| Left - The Carla C, Costa Lines, under the bridge spanning the harbor of Curaçao. This cruise was in 1983. It took us to Curaçao, La Guiara (Venezuela), Grenada, Martinique, and St. Thomas. The cruise began in San Juan. The Carla C no longer exists but Costa Lines does. Right - On the gangplank, left to right: Marc, Rodney, Francisco (Javier), Min, Ma, Maria and Daisy. We were docked in Martinique. |
| All dressed up for dinner. Left to right: Daisy, Maria, Min, Mach, Ma, and Rodney. |
| Our dinner table. Though the ship was old, it was very comfortable. The Carla C and Amerikanis were one of the first ships to begin weekly cruises from San Juan. Left to right are Ma, Rodney, Min, Javier, Daisy and Maria. Standing, Jorge and Marc. |
| 03/8/06, 05/10/20 |
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| This was obtained in Curaçao. Cannot remember what the exchange rate was at the time. Top is front view, below is the reverse side. For more currencies, please click here. |
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| Around the ship. Jorge, Ma, Daisy. Min and Javier. Jorge and mother. Maria and mother. Cannot remember what was written on plaque at base of anchor. |
| The Folkloric Show was performed by a local group that came on board.. |
| Pages 1 and 3 of the Daily Program. |
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| Rodney, Daisy and Min. The ship is docked in La Guaira, Venezuela |
| These homes are on the side of a hill and seen as we drove to Caracas, Venezuela. |
| Left - Postcard of El Capitolio (Capitol Building), Caracas, Venezuela. Right - The fountain in the patio of the Capitolio. |
| In Curaçao - Javier, Maria, Carmen (Min) and Ma. |
| Jorge and Javier waiting for the others. |
| Marc on bus that took us to Caracas. |
| Curaçao's skyline. Did the name of the island come from "Cura Asao" (roasted priest) or Portuguese for heart? |
| A street in Curaçao. |
| Post card of St. George's, Grenada. Photo by Jean Baptiste. |
| A post card of the nutmeg "fruit". The dark inner seed/nut is the nutmeg while the reddish membrane that can be seen is used to make mace, another spice. Photo by Jean Baptiste. |
| Grenada - Is known as the Spice Island |
| Left - A local dance group came on board the ship to perform for us. The ladies' hats were all tied in different ways and each one meant something different. Each style inform others if the lady is single, married, or divorced. At right - A street in Martinique. |
| St. Thomas. The first ship is unknown; the one in the middle is the Carla C; one at the end is a Cunard ship (Countess or Princess). |
| <---- Frenchman's Reef Hotel. |
We took a ferry to St. John. Maria and Min are boarding ferry. |
| Trunk Bay, St. John, USVI |
| Glory, Maria & Daisy on ferry. Glo met us on |
I found the following photo in Ma's collection during my April-May 2009 visit to St. Croix. |
| Left to right, front - Rodney, Marc, Jorge. Back row - Javier, Min, Maria and Ma. |
| Cruise of 1983 |
May 14, 2017 - Today, I went through the two 1983 photo albums I had stored and decided to post the following photos. I decided to add them below rather than rearrange the photos above. |
| Curaçao. Left - Floating bridge. Right - Church. |
| Bird's eye view of Sint Anna Baai Printed for Van Dorp Eddine |
| Cover of luncheon menu. Artwork is "Olio a spatola di Giuseppe Arigliano (1974). |
| Cover. Same painter, 1977 Dinner Menu |
| Caracas. Capitol building |
| St. George, Grenada. |
| Postcard. By Bamforth & Co. Ltd. Publishers |
| Left to right; Javier, Maria, Min, Marc, and Jorge |
| Left to right: Rodney, Daisy, Min, and Ma |
| Left - Map of Martinique from a small bag. Above - Jorge |
| Left - Min and Javier. Right - Min and Daisy. Martinique |
Above - Carla C docked in St. Thomas. Right - Jorge doing the limbo on the Kon Tiki. |
| Kids posing on their donkey. |
| I had the Ancas de Rana (frog legs) |
Above - Ma shaking hands with captain. Behind her are me and Javier. Right - Jorge. |
April 19, 2020 - I began cleaning out my closets a while back since I decided to rent the small room of my apartment to a friend. I had to shift things around which had been stored in the closets to make space. In so doing, I decided to get rid of the many photo albums I had stored in the foyer closet. Damn, I did not know I had that many photo albums. Before shredding the photos/postcards and souvenirs, I looked at them and decided to keep a few. I will post what I saved and scanned on various pages. Some photos and postcards may be posted on other pages. Everything posted will be as scanned without adjusting the photo for color, clarity, etc. What you see is what you get. Watermark will not be added. No kallaloo here, just simplicity. Below are the photos/postcards/souvenirs being added. Keep in mind, some may be duplicates. Enjoy!!! |
| Harbour Entrance - Curaçao. (c) Printed for Vandorp-Eddine |
| St. Annabaai with Juliana bridge. (c) Printed for Vandorp-Eddine. (Ship appears to be a Royal Caribbean ship.) |
| Harbour entrance with Queen Emma pontoon and Queen Juliana Bridge. (c) CURAVA Gift & Souvenir Shop |
| The buildings of St. George's, Grenada cluster around the Inner Harbour. (c) Noah's Arkade |
The Carla C served for Costa until 1992, and being renamed the Carla Costa along the way (around 1986), while sailing various Caribbean itineraries. Costa sold the ship to the now-defunct Epirotiki Line in 1992, who renamed her Pallas Athena. The vessel was scrapped in 1994 after a major fire. |