Oh no not sharks- Who cares?


Bill and I are excited.  Read his account here:
We went diving again today in this heavenly place called the Galapagos. We had two dives today at Gordon's Rock. And yes, we saw so many fish. We saw white and black tipped reef sharks (8-10 feet long) and we saw a couple of Hammerhead sharks. BUT WE ALSO  SAW MOLA MOLA (s) and up close. Fantastic! We have seen it all!
We can now retire from diving because everything now will seem so boring. Well, we better keep at it a little longer. But Hammerheads and Mola Mola on one day! How can you beat that?

We saw about 4 Mola Mola and about the same number of Hammerheads. We also saw quite a few Mola Mola at the surface, that is their iddy biddy little fins could be seen out of the water and they were visible in the water. At first it was thought they were sharks.

We are very contented and happy.

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