Thursday, June 9, 2011


We've been in Utila for 3 weeks it's just very easy to stay here -anchoring is free, diving is cheap, the food is doable, if not exciting (really, it's the pineapple that keeps us here.)



Yesterday we watched on the pier as a fisherman cut three 4' fish into filets- a female dolphinfish and two wahoo.  People gathered to watch -torn, I'm sure, between saying 'great catch!' and 'wtf were you thinking??"  Overfishing is a big issue here.  Well, you didn't have to ask- his son was looking on entranced, and his wife brought out containers from the restaurant next door.  It was an event you don't see every day. 




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4 comments:

  1. AnonymousJune 10, 2011 at 1:21 PM

    Wow -- gorgeous. No wonder you want to stick around the place.

    Still, it must be painful to see these beauties get hacked up.

    xoxo
    Alice

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  2. JoyceJune 10, 2011 at 2:42 PM

    Really, you don't see all that many fish or sea creatures here.

    But we saw a moon jelly fish like that one- floating with the blue beyond it.

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  3. elleJune 14, 2011 at 5:53 PM

    Hey, Jas, speak for yourself. I am feeling a little sorry for these lovely creatures. Joyce you are now on a mission to save poor creatures..... and FYI it is 54 degrees out, windy rainy and grey. I am sure you are very jealous, down in your boring warmer climate. Love, Elle

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  4. yr sisJune 14, 2011 at 6:56 PM

    you know where we are.
    airport code is UII.

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