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The Pink Panterra Seagoing Whales

Day 4 - part 1 - Photo Gallery

The fishing village of Isla Pardito

A little rock island home for a family of fishermen for over 90 years.

Landing on their shores after they have brought in the days catch.

Gilberto removes a Tuna from his net.

Ricardo and his uncle Victor remove a Thresher Shark from their net.

DJ and Ray take a closer look.

Andrew holds up a Sicklefin Smoothhound shark.
Where do they come up with these names!!!!

Vanessa also holds up a similar shark.

Amanda handles a Horn shark.

Brian enjoys a little sushi. At least he knows it's fresh caught.

Ricardo starts filleting the days catch.

A Pincushion Seastar is found on the beach.

Students had the opportunity to feel the underside to include the tubefeet.

The palapa where the fish is preserved.

Today the fishermen were preserving the days catch.

First it is soaked in brine.

Then dusted in salt and hung to dry. The day before the students visited the salt
pans on Isla San Francisco where the fishermen from this village mine the salt.

You never know what kid you might run into.

On one side of the island the fishermen have
collected the skeletons of several species of whales.

The breathtaking view from the top of the island.

A couple of the fishermans' wives make handcrafted
jewelry from shells collected from the surrounding beaches.

Michelle helps Andrew with his new shark tooth necklace.
One of the handcrafted pieces.

Ray and Andrew pose with one of the village elders, Manuel.

A couple of the little stuffed animals in Lela's backpack came in handy.

Felipe hugs his new little friend as he waits for his papa to return from sea.

... and finally his papa arrives home safe and sound!

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