Daily Photos 2011

6th year of daily photos !! to find 'pura vida' ( pure life) in each day ! Feel free to comment, critique the photos. If you like a photo, hover on to the right side of the photo and give it a green thumb ! thank you ! See 2010 daily photos here See 2012 daily photos here

December 19, 2011 - Arriving at Key West, Fl<br />
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"Day At Sea". That means M/S Ryndam never docked, and we spent the entire day at sea. Ocean, actually. Well, what happened was, the Ryndam arrived close to Key West pier around noon, but we couldn't dock. It was supposedly quite windy...some 20 knots or so, instead of the expected 10 knots. So the captain tried a couple of tricks to dock, and we all watched excitedly from the deck. But after an hour, he gave up and announced on the P/A system that Sorry, its too windy, we can't dock in Key West, so we set sail right away to Cozumel, Mexico. But no worries, the cruise director will come up with a full day's worth of exciting activities to keep us amused!<br />
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After some 10 minutes, the cruise entertainment director read out a bunch of very entertaining ideas, like "Boys vs Girls bingo" !!! Had we docked, we would now be on a "Glass Bottom Boat tour" of the coral reefs at Key West, but here we were stuck with the bingo crowd. We spent the rest of the day checking out the ship, lying on the deck chairs on the rooftop deck , while the ship's DJ belted out some rocking numbers from the 70s.<br />
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We sampled ice creams from the Lido, pizzas from the Terrace Grill, went to the art gallery, and capped out the night with a viewing of the very tragic british drama "One Day", playing at the Wajang Theater on the 7th floor of the Ryndam. Nice, completely unexpected, lazy day.

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December 19, 2011 - Arriving at Key West, Fl

"Day At Sea". That means M/S Ryndam never docked, and we spent the entire day at sea. Ocean, actually. Well, what happened was, the Ryndam arrived close to Key West pier around noon, but we couldn't dock. It was supposedly quite windy...some 20 knots or so, instead of the expected 10 knots. So the captain tried a couple of tricks to dock, and we all watched excitedly from the deck. But after an hour, he gave up and announced on the P/A system that Sorry, its too windy, we can't dock in Key West, so we set sail right away to Cozumel, Mexico. But no worries, the cruise director will come up with a full day's worth of exciting activities to keep us amused!

After some 10 minutes, the cruise entertainment director read out a bunch of very entertaining ideas, like "Boys vs Girls bingo" !!! Had we docked, we would now be on a "Glass Bottom Boat tour" of the coral reefs at Key West, but here we were stuck with the bingo crowd. We spent the rest of the day checking out the ship, lying on the deck chairs on the rooftop deck , while the ship's DJ belted out some rocking numbers from the 70s.

We sampled ice creams from the Lido, pizzas from the Terrace Grill, went to the art gallery, and capped out the night with a viewing of the very tragic british drama "One Day", playing at the Wajang Theater on the 7th floor of the Ryndam. Nice, completely unexpected, lazy day.

Key West FL florida holland america MS.Ryndam ship sail. cruise caribbean HAL ryndam lido

photofreak
on December 28, 2011
What a shame you missed Key West... it's fantastic. It sounds like you had plenty of options for things to do though. Hope you are enjoying some nice weather, great food and taking some great photographs. Have a wonderful holiday!
fotoeffects
on December 28, 2011
Sounds like a pretty fun day!
Tom Reichert
on December 28, 2011
im jealous ! have fun
webstersway
on December 27, 2011
Stunning capture!!!
WildeLifePhotography
on December 27, 2011
Beautiful shot. Sometimes an unexpected lazy day can be a good thing.
fotomom
on December 27, 2011
Looks like a fabulous location to be on vacation! Sorry you didn't get to do the glass floor boat tour. That sounds like it would have been a lot of fun.
dakotacowboy
on December 27, 2011
like the natural pattern lines
-glad you could make the best of the day , not much a person can do about weather conditions
RuSu
on December 27, 2011
Beautiful shot. Too bad about Key West - it's a fun little town,
God's Child
on December 27, 2011
Beautiful!!!!!

1508002MA-Photography
on March 7, 2013
Stunning images Vandana, loved looking through your Gallery
Vineeta
on February 9, 2012
Beautiful pictures Vandana! And congratulations too!
I am a friend of your brother and met you once in 1996 at your parents' home but don't expect you to remember. My sister (also, Vandana) was also at MAMC at that time (a few years behind you). I have come to your site a couple of times after Swami mentioned it a while ago. What prompted me to write today was that I was in the Everglades and Islamorada/Key West on the exact same days as you were. It would have been a nice surprise to bump into you there :)
Shaji
on October 21, 2011
Beautiful photographs Vandana!!!!
inbip56
on July 26, 2011
Glad you are back safe and sound and able to write about it and share lovely pictures. It's all in the stars... fate my dear! Life is lived forwards but remembered backwards. cheers!

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Daily Photos 2011

photofreak

fotoeffects

Tom Reichert

webstersway

WildeLifePhotography

fotomom

dakotacowboy

RuSu

God's Child

1508002MA-Photography

Vineeta

Shaji

inbip56

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