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Wonderful Fs and I have quite a few to add but 'first things first!....

My first cruise for my 21st birthday in 1969 was on the Shaw Saville Line's ship Northern Star

My friend, Jan, and I.....we look so young!

Now for the F birds

 Vermillion Flycatcher Belize.

Saffron Finch Hawaii

 Crimson Finch Australia.

Flamingos in Cape Town, South Africa

Flamingo in Miami Botanical Gardens

The Everglades, taken during an excursion from Celebrity Infinity

Up close and personal with Emus on our pre-cruise tour in South Africa

Elephants crossing the Zambezi River

I was amazed at how the elephants raised their trunks to breath when they got to the deepest part of the river

Emergency sign, Tianjin China.

Gosh, I am amazed at how creative people are with their photographs. Here is my contribution to the Es...

Wahlberg's Eagle South Africa

 Snowy Egret Cuba.

Verreaux's Eagle Owl Gambia.

Earthquake damage in Christchurch, New Zealand

My last Ds....

Dancers in Cambodia when we did the Mekong River Cruise

Tiny dot dancing for Boudicca Passengers at the cultural village in Wewak, Papua New Guinea. He was trying so hard to do the moves and kept looking at his Mum for approval.

Dragon welcoming Celebrity Millennium passengers to Keelung, Taiwan.

Welcome dance for Celebrity Millennium passengers, Jeju Island, South Korea

here are a few more Ds...

Dog on the Daintree River, Australia.

High divers in Mazatlan, Mexico.

This sign was in Lahaina, Maui. It's a shame that the graffiti artist couldn't spell! 

Hi Damian, I'm glad I was able to name those birds that took a ride on your ship. I have a few D pictures to add...

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Plumed Whistling Duck Australia.

Dolphins in the Indian Ocean

Dragonfly, Cairns Botanical Gardens, Australia.

and my very last Cs are of Christmas. these were taken in Manaus, Amazon River, Brazil. It was very strange to see fake snow and Santa in a tropical setting...

Christmas in Singapore.

Christmas on board Royal Princess

My next  lot of Cs are caves...

Puerto Princessa Subterranean River

Cango Caves, South Africa

I love all the pictures and especially the ones of the Corinth Canal. It is definitely on my to do list.

here are some of the vintage cars in Havana, Cuba. I loved how they were parked in colour coordinated rows!

Some more Cs....

. Southern Carmine Bee-Eater Zimbabwe.

Yellow-Headed Caracara PanamaParamata near Sydney, AustraliaMore of the signs that were on show at Darling Harbour, Sydney

I have to complement the ingenuity of the posters and the quality of the photographs......so much fun already!

A Booby (red footed) in the Indian Ocean and Babinda Boulders near Cairns, Australia

Butterflies in Barbados

My last Bs are scenic....

#1 is a blowhole near Salalah, Oman

#2 is taken from our balloon as we glided over the Nile in Egypt

Now for some 'Bs'.....my husband was smiling through gritted teeth at the first one.

#2 was taken in Lahaina, Maui

#3 was taken near Melbourne Australia where someone had obviously followed the advice!

I love taking pictures of signs and have just found this A sign. this was part of a display of actual amusing signs from around the world and they were displayed on Darling harbour, Sydney.

here are some more As...

1. was the name of the supermarket in Yokohama

2. You can't get away from English football! This building was in Senegal

3. The Alhambra Palace which we visited on an excursion from Malaga

4.Egyptian night on our Nile cruise. We all bought Abayas

Hi Damian, a very interesting idea for posts and congratulations to all those who have already posted such interesting and imaginative pictures. This topic is going to be very challenging to find something different and appropriate but I’m up for the challenge!

My last contribution to this amazing post are my Zs and I'm taking a bit of poetic licence with these. The first 5 were taken in Stone Town, Zanzibar and the last 2 were on a lake cruise on Lake Kariba in Zimbabwe. 

I must thank everyone who has posted pictures as I have loved seeing them all and also exploring my own pictures....so many happy memories!!!!

Fred Olsen Boudicca, Stone Town, Zanzibar, Tanzania

The Umbozha, Lake Kariba, Zimbabwe

My last Ys are from our river cruise in Myanmar which began in Yangon, I haven' got any pictures of the ship but these are of the Shwedagon Temple which is the  most stunning temple I have ever visited..

APT Princess Panwah, Yangon, Myanmar (Burma). The Shwedagon Temple

I also have some Y ports....

Diamond Princess, Yokohama, Japan x2. if you look carefully at the first photograph you can just make out a snow covered Mt. Fuji

President 1 Yichang - Yangtze River, China

We did an excursion to Beijing and the Great Wall

I hope you don't mind me going back to X as I suddenly remembered that our Celebrity Millennium cruise itinerary said Beijing but we actually docked in a very industrial port named Xiangang. The port is a 45 minute drive to the huge city of Tianjin and a 90 minute drive from Beijing.

Tianjin has a population of 17,000,000 and has a charming old town set in the middle of this huge new and modern city. The first 2 pictures are of Xiangang port and the others are of Tianjin... 

Absolutely as far as I’m concerned and great pictures too.