Sunsetting on San Juan | 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

Turtles in the Breeding Pond

Erica got to help Chef JJ with one of his recipes

He worked in the atrium

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

The end of the body of the female stingray

Answers to the questions

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

Our towel animal menagerie

Coming back to the ship

Touching the stingray

Headed out to Stingray City

Passing by Brian

Another Hatchery Statue

Physiology of the turtles

Starting a Tuna tartar appetizer

Gently gliding along

One of the 20mm caliber Oerlikon guns

Life of a Kemp's Ridley Turtle

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

Breeding Pond Info

See how they flaps their sides to move

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

Cayman Crocodile Exhibit

Smiley the Crocodile

Rules for touching the turtles

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

Life of a Hawksbill Turtle

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

This group of turtles are around 20 yrs old

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

Zoomed in...there it is Marriott Water Street

Are those lava rocks?

Lots of turtles in the Breeding Pond!

Conservation of the turtles

Heritage of the turtles

Loggerhead Turtle size

He's bringing over one to eat our squid

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

Crocodile questions

View from our balcony

Average age of these turtles is 30 yrs old

Our squid to feed the stingrays

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

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

Front view of the NCL Dawn

Exploring the stairs

Life of a Loggerhead Turtle

Starboard side of the ship toward aft

Isn't she cute!

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

Rock and Turtle enjoying the view

Going through Hillsborough Bay

Sunrise looking forward Day 14

The boat we used to get to Stingray City

Leaving Tampa Bay

Eyes on the top

View as we start leaving looking forward

Getting closer!

Green Turtle Facts

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

More black spiky rocks!

Here comes another

The purple lights on the bridge look perfect with the sunset

Other view of the engine room from the catwalks.

The origin of the name of this town

Almost fully through

Right under me!

Photos to help explain previous picture

Coming through!

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

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

Wonderful blending of color from day to night

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

It was cool being able to sit there!

One side of the engine room

A cup of garbanzada, a traditional Puerto Rican chickpea stew

Good view of the male above the other 2 turtles

Slightly younger turtles...under 20 yrs old.

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

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

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

washy washy your laundry

Size of an adult Green Turtle

Turtle Hatchlings Experiment

View from behind the wheel

SS American Victory

Tech staff for Main Theater

Port side towards aft

See I can smile!

Electrical room

Erica is taking aim...

Slight side view from mid-ship

Standing mid-ship

Cute sign on the bottom of the main sign

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

The sign says it all!

Our beverage had mint and lime in it

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

Under the bridge

Talking about baking pastries

Sorted my cast member

View to the left

What is cooking?

Gentle touches, but NO kisses

Refridgerated storage

Sunshine Skyway Bridge at dusk

Carnival Legend going under the bridge

Mid-ship facing forward

Another version of the view from the balcony

Men dressing room for Main Theater

Panoramic View of Hillsborough Bay

Wonderful sunset colors!

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

Looking back through our wing wall

Walking through the galley

Erica the Turtle!

Chocolate Martini at the Chocobar

Zoomed in view as the Carnival Legend approaches the bridge

View to the right

Sunsetting on San Juan

Making desserts

The sun is almost set

That's a tight fit!

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

Where the sheets are coming out

Lunch during our Champaign Lobster Catamaran cruise

The way to Paseo de la Princesa

Balcony with no gap at toe area

Inside view from the street of Catedral de San Juan Bautista

Look! Terminal 2 in Tampa from our balcony

Washing Machine

Stuffed Sweet Plantains With Corned Beef Croquettes

Getting closer the the "frog"

Selfie on the River Walk

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

Another view of Fort Barrington

An espresso shot

Getting ready to snorkel

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 the wall down

The first Sargent major fish that wasn't camera shy

Walking along a street in Old San Juan

Red tinged water from the minerals around

2 different pork dishes

"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

Next stop - Hotel Plaza de Armas coffee bar

Passing more rocks

Different color whipped cream

Ladies dressing room for Main Theater

Siamese Sailing Junk with sails down

Starting our trip aboard the Siamese Sailing Junk

Closer view of Fort Barrington

Bird of Paradise

View from the beach

Sailing to Klein Bonaire for snorkeling

120,000 Years Ago

Bananas curve up when growing!

Closer view of the steaming stuff

Sharp looking stalactites

Second stop - Deaverdura

a school of sargent majors

Original brick pavers line the streets in Old San Juan

See the Caribbean Sea

Pool where you can swim in the Sulphur Springs mud

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"

Bastión de las Palmas de San José

Different rock formations everywhere

A shack various fishermen use during their trips

Here's the full picture

The formation starts here

Bread and Cheese (Begonia obliqua)

Looking out to sea on Andicuri Beach

Historical architecture with the modern version

Down we go on the tram

Entrance to Cave and land formation information

Wide view of the volcanic plug

My guide to a school of sergent majors

My rock with his new turtle friend at St. Lucia

Steaming volcanic plug

Great stalactites

The sand is all broken shells

The ocean is powerful!

Fish swimming along the sandy bottom

NCL Dawn in St. Lucia

It looks like a turtle opening it's jaws

Bronze statue of Catalino 'Tite' Curet Alonso

Brian snorkeling

Thunbergia vines

Random shacks for traveling fishermen

The layers of minerals on the stalagmite

Many new stalactites

Close up of West Indian Jasmin

Entrance to Maranatha Gardens

The cliff shows the erosion

Continuing to the Natural Bridge

Plaque at Harrison Cave Visitor Center entrance

Sunrise at Castries St. Lucia

Heading out on our excursion

Oil rig off the coast

Just 1 great view after another

Entrance to the Natural Bridge

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

Fuente de la Herencia de las Américas

Embarkation Day

Large school of sargent majors

"My work here is done!"

Hey there little hermit crab!

Following the coast to the natural bridge

One building left from 1600s battles

Mountains in the distance

Our 2nd snorkel spot

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

Our first stop on our Food Tour - La Carreta

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

Overlooking Soufriere and the Pitons

Getting very close to the fish

Too hot to grow anything there

Looking back to port

St. Maarten - Good Morning!

Good morning San Juan

Sunrise colors stretching to the clouds

The small beach under Baby Bridge

What is a karst?

Sunrise with the sun camera filter

Us on Andicuri Beach with the cliff behind us

One of a few harbor porpoises playing along side the ship

"For I know the plans..."

Looking out from St. John

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

Barbados is not a volcanic island

Small vertical flowstone

Always steaming

Info on Catalino 'Tite' Curet Alonso

A masked booby along side the NCL Dawn

The minerals forming a flowstone

Lines in the sand from the waves

This fish followed me EVERYWHERE!

Rock off of Shipstern Point

Heading back to port

Cliff Wall Vegetation Zone Info

Us over looking Marigot Bay

Pier at L'Anse la Raye

Nice coral and a rock with fish around the rock

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

Multi-million dollar house facing at oil rig

Some of the drive was on paved roads

Erosion in progress

Heading to Alto Vista Chapel

It's all about water...

Cool looking plant

Neat small plant

Another 1600s building

Looking inland...nice scenery

Driving right along...

Heading to the California Lighthouse

The bay at Castries looking at the NCL Dawn

Close up of a chenille plant

Belly view of Green-throated Carib

California Lighthouse

The power of the ocean!

Alto Vista Chapel front

Looking at Arashi Bay

Up close with a Thunbergia vines

A spring flowing through the caves

Passing Andicuri Beach

See the drops on the stalactites?

Sea Day sunrise rock

Today's driver is Erica

Follow me...this way!

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

"But He was pierced for..."

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

Looks like a face

Many stalactites still forming today

Spout of water flowing out

Spectacular crashing waves

Different types of coral

Overlooking Andicuri Beach

Where the sandy area drops down deeper

Full view of La Perla

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

Bubbling spring

Part of the original fort

Where we are first snorkeling

You can see the thickness of the fort wall

Micro view of seaweed

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

Very nasty smelling...Sulphur

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

Rainy morning sea day with a masked booby

The moon ending day 7 of our cruise

Looking off the side of the pier

"Walk in the ways..."

Green-throated Carib

Driving right along

This is on the back of the chapel

Pink glow on my guide

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

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

Erica hugging Brian

Vegetation wall

Brian hugging Erica

Hot steam venting through the volcanic plug

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