Our ship waiting in GalvestonSt. Thomas’s morning welcomeUS Virgin Islands with gondola going up the hillWe found a cruise duck! Folks hide ’em in all sorts of fun places!No, I didn’t drive it. My back said, “Nope!” But there was a track on the ship.Nighttime sculpture changed colors. Lovely!One portion of the promenade deck was glass. A bit disconcerting at first.Check out the moon at night, with all her glorious craters.Whole roast pig…Yum!The 3-story central atrium. Always something going on.Stirrup Cay, Norwegian’s private islandLe Bistro, the French dining venue on board. The “chandelier” was fixed to the floor, and all the “crystals” were plastic and did not sway.Dancing in the atriumThree of the two dozen glass sculptures. They never moved either!GougainvilliaSt. Maarten, the Dutch half; the other half is French. It’s long distance to call across the border!St. Maarten courthouse with the pineapple of hospitality up top.Fun way to get around on St. MaartenMy office never looked like this!The view from Da OfficePuerto Plata, Dominican RepublicBreadfruitReplica of a rum-running pirate ship at a rum distilleryDress made with sugar cane bagsBarrel to age rum…now a work of art.1960s car on the street of umbrellasDominican Wallmart…Wall decor in the Paseo de Doña BlancaCuba, off in the distanceTai chi in the morningFun food sculptures…The ship’s main theaterThe plush seats in the theater were set up as if on bleachers, so the entire section could be pushed back against the back wall!Hell, Grand CaymanI guess Hell has chickens!The kitschy owner of the Hell’s Gift Shop At the turtle breeding and rescue park.Cozumel’s replica Mayan village and ruins, set into the jungle.Looks like a bottle opener…Can you spot the iguana?Here’s his close-up Dolphins having funA singing seal…or sea lion? Look for external ears: sea lion.Go, Pack! Even in Mexico.And then we came home……to this. (Good thing I like winter!)
