Snapshot of a humble fisherman mending a net at a small fishing site at the Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal. Photo by ©Omar Upegui R.
In this picture, the net looks like a whale’s tail. Photo by ©Omar Upegui R.
February 4, 2013 by Omar Upegui R.
Snapshot of a humble fisherman mending a net at a small fishing site at the Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal. Photo by ©Omar Upegui R.
In this picture, the net looks like a whale’s tail. Photo by ©Omar Upegui R.
That’s what we call a transferable skill. When he’s done with the fishing nets, he can mend hammocks!
And it does look like a whale’s tail!
This reminds me of the Japanese mending their fishing nets. And the fishing boats coming into port to dock and their fishing nets strung up on the main mast and draped down onto the deck. That was nearly 60 years ago when I was there and saw that at Shioghama, Japan.