Addra Gazelles | 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

Such a beautiful port

Pool deck during the day

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

Pool deck at night

He worked in the atrium

Erica got to help Chef JJ with one of his recipes

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

Sunrise looking forward Day 14

Rock and Turtle enjoying the view

A cup of garbanzada, a traditional Puerto Rican chickpea stew

The entrance to the mountain area

washy washy your laundry

Sign about how high the river flooded during Hurricane Irene

Tech staff for Main Theater

Our beverage had mint and lime in it

White Face Mountain in the distance

Chef talking to us about what happens here daily

Galley continues

Towel folding machine

Talking about baking pastries

A lot of food being prepared

Sorted my cast member

Great Dead Tree saying

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

One day's worth of bread

Ausable River flowing under the bridge

Simple platter of pulled pork, rice, and beans

Beach area on the lake

Most of the costumes

Sunsetting on San Juan

Walking through the galley

Olympic Center from the 1980 games

One of the maps along the river

Chocolate Martini at the Chocobar

Closer view of the table

Making desserts

Our tour guide sharing history of the plaza

Towel going through it

A view of the cruise port

Where the sheets are coming out

Lunch during our Champaign Lobster Catamaran cruise

Last stop - Princesa Cocina Cultura

Main Entrance to Olympic Center

The way to Paseo de la Princesa

Balcony with no gap at toe area

Part of the Ausable River

Inside view from the street of Catedral de San Juan Bautista

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

Washing Machine

A tree behind our room...with a rainbow

Getting closer the the "frog"

Stuffed Sweet Plantains With Corned Beef Croquettes

1996 Great Floods information

El Convento - started as a Carmelite convent in 1651

Looking out to the Atlantic Ocean at La Perla

An espresso shot

Other side of Fort Barrington

Catedral Basilica Menor de San Juan Bautista

Getting ready to snorkel

La Fortaleza in the back and the hanging PR flag

Good morning Antigua

Another view of Fort Barrington

Walking along a street in Old San Juan

Walking along the wall down

Looking over Lake Placid

Original bridge across the river

Newer balconies have the gap at the bottom

A tree behind our room...in clear weather

The first Sargent major fish that wasn't camera shy

Red tinged water from the minerals around

2 different pork dishes

Fraser Info part 3

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

Early Morning first Sea Day

Casa Alcaldía de San Juan

Passing more rocks

Official residence of the Governor-General

Ladies dressing room for Main Theater

Great view of the mountains

Next stop - Hotel Plaza de Armas coffee bar

Different color whipped cream

Reggie Medford - The man who created our sculptures

Clearer view of the High Jump ramp

Closer view of Fort Barrington

Siamese Sailing Junk with sails down

View from the beach

A robin trying to welcome in Spring

Starting our trip aboard the Siamese Sailing Junk

Second stop - Deaverdura

Bananas curve up when growing!

Bird of Paradise

120,000 Years Ago

Welcome to downtown Lake Placid

High Jump ramp used in the Olympics

a school of sargent majors

Sharp looking stalactites

Sailing to Klein Bonaire for snorkeling

Closer view of the steaming stuff

View from the beach

View towards where we were on the Backwater Adventure trip

See the Caribbean Sea

Original brick pavers line the streets in Old San Juan

Great Morning on a Sea Day

Fraser Info part 2

Pool where you can swim in the Sulphur Springs mud

Looking down the walls

Harbour Town Lighthouse

Starting our UTV Excursion

Good morning Aruba!

Our excursion catamaran

In the last 120,000 years

Steep cliffs on the side of Andicuri Beach

Fish Market Mosaic sidewalk art

Different rock formations everywhere

Hawksbill Rock...our "frog"

Bastión de las Palmas de San José

Fort Barrington in the distance

Here's the full picture

A shack various fishermen use during their trips

My guide to a school of sergent majors

Looking out to sea on Andicuri Beach

Bread and Cheese (Begonia obliqua)

Wide view of the volcanic plug

Historical architecture with the modern version

Entrance to Cave and land formation information

My rock with his new turtle friend at St. Lucia

The ocean is powerful!

The formation starts here

Steaming volcanic plug

Fish swimming along the sandy bottom

Down we go on the tram

It looks like a turtle opening it's jaws

The elephants hanging out over here

The cliff shows the erosion

The sand is all broken shells

Heading out on our excursion

A tree behind our room...in foggy weather

NCL Dawn in St. Lucia

Great stalactites

Polar bear climbing up to flip backwards

Random shacks for traveling fishermen

Brian snorkeling

Thunbergia vines

A tree behind our room...in snowy weather

Entrance to the Natural Bridge

Plaque at Harrison Cave Visitor Center entrance

Many new stalactites

Sunrise at Castries St. Lucia

Entrance to Maranatha Gardens

Bronze statue of Catalino 'Tite' Curet Alonso

Continuing to the Natural Bridge

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

Close up of West Indian Jasmin

Mountains in the distance

View of Atlantic Ocean from Harbour Town Lighthouse

The layers of minerals on the stalagmite

"My work here is done!"

Just 1 great view after another

Daufuskie Island view

Rock view of Grand Cayman from the ship

Large school of sargent majors

Oil rig off the coast

Fuente de la Herencia de las Américas

Sun starting to peak out

Following the coast to the natural bridge

One building left from 1600s battles

Looking up to where the walk down started from

The captain of the junk

Hey there little hermit crab!

Driving the Arashi Dunes

Getting very close to the fish

Too hot to grow anything there

Our 2nd snorkel spot

View information about Daufuskie Island

Us on the lighthouse

We're in the middle of the line of UTVs

Close up view of a shell

Yellow building in the back is at the Natural Bridge

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

Overlooking Soufriere and the Pitons

Stalagmites almost looking like a group of people hanging out together

Our first stop on our Food Tour - La Carreta

Nice coast line

Sunrise colors stretching to the clouds

Us on Andicuri Beach with the cliff behind us

One of a few harbor porpoises playing along side the ship

What is a karst?

Sunrise with the sun camera filter

The small beach under Baby Bridge

St. Maarten - Good Morning!

"For I know the plans..."

Looking out from St. John

The ocean is eroding the land

Addra Gazelle info

Looking back to port

Good morning San Juan

View towards Atlantic Ocean Information

Inside Alto Vista Chapel

Going over to the other Addra Gazelles

Fraser Info part 1

How did Harrison Cave form?

Name of our boat - Filante

Still wreaking havoc on the old broken bridge

Rock off of Shipstern Point

This fish followed me EVERYWHERE!

Lines in the sand from the waves

Nice coral and a rock with fish around the rock

Small vertical flowstone

Pier at L'Anse la Raye

Always steaming

Barbados is not a volcanic island

Erosion in progress

A masked booby along side the NCL Dawn

Info on Catalino 'Tite' Curet Alonso

Heading back to port

Cliff Wall Vegetation Zone Info

Us over looking Marigot Bay

Chenille plants along the path

Fraser Point Information board (entire board)

Multi-million dollar house facing at oil rig

Heading to Alto Vista Chapel

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

It's all about water...

The minerals forming a flowstone

Some of the drive was on paved roads

Driving right along...

Another 1600s building

Cool looking plant

A cluster of stalactites and a cluster of stalagmites

Neat small plant

Looking inland...nice scenery

The power of the ocean!

Alto Vista Chapel front

Heading to the California Lighthouse

Close up of a chenille plant

Belly view of Green-throated Carib

Today's driver is Erica

California Lighthouse

The bay at Castries looking at the NCL Dawn

Looking at Arashi Bay

Sea Day sunrise rock

Swimming back to climb out and do it again

Passing Andicuri Beach

Up close with a Thunbergia vines

Spectacular crashing waves

Different cacti growing around here

Look how large the area is

Erica on the Flowrider

Human watching time

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

A spring flowing through the caves

"But He was pierced for..."

Looks like a face

Follow me...this way!

See the drops on the stalactites?

Different view of Plaza de la Barandilla

Overlooking Andicuri Beach

Spout of water flowing out

Different types of coral

Full view of La Perla

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

Many stalactites still forming today

Bubbling spring

Where we are first snorkeling

Heading to the coast

Left side of the beach

You can see the thickness of the fort wall

Side of Alto Vista Chapel

Where the sandy area drops down deeper

A fish near the coral rock

Part of the original fort

Great orange color!

Very nasty smelling...Sulphur

Looking out on the beach at Anse La Raye

A "frog" in the distance

Micro view of seaweed

Us on the beach

Nice white cockatoos hanging around

Steam running through the caves

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

Cougar lounging

Great scratching post

Alto Vista Chapel information

Different types of speleothems

Almost a column

Fringe-eared Oryx hanging out

Sunrise view out of the side window

Less than 1 million years ago

Panoramic view of Castries, St. Lucia

Such blue waters!

Marigot Bay, St. Lucia

Welcome sign to the info center

The moon ending day 7 of our cruise

"Walk in the ways..."

Thomson's Gazelle Info

Part of Plaza de la Barandilla

Herd of Thomson's Gazelles

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

Rainy morning sea day with a masked booby

Looking off the side of the pier

Green-throated Carib

Closer view of Fringe-ear Oryx

This is on the back of the chapel

Formal night picture

Batting at the ball

Driving right along

Pink glow on my guide

Greater Kudu info

Wearing the required head gear to go into the cave

Animals on the Safari ride p2

Nile Lachwes Info

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

"Oh this sun is so hot!"

Fringe-eared Oryx Info

Animals on the Safari ride p3

micro view of coral

"Who you looking at?"

Lounging brown bear

Mix of Nile Lechwes and Thomson's Gazelles

Ostrich with ant mounds in the background

The type of tree the "Awesome Tree" is

Look at his flip!

Wondering elephant

Couple of Greater Kudu

Bigger group of Greater Kudu

Animals on the Safari ride p1

Vegetation wall

Harbor Seal information

Sea Lion Information

Hot steam venting through the volcanic plug

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