The oldest building in New Orleans, a pub called “Laffite’s Blacksmith Shop.”
This is the place where my friend Jeff plays every night.
This statue, the lovers, is at the back of the pub… in a fountain.
A fleur de lys, symbol of French Royalty and of New Orleans.
A crystal ball
My friend Joseph, a tarot reader.
Musician in a jazz band
Another New Orleans Musician!
Las Escobas Waterfalls, beautiful protected spot in the rain forest…
Close up of the water.
Butterfly on a leaf
A tiny little lezard stiking its head out…
And one last image of the waterfalls….
Aboard a truck, driving in Cozumel to go horseback riding…
My horse for the day, beautiful Vampiro…
The beautiful beach where we were riding…
All the kids, plus the actors, on the stage for a group shot.
After getting all the authorizations ready for them, we managed to allow all the orphans in our ship, the Sun, for a fun day visiting, watching the show, and having lunch with us on the ship. If not much, it is nice to have been able to do something for them, something they will remember and maybe who will open up their eyes to a world of possibilities.
The bus bringing them to the ship
Boy at the bus window
Eliza at the window
Kelly walking little baby Carlos through the ship’s photo gallery
Boy sitting in the luxurious stardust loundge, waiting for the show to start
The stage and the musicians
The show starts… Steve and Scott on stage
Harriet on stage… Needless to say, the orphans loved the show, it was funny to turn around once in a while and to see them all open mouthed and fascinated… they had never seen and heard such a thing in their lives before!
After the show, lunch time on the open deck. Tad here, who organized most of this event, is sitting with 3 of the orphans.
Tad and one of the boys.
On March 28th, a small group of staff from the NCL Sun decided to go and visit a local orphanage in Guatemala (in Puerto Barrios, just a bit further than Santo Tomas) in order to help out in any way they could. Among us, a few photographers, some youth counsellors, and cast members.
“La Esperanza” is an orphanage with 35 children, from 9 months to age 20 (the one 20 year old girl there, Eliza, has a mental problem that makes her still dependent on the mission). They are not funded by the government at all and rely entirely on donations.
Here are a couple of the boys, asleep in a hot afternoon.
Here is Carlos, the youngest orphan, 9 months old, in the arms of Kelly, one of our youth counsellor….
Eliza in the arms of Marianna, the woman running the orphanage.
One of the girl…
This little one wasn’t talking much but kept running into my arms… very energetic and friendly little thing!
Group shot of most of the orphanage girls.
Victor is one of the local guys in Cozumel, Mexico, who dresses up for us in the traditional Mayan warrior outfit for us, so we can take his photos with the passengers. He is such a great, funny, happy guy - I’m going to miss him a lot when we leave the Carribeans. On his arm, the Mayan Rain God is tatooed.
Front of the tender boat - going to a small island…
The island…
And a nice drink… paradise!
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