I'm just about getting all caught up, with the cruise dumping me back in Florida just in time for catching up 11 days worth of work in 1 day, then Thanksgiving, then birthday, and the nights spent getting all the trip photos sorted. ; And there's still a long week of work next week and a weekend of putting up Christmas lights, before Pixelmania the following week. ; Tight schedule - but at least much of it is fun stuff!
Anyway, thought I'd share a sampling of my cruise from start to finish - I shot with my DSLR and my mirrorless camera, depending on conditions and location...here's the travellog quickie version...
Left Ft. Lauderdale in the early evening:
Stopped in Half Moon Cay, of the most gorgeous waters:
Passed really close to the beautiful, mountainous Haiti - the far western peninsula where the deforestation and overpopulation have not affected the island's natural beauty:
After a day at sea, arrived in beautiful Aruba:
Then the almost too picturesque Dutch island of Curacao:
Then another day at sea, before transiting the Gatun locks of the Panama Canal:
The ship squeezes its way through...I mean SQUEEZE! ; Check out the clearance to the lock walls on BOTH sides of the ship, measured in inches:
Then we stopped in Costa Rica, a land of beautiful birds:
And strange but peaceful creatures:
It's lush and verdant:
With towering volcanic mountains:
Sunsets at sea on the final days home are always spectacular:
One last day at sea, sailing east towards Florida:
And home in Ft. Lauderdale again:
Of course, many more photos in between, but that's a quick summary!
Anyway, thought I'd share a sampling of my cruise from start to finish - I shot with my DSLR and my mirrorless camera, depending on conditions and location...here's the travellog quickie version...
Left Ft. Lauderdale in the early evening:
Stopped in Half Moon Cay, of the most gorgeous waters:
Passed really close to the beautiful, mountainous Haiti - the far western peninsula where the deforestation and overpopulation have not affected the island's natural beauty:
After a day at sea, arrived in beautiful Aruba:
Then the almost too picturesque Dutch island of Curacao:
Then another day at sea, before transiting the Gatun locks of the Panama Canal:
The ship squeezes its way through...I mean SQUEEZE! ; Check out the clearance to the lock walls on BOTH sides of the ship, measured in inches:
Then we stopped in Costa Rica, a land of beautiful birds:
And strange but peaceful creatures:
It's lush and verdant:
With towering volcanic mountains:
Sunsets at sea on the final days home are always spectacular:
One last day at sea, sailing east towards Florida:
And home in Ft. Lauderdale again:
Of course, many more photos in between, but that's a quick summary!
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