Yesterday has been the best day yet!! We met with the dean of the junior college and one of the teachers from San Pedro High School early this morning and they took us fishing. We chartered a boat from one of the oldest local fishermen on the island and he knew what he was doing! He took us out into what they call the bay, the waters between San Pedro and the Mainland. We caught over 90 snapper in 2 hours (plus a couple of grouper, a puffer, and an eel!).
To make things even more wonderful the Dean brought the ingredients to make fresh ceviche on the boat. We filleted the freshly caught snapper and ceviche on the boat for lunch. After we were done we headed back taking in the scenes and then had to....clean the fish, all of them! We docked the boat and used a cleaning stand right off the dock. And the visitors arrived. We had about 8 pelicans and three sting rays hanging out in the water wanting some of our catch. The pelicans were taking fish guts right out of my hands! It was so cool!
On Monday at school we will get to eat our bounty. We don't have a kitchen or even a fridge to hold the snapper in so the captain will hold them for us till school on Monday where we will make lunch for the staff and ourselves.
We ate dinner at a local hole in the wall called Pupuseria where they served authentic great food. The guys ordered pupusas which are corn tortillas filled with beans and pork. They were amazing. I think I hit the jackpot with the tostadas. But Dr. K showed us all up with the HUGE shrimp burrito that he ordered. I am loving the food here but warning, I may come back 20 pounds heavier! :)
To make things even more wonderful the Dean brought the ingredients to make fresh ceviche on the boat. We filleted the freshly caught snapper and ceviche on the boat for lunch. After we were done we headed back taking in the scenes and then had to....clean the fish, all of them! We docked the boat and used a cleaning stand right off the dock. And the visitors arrived. We had about 8 pelicans and three sting rays hanging out in the water wanting some of our catch. The pelicans were taking fish guts right out of my hands! It was so cool!
On Monday at school we will get to eat our bounty. We don't have a kitchen or even a fridge to hold the snapper in so the captain will hold them for us till school on Monday where we will make lunch for the staff and ourselves.
We ate dinner at a local hole in the wall called Pupuseria where they served authentic great food. The guys ordered pupusas which are corn tortillas filled with beans and pork. They were amazing. I think I hit the jackpot with the tostadas. But Dr. K showed us all up with the HUGE shrimp burrito that he ordered. I am loving the food here but warning, I may come back 20 pounds heavier! :)
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