Some of the drive was on paved roads | Bigkitty Gallery

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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.

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

Swimming under a platform for workers

The 5-inch 38 caliber gun

Our towel animal menagerie

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

Touching the stingray

Headed out to Stingray City

Passing by Brian

Another Hatchery Statue

Starting a Tuna tartar appetizer

Physiology of the turtles

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

Life of a Kemp's Ridley Turtle

Gently gliding along

One of the 20mm caliber Oerlikon guns

Breeding Pond Info

See how they flaps their sides to move

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

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

Cayman Crocodile Exhibit

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

Smiley the Crocodile

Rules for touching the turtles

Life of a Hawksbill Turtle

This group of turtles are around 20 yrs old

Are those lava rocks?

Zoomed in...there it is Marriott Water Street

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

Conservation of the turtles

Lots of turtles in the Breeding Pond!

Loggerhead Turtle size

He's bringing over one to eat our squid

Heritage of the turtles

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

View from our balcony

Crocodile questions

Average age of these turtles is 30 yrs old

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

Our squid to feed the stingrays

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

Sunrise on Day 14

Life of a Green Turtle

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

Display of how an incubator is set up

Gentle creature

Long tails are male, short tails are female

Hawksbill Turtle size

Starboard side of the ship toward aft

Life of a Loggerhead Turtle

Front view of the NCL Dawn

Exploring the stairs

Isn't she cute!

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

Going through Hillsborough Bay

Rock and Turtle enjoying the view

Sunrise looking forward Day 14

Leaving Tampa Bay

Eyes on the top

The boat we used to get to Stingray City

Getting closer!

Green Turtle Facts

View as we start leaving looking forward

Hatchery Statue

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

Loggerhead Turtle Info

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

More black spiky rocks!

The origin of the name of this town

Here comes another

Other view of the engine room from the catwalks.

Photos to help explain previous picture

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

Almost fully through

Right under me!

Coming through!

Highest deck mid-ship view towards front

Soft smooth skin

Brian in our Living Room

The Sunshine Skyway Bridge looks great in this light!

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

Carnival Paradise leaving the Tampa Port

View from one of the 20mm caliber Oerlikon guns

A cup of garbanzada, a traditional Puerto Rican chickpea stew

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

It was cool being able to sit there!

Wonderful blending of color from day to night

One side of the engine room

Slightly younger turtles...under 20 yrs old.

Good view of the male above the other 2 turtles

All 3 modes of transportation in 1 picture

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

Info about the ship

Lining up between the markers

The orange rays are disappearing

washy washy your laundry

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

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

Size of an adult Green Turtle

Turtle Hatchlings Experiment

SS American Victory

View from behind the wheel

Tech staff for Main Theater

Port side towards aft

See I can smile!

Electrical room

Erica is taking aim...

Our beverage had mint and lime in it

Slight side view from mid-ship

The sign says it all!

Standing mid-ship

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

Cute sign on the bottom of the main sign

Sun setting as we get closer to the bridge

Full side view of the ship

Galley continues

Chef talking to us about what happens here daily

Towel folding machine

A lot of food being prepared

Brian enjoying the view

Talking about baking pastries

Under the bridge

Sorted my cast member

What is cooking?

View to the left

Gentle touches, but NO kisses

Refridgerated storage

Sunshine Skyway Bridge at dusk

Carnival Legend going under the bridge

Another version of the view from the balcony

Wonderful sunset colors!

Mid-ship facing forward

Men dressing room for Main Theater

Panoramic View of Hillsborough Bay

Zoomed in to capture the orange hues

Brilliant orange sky!

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

Simple platter of pulled pork, rice, and beans

One day's worth of bread

Most of the costumes

Sunsetting on San Juan

Looking back through our wing wall

Walking through the galley

Erica the Turtle!

Zoomed in view as the Carnival Legend approaches the bridge

Chocolate Martini at the Chocobar

View to the right

Making desserts

The sun is almost set

Our tour guide sharing history of the plaza

That's a tight fit!

Closer view of the table

Last stop - Princesa Cocina Cultura

Lunch during our Champaign Lobster Catamaran cruise

A view of the cruise port

Where the sheets are coming out

Towel going through it

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

Getting closer the the "frog"

Stuffed Sweet Plantains With Corned Beef Croquettes

Washing Machine

Selfie on the River Walk

El Convento - started as a Carmelite convent in 1651

Looking out to the Atlantic Ocean at La Perla

Getting ready to snorkel

Good morning Antigua

An espresso shot

Other side of Fort Barrington

Another view of Fort Barrington

Catedral Basilica Menor de San Juan Bautista

La Fortaleza in the back and the hanging PR flag

Newer balconies have the gap at the bottom

Walking along a street in Old San Juan

The first Sargent major fish that wasn't camera shy

Walking along the wall down

Red tinged water from the minerals around

2 different pork dishes

Official residence of the Governor-General

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

Reggie Medford - The man who created our sculptures

Early Morning first Sea Day

Casa Alcaldía de San Juan

Passing more rocks

Next stop - Hotel Plaza de Armas coffee bar

Siamese Sailing Junk with sails down

Different color whipped cream

Ladies dressing room for Main Theater

Bird of Paradise

View from the beach

Closer view of Fort Barrington

Starting our trip aboard the Siamese Sailing Junk

Sailing to Klein Bonaire for snorkeling

120,000 Years Ago

Closer view of the steaming stuff

Bananas curve up when growing!

Second stop - Deaverdura

a school of sargent majors

Sharp looking stalactites

Original brick pavers line the streets in Old San Juan

See the Caribbean Sea

Pool where you can swim in the Sulphur Springs mud

In the last 120,000 years

Good morning Aruba!

Our excursion catamaran

Steep cliffs on the side of Andicuri Beach

Great Morning on a Sea Day

Starting our UTV Excursion

Fish Market Mosaic sidewalk art

Hawksbill Rock...our "frog"

Bread and Cheese (Begonia obliqua)

Fort Barrington in the distance

Bastión de las Palmas de San José

Different rock formations everywhere

A shack various fishermen use during their trips

My rock with his new turtle friend at St. Lucia

Here's the full picture

Looking out to sea on Andicuri Beach

The formation starts here

Historical architecture with the modern version

My guide to a school of sergent majors

Down we go on the tram

Wide view of the volcanic plug

Entrance to Cave and land formation information

Great stalactites

The ocean is powerful!

Steaming volcanic plug

The sand is all broken shells

Fish swimming along the sandy bottom

NCL Dawn in St. Lucia

Thunbergia vines

Brian snorkeling

It looks like a turtle opening it's jaws

Bronze statue of Catalino 'Tite' Curet Alonso

Entrance to Maranatha Gardens

Random shacks for traveling fishermen

Many new stalactites

Close up of West Indian Jasmin

Plaque at Harrison Cave Visitor Center entrance

The layers of minerals on the stalagmite

Sunrise at Castries St. Lucia

Heading out on our excursion

The cliff shows the erosion

Continuing to the Natural Bridge

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

Oil rig off the coast

Just 1 great view after another

Entrance to the Natural Bridge

Fuente de la Herencia de las Américas

Embarkation Day

Large school of sargent majors

Mountains in the distance

One building left from 1600s battles

Following the coast to the natural bridge

"My work here is done!"

Sun starting to peak out

Hey there little hermit crab!

Our 2nd snorkel spot

The captain of the junk

Close up view of a shell

Rock view of Grand Cayman from the ship

We're in the middle of the line of UTVs

Stalagmites almost looking like a group of people hanging out together

Looking up to where the walk down started from

Nice coast line

Our first stop on our Food Tour - La Carreta

Yellow building in the back is at the Natural Bridge

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

Driving the Arashi Dunes

Overlooking Soufriere and the Pitons

Getting very close to the fish

Too hot to grow anything there

Good morning San Juan

Sunrise colors stretching to the clouds

"For I know the plans..."

Looking back to port

Sunrise with the sun camera filter

The small beach under Baby Bridge

What is a karst?

St. Maarten - Good Morning!

Us on Andicuri Beach with the cliff behind us

One of a few harbor porpoises playing along side the ship

Looking out from St. John

How did Harrison Cave form?

Name of our boat - Filante

The ocean is eroding the land

Barbados is not a volcanic island

Still wreaking havoc on the old broken bridge

Inside Alto Vista Chapel

Small vertical flowstone

This fish followed me EVERYWHERE!

A masked booby along side the NCL Dawn

Info on Catalino 'Tite' Curet Alonso

The minerals forming a flowstone

Lines in the sand from the waves

Nice coral and a rock with fish around the rock

Always steaming

Rock off of Shipstern Point

Us over looking Marigot Bay

Heading back to port

Cliff Wall Vegetation Zone Info

Pier at L'Anse la Raye

Chenille plants along the path

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

A cluster of stalactites and a cluster of stalagmites

Erosion in progress

Cool looking plant

Multi-million dollar house facing at oil rig

Heading to Alto Vista Chapel

Some of the drive was on paved roads

Neat small plant

It's all about water...

Another 1600s building

Driving right along...

The bay at Castries looking at the NCL Dawn

Looking inland...nice scenery

Belly view of Green-throated Carib

Heading to the California Lighthouse

Close up of a chenille plant

The power of the ocean!

California Lighthouse

Up close with a Thunbergia vines

Looking at Arashi Bay

Passing Andicuri Beach

Alto Vista Chapel front

A spring flowing through the caves

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

Today's driver is Erica

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

See the drops on the stalactites?

Sea Day sunrise rock

Follow me...this way!

"But He was pierced for..."

Looks like a face

Many stalactites still forming today

Spout of water flowing out

Spectacular crashing waves

Overlooking Andicuri Beach

Different types of coral

Full view of La Perla

Different view of Plaza de la Barandilla

Different cacti growing around here

Where the sandy area drops down deeper

A fish near the coral rock

Look how large the area is

Great orange color!

Bubbling spring

You can see the thickness of the fort wall

Part of the original fort

Left side of the beach

Heading to the coast

Micro view of seaweed

Where we are first snorkeling

Looking out on the beach at Anse La Raye

Very nasty smelling...Sulphur

Us on the beach

Alto Vista Chapel information

Nice white cockatoos hanging around

Different types of speleothems

Side of Alto Vista Chapel

Steam running through the caves

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

Welcome sign to the info center

Part of Plaza de la Barandilla

Such blue waters!

Rainy morning sea day with a masked booby

Marigot Bay, St. Lucia

Looking off the side of the pier

"Walk in the ways..."

The moon ending day 7 of our cruise

Green-throated Carib

Pink glow on my guide

Driving right along

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

micro view of coral

"Who you looking at?"

The type of tree the "Awesome Tree" is

Erica hugging Brian

Vegetation wall

Brian hugging Erica

Hot steam venting through the volcanic plug

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