Recent Pictures

The males inflate the red "balloon" in their chin to attract females.

Going for a little bath

With me in the background to give perspective.  This one is estimated to be 120 years old

Reef shark, not the aggressive oceanic white tip

A school that swam around, but never really very close to us.

The look very similar to a horn shark we have in southern California

Water visibility not great

Endemic to the Galapagos

Endemic to the Galapagos

Swimming in the water, eating algae off the rock underwater.

Split shot - half below the water, half above

Galapagos Grunt (the yellow striped fish), blue and gold snapper, and Amarillo Snapper

There are a total of 444 steps to the top of the hill

Note the cannons, there are many landmarks denoting the rich naval history

Several art galleries along this street.  Barrios is Spanish for neighborhood

In Dana Point Harbor.  This is a leucistic squirrel, not an albino squirrel.  The squirrel does not have a complete lack of melanin.  An Albino squirrel would have red eyes

Can you see it?  It's right in the middle of the picture

Protects the village during cyclones.  But the water still hits the seawall and sprays high into the air, showering the homes close to the water

This lady says it takes about 2 weeks to weave one of the large mats

The chiefs of the village live here

Where the villagers meet.  This was a meeting for the women to sell souvenirs

The building is very primitive, and the supplies

Stuffed with a creme

The fish with the black boy and white tail are called bicolor chromis

Right when Junior (the divemaster) gives the food

Mostly all nurse sharks

Knox is the name of the divemaster

This guy is big, maybe 13 feet

The clown fish is a dark spot in the middle.

Just hanging around, then this shark came over to investigate

With many fish hiding inside