Hemant Vyas wrote telling us how five Barnicles with their wives and some friends and relatives went on a trip in October cruising to the Caribbean from New Orleans,The cruise left on Oct. 22nd and returned on the 28th. They started in New Orleans, then to Montego Bay, Jamaica, Cayman Islands, Cozumel(Mexico) and back. He says it was a blast!

Above: Leaving New Orleans....from left: Hemant Vyas, Shapour Parvereh, Sharon Chawla, Satinder Pal Chawla, Chuni Vyas, Nirmal Khanija, Manoher Sham Khanija. Nand Khanija, Sharmila Khanija, Suzy Parveresh.

 

Above: The pool deck. They spent some time at this vantage point.

Above: The five Barnicles at a pre-cocktail cocktail party in Hemant's cabin

Above : Barnicles with their better halves, arrival at Montego Bay, Jamaica. On their way to Dunns River Falls

Above: Midway up the Dunns River Falls

Above: Arrival Cayman Islands.

Above: Swimming/snorkeling with the sting rays at Sting Ray city. Check out the sting ray in the forefront. Sting ray city is essentially a sand bar where the fish are unafraid of humans.