Looking at Curacao | Bigkitty Gallery

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Hot steam venting through the volcanic plug

Vegetation wall

The type of tree the "Awesome Tree" is

micro view of coral

"Who you looking at?"

Wearing the required head gear to go into the cave

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

Green-throated Carib

The moon ending day 7 of our cruise

Looking off the side of the pier

Formal night picture

"Walk in the ways..."

Rainy morning sea day with a masked booby

Such blue waters!

Marigot Bay, St. Lucia

Welcome sign to the info center

Part of Plaza de la Barandilla

Panoramic view of Castries, St. Lucia

Almost a column

Less than 1 million years ago

Sunrise view out of the side window

A "frog" in the distance

Side of Alto Vista Chapel

Different types of speleothems

Steam running through the caves

Us on the beach

Alto Vista Chapel information

Nice white cockatoos hanging around

Looking out on the beach at Anse La Raye

Very nasty smelling...Sulphur

Heading to the coast

Micro view of seaweed

Great orange color!

Where we are first snorkeling

Left side of the beach

Bubbling spring

You can see the thickness of the fort wall

Part of the original fort

Different cacti growing around here

Where the sandy area drops down deeper

A fish near the coral rock

Different view of Plaza de la Barandilla

Full view of La Perla

Different types of coral

Look how large the area is

Overlooking Andicuri Beach

Spectacular crashing waves

Many stalactites still forming today

Spout of water flowing out

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

"But He was pierced for..."

Looks like a face

Today's driver is Erica

Follow me...this way!

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

See the drops on the stalactites?

Sea Day sunrise rock

A spring flowing through the caves

Passing Andicuri Beach

Alto Vista Chapel front

Looking at Arashi Bay

Erica on the Flowrider

California Lighthouse

Up close with a Thunbergia vines

The power of the ocean!

Heading to the California Lighthouse

Close up of a chenille plant

Driving right along...

The bay at Castries looking at the NCL Dawn

Looking inland...nice scenery

Belly view of Green-throated Carib

It's all about water...

Another 1600s building

Neat small plant

Some of the drive was on paved roads

Heading to Alto Vista Chapel

Multi-million dollar house facing at oil rig

Erosion in progress

A cluster of stalactites and a cluster of stalagmites

Cool looking plant

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

Chenille plants along the path

Cliff Wall Vegetation Zone Info

Pier at L'Anse la Raye

Fraser Point Information board (entire board)

Lines in the sand from the waves

Us over looking Marigot Bay

Rock off of Shipstern Point

Heading back to port

Nice coral and a rock with fish around the rock

A masked booby along side the NCL Dawn

The minerals forming a flowstone

Always steaming

This fish followed me EVERYWHERE!

Info on Catalino 'Tite' Curet Alonso

Still wreaking havoc on the old broken bridge

Barbados is not a volcanic island

The ocean is eroding the land

Inside Alto Vista Chapel

Fraser Info part 1

Small vertical flowstone

Name of our boat - Filante

How did Harrison Cave form?

One of a few harbor porpoises playing along side the ship

Sunrise with the sun camera filter

What is a karst?

Looking out from St. John

View towards Atlantic Ocean Information

Sunrise colors stretching to the clouds

Us on Andicuri Beach with the cliff behind us

Looking back to port

The small beach under Baby Bridge

"For I know the plans..."

Too hot to grow anything there

St. Maarten - Good Morning!

Good morning San Juan

Getting very close to the fish

Yellow building in the back is at the Natural Bridge

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

Driving the Arashi Dunes

Overlooking Soufriere and the Pitons

Our first stop on our Food Tour - La Carreta

Nice coast line

We're in the middle of the line of UTVs

Looking up to where the walk down started from

Stalagmites almost looking like a group of people hanging out together

Close up view of a shell

Rock view of Grand Cayman from the ship

Our 2nd snorkel spot

View information about Daufuskie Island

Us on the lighthouse

Sun starting to peak out

The captain of the junk

Hey there little hermit crab!

Following the coast to the natural bridge

Mountains in the distance

"My work here is done!"

One building left from 1600s battles

Fuente de la Herencia de las Américas

Entrance to the Natural Bridge

Large school of sargent majors

Just 1 great view after another

Oil rig off the coast

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

Daufuskie Island view

The cliff shows the erosion

Continuing to the Natural Bridge

Plaque at Harrison Cave Visitor Center entrance

Sunrise at Castries St. Lucia

Close up of West Indian Jasmin

Random shacks for traveling fishermen

The layers of minerals on the stalagmite

Many new stalactites

Heading out on our excursion

A tree behind our room...in snowy weather

Entrance to Maranatha Gardens

Bronze statue of Catalino 'Tite' Curet Alonso

View of Atlantic Ocean from Harbour Town Lighthouse

It looks like a turtle opening it's jaws

A tree behind our room...in foggy weather

Brian snorkeling

Thunbergia vines

NCL Dawn in St. Lucia

The ocean is powerful!

Fish swimming along the sandy bottom

Great stalactites

The sand is all broken shells

Steaming volcanic plug

Down we go on the tram

Entrance to Cave and land formation information

Wide view of the volcanic plug

Looking out to sea on Andicuri Beach

My guide to a school of sergent majors

The formation starts here

Historical architecture with the modern version

A shack various fishermen use during their trips

My rock with his new turtle friend at St. Lucia

Here's the full picture

Different rock formations everywhere

Fort Barrington in the distance

Hawksbill Rock...our "frog"

Bastión de las Palmas de San José

Fish Market Mosaic sidewalk art

Bread and Cheese (Begonia obliqua)

Starting our UTV Excursion

Great Morning on a Sea Day

Steep cliffs on the side of Andicuri Beach

Our excursion catamaran

Good morning Aruba!

In the last 120,000 years

Looking down the walls

Harbour Town Lighthouse

Pool where you can swim in the Sulphur Springs mud

Fraser Info part 2

See the Caribbean Sea

View towards where we were on the Backwater Adventure trip

View from the beach

Original brick pavers line the streets in Old San Juan

a school of sargent majors

Sharp looking stalactites

Bananas curve up when growing!

Closer view of the steaming stuff

Sailing to Klein Bonaire for snorkeling

120,000 Years Ago

Second stop - Deaverdura

Welcome to downtown Lake Placid

A robin trying to welcome in Spring

High Jump ramp used in the Olympics

Starting our trip aboard the Siamese Sailing Junk

Closer view of Fort Barrington

Bird of Paradise

View from the beach

Siamese Sailing Junk with sails down

Different color whipped cream

Ladies dressing room for Main Theater

Clearer view of the High Jump ramp

Next stop - Hotel Plaza de Armas coffee bar

Passing more rocks

Casa Alcaldía de San Juan

Early Morning first Sea Day

Reggie Medford - The man who created our sculptures

Great view of the mountains

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

Fraser Info part 3

Official residence of the Governor-General

A tree behind our room...in clear weather

Original bridge across the river

2 different pork dishes

Red tinged water from the minerals around

Looking over Lake Placid

Walking along the wall down

Walking along a street in Old San Juan

The first Sargent major fish that wasn't camera shy

Newer balconies have the gap at the bottom

La Fortaleza in the back and the hanging PR flag

An espresso shot

Catedral Basilica Menor de San Juan Bautista

Good morning Antigua

Another view of Fort Barrington

Other side of Fort Barrington

Getting ready to snorkel

Looking out to the Atlantic Ocean at La Perla

El Convento - started as a Carmelite convent in 1651

1996 Great Floods information

Washing Machine

Stuffed Sweet Plantains With Corned Beef Croquettes

Getting closer the the "frog"

A tree behind our room...with a rainbow

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

Part of the Ausable River

Inside view from the street of Catedral de San Juan Bautista

The way to Paseo de la Princesa

Balcony with no gap at toe area

Where the sheets are coming out

A view of the cruise port

Towel going through it

Last stop - Princesa Cocina Cultura

Main Entrance to Olympic Center

Lunch during our Champaign Lobster Catamaran cruise

Closer view of the table

Our tour guide sharing history of the plaza

Making desserts

Olympic Center from the 1980 games

Chocolate Martini at the Chocobar

Walking through the galley

Sunsetting on San Juan

Most of the costumes

One of the maps along the river

Beach area on the lake

One day's worth of bread

Ausable River flowing under the bridge

Simple platter of pulled pork, rice, and beans

Such powerful water

Historical stage at the restaurant

Men dressing room for Main Theater

It carved the valley with the raging waters

Refridgerated storage

What is cooking?

Great Dead Tree saying

Sorted my cast member

Talking about baking pastries

A lot of food being prepared

Towel folding machine

Galley continues

Chef talking to us about what happens here daily

White Face Mountain in the distance

Our beverage had mint and lime in it

Tech staff for Main Theater

The entrance to the mountain area

Sign about how high the river flooded during Hurricane Irene

washy washy your laundry

A cup of garbanzada, a traditional Puerto Rican chickpea stew

Sunrise looking forward Day 14

Rock and Turtle enjoying the view

Sunrise on Day 14

Zoomed in...there it is Marriott Water Street

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

Starting a Tuna tartar appetizer

Our towel animal menagerie

Making a dressing for the Tuna Tartar appetizer

Sunset on our last day of this cruise

Entering the Tampa Port

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

Pool deck at night

Erica got to help Chef JJ with one of his recipes

He worked in the atrium

Adding final touches to the food before serving it to everyone

Day 13th - The sun is rising from behind us

Chef JJ Johnson

Erica talking about what we grill at home

View from the Conrad Fort Lauderdale

One side of Coco Cay

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

Entrance to Coco Cay

Starting to fly in the iFly by Rip Cord

See how high we go

Other side of Curacao port

Getting a few tips

Looking at Curacao

Such a beautiful port

Pool deck during the day

Seeing more of Curacao from the port

Starting to rise above the pool deck

First time on a Flow Rider

Look how the Odyssey glows at night

Trying to get on my knees

Royal Caribbean Chef's Table - Maine Lobster Salad

Royal Caribbean Chef's Table - Scallop Carpaccio

Walking under the drop

Royal Caribbean Chef's Table - Roasted Branzino

Royal Caribbean Chef's Table - Grilled Filet Mignon

Inside the World is Valrhona Chocolate Mousse and Salted Caramel Gelato

The World is melting

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

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

Morning from the ocean on Christmas day

Sunset leaving Curacao

The World as warm Peanut Butter Ganache is poured on

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