This morning we loaded the bus and drove around the bay to the pearl farm started by grad students at what used to be a university. The university closed down, but the pearl farm, Perlas del Mar de Cortez, is still running. Gorgeous black pearls with multicolored luster. A delightful young man named Fernando explained it to us while we enjoyed the view.
His English was excellent (as was his humor), but sometimes he spoke so fast that I had trouble understanding. I don’t wear the jewelry I have so I didn’t buy anything, but, oh, were they beautiful.
To the right of the dock you can see the buoys where they farm the oysters that produce the black pearls.
Did I mention the beautiful views?
After that we started south to Sinoloa Province, stopping at this giant statue of a Yaqui deer dancer. The dance represents the deer offering himself for the survival of the people. A similar dance is enacted by the Mayo people.
The Yaqui people were not colonized until the early 1900s and still are among the first to rise up in protest against government actions they don't appreciate. This is a popular meeting place for such protests.
The desert scenery was not much to look at once we left the shore so Carlos put on the movie Mask of Zoro. I think we all had seen it, but we were watching for the scene shot on the beach where we saw the sunset yesterday. It was fun, and everything blew up nicely at the end. We decided we need to find it to stream when we get home since between low volume and reflections on the screen, we missed a lot.
Our hotel in El Fuete, Sinaloa, is a connection of old courtyard houses strung together, one of which claims to be the birthplace of El Zorro (the Fox). I took gobs of pictures that will require their own blog post.
Shower is way better.
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