My rock with his new turtle friend at St. Lucia | Bigkitty Gallery

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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 - Roasted Branzino

Walking under the drop

Royal Caribbean Chef's Table - Scallop Carpaccio

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

See how high we go

Starting to fly in the iFly by Rip Cord

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

He worked in the atrium

Erica got to help Chef JJ with one of his recipes

Pool deck at night

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

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

Sign about how high the river flooded during Hurricane Irene

washy washy your laundry

The entrance to the mountain area

Tech staff for Main Theater

Our beverage had mint and lime in it

White Face Mountain in the distance

Galley continues

Chef talking to us about what happens here daily

Towel folding machine

A lot of food being prepared

Talking about baking pastries

Sorted my cast member

Great Dead Tree saying

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

Simple platter of pulled pork, rice, and beans

Ausable River flowing under the bridge

One day's worth of bread

Beach area on the lake

One of the maps along the river

Most of the costumes

Sunsetting on San Juan

Walking through the galley

Chocolate Martini at the Chocobar

Olympic Center from the 1980 games

Making desserts

Our tour guide sharing history of the plaza

Closer view of the table

Main Entrance to Olympic Center

Last stop - Princesa Cocina Cultura

Lunch during our Champaign Lobster Catamaran cruise

A view of the cruise port

Towel going through it

Where the sheets are coming out

Balcony with no gap at toe area

The way to Paseo de la Princesa

Part of the Ausable River

Inside view from the street of Catedral de San Juan Bautista

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

A tree behind our room...with a rainbow

Getting closer the the "frog"

Stuffed Sweet Plantains With Corned Beef Croquettes

Washing Machine

1996 Great Floods information

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

Newer balconies have the gap at the bottom

La Fortaleza in the back and the hanging PR flag

Walking along a street in Old San Juan

Looking over Lake Placid

The first Sargent major fish that wasn't camera shy

Walking along the wall down

Original bridge across the river

Red tinged water from the minerals around

Fraser Info part 3

2 different pork dishes

A tree behind our room...in clear weather

Official residence of the Governor-General

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

Reggie Medford - The man who created our sculptures

Great view of the mountains

Early Morning first Sea Day

Casa Alcaldía de San Juan

Clearer view of the High Jump ramp

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

Closer view of Fort Barrington

High Jump ramp used in the Olympics

View from the beach

Starting our trip aboard the Siamese Sailing Junk

Sailing to Klein Bonaire for snorkeling

A robin trying to welcome in Spring

120,000 Years Ago

Bananas curve up when growing!

Second stop - Deaverdura

Welcome to downtown Lake Placid

Closer view of the steaming stuff

Sharp looking stalactites

View from the beach

a school of sargent majors

Original brick pavers line the streets in Old San Juan

View towards where we were on the Backwater Adventure trip

Fraser Info part 2

See the Caribbean Sea

Harbour Town Lighthouse

Pool where you can swim in the Sulphur Springs mud

Looking down the walls

In the last 120,000 years

Our excursion catamaran

Steep cliffs on the side of Andicuri Beach

Great Morning on a Sea Day

Good morning Aruba!

Starting our UTV Excursion

Fish Market Mosaic sidewalk art

Hawksbill Rock...our "frog"

Bread and Cheese (Begonia obliqua)

Bastión de las Palmas de San José

A shack various fishermen use during their trips

Fort Barrington in the distance

Different rock formations everywhere

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 sand is all broken shells

The ocean is powerful!

Fish swimming along the sandy bottom

Steaming volcanic plug

NCL Dawn in St. Lucia

A tree behind our room...in foggy weather

Brian snorkeling

View of Atlantic Ocean from Harbour Town Lighthouse

Thunbergia vines

It looks like a turtle opening it's jaws

Bronze statue of Catalino 'Tite' Curet Alonso

A tree behind our room...in snowy weather

Entrance to Maranatha Gardens

Random shacks for traveling fishermen

Close up of West Indian Jasmin

Plaque at Harrison Cave Visitor Center entrance

The layers of minerals on the stalagmite

Many new stalactites

Sunrise at Castries St. Lucia

Daufuskie Island view

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

Large school of sargent majors

One building left from 1600s battles

Mountains in the distance

"My work here is done!"

Us on the lighthouse

Hey there little hermit crab!

Following the coast to the natural bridge

View information about Daufuskie Island

The captain of the junk

Close up view of a shell

Our 2nd snorkel spot

Sun starting to peak out

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

Yellow building in the back is at the Natural Bridge

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

Our first stop on our Food Tour - La Carreta

Driving the Arashi Dunes

Overlooking Soufriere and the Pitons

Too hot to grow anything there

View towards Atlantic Ocean Information

Getting very close to the fish

"For I know the plans..."

Good morning San Juan

What is a karst?

Looking back to port

St. Maarten - Good Morning!

Sunrise with the sun camera filter

Sunrise colors stretching to the clouds

Us on Andicuri Beach with the cliff behind us

The small beach under Baby Bridge

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

Fraser Info part 1

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

The minerals forming a flowstone

Info on Catalino 'Tite' Curet Alonso

Nice coral and a rock with fish around the rock

Always steaming

Fraser Point Information board (entire board)

Rock off of Shipstern Point

Heading back to port

Lines in the sand from the waves

Us over looking Marigot Bay

Cliff Wall Vegetation Zone Info

Pier at L'Anse la Raye

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

A cluster of stalactites and a cluster of stalagmites

Chenille plants along the path

Erosion in progress

Cool looking plant

Multi-million dollar house facing at oil rig

Some of the drive was on paved roads

Heading to Alto Vista Chapel

Neat small plant

It's all about water...

Driving right along...

Another 1600s building

Looking inland...nice scenery

The bay at Castries looking at the NCL Dawn

Belly view of Green-throated Carib

Heading to the California Lighthouse

Close up of a chenille plant

Erica on the Flowrider

The power of the ocean!

California Lighthouse

Up close with a Thunbergia vines

Alto Vista Chapel front

Looking at Arashi Bay

Passing Andicuri Beach

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

A spring flowing through the caves

See the drops on the stalactites?

Sea Day sunrise rock

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

Today's driver is Erica

"But He was pierced for..."

Follow me...this way!

Many stalactites still forming today

Spout of water flowing out

Looks like a face

Spectacular crashing waves

Overlooking Andicuri Beach

Different types of coral

Full view of La Perla

Where the sandy area drops down deeper

Different view of Plaza de la Barandilla

Different cacti growing around here

A fish near the coral rock

Look how large the area is

Great orange color!

Part of the original fort

Left side of the beach

Bubbling spring

You can see the thickness of the fort wall

Micro view of seaweed

Heading to the coast

Where we are first snorkeling

Very nasty smelling...Sulphur

Looking out on the beach at Anse La Raye

Us on the beach

Alto Vista Chapel information

Nice white cockatoos hanging around

Different types of speleothems

Steam running through the caves

Side of Alto Vista Chapel

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

Formal night picture

Such blue waters!

Marigot Bay, St. Lucia

Rainy morning sea day with a masked booby

Looking off the side of the pier

The moon ending day 7 of our cruise

"Walk in the ways..."

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

Vegetation wall

Hot steam venting through the volcanic plug

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