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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

Royal Caribbean Chef's Table - Scallop Carpaccio

Walking under the drop

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

One side of Coco Cay

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

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

Erica got to help Chef JJ with one of his recipes

He worked in the atrium

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

The entrance to the mountain area

washy washy your laundry

Tech staff for Main Theater

Our beverage had mint and lime in it

Galley continues

White Face Mountain in the distance

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

Ausable River flowing under the bridge

Simple platter of pulled pork, rice, and beans

One day's worth of bread

Beach area on the lake

One of the maps along the river

Most of the costumes

Walking through the galley

Chocolate Martini at the Chocobar

Sunsetting on San Juan

Olympic Center from the 1980 games

Making desserts

Our tour guide sharing history of the plaza

Last stop - Princesa Cocina Cultura

Closer view of the table

Towel going through it

A view of the cruise port

Main Entrance to Olympic Center

Lunch during our Champaign Lobster Catamaran cruise

Where the sheets are coming out

The way to Paseo de la Princesa

Balcony with no gap at toe area

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

Washing Machine

Stuffed Sweet Plantains With Corned Beef Croquettes

Getting closer the the "frog"

1996 Great Floods information

El Convento - started as a Carmelite convent in 1651

Looking out to the Atlantic Ocean at La Perla

Good morning Antigua

Other side of Fort Barrington

Getting ready to snorkel

Another view of Fort Barrington

An espresso shot

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

The first Sargent major fish that wasn't camera shy

Walking along a street in Old San Juan

Walking along the wall down

Looking over Lake Placid

Original bridge across the river

Red tinged water from the minerals around

Fraser Info part 3

A tree behind our room...in clear weather

2 different pork dishes

Great view of the mountains

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

Early Morning first Sea Day

Official residence of the Governor-General

Casa Alcaldía de San Juan

Reggie Medford - The man who created our sculptures

Clearer view of the High Jump ramp

Passing more rocks

Next stop - Hotel Plaza de Armas coffee bar

Different color whipped cream

Ladies dressing room for Main Theater

Siamese Sailing Junk with sails down

Closer view of Fort Barrington

High Jump ramp used in the Olympics

Starting our trip aboard the Siamese Sailing Junk

Bird of Paradise

View from the beach

Sailing to Klein Bonaire for snorkeling

A robin trying to welcome in Spring

120,000 Years Ago

Welcome to downtown Lake Placid

Bananas curve up when growing!

Closer view of the steaming stuff

View from the beach

Sharp looking stalactites

Second stop - Deaverdura

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

See the Caribbean Sea

Fraser Info part 2

Harbour Town Lighthouse

Pool where you can swim in the Sulphur Springs mud

Looking down the walls

Good morning Aruba!

In the last 120,000 years

Our excursion catamaran

Great Morning on a Sea Day

Starting our UTV Excursion

Steep cliffs on the side of Andicuri Beach

Fish Market Mosaic sidewalk art

Fort Barrington in the distance

Hawksbill Rock...our "frog"

Different rock formations everywhere

A shack various fishermen use during their trips

Bastión de las Palmas de San José

Here's the full picture

The formation starts here

Bread and Cheese (Begonia obliqua)

Looking out to sea on Andicuri Beach

Down we go on the tram

Historical architecture with the modern version

My guide to a school of sergent majors

Entrance to Cave and land formation information

My rock with his new turtle friend at St. Lucia

Wide view of the volcanic plug

Great stalactites

Steaming volcanic plug

The sand is all broken shells

The ocean is powerful!

Fish swimming along the sandy bottom

A tree behind our room...in foggy weather

View of Atlantic Ocean from Harbour Town Lighthouse

NCL Dawn in St. Lucia

It looks like a turtle opening it's jaws

Thunbergia vines

Bronze statue of Catalino 'Tite' Curet Alonso

A tree behind our room...in snowy weather

Brian snorkeling

Random shacks for traveling fishermen

The layers of minerals on the stalagmite

Close up of West Indian Jasmin

Many new stalactites

Entrance to Maranatha Gardens

Daufuskie Island view

Sunrise at Castries St. Lucia

Heading out on our excursion

The cliff shows the erosion

Continuing to the Natural Bridge

Plaque at Harrison Cave Visitor Center entrance

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

Just 1 great view after another

Oil rig off the coast

Entrance to the Natural Bridge

Large school of sargent majors

Fuente de la Herencia de las Américas

"My work here is done!"

Hey there little hermit crab!

Us on the lighthouse

One building left from 1600s battles

Following the coast to the natural bridge

Mountains in the distance

Our 2nd snorkel spot

View information about Daufuskie Island

Rock view of Grand Cayman from the ship

The captain of the junk

Close up view of a shell

Sun starting to peak out

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

Driving the Arashi Dunes

Overlooking Soufriere and the Pitons

Our first stop on our Food Tour - La Carreta

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

Getting very close to the fish

Too hot to grow anything there

View towards Atlantic Ocean Information

Sunrise colors stretching to the clouds

What is a karst?

Looking back to port

St. Maarten - Good Morning!

Good morning San Juan

The small beach under Baby Bridge

Sunrise with the sun camera filter

"For I know the plans..."

Looking out from St. John

Us on Andicuri Beach with the cliff behind us

One of a few harbor porpoises playing along side the ship

Fraser Info part 1

How did Harrison Cave form?

Name of our boat - Filante

Inside Alto Vista Chapel

The ocean is eroding the land

Still wreaking havoc on the old broken bridge

Small vertical flowstone

Barbados is not a volcanic island

The minerals forming a flowstone

Always steaming

Info on Catalino 'Tite' Curet Alonso

Fraser Point Information board (entire board)

A masked booby along side the NCL Dawn

Lines in the sand from the waves

Rock off of Shipstern Point

This fish followed me EVERYWHERE!

Cliff Wall Vegetation Zone Info

Us over looking Marigot Bay

Heading back to port

Nice coral and a rock with fish around the rock

A cluster of stalactites and a cluster of stalagmites

Pier at L'Anse la Raye

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

Chenille plants along the path

Multi-million dollar house facing at oil rig

Some of the drive was on paved roads

Cool looking plant

Neat small plant

Erosion in progress

Heading to Alto Vista Chapel

It's all about water...

Another 1600s building

Looking inland...nice scenery

Driving right along...

The bay at Castries looking at the NCL Dawn

Close up of a chenille plant

Heading to the California Lighthouse

California Lighthouse

Belly view of Green-throated Carib

The power of the ocean!

Up close with a Thunbergia vines

Alto Vista Chapel front

Looking at Arashi Bay

A spring flowing through the caves

Erica on the Flowrider

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

See the drops on the stalactites?

Passing Andicuri Beach

Sea Day sunrise rock

Today's driver is Erica

Follow me...this way!

"But He was pierced for..."

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

Many stalactites still forming today

Looks like a face

Spout of water flowing out

Spectacular crashing waves

Different types of coral

Full view of La Perla

Overlooking Andicuri Beach

Where the sandy area drops down deeper

Different cacti growing around here

Look how large the area is

Different view of Plaza de la Barandilla

Great orange color!

Left side of the beach

A fish near the coral rock

Part of the original fort

Bubbling spring

Where we are first snorkeling

You can see the thickness of the fort wall

Micro view of seaweed

Very nasty smelling...Sulphur

Heading to the coast

Us on the beach

Alto Vista Chapel information

Different types of speleothems

Looking out on the beach at Anse La Raye

Nice white cockatoos hanging around

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

Such blue waters!

Marigot Bay, St. Lucia

Formal night picture

Rainy morning sea day with a masked booby

"Walk in the ways..."

The moon ending day 7 of our cruise

Looking off the side of the pier

Green-throated Carib

Driving right along

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

This is on the back of the chapel

Pink glow on my guide

Wearing the required head gear to go into the cave

"Who you looking at?"

micro view of coral

The type of tree the "Awesome Tree" is

Vegetation wall

Hot steam venting through the volcanic plug

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