Forget the fishes! We swam with sharks today.

Today is our last full day in the Galapagos and we werent quite sure how we would enjoy it.  We took a quick trip to the fish market because we all love that place and hey, gotta eat!

Momma and Will

 Concentrating at the Market :)

 This guy was so cute!  He was napping when I got into position and then he rose and totally posed for the pics!

 I was so freaking close!  He did snap at me after this shot :)

Back to the plan:
Jack and I researched other islands but we didn't want to spend 8 hours commuting on the final day.  There will be plenty of that when we begin our journey home tomorrow.

We considered taking a taxi aquatico back out for more great snorkeling but my spanish isnt good enough to convey what animals we want to see or where to go.  Our other options included renting bikes and trying to find a sugar plantation that we read about in another blog.  Mom and I prowled around town with our CB radio in case we needed to reach the boys and relay the plan.

By chance we ran into friends that we met while snorkeling yesterday, Cesar and Soledad.  Their english is perfect and they happened to be looking for another snorkeling tour too.  We teamed up!  Mom told them our idea about hiring a taxi and within a minute we were all set to go.  It was that easy!

The group:


Our goal was to see shark, rays, turtles and maybe sea lions though it is unlikely the latter would play in the same area as sharks.  Not that I have any particular interest in being present when they happen to cross paths.  The taxi captain said he knew where to go, so we radioed the boys and away we went!

Not a bad place to kick back and relax :)

 Will is usually the first one in... 

"Is this thing on?"

 Jack and John

 Visibility was a bit poor but I swear that is a sea turtle!!

Sharky!

I had my belly in the sand to get this shot.

It was a totally unexpected awesome day!  Thanks so much Mom, John, Cesar and Soledad!