Below are today’s Fun Photo Friday photo gallery favorites of Key West and Cozumel. Click on any image to enlarge and bring up the slide show:
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Fun Photo Friday — Key West and Cozumel Favorites
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Carnival Victory — More Key West and Cozumel
On Front Street you’ll find Harry S Truman’s Little White House, which is always good for a little plaque photography:
Here are some other images of Key West:
Leaving Key West behind our next destination was Cozumel where, once again, our shipmates brought aboard purchased liquor hassle-free for confiscation and return at voyage end (see: Touring the Carnival Victory — And Why Carnival can suck it on any future cruises).
Ursula and I have done Cozumel many times, so we stuck close to port on this occasion. Indeed, most of the photos you see today were taken along Here are a few images Avendia Rafael E. Melgar, which runs along the shore in San Miquel de Cozumel:
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Carnival Victory — Key West
Ursula and I love Key West. It’s just a naturally charming and photographically fun place to visit. This was the first of our two stops aboard the Carnival Victory. And, yes, people did in fact bring aboard the ship liquor purchased in Key West for confiscation and return at the end of the voyage. To understand that reference you can read the whole sordid tale at Touring the Carnival Victory — And Why Carnival can suck it on any future cruises.
Disembarking at the cruise pier places you at Mallory Square. This area is rife with interesting things to photograph. Here’s the old Customs building, which now houses the Key West Art & Historical Society:
There are several interesting statues in the area. Here is “Contact” by J. Seward Johnson:
Housing the Ripley’s Believe It or Not Museum is the Souvenir Bank Vault dating back to 1891:
One of the more picturesque buildings near Mallory Square has to be the Shipwreck Treasure Museum:
If you stick to Duval Street going south, and then return to the cruise dock via Whitehead Street, here are some additional sights along the way:
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