Wednesday, I spent a few hours watching internet videos and playing with one of Paloma’s puppies with one of my host brothers. I am in heaven in the main house because there are two dogs (Paloma and Roberta) and then Paloma’s three puppies. Paloma and her puppies are best described as white fluff balls. They’re usually outside on the roof, but my host brother brought one of them inside to play for a while.
Friday, we did a pesca vivencial trip, where we went out with fishermen and fished for several hours and then had dinner with them. We caught seven barracuda, two palometa, and around five bacalao. I was the first to catch a bacalao. The fishermen were funny when they saw it. They got really excited and started yelling. They taste amazing, so I can kind of understand why. We felt a bit bad for catching so many of them, as the fishery is not in good shape right now. Dinner was delicious, though. We ate bacalao and wahoo. It was some of the best fish I’ve ever had.
Yesterday, I worked most of the day and then went to La Loberia with Sara and Elyse. We snorkeled for a while and then hiked up to the point to watch the sun set. It was beautiful. There were so many birds around, including a masked booby and a pelican.
Then, today we went on a snorkeling trip to Cerro Brujo and Playa Ochoa. We also went to Isla Lobos and relaxed at Puerto Grande for a while. I saw a few new fishes and some barnacle blennies, which were cool. There were also lots of yellow anemones around and some corals at Cerro Brujo. We ended the trip with an impromptu stop at Kicker Rock. We snorkeled through the channel and saw lots of Galapagos and Black-tip sharks. Then, we were startled to see two hammerheads very close to us.
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