Sunrise on Day 14 | 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

Great Dead Tree saying

Sorted my cast member

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

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

Main Entrance to Olympic Center

Closer view of the table

Lunch during our Champaign Lobster Catamaran cruise

Last stop - Princesa Cocina Cultura

A view of the cruise port

Where the sheets are coming out

Towel going through it

Balcony with no gap at toe area

The way to Paseo de la Princesa

Inside view from the street of Catedral de San Juan Bautista

Part of the Ausable River

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

Other side of Fort Barrington

Good morning Antigua

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

Looking over Lake Placid

Walking along the wall down

Red tinged water from the minerals around

A tree behind our room...in clear weather

Original bridge across the river

2 different pork dishes

Fraser Info part 3

Official residence of the Governor-General

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

Great view of the mountains

Reggie Medford - The man who created our sculptures

Early Morning first Sea Day

Casa Alcaldía de San Juan

Passing more rocks

Next stop - Hotel Plaza de Armas coffee bar

Clearer view of the High Jump ramp

Siamese Sailing Junk with sails down

Different color whipped cream

Ladies dressing room for Main Theater

Bird of Paradise

View from the beach

High Jump ramp used in the Olympics

Closer view of Fort Barrington

Welcome to downtown Lake Placid

A robin trying to welcome in Spring

Starting our trip aboard the Siamese Sailing Junk

Sailing to Klein Bonaire for snorkeling

120,000 Years Ago

Closer view of the steaming stuff

Bananas curve up when growing!

Second stop - Deaverdura

a school of sargent majors

Sharp looking stalactites

View from the beach

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

Great Morning on a Sea Day

Good morning Aruba!

Our excursion catamaran

Steep cliffs on the side of Andicuri Beach

Starting our UTV Excursion

Fish Market Mosaic sidewalk art

Bread and Cheese (Begonia obliqua)

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

My rock with his new turtle friend at St. Lucia

Here's the full picture

The formation starts here

Historical architecture with the modern version

Looking out to sea on Andicuri Beach

My guide to a school of sergent majors

Entrance to Cave and land formation information

Down we go on the tram

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

NCL Dawn in St. Lucia

Thunbergia vines

Brian snorkeling

A tree behind our room...in foggy weather

View of Atlantic Ocean from Harbour Town Lighthouse

It looks like a turtle opening it's jaws

Entrance to Maranatha Gardens

Bronze statue of Catalino 'Tite' Curet Alonso

A tree behind our room...in snowy weather

The layers of minerals on the stalagmite

Random shacks for traveling fishermen

Many new stalactites

Close up of West Indian Jasmin

Plaque at Harrison Cave Visitor Center entrance

Sunrise at Castries St. Lucia

Daufuskie Island view

The cliff shows the erosion

Continuing to the Natural Bridge

Heading out on our excursion

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

Large school of sargent majors

Fuente de la Herencia de las Américas

"My work here is done!"

Mountains in the distance

One building left from 1600s battles

Following the coast to the natural bridge

The captain of the junk

Hey there little hermit crab!

View information about Daufuskie Island

Us on the lighthouse

Sun starting to peak out

Our 2nd snorkel spot

Rock view of Grand Cayman from the ship

Close up view of a shell

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

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

Our first stop on our Food Tour - La Carreta

Yellow building in the back is at the Natural Bridge

Driving the Arashi Dunes

Overlooking Soufriere and the Pitons

The small beach under Baby Bridge

Getting very close to the fish

Too hot to grow anything there

Good morning San Juan

View towards Atlantic Ocean Information

Sunrise colors stretching to the clouds

Us on Andicuri Beach with the cliff behind us

"For I know the plans..."

Looking back to port

St. Maarten - Good Morning!

Sunrise with the sun camera filter

What is a karst?

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

The ocean is eroding the land

Small vertical flowstone

Fraser Info part 1

Inside Alto Vista Chapel

Barbados is not a volcanic island

Still wreaking havoc on the old broken bridge

This fish followed me EVERYWHERE!

A masked booby along side the NCL Dawn

Info on Catalino 'Tite' Curet Alonso

Nice coral and a rock with fish around the rock

The minerals forming a flowstone

Fraser Point Information board (entire board)

Lines in the sand from the waves

Us over looking Marigot Bay

Always steaming

Rock off of Shipstern Point

Heading back to port

Pier at L'Anse la Raye

Cliff Wall Vegetation Zone Info

Chenille plants along the path

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

Erosion in progress

A cluster of stalactites and a cluster of stalagmites

Cool looking plant

Heading to Alto Vista Chapel

Multi-million dollar house facing at oil rig

Some of the drive was on paved roads

Neat small plant

Another 1600s building

It's all about water...

Looking inland...nice scenery

Driving right along...

The bay at Castries looking at the NCL Dawn

Belly view of Green-throated Carib

The power of the ocean!

Heading to the California Lighthouse

Close up of a chenille plant

California Lighthouse

Up close with a Thunbergia vines

Erica on the Flowrider

Looking at Arashi Bay

Passing Andicuri Beach

Alto Vista Chapel front

Sea Day sunrise rock

A spring flowing through the caves

Follow me...this way!

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

Today's driver is Erica

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

See the drops on the stalactites?

"But He was pierced for..."

Looks like a face

Spout of water flowing out

Spectacular crashing waves

Many stalactites still forming today

Overlooking Andicuri Beach

Different types of coral

Full view of La Perla

Where the sandy area drops down deeper

Look how large the area is

Different view of Plaza de la Barandilla

Different cacti growing around here

A fish near the coral rock

Bubbling spring

You can see the thickness of the fort wall

Great orange color!

Left side of the beach

Part of the original fort

Where we are first snorkeling

Heading to the coast

Micro view of seaweed

Looking out on the beach at Anse La Raye

Very nasty smelling...Sulphur

Us on the beach

Alto Vista Chapel information

Nice white cockatoos hanging around

Side of Alto Vista Chapel

Different types of speleothems

Steam running through the caves

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

Part of Plaza de la Barandilla

Welcome sign to the info center

Such blue waters!

Marigot Bay, St. Lucia

Rainy morning sea day with a masked booby

Formal night picture

"Walk in the ways..."

Looking off the side of the pier

The moon ending day 7 of our cruise

Green-throated Carib

This is on the back of the chapel

Pink glow on my guide

Driving right along

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

Vegetation wall

Hot steam venting through the volcanic plug

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