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Bastión de las Palmas de San José

"But He was pierced for..."

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

"For I know the plans..."

"My work here is done!"

"Oh this sun is so hot!"

"Oh, a group of humans coming by me."

"So, do you have any questions about this Grassland area?" asks the Ostrich

"Walk in the ways..."

"Who you looking at?"

120,000 Years Ago

1996 Great Floods information

2 different pork dishes

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

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

A "frog" in the distance

A cluster of stalactites and a cluster of stalagmites

A cup of garbanzada, a traditional Puerto Rican chickpea stew

A fish near the coral rock

A lot of food being prepared

A masked booby along side the NCL Dawn

A robin trying to welcome in Spring

a school of sargent majors

A shack various fishermen use during their trips

A spring flowing through the caves

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

A tree behind our room...in clear weather

A tree behind our room...in foggy weather

A tree behind our room...in snowy weather

A tree behind our room...with a rainbow

A view of the cruise port

Adding final touches to the food before serving it to everyone

Addra Gazelle info

Almost a column

Alto Vista Chapel front

Alto Vista Chapel information

Always steaming

An espresso shot

Animals on the Safari ride p1

Animals on the Safari ride p2

Animals on the Safari ride p3

Another 1600s building

Another view of Fort Barrington

Ausable River flowing under the bridge

Balcony with no gap at toe area

Bananas curve up when growing!

Barbados is not a volcanic island

Batting at the ball

Beach area on the lake

Belly view of Green-throated Carib

Bigger group of Greater Kudu

Bird of Paradise

Bread and Cheese (Begonia obliqua)

Brian snorkeling

Bronze statue of Catalino 'Tite' Curet Alonso

Bubbling spring

California Lighthouse

Casa Alcaldía de San Juan

Catedral Basilica Menor de San Juan Bautista

Chef JJ Johnson

Chef talking to us about what happens here daily

Chenille plants along the path

Chocolate Martini at the Chocobar

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

Clearer view of the High Jump ramp

Cliff Wall Vegetation Zone Info

Close up of a chenille plant

Close up of West Indian Jasmin

Close up view of a shell

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

Closer view of Fort Barrington

Closer view of Fringe-ear Oryx

Closer view of the steaming stuff

Closer view of the table

Continuing to the Natural Bridge

Cool looking plant

Cougar lounging

Couple of Greater Kudu

Daufuskie Island view

Day 13th - The sun is rising from behind us

Different cacti growing around here

Different color whipped cream

Different rock formations everywhere

Different types of coral

Different types of speleothems

Different view of Plaza de la Barandilla

Down we go on the tram

Driving right along

Driving right along...

Driving the Arashi Dunes

Early Morning first Sea Day

El Convento - started as a Carmelite convent in 1651

Entering the Tampa Port

Entrance to Cave and land formation information

Entrance to Coco Cay

Entrance to Maranatha Gardens

Entrance to the Natural Bridge

Erica got to help Chef JJ with one of his recipes

Erica on the Flowrider

Erica talking about what we grill at home

Erosion in progress

First time on a Flow Rider

Fish Market Mosaic sidewalk art

Fish swimming along the sandy bottom

Follow me...this way!

Following the coast to the natural bridge

Formal night picture

Fort Barrington in the distance

Fraser Info part 1

Fraser Info part 2

Fraser Info part 3

Fraser Point Information board (entire board)

Fringe-eared Oryx hanging out

Fringe-eared Oryx Info

Fuente de la Herencia de las Américas

Full view of La Perla

Galley continues

Getting a few tips

Getting closer the the "frog"

Getting ready to snorkel

Getting very close to the fish

Going over to the other Addra Gazelles

Good morning Antigua

Good morning Aruba!

Good morning San Juan

Great Dead Tree saying

Great Morning on a Sea Day

Great orange color!

Great scratching post

Great stalactites

Great view of the mountains

Greater Kudu info

Green-throated Carib

Harbor Seal information

Harbour Town Lighthouse

Hawksbill Rock...our "frog"

He worked in the atrium

Heading back to port

Heading out on our excursion

Heading to Alto Vista Chapel

Heading to the California Lighthouse

Heading to the coast

Herd of Thomson's Gazelles

Here's the full picture

Hey there little hermit crab!

High Jump ramp used in the Olympics

Historical architecture with the modern version

Historical stage at the restaurant

Hot steam venting through the volcanic plug

How did Harrison Cave form?

Human watching time

In the last 120,000 years

Info on Catalino 'Tite' Curet Alonso

Inside Alto Vista Chapel

Inside the World is Valrhona Chocolate Mousse and Salted Caramel Gelato

Inside view from the street of Catedral de San Juan Bautista

It carved the valley with the raging waters

It looks like a turtle opening it's jaws

It's all about water...

Just 1 great view after another

La Fortaleza in the back and the hanging PR flag

Ladies dressing room for Main Theater

Large school of sargent majors

Last stop - Princesa Cocina Cultura

Left side of the beach

Less than 1 million years ago

Lines in the sand from the waves

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

Look at his flip!

Look how large the area is

Look how the Odyssey glows at night

Looking at Arashi Bay

Looking at Curacao

Looking back to port

Looking down the walls

Looking inland...nice scenery

Looking off the side of the pier

Looking out from St. John

Looking out on the beach at Anse La Raye

Looking out to sea on Andicuri Beach

Looking out to the Atlantic Ocean at La Perla

Looking over Lake Placid

Looking up to where the walk down started from

Looks like a face

Lounging brown bear

Lunch during our Champaign Lobster Catamaran cruise

Main Entrance to Olympic Center

Making a dressing for the Tuna Tartar appetizer

Making desserts

Many new stalactites

Many stalactites still forming today

Marigot Bay, St. Lucia

Men dressing room for Main Theater

micro view of coral

Micro view of seaweed

Mix of Nile Lechwes and Thomson's Gazelles

Morning from the ocean on Christmas day

Most of the costumes

Mountains in the distance

Multi-million dollar house facing at oil rig

My guide to a school of sergent majors

My rock with his new turtle friend at St. Lucia

Name of our boat - Filante

NCL Dawn in St. Lucia

Neat small plant

Newer balconies have the gap at the bottom

Next stop - Hotel Plaza de Armas coffee bar

Nice coast line

Nice coral and a rock with fish around the rock

Nice white cockatoos hanging around

Nile Lachwes Info

Official residence of the Governor-General

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

Oil rig off the coast

Olympic Center from the 1980 games

One building left from 1600s battles

One day's worth of bread

One of a few harbor porpoises playing along side the ship

One of the maps along the river

One side of Coco Cay

Original brick pavers line the streets in Old San Juan

Original bridge across the river

Ostrich with ant mounds in the background

Other side of Curacao port

Other side of Fort Barrington

Our 2nd snorkel spot

Our beverage had mint and lime in it

Our excursion catamaran

Our first stop on our Food Tour - La Carreta

Our tour guide sharing history of the plaza

Our towel animal menagerie

Overlooking Andicuri Beach

Overlooking Soufriere and the Pitons

Panoramic view of Castries, St. Lucia

Part of Plaza de la Barandilla

Part of the Ausable River

Part of the original fort

Passing Andicuri Beach

Passing more rocks

Pier at L'Anse la Raye

Pink glow on my guide

Plaque at Harrison Cave Visitor Center entrance

Polar bear climbing up to flip backwards

Pool deck at night

Pool deck during the day

Pool where you can swim in the Sulphur Springs mud

Rainy morning sea day with a masked booby

Random shacks for traveling fishermen

Red tinged water from the minerals around

Refridgerated storage

Reggie Medford - The man who created our sculptures

Rock and Turtle enjoying the view

Rock off of Shipstern Point

Rock view of Grand Cayman from the ship

Royal Caribbean Chef's Table - Grilled Filet Mignon

Royal Caribbean Chef's Table - Maine Lobster Salad

Royal Caribbean Chef's Table - Roasted Branzino

Royal Caribbean Chef's Table - Scallop Carpaccio

Royal Caribbean Chef's Table - The World (before it melts) with a Salted Caramel Espresso Martini

Sailing to Klein Bonaire for snorkeling

Sea Day sunrise rock

Sea Lion Information

Second stop - Deaverdura

See how high we go

See the Caribbean Sea

See the drops on the stalactites?

Seeing more of Curacao from the port

Sharp looking stalactites

Siamese Sailing Junk with sails down

Side of Alto Vista Chapel

Sign about how high the river flooded during Hurricane Irene

Simple platter of pulled pork, rice, and beans

Small vertical flowstone

Some of the drive was on paved roads

Sorted my cast member

Spectacular crashing waves

Spout of water flowing out

St. Maarten - Good Morning!

Stalagmites almost looking like a group of people hanging out together

Starting a Tuna tartar appetizer

Starting our trip aboard the Siamese Sailing Junk

Starting our UTV Excursion

Starting to fly in the iFly by Rip Cord

Starting to rise above the pool deck

Steam running through the caves

Steaming volcanic plug

Steep cliffs on the side of Andicuri Beach

Still wreaking havoc on the old broken bridge

Stuffed Sweet Plantains With Corned Beef Croquettes

Such a beautiful port

Such blue waters!

Such powerful water

Sun starting to peak out

Sunrise at Castries St. Lucia

Sunrise colors stretching to the clouds

Sunrise looking forward Day 14

Sunrise on Day 14

Sunrise view out of the side window

Sunrise with the sun camera filter

Sunset leaving Curacao

Sunset on our last day of this cruise

Sunsetting on San Juan

Swimming back to climb out and do it again

Talking about baking pastries

Tech staff for Main Theater

The bay at Castries looking at the NCL Dawn

The captain of the junk

The cliff shows the erosion

The elephants hanging out over here

The entrance to the mountain area

The first Sargent major fish that wasn't camera shy

The formation starts here

The layers of minerals on the stalagmite

The minerals forming a flowstone

The moon ending day 7 of our cruise

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

The ocean is eroding the land

The ocean is powerful!

The power of the ocean!

The sand is all broken shells

The small beach under Baby Bridge

The type of tree the "Awesome Tree" is

The way to Paseo de la Princesa

The World as warm Peanut Butter Ganache is poured on

The World is melting

This fish followed me EVERYWHERE!

This is on the back of the chapel

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

Thomson's Gazelle Info

Thunbergia vines

Today's driver is Erica

Too hot to grow anything there

Towel folding machine

Towel going through it

Trying to get on my knees

Up close with a Thunbergia vines

Us on Andicuri Beach with the cliff behind us

Us on the beach

Us on the lighthouse

Us over looking Marigot Bay

Vegetation wall

Very nasty smelling...Sulphur

View from the beach

View from the beach

View from the Conrad Fort Lauderdale

View information about Daufuskie Island

View of Atlantic Ocean from Harbour Town Lighthouse

View towards Atlantic Ocean Information

View towards where we were on the Backwater Adventure trip

Walking along a street in Old San Juan

Walking along the wall down

Walking through the galley

Walking under the drop

Washing Machine

washy washy your laundry

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

We're in the middle of the line of UTVs

Wearing the required head gear to go into the cave

Welcome sign to the info center

Welcome to downtown Lake Placid

What is a karst?

What is cooking?

Where the sandy area drops down deeper

Where the sheets are coming out

Where we are first snorkeling

White Face Mountain in the distance

Why we came on this cruise. Rest in Peace mom!

Wide view of the volcanic plug

Wondering elephant

Yellow building in the back is at the Natural Bridge

You can see the thickness of the fort wall

Zoomed in...there it is Marriott Water Street

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