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

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Yellow building in the back is at the Natural Bridge

Where the sandy area drops down deeper

What is a karst?

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

Vegetation wall

Us on the beach

Us on Andicuri Beach with the cliff behind us

Turtles in the Breeding Pond

Turtle Hatchlings Experiment

Touching the stingray

Today's driver is Erica

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

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

This is on the back of the chapel

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

This group of turtles are around 20 yrs old

This fish followed me EVERYWHERE!

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

The type of tree the "Awesome Tree" is

The small beach under Baby Bridge

The sign says it all!

The power of the ocean!

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

The origin of the name of this town

The ocean is powerful!

The ocean is eroding the land

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 end of the body of the female stingray

The cliff shows the erosion

The captain of the junk

The boat we used to get to Stingray City

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

Swimming under a platform for workers

Sunrise with the sun camera filter

Sunrise view out of the side window

Sunrise colors stretching to the clouds

Sun starting to peak out

Such blue waters!

Still wreaking havoc on the old broken bridge

Steep cliffs on the side of Andicuri Beach

Steam running through the caves

Starting our UTV Excursion

Starting our trip aboard the Siamese Sailing Junk

Stalagmites almost looking like a group of people hanging out together

Spout of water flowing out

Spectacular crashing waves

Some of the drive was on paved roads

Soft smooth skin

Smiley the Crocodile

Small vertical flowstone

Slightly younger turtles...under 20 yrs old.

Size of an adult Green Turtle

Side of Alto Vista Chapel

Siamese Sailing Junk with sails down

Sharp looking stalactites

See the drops on the stalactites?

See I can smile!

See how they flaps their sides to move

Sea Day sunrise rock

Sailing to Klein Bonaire for snorkeling

Rules for touching the turtles

Rock view of Grand Cayman from the ship

Right under me!

Reggie Medford - The man who created our sculptures

Random shacks for traveling fishermen

Rainy morning sea day with a masked booby

Plaque at Harrison Cave Visitor Center entrance

Pink glow on my guide

Physiology of the turtles

Photos to help explain previous picture

Passing by Brian

Passing Andicuri Beach

Overlooking Andicuri Beach

Our squid to feed the stingrays

One of a few harbor porpoises playing along side the ship

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

Nice coral and a rock with fish around the rock

My guide to a school of sergent majors

More black spiky rocks!

Micro view of seaweed

micro view of coral

Many stalactites still forming today

Many new stalactites

Lots of turtles in the Breeding Pond!

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

Looking out to sea on Andicuri Beach

Looking inland...nice scenery

Looking at Arashi Bay

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

Long tails are male, short tails are female

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

Loggerhead Turtle size

Loggerhead Turtle Info

Lines in the sand from the waves

Life of a Loggerhead Turtle

Life of a Kemp's Ridley Turtle

Life of a Hawksbill Turtle

Life of a Green Turtle

Less than 1 million years ago

Left side of the beach

Large school of sargent majors

It's all about water...

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

Isn't she cute!

Inside Alto Vista Chapel

In the last 120,000 years

I love the "smile" the ship has

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

How did Harrison Cave form?

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

Heritage of the turtles

Here comes another

Heading to the coast

Heading to the California Lighthouse

Heading to Alto Vista Chapel

Headed out to Stingray City

He's bringing over one to eat our squid

Hawksbill Turtle size

Hawksbill Turtle Info

Hatchery Statue

Green Turtle Facts

Great stalactites

Great orange color!

Great Morning on a Sea Day

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

Good view of the male above the other 2 turtles

Good morning Aruba!

Getting very close to the fish

Getting up close with a Stingray that's about 40 yrs old

Getting ready to snorkel

Gently gliding along

Gentle touches, but NO kisses

Gentle creature

Following the coast to the natural bridge

Follow me...this way!

Fish swimming along the sandy bottom

Eyes on the top

Exploring the stairs

Erosion in progress

Entrance to the Natural Bridge

Entrance to Cave and land formation information

Early Morning first Sea Day

Driving the Arashi Dunes

Driving right along...

Driving right along

Down we go on the tram

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

Display of how an incubator is set up

Different types of speleothems

Different types of coral

Different rock formations everywhere

Different cacti growing around here

Cute sign on the bottom of the main sign

Crocodile questions

Continuing to the Natural Bridge

Conservation of the turtles

Coming through!

Coming back to the ship

Cliff Wall Vegetation Zone Info

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

Cayman Crocodile Exhibit

California Lighthouse

Brian snorkeling

Brian holding the stingray

Breeding Pond Info

Barbados is not a volcanic island

Average age of these turtles is 30 yrs old

Are those lava rocks?

Answers to the questions

Another Hatchery Statue

Alto Vista Chapel information

Alto Vista Chapel front

Almost a column

A spring flowing through the caves

A shack various fishermen use during their trips

a school of sargent majors

A masked booby along side the NCL Dawn

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

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

A fish near the coral rock

A cluster of stalactites and a cluster of stalagmites

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

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

120,000 Years Ago

"Who you looking at?"

"My work here is done!"

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

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