Clara and I cruised with many in her family for a week in December, 2010. We cruised from Fort Lauderdale through the Atlantic to Half Moon Cay in the Bahamas. From there we passed between Cuba and Haiti into the Caribbean. We spent time on Curacao and Bonaire in the Dutch West Antilles.
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Birds, plane and mangroves
in Fort Lauderdale. The Atlantic Ocean looks pacific beyond the trees.
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Ft. Lauderdale
view from our boat.
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Airplane
Our boat docked near a flight path. Planes came by every few minutes.
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Nearly full moon
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Ft. Lauderdale
and our route to the sea.
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Nearly full moon
from Ft. Lauderdale.
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Nearly full moon from the ocean
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Half Moon Cay, Bahamas
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Cloud above Half Moon Cay beach
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Half Moon Cay and Cruise Ship
Clara and I had our snorkeling excursion cancelled due to wind. So we grabbed...
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Sea Grape
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Century Stalk
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Red Mangrove and lagoon
We took a guided kayak through this lagoon.
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Prickly Pear Cactus
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Lizard!
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Lizard
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Passion Flower
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Half Moon Cay
The electric blue of the Caribbean waters, I can verify, is real and not some...
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Lunar Eclipse, near Cuba
Clara, her father, and I woke up at 3:15 AM to see the lunar eclipse....
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Masked Booby!
I hadn't seen one in 11 years! Masked and brown boobies patrolled...
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Masked Booby soaring
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Brown Booby!
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Mt. Christoffel, Curacao
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Curacao
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Curacao
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North America
