posted 3/18/2010
The
first of these pictures are when we were at sea after leaving
I'm
going to send
1788
The
1830 Whale
rock - 1839 Rocks & Cactus - 1842 stone tiger - 1849 broken natural
bridge - 1852 Thirst Aid - 1853 small natural bridge - 1858 & 1859 at sea
ice carvings - 1863 at sea activity.
This one is in two parts also. TOBAGO
1869
Arrival at scarborough Tobago - 1872 boat tour ad - 1884 On a land tour - 1886
Fort information - 1889 Fort memorial - 1891 Local mystery - 1893 another fort -
1897 water wheel - 1998 sqeeeze rollers for sugar cane - 1900 steam engine back
up.
1909
containers to catch the syrup - 1915 syrup to ship - 1921, 1923, 1925, 1928,
1933, and 1937 King George Fort - 1943 Our ship - 1944 Welcome sign as we leave
Barbados
If I did
my listing correctly 1947 is our tour bus - 1948 a scene from a hill - 1954 a
monkey - 1955 monkey's explanation - 1965 several odd shaped rocks in the ocean
- 1967 a close up of one of them - 1970 another scene showing a beach - 1974 and
1980 an old church - 1981 the church alter
Barbados continued
The port
of call here was Bridgetown. 1985 is the church organ console - 1988 are
the organ pipes - 1991 is a tamarand tree, I had to include this because we had
one in Homestead - 1996 I didn't get close to this statue but it must have to do
with breaking the chains of slavery which was very prevalent here - 2003 our
ship - 2007 a modern sailing ship - 2009 catamaran tours - 2011 a sunset sail.
St. Lucia
2018 The
smaller of two airports at Castries, St. Lucia - 2021 bow thruster at work -
2025 docked - 2026 exiting the ship - 2035 silk screening - 2039 another old
fort - 2040 old cannon mount - 2042 old cannon - 2043 gun emplacement with view
of it's firing field - 2047 information sign 2051 fort layout 2061 old round
shot.
St. Lucia continued
Antigua
2102
& 2107 entering the harbor at St Johns, Antigua - 2109 another ship
following us in - 2125 a scene while on tour - 2137 goats roaming free - 2138 an
abandoned fort - 2140 signage - 2141 cactus - 2152 another harbor - 2153 local
license plate
2158 through 2164 Historical English harbor and Nelson's dockyard - 2171 local
statue - 2175 tour's end - 2176 dockside commerce.
St. Maarten
2179
Oasis of the sea, now the largest - 2181 fueling the monster - 2182 Philipsburg
- 2184 a very busy dock - 2185 & 2186 more oasis - 2187 Philipsburg - 2199
the bridge over the border between the Dutch side and the French side
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2200 Graves on the French side - 2201 church on the French side - 2205 Oldest
home on the French side - 2209 scene on the French side
The tour bus guide explained that the island has two governments the Dutch and the French but this works out very well because the French allow nude bathing on the beach and the Dutch have allowed gambling. The result is that you can lose your money on the Dutch side and your Clothes on the French side and go home naked Hi Hi.
The
guide and his bus are in photo 2212 - 2213 note the US influence - 2220 a local license
plate - 2222 a market place - 2228 signage - 2241 another harbor - 2246 &
2251 are scenes - 2255 statue - 2256 an arch with an ad - 2258 statue - 2263
a method of retarding beach erosion called rip-rap
St. Thomas
2271
The port at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas - 2272 Shopping - 2274, 2275, and 2277 The
Little MerStatue - 2276 Sign - 2278 our ship - 2281 shopping guide -
2283 the Shopper
We
did not take a tour on
2285
sculpture - 2286 shopping completed - 2288 and 2291 lift up the hill - 2295 our
cabin - 2297 private yacht - 2298 private sailboat - 2327 sunset 2344 happy hour
And that's a final. Lew
Many thanks to Lew for sharing these photos of their delightful cruise!
If you want to contact Lew, please do so at:
lew1028@comcast.net
