Sharking in Ecquador







OK, get your magnifying glass out for the shark and penguin pics, the throwaway underwater camera didn´t have a zoom. These are the underwater pics from the Galaps, it´s taken 3 attempts to have them developed from the negatives. I want bore you with the story but it´s been a frustrating process for a seemingly easy task.
We were kayaking when we took the penguin pic and were capsized soon afterwards by some pretty decent waves so it was a good decision not to take the digital camera. Capsizing was a good laugh but there had been a few cross words between us before hand and Bec´s rowing ability didn´t transfer to kayaking but her overall general bossiness did. She got an oar in the mouth though for overstepping the mark.
I´d better explain what the pics are:
First 2 are self explanatory, yes that means I´ve forgotten the names of the fish.
Pic 3 Is a Galapagos shark, they aren´t that big only about 3ft long but this was close enough for Bec (look very closely for the shadow in the bottom left hand corner!)
Pic 4 A type of Ray, I think it´s a manta ray rather than a sting ray
Pic 5 Believe it or not these are penguins
Pic 6 A friendly sea lion who wanted to play and swim with us
Pic 7 The turtles . The pic doesn´t show how big they are - about 18 inches to 2ft long
If you think these are small, blurry and hard to make out you should see the other 17 we haven´t put on.

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