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| Radisson of Miami: Miami from our hotel room.
| Radisson of Miami: Miami from our hotel room.
| Radisson of Miami: Miami from our hotel room.
| Radisson of Miami: Port of Miami from our hotel room.
| Radisson of Miami: Miami from our hotel room.
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| Radisson of Miami: Miami from our hotel room.
| Radisson of Miami: Miami from our hotel room.
| Radisson of Miami: The pool of the hotel from our hotel room.
| Radisson of Miami: Miami at night from our hotel room.
| Radisson of Miami: Miami at night from our hotel room.
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| Radisson of Miami: Us in our hotel room.
| Radisson of Miami: Port of Miami from our hotel room. The ship in the back is the Paradise. We had about 2000 people on board.
| Radisson of Miami: The lobby of our hotel.
| Embarkation: A shot of the Paradise as we board the ship.
| Touring the Ship: The atrium.
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| Touring the Ship: Miami from the ship.
| Touring the Ship: Justin on the Sun Deck.
| Touring the Ship: Looking at the front of the ship from above.
| Touring the Ship: The atrium from above. (All those poor souls are waiting in line to book shore excursions. I'm glad we organized ours on our own.)
| Touring the Ship: Blue Riband Library.
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| Touring the Ship: Blue Riband Library.
| Touring the Ship: Blue Riband Library.
| Touring the Ship: Our Cabin.
| Leaving Miami: The Radisson from the ship.
| Leaving Miami: Miami from the ship.
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| Leaving Miami: Miami from the ship.
| On the Ship: Our first towel animal (Swan?).
| Nassau, Bahamas: Our ship in port. The ship in the background is the Disney Wonder.
| Nassau, Bahamas: The Atlantis Resort from the port.
| Nassau, Bahamas: A shot of our ship from the public beach we walked to.
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| Nassau, Bahamas: The view from the public beach.
| Nassau, Bahamas: A bird eating a fish at the public beach.
| Nassau, Bahamas: Justin at the public beach.
| Nassau, Bahamas: Us returning to the ship.
| Leaving Nassau, Bahamas: Nassau from the ship. Notice the lighthouse and the beach where we were.
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| On the Ship: Our tablemates at our first formal night in the dining room. (Amanda, David, Tamara, Arthur, Shaun, Kim, Justin, and Rachel -- listed from right to left starting from the back row)
| On the Ship: Eduardo and Gede (assistant and head waiters for our table) singing in the dining room. The dining staff sang and/or danced for us each night.
| On the Ship: Our second towel animal (Bunny?)
| On the Ship: Justin relaxing in the sun during our first "Fun Day at Sea."
| On the Ship: Rachel relaxing in the sun during our first "Fun Day at Sea."
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| On the Ship: Justin still relaxing in the sun during our first "Fun Day at Sea."
| On the Ship: Our third towel animal (Hermit Crab?)
| La Romana, Dominican Republic: The Dominican Republic from our port window.
| La Romana, Dominican Republic: The Dominican Republic from our port window.
| La Romana, Dominican Republic: The Dominican Republic from our port window.
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| La Romana, Dominican Republic: Justin and I leaving the ship.
| La Romana, Dominican Republic: Us waiting for a taxi, like the one in the picture, at the transportation center at the port.
| La Romana, Dominican Republic: The streets.
| La Romana, Dominican Republic: The buildings along the road.
| La Romana, Dominican Republic: Typical view from the taxi.
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| La Romana, Dominican Republic: Our first stop in the DR was at Cueva de las Maravillas, a newly opened cave system that used to be a burial ground for the indians. The walls are covered with coal paintings of the Bat God, the god of the dead.
| La Romana, Dominican Republic: The grounds outside the caves.
| La Romana, Dominican Republic: A lizard sitting on a rock outside the main cave.
| La Romana, Dominican Republic: We couldn't take pictures in the main cave but we could in this smaller cave. Here we are. What you don't see is that the floor is completely tiled in marble.
| La Romana, Dominican Republic: A neat formation in the cave.
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| La Romana, Dominican Republic: Part of the cave. Notice the skylight in the roof.
| La Romana, Dominican Republic: Rachel walking back from the caves.
| La Romana, Dominican Republic: Justin walking back from the caves.
| La Romana, Dominican Republic: An old church in downtown La Romana.
| La Romana, Dominican Republic: Our ship from the taxi as we head to Altos de Chevon after going shopping.
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| La Romana, Dominican Republic: Justin and I at Altos de Chevon, a replica of a 17th century artist village. It is set above the Chevon river. Part of Apocalypse Now was filmed on this river.
| La Romana, Dominican Republic: Gargoyles at Altos de Chevon.
| La Romana, Dominican Republic: The church at Altos de Chevon.
| La Romana, Dominican Republic: A burro at Altos de Chevon.
| La Romana, Dominican Republic: Altos de Chevon.
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| La Romana, Dominican Republic: The Chevon river from above.
| La Romana, Dominican Republic: Altos de Chevon.
| La Romana, Dominican Republic: Sheena and Mike, the couple who shared our taxi, at Altos de Chevon.
| La Romana, Dominican Republic: The inside of the church at Altos de Chevon.
| La Romana, Dominican Republic: Altos de Chevon from the bell tower.
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| La Romana, Dominican Republic: The cross of the church at Altos de Chevon from the bell tower.
| La Romana, Dominican Republic: A waterfall in the museum at Altos de Chevon.
| La Romana, Dominican Republic: Justin at Altos de Chevon.
| La Romana, Dominican Republic: Rachel at Altos de Chevon.
| La Romana, Dominican Republic: The entrance to the amphitheater at Altos de Chevon.
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| La Romana, Dominican Republic: The amphitheater at Altos de Chevon.
| La Romana, Dominican Republic: Behind the amphitheater at Altos de Chevon is the resort Casa de Campo.
| La Romana, Dominican Republic: Us in the amphitheater at Altos de Chevon right after we were serenaded by a couple of musicians.
| Leaving La Romana, Dominican Republic: The DR from our ship, notice the rain.
| Leaving La Romana, Dominican Republic: A crazy boat sailing during the rainstorm as we leave port.
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| On the Ship: Our fourth towel animal (Elephant!)
| St. Thomas, USVI: Our ship as we leave the port in our tour van.
| St. Thomas, USVI: The famous shopping district of Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas.
| St. Thomas, USVI: Blackbeard's Castle can be seen in this picture...look a couple of inches from the tip of the ship.
| St. Thomas, USVI: Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas.
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| St. Thomas, USVI: The red building is an old dutch fortress.
| St. Thomas, USVI: Bluebeard's castle is just to the left of the center of this image, along the coast.
| St. Thomas, USVI: Our ship and Blackbeard's castle from a slightly different angle.
| St. Thomas, USVI: Us above St. Thomas.
| St. Thomas, USVI: Rachel; our tour guide, Godfrey; and a crazy Italian who lives in Australia, Mic :).
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| St. Thomas, USVI: Bougainvillea, they grow wild in St. Thomas.
| St. Thomas, USVI: Magen's Bay. This beach was named one of the 10 most beautiful beaches in the world.
| St. Thomas, USVI: Magen's Bay and some islands.
| St. Thomas, USVI: Us on Mountaintop, the highest point in St. Thomas.
| St. Thomas, USVI: Magen's Bay.
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| St. Thomas, USVI: Magen's Bay. Random fact from tour--The white building along the far coast is one of the places where the Clintons vacationed.
| St. Thomas, USVI: Rachel at Drake's Seat. Sir Francis Drake supposedly used this location to look for ships to plunder.
| St. Thomas, USVI: Rachel at Drake's Seat.
| St. Thomas, USVI: Mahagony Run Golf Course, the only golf course in St. Thomas.
| St. Thomas, USVI: The view from Sapphire Beach where we stayed for a couple of hours.
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| St. Thomas, USVI: Sapphire Beach.
| St. Thomas, USVI: Sapphire Beach.
| St. Thomas, USVI: Rachel at Sapphire Beach.
| St. Thomas, USVI: The water at Sapphire Beach.
| St. Thomas, USVI: A jut of land at Sapphire Beach.
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| St. Thomas, USVI: Justin and two ducks at Sapphire Beach.
| St. Thomas, USVI: More of Justin and his two friends.
| St. Thomas, USVI: Rachel walking along Sapphire Beach.
| St. Thomas, USVI: More of Rachel walking along the beach.
| Leaving St. Thomas, USVI: St. Thomas from our ship.
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| Leaving St. Thomas, USVI: The sun reflecting off of the water.
| Leaving St. Thomas, USVI: A flock of seagulls following the ship as we pull out of port.
| Leaving St. Thomas, USVI: Mountaintop from the ship.
| Leaving St. Thomas, USVI: A seagull. Notice how they have black tipped wings and nose...never seen a seagull like that before.
| Leaving St. Thomas, USVI: The sunset.
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| Leaving St. Thomas, USVI: The sunset.
| Leaving St. Thomas, USVI: Rachel watching the water, wearing her new Tanzanite earrings from St. Thomas.
| On the Ship: Our fifth towel animal (We are stumped on this one -- maybe a dog?).
| On the Ship: The atrium at night.
| On the Ship: The elevator in the atrium at night.
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| On the Ship: Our tablemates and our assistant waiter, Eduardo, during our second formal night.
| On the Ship: Our tablemates and our head waiter, Gede, during our second formal night.
| On the Ship: Grand Gala Buffet Entrance. Everything in this picture and the next few are all made of food or ice. Notice the ship ice sculpture at the top of the picture.
| On the Ship: A pirate ship made of watermelon at the grand gala buffet.
| On the Ship: A chicken band made of, well, chicken and veggies. (grand gala buffet)
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| On the Ship: An ice dragon at the grand gala buffet. This was REALLY cool. The picture just doesn't do it justice.
| On the Ship: Roses at the grand gala buffet.
| On the Ship: The chocolate scuptures at the grand gala buffet.
| On the Ship: An ice sculpture of a dolphin at the grand gala buffet.
| On the Ship: Us on one of the stairwells in the atrium during the second formal night.
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| On the Ship: Our sixth towel animal (Scorpion)
| On the Ship: Rachel at breakfast on the last day of the cruise.
| On the Ship: Cuba from the ship as we sail by (it's hard to see, but I promise, it is behind the boat out in the water.)
| On the Ship: Our seventh and final towel animal (Sting Ray?) -- Thanks to Ben, our cabin steward, for making our towel animals and keeping our cabin in such good shape during the trip.
| Orlando, FL: After the cruise, we went to Orlando and saw Rachel's family. Here is her brother Cory in his band concert.
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| Orlando, FL: Here is Cory again, playing in the jazz band.
| Formal Pictures: This formal picture was taken by one of the fabulous ship photographers.
| Formal Pictures: Another formal picture taken by one of the fabulous ship photographers.
| Formal Pictures: Another formal picture taken by one of the fabulous ship photographers.
| Formal Pictures: A black and white version of the previous formal picture.
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