Underwater 

As seen in earlier sections, we spend a lot of time in and around water.  We took only one of those disposable underwater cameras along, not knowing how many opportunities we would have to actually be in the water.  That was both a blessing and a curse.  On one hand there were so many fantastic pictures to take and no film with which to take them - on the other hand, those pictures we did take are very poor.  These certainly nothing like you can see on any TV  program or any magazine.  Some of the pictures taken by others, particularly a couple who a small Pentax camera that was waterproof were simply wonderful.  

What does make them special are 1) we took them, and 2) we took them in the Galapagos! 

The best picture of the bunch, we think.  This was the only time I broke

 a Galapagos rule and touched an animal .  I could not help my self. 

He/she had enough

A spiny urchin on the rock 

I don't know what type of fish this was, but I was often encircled by them 

Some of the grasses and such the iguanas eat

Pretty urchin type entities

In the midst of a school of fish

Fish darted under rocks 

I swam with penguins! 

This guy was watching from the rocks.  I swam up to the rocks, and while beaten by waves as I tried to hand onto the slippery rocks, I got this one picture.  Regardless of the picture, I was within 3 feet of him at one point.  He got bored and jumped in the water beside me.  No chance for an other  picture, they swim too quickly to watch closely, much less photograph. 

  More urchin types attached to the rocks. 

Small almost transparent fish and a turtle ten or more feet below me

These one-use underwater cameras simple do not do justice to the color 

and detail of this fantastic, indescribable environment.  I started 

to understand why divers and snorkelers are so adamant about their sport. .