August 6-15, 2008: Our Caribbean cruise was during the peak of hurricane season, but fair weather smiled on us the entire time and Mui was able to get in plenty of snorkeling as planned. Our itinerary on Caribbean Princess was as follows: Brooklyn, NY; At Sea; West End, Bermuda; At Sea; San Juan, Puerto Rico; St Thomas, US Virgin Islands; Grand Turk, Turks & Caicos Islands; two days At Sea; Brooklyn, NY. Before we embarked the ship on August 6, we spent a few hours at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.
Pre-Cruise - Brooklyn Botanic Garden, NY:
This Komatsu stone lantern marks the main entrance to the Japanese Hill-and-Pond Garden. In 1652, the lantern was dedicated to the Tokugawa shogunate by one of the feudal lords, Naito Bunzen-No-Kami Nobutero. A gift to New York in 1980 from sister-city Tokyo, the lantern is 10 feet (3m) tall, weighs 3 tons, and is over 350 years old.
This Komatsu stone lantern marks the main entrance to the Japanese Hill-and-Pond Garden. In 1652, the lantern was dedicated to the Tokugawa shogunate by one of the feudal lords, Naito Bunzen-No-Kami Nobutero. A gift to New York in 1980 from sister-city Tokyo, the lantern is 10 feet (3m) tall, weighs 3 tons, and is over 350 years old.
Pre-Cruise - Brooklyn Botanic Garden, NY:
This Komatsu stone lantern marks the main entrance to the Japanese Hill-and-Pond Garden. In 1652, the lantern was dedicated to the Tokugawa shogunate by one of the feudal lords, Naito Bunzen-No-Kami Nobutero. A gift to New York in 1980 from sister-city Tokyo, the lantern is 10 feet (3m) tall, weighs 3 tons, and is over 350 years old.
This Komatsu stone lantern marks the main entrance to the Japanese Hill-and-Pond Garden. In 1652, the lantern was dedicated to the Tokugawa shogunate by one of the feudal lords, Naito Bunzen-No-Kami Nobutero. A gift to New York in 1980 from sister-city Tokyo, the lantern is 10 feet (3m) tall, weighs 3 tons, and is over 350 years old.
