Sunrise off Antigua. September 12, 2001.
I was going through some old pictures when I found the picture above. It was taken on our Caribbean cruise back in 2001.
We flew to San Juan, Puerto Rico, where we boarded the ship. The ship left San Juan on a Sunday night and we slept fairly late on Monday. But we got up early enough every other morning to see the sunrise. Of course, we usually went back to bed after the sun was up, but after all it was a vacation!
This particular picture was taken on Wednesday morning as we approached Antigua. I like it because the light reflected on the sea seems to be beckoning us to follow it into the sun. Unfortunately the ship was headed in a slightly different direction.
Tags: Antigua, Sunrise/Sunset, Travels
Senior Moments 
January 4, 2009 at 4:08 am |
Beautiful sunrise.
I lived in Puerto Rico for 3 years in the late 70’s!
January 4, 2009 at 6:21 am |
Wonderful photo. It looks like the sun is very far away.
January 4, 2009 at 7:06 am |
What a beautiful scene to awake to – just breath-taking. I’ve never been on a cruise before.
January 4, 2009 at 7:42 am |
Beautiful! I used to travel to Puerto Rico for work. Driving down there is pretty exciting. 🙂
January 4, 2009 at 8:14 am |
Happyone, I wish we had had the time to explore Puerto Rico — it looks like a fascinating place.
Grammy, thanks for the kind comment.
Mildred, I hope you get to go on a cruise they are really nice.
Neal, I’ll bet many aspects of life on Puerto Rico were exciting!
January 4, 2009 at 9:48 am |
That’s a fantastic photo… how perfect…
I have never been on a cruise before and I’m not too sure if I would want to be… long periods of time on a ship.. well lets just say, I would be looking mighty “green”…. =D
~Michele~
January 4, 2009 at 10:57 am |
What a beautiful sight.I bet you have tons of great memories as well.
Blessings,Ruth
January 4, 2009 at 11:01 am |
That’s so beautiful. There’s nothing quite like the sunrise and/or sunset from the deck of a ship with nothing around to even distract from it.
January 4, 2009 at 12:08 pm |
Michele, most cruise ships today are so large you often don’t know you’re moving.
2sweetnsaaxy, all the sunrises and sunsets on board the ship were magnificant. They’re definitely hard to beat.
Ruth, thanks. We do have many great memories from that cruise.
January 4, 2009 at 12:14 pm |
George: That is a beautiful shot, a wish for nicer weather.
January 4, 2009 at 12:41 pm |
Gorgeous – what a great trip!
January 4, 2009 at 1:44 pm |
Simply beautiful photo! I shared some of my Caribbean Cruise a while back at Sacred Ruminations for Sky Watch and have a collage of local sunset photos from a few days ago at Small Reflections this morning along with my Camera Critters Seagull shots. If I could figure out how to get your blog to recognize me as ‘storyteller’ from Small Reflections … I’d enter that link instead of this WordPress one.
Hugs and blessings,
January 4, 2009 at 3:32 pm |
As I have said..I loved Antigua…beautiful
January 4, 2009 at 5:13 pm |
That is a beautiful shot! I can see why you like it.
January 4, 2009 at 5:47 pm |
This is nice. I have been on 5 cruises. I love looking out at the ocean.
January 4, 2009 at 7:27 pm |
That’s a beautiful picture George! My hubbie and I enjoy cruising too. We have not ever been to Antigua tho.
I love getting up early and seeing the sun rise and getting some exercise in before the day begins. Nothing like it!
January 4, 2009 at 8:24 pm |
Susie, if you get the opportunity, go to Antigua — I think it was our favorite island. The coast is absolutely magnificent.
January 4, 2009 at 8:13 pm |
Beautiful, George.
January 4, 2009 at 11:06 pm |
I LOVE IT!!!! Gorgeous.
January 5, 2009 at 12:26 pm |
Wonderful picture! Love sunrises..but like you …it is a pain getting up for them! lol