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Chinese Hat Island

At 11:30, we arrived at Chinese Hat island in the Galapagos. The island is named due its shape. We landed briefly on a small beach with playful sea lions. We took some photos there and then went to snorkel in the area. As we began snorkeling, Michelle spotted a Galapagos Penguin standing on the rocks by the edge of the water. We swam over and were able to get really close. It was very small, no more than a foot tall. Since we were snorkeling, we only had our disposal film camera with us, and we haven't developed those photos yet. The photo shown here is not the penguin we saw, but it looked very similar to this one - just to give you an idea.

Our guide found a stingray sleeping under a rock. I swam down to take a look, but there was not much to see in the shade of the rock. There were not that many fish to see, compared to the other places we have snorkeled so far. We did get to see a few marine iguanas swimming and feeding under water, which was neat. It just seems odd to see a lizard under water.

Michelle was getting cold and got out of the water into the dinghy. I was about ready too, but then I spotted a shark! It was a small one, about 15 feet down, motionless, perhaps sleeping. I mentioned it to Michelle and she surprised me by immediately jumping back into the the water to see the shark. I figured she would be too scared to even stick her toes in! But no, she jumped in, right above the shark in fact, and in the rush she even forgot her fins.

We then went back to the boat for lunch and the boat sailed on.

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