Hundreds of Jelly washed to shore

When i was leaving the internet place, it started to piss pre rain again yesterday. So we sat down to eat some stuff. Then when it was low tide we left and i was collecting sea shells by the low tide. Too my suprise there were loads of squishy things on beach. I looked closer at the squiggy jiggly things were all jellyfish. hundreds of them varying in size all over the place. I couldn't beleive how many there were. They were all stranded on the beach. Some had half eaten fish in them, and others were just laying there. It was all so gross yet sad. I couldn't tell if they were dead or not. not sure if jellyfish can stand being out of the water, and the internet is sooo slow that i can not google it. So if someone can please google it, and tell me if jellyfish can survive out of the water that would be very helpful. and my mind will be at peace.

Later this morning on out walk to breakfast we caught our eyes on the fisherman. they were pulling in nets by hand, the whole family was in it. the kids and dad pulling, the women waiting for the fish to collect in straw baskets. Most of the fish were tiny and some of the catch consited of squid. the way they fish is very rudementary (big word, not sure if i used it corectly) anyway. they also caught a sting ray and a blow fish. the blow fish was really cute and i'm glad they threw it back in.

here is the fish catching process:
1. six men row out in these hand made boats out of cut out trees. and when i mean row i mean row, there are no power jets on these suckers
2. they then lay out there nets
3. boats row back, keep in mind the current and waves are ridiculous due to monsoon
4. the boats are back, and now kids and adults grab the nets with large wooden paddles and pull
the nets back in from the ocean takes about 45 min for te nets to come in manually
5. ladies then seperate and sell all the fish

yesterday we found out that the little boys got 100rs for selling there big crab, and the resturants sell it to their customers for 600-800rs.. what a freaking ripoff eh!!

preeti, there are lots of kids here, mostly european, and we also saw a handful of indian kids.. they give me wierd looks. not sure why.. but most of them just hang out and play tag or cricket..

oki doki. i am getting up early tommorow morning to go to old Goa to look at some portugese architecture. i will write again when i reah kerela :)

hopefully i will be able to get to go on a spice or sandelwood tour.. geeeesh

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