klein Bonaire for snorkeling

Bird of Paradise

Starting our trip aboard the Siamese Sailing Junk

Ladies dressing room for Main Theater

Different color whipped cream

Siamese Sailing Junk with sails down

Closer view of the steaming stuff

Second stop - Deaverdura

Original brick pavers line the streets in Old San Juan

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

Good morning Aruba!

Steep cliffs on the side of Andicuri Beach

In the last 120,000 years

Our excursion catamaran

Great Morning on a Sea Day

Bastión de las Palmas de San José

Fish Market Mosaic sidewalk art

Starting our UTV Excursion

Different rock formations everywhere

A shack various fishermen use during their trips

My guide to a school of sergent majors

Looking out to sea on Andicuri Beach

The formation starts here

Fort Barrington in the distance

Here's the full picture

Steaming volcanic plug

Hawksbill Rock...our "frog"

Historical architecture with the modern version

Great stalactites

Bread and Cheese (Begonia obliqua)

Down we go on the tram

My rock with his new turtle friend at St. Lucia

The ocean is powerful!

Brian snorkeling

Entrance to Cave and land formation information

The sand is all broken shells

NCL Dawn in St. Lucia

Wide view of the volcanic plug

The layers of minerals on the stalagmite

It looks like a turtle opening it's jaws

Entrance to Maranatha Gardens

Bronze statue of Catalino 'Tite' Curet Alonso

Random shacks for traveling fishermen

The cliff shows the erosion

Close up of West Indian Jasmin

Fish swimming along the sandy bottom

Thunbergia vines

Sunrise at Castries St. Lucia

Oil rig off the coast

Many new stalactites

Just 1 great view after another

Continuing to the Natural Bridge

Fuente de la Herencia de las Américas

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

Close up view of a shell

Heading out on our excursion

Large school of sargent majors

"My work here is done!"

One building left from 1600s battles

Yellow building in the back is at the Natural Bridge

Nice coast line

We're in the middle of the line of UTVs

The captain of the junk

Stalagmites almost looking like a group of people hanging out together

Mountains in the distance

Entrance to the Natural Bridge

Our 2nd snorkel spot

Looking back to port

Sun starting to peak out

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

Driving the Arashi Dunes

Overlooking Soufriere and the Pitons

Looking up to where the walk down started from

Our first stop on our Food Tour - La Carreta

Rock view of Grand Cayman from the ship

St. Maarten - Good Morning!

"For I know the plans..."

Us on Andicuri Beach with the cliff behind us

The small beach under Baby Bridge

Getting very close to the fish

Sunrise colors stretching to the clouds

What is a karst?

Too hot to grow anything there

Good morning San Juan

Sunrise with the sun camera filter

One of a few harbor porpoises playing along side the ship

Looking out from St. John

Still wreaking havoc on the old broken bridge

How did Harrison Cave form?

Small vertical flowstone

A masked booby along side the NCL Dawn

Name of our boat - Filante

Barbados is not a volcanic island

The minerals forming a flowstone

Always steaming

This fish followed me EVERYWHERE!

Rock off of Shipstern Point

Inside Alto Vista Chapel

Multi-million dollar house facing at oil rig

Info on Catalino 'Tite' Curet Alonso

A cluster of stalactites and a cluster of stalagmites

Us over looking Marigot Bay

Heading back to port

Cliff Wall Vegetation Zone Info

Some of the drive was on paved roads

Chenille plants along the path

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

Heading to Alto Vista Chapel

Nice coral and a rock with fish around the rock

The ocean is eroding the land

Lines in the sand from the waves

Pier at L'Anse la Raye

Erosion in progress

Looking inland...nice scenery

Driving right along...

It's all about water...

The bay at Castries looking at the NCL Dawn

Up close with a Thunbergia vines

Cool looking plant

Looking at Arashi Bay

Another 1600s building

Neat small plant

Belly view of Green-throated Carib

Heading to the California Lighthouse

California Lighthouse

Passing Andicuri Beach

Alto Vista Chapel front

A spring flowing through the caves

Spectacular crashing waves

The power of the ocean!

Many stalactites still forming today

See the drops on the stalactites?

Close up of a chenille plant

Looks like a face

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

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

Spout of water flowing out

"But He was pierced for..."

Sea Day sunrise rock

Left side of the beach

Follow me...this way!

Different types of coral

Full view of La Perla

Today's driver is Erica

Different cacti growing around here

Where we are first snorkeling

Overlooking Andicuri Beach

Look how large the area is

Bubbling spring

Micro view of seaweed

Alto Vista Chapel information

Very nasty smelling...Sulphur

Us on the beach

Looking out on the beach at Anse La Raye

Where the sandy area drops down deeper

Different view of Plaza de la Barandilla

Great orange color!

Part of the original fort

Heading to the coast

A fish near the coral rock

Different types of speleothems

Nice white cockatoos hanging around

Steam running through the caves

You can see the thickness of the fort wall

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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