Nopolo

A year ago, Marv and Patsy (Talion) anchored at Nopolo Sur, bought some fresh fish from a panguero and his family, and left early the next morning. This year, the same panguero came by with his wife and daughter aboard. We bought some fish and agreed to come into visit them the next morning.



Three little girls, Cristal, Viviana, and Yuvia, showed us around the community, skirting the estuary that feeds into the Sea. We wandered from the two houses through underbrush in a dry riverbed to the well where water is drawn for drinking and washing at home, for laundry, and for use in the fishermen's pangas. We visited the cemetery where the girls' great-grandparents are buried; explored the abandoned house with a dugout canoe tucked under the edge of a cave; and came back along the beach.


Tossing stones over the pond and skipping stones in the estuary became a contest of accuracy, strength and skill. Ardy was easily bested by the 8 and 10 year old girls!!