January 4, 2010 after a morning to Mrs. Bernard, the St. Francis orphanage run by Sister Flora, we venture the afternoon Caycoq.
Young people are waiting at the exit of the hotel and would like to accompany us in the village.
They are three in number and are named Djemel, Lovenski said Kiki and Jimmy.
We first met a fisherman named Frendick diving. He fishes the sare, (bata in Creole). In 40 minutes, he caught 4 kg of small fish and immersed 14 times to 7 meters deep.
The canoes are made of mango tree that is inexpensive. We call these boats "woods searched."
For nets, the floats are made of pieces of aves "flip flops" on the beaches recovered. Coconuts can not be used was too heavy. Conch shells are used as nimble.
The price of a net 10 meters deep at a cost of 4,000 gourdes (about 75 euros).
At the shipyard, we learn that the construction of a boat takes 2 to 3 months (while with some power tools, it would suffice to 3 weeks) and costs 16,000 gourdes (about 300 euros).
