St. Maarten - Good Morning! | Bigkitty Gallery

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Normally a rainy day for us, so we shop.

Zoomed in...there it is Marriott Water Street

Zoomed in view as the Carnival Legend approaches the bridge

Zoomed in to capture the orange hues

You can see the thickness of the fort wall

Yellow building in the back is at the Natural Bridge

Wonderful sunset colors!

Wonderful blending of color from day to night

Wide view of the volcanic plug

Where we are first snorkeling

Where the sheets are coming out

Where the sandy area drops down deeper

What is cooking?

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

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

washy washy your laundry

Washing Machine

Walking through the galley

Walking along the wall down

Walking along a street in Old San Juan

View to the right

View to the left

View from the beach

View from one of the 20mm caliber Oerlikon guns

View from behind the wheel

View as we start leaving looking forward

Very nasty smelling...Sulphur

Vegetation wall

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

Us over looking Marigot Bay

Us on the beach

Us on Andicuri Beach with the cliff behind us

Up close with a Thunbergia vines

Under the bridge

Turtles in the Breeding Pond

Turtle Hatchlings Experiment

Towel going through it

Towel folding machine

Touching the stingray

Too hot to grow anything there

Today's driver is Erica

Thunbergia vines

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!

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

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

The way to Paseo de la Princesa

The type of tree the "Awesome Tree" is

The Sunshine Skyway Bridge looks great in this light!

The sun is almost set

The small beach under Baby Bridge

The sign says it all!

The sand is all broken shells

The purple lights on the bridge look perfect with the sunset

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 orange rays are disappearing

The ocean is powerful!

The ocean is eroding the land

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

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 bay at Castries looking at the NCL Dawn

The 5-inch 38 caliber gun

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

That's a tight fit!

Tech staff for Main Theater

Talking about baking pastries

Swimming under a platform for workers

Sunshine Skyway Bridge at dusk

Sunsetting on San Juan

Sunset on our last day of this cruise

Sunrise with the sun camera filter

Sunrise view out of the side window

Sunrise on Day 14

Sunrise looking forward Day 14

Sunrise colors stretching to the clouds

Sunrise at Castries St. Lucia

Sun starting to peak out

Sun setting as we get closer to the bridge

Such blue waters!

Stuffed Sweet Plantains With Corned Beef Croquettes

Still wreaking havoc on the old broken bridge

Steep cliffs on the side of Andicuri Beach

Steaming volcanic plug

Steam running through the caves

Starting our UTV Excursion

Starting our trip aboard the Siamese Sailing Junk

Starting a Tuna tartar appetizer

Starboard side of the ship toward aft

Standing mid-ship

Stalagmites almost looking like a group of people hanging out together

St. Maarten - Good Morning!

SS American Victory

Spout of water flowing out

Spectacular crashing waves

Sorted my cast member

Some of the drive was on paved roads

Soft smooth skin

Smiley the Crocodile

Small vertical flowstone

Slightly younger turtles...under 20 yrs old.

Slight side view from mid-ship

Size of an adult Green Turtle

Simple platter of pulled pork, rice, and beans

Side of Alto Vista Chapel

Siamese Sailing Junk with sails down

Sharp looking stalactites

Selfie on the River Walk

See the drops on the stalactites?

See the Caribbean Sea

See I can smile!

See how they flaps their sides to move

Second stop - Deaverdura

Sea Day sunrise rock

Sailing to Klein Bonaire for snorkeling

Rules for touching the turtles

Rock view of Grand Cayman from the ship

Rock off of Shipstern Point

Rock and Turtle enjoying the view

Right under me!

Reggie Medford - The man who created our sculptures

Refridgerated storage

Red tinged water from the minerals around

Random shacks for traveling fishermen

Rainy morning sea day with a masked booby

Port side towards aft

Pool where you can swim in the Sulphur Springs mud

Plaque at Harrison Cave Visitor Center entrance

Pink glow on my guide

Pier at L'Anse la Raye

Physiology of the turtles

Photos to help explain previous picture

Passing more rocks

Passing by Brian

Passing Andicuri Beach

Part of the original fort

Part of Plaza de la Barandilla

Panoramic View of Hillsborough Bay

Panoramic view of Castries, St. Lucia

Overlooking Soufriere and the Pitons

Overlooking Andicuri Beach

Our towel animal menagerie

Our tour guide sharing history of the plaza

Our squid to feed the stingrays

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

Our first stop on our Food Tour - La Carreta

Our excursion catamaran

Our beverage had mint and lime in it

Our 2nd snorkel spot

Other view of the engine room from the catwalks.

Other side of Fort Barrington

Original brick pavers line the streets in Old San Juan

One side of the engine room

One of the 20mm caliber Oerlikon guns

One of a few harbor porpoises playing along side the ship

One day's worth of bread

One building left from 1600s battles

Oil rig off the coast

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

Official residence of the Governor-General

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

Now our adventure begins!

Nice white cockatoos hanging around

Nice coral and a rock with fish around the rock

Nice coast line

Next stop - Hotel Plaza de Armas coffee bar

Newer balconies have the gap at the bottom

Neat small plant

NCL Dawn in St. Lucia

Name of our boat - Filante

My rock with his new turtle friend at St. Lucia

My guide to a school of sergent majors

Multi-million dollar house facing at oil rig

Mountains in the distance

Most of the costumes

More black spiky rocks!

Mid-ship facing forward

Micro view of seaweed

micro view of coral

Men dressing room for Main Theater

Marigot Bay, St. Lucia

Many stalactites still forming today

Many new stalactites

Making desserts

Making a dressing for the Tuna Tartar appetizer

Lunch during our Champaign Lobster Catamaran cruise

Lots of turtles in the Breeding Pond!

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

Looks like a face

Looking up to where the walk down started from

Looking out to the Atlantic Ocean at La Perla

Looking out to sea on Andicuri Beach

Looking out on the beach at Anse La Raye

Looking out from St. John

Looking off the side of the pier

Looking inland...nice scenery

Looking back to port

Looking back through our wing wall

Looking at Arashi Bay

Look! Terminal 2 in Tampa from our balcony

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

Look how large the area is

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

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

Lining up between the markers

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

Leaving Tampa Bay

Last stop - Princesa Cocina Cultura

Large school of sargent majors

Ladies dressing room for Main Theater

La Fortaleza in the back and the hanging PR flag

Just a relaxing view to start a relaxing vacation

Just 1 great view after another

It's all about water...

It was cool being able to sit there!

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

It looks like a turtle opening it's jaws

Isn't she cute!

Inside view from the street of Catedral de San Juan Bautista

Inside Alto Vista Chapel

Info on Catalino 'Tite' Curet Alonso

Info about the ship

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

Historical stage at the restaurant

Historical architecture with the modern version

Highest deck mid-ship view towards front

Hey there little hermit crab!

Heritage of the turtles

Here's the full picture

Here comes another

Heading to the coast

Heading to the California Lighthouse

Heading to Alto Vista Chapel

Heading out on our excursion

Heading back to port

Headed out to Stingray City

He's bringing over one to eat our squid

He worked in the atrium

Hawksbill Turtle size

Hawksbill Turtle Info

Hawksbill Rock...our "frog"

Hatchery Statue

Green-throated Carib

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 San Juan

Good morning Aruba!

Good morning Antigua

Going through Hillsborough Bay

Getting very close to the fish

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

Getting ready to snorkel

Getting closer!

Getting closer the the "frog"

Gently gliding along

Gentle touches, but NO kisses

Gentle creature

Galley continues

Full view of La Perla

Full side view of the ship

Fuente de la Herencia de las Américas

Front view of the NCL Dawn

Fort Barrington in the distance

Following the coast to the natural bridge

Follow me...this way!

Fish swimming along the sandy bottom

Fish Market Mosaic sidewalk art

Eyes on the top

Exploring the stairs

Erosion in progress

Erica the Turtle!

Erica talking about what we grill at home

Erica is taking aim...

Erica got to help Chef JJ with one of his recipes

Entrance to the Natural Bridge

Entrance to Maranatha Gardens

Entrance to Cave and land formation information

Entering the Tampa Port

Electrical room

El Convento - started as a Carmelite convent in 1651

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 view of Plaza de la Barandilla

Different types of speleothems

Different types of coral

Different rock formations everywhere

Different color whipped cream

Different cacti growing around here

Day 13th - The sun is rising from behind us

Cute sign on the bottom of the main sign

Crocodile questions

Cool looking plant

Cool lights on the bridge

Continuing to the Natural Bridge

Conservation of the turtles

Coming through!

Coming back to the ship

Closer view of the table

Closer view of the steaming stuff

Closer view of Fort Barrington

Close up view of a shell

Close up of West Indian Jasmin

Close up of a chenille plant

Cliff Wall Vegetation Zone Info

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

Chocolate Martini at the Chocobar

Chenille plants along the path

Chef talking to us about what happens here daily

Chef JJ Johnson

Cayman Crocodile Exhibit

Catedral Basilica Menor de San Juan Bautista

Casa Alcaldía de San Juan

Carnival Paradise leaving the Tampa Port

Carnival Legend going under the bridge

California Lighthouse

Bubbling spring

Bronze statue of Catalino 'Tite' Curet Alonso

Brilliant orange sky!

Brian snorkeling

Brian in our Living Room

Brian holding the stingray

Brian enjoying the view

Breeding Pond Info

Bread and Cheese (Begonia obliqua)

Bird of Paradise

Belly view of Green-throated Carib

Barbados is not a volcanic island

Bananas curve up when growing!

Balcony with no gap at toe area

Average age of these turtles is 30 yrs old

Are those lava rocks?

Answers to the questions

Another view of Fort Barrington

Another version of the view from the balcony

Another Hatchery Statue

Another 1600s building

Another "oil painting" filter picture

An espresso shot

Always steaming

Alto Vista Chapel information

Alto Vista Chapel front

Almost fully through

Almost a column

All 3 modes of transportation in 1 picture

Adding final touches to the food before serving it to everyone

A view of the cruise port

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 lot of food being prepared

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

A fish near the coral rock

A cup of garbanzada, a traditional Puerto Rican chickpea stew

A cluster of stalactites and a cluster of stalagmites

A "frog" in the distance

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

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

2 different pork dishes

120,000 Years Ago

"Who you looking at?"

"Walk in the ways..."

"My work here is done!"

"For I know the plans..."

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

"But He was pierced for..."

Bastión de las Palmas de San José

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