Silver and Light: A Photoblog

A neophyte explores photography armed with a Canon A80

Thursday, December 09, 2004

Fishing Boat


Fisherman launching into the Meditterean


The Cinque Terre is a series of small fishing villages which line the mediterrean coast along the Italian Riviera. It takes about a day to hike from one village to the other. Take the path which hugs the cliffside - the azure Mediterranean below, and above, terraced vineyards clinging to the the mountainside. The area is an odd combination. 50% old Italian fishermen clinging to their traditional ways and 50% tourists, mostly American, desiring to experience "authentic Italy". The juxtaposition creates an interesting us/them zoo-like dynamic. But at least for now, it's in that win-win situation where the tourist money revitalizes the local economy, and we travellers get a glimpe of a little-seen part of the world. Hopefully, it can remain relatively unspoilt.

4 Comments:

At 6:19 PM, Blogger Quit Smoking said...

Hello fellow fisherman,

Did you know that 16% of the U.S. population goes fishing at least 16 days a year?

Did you also know that over 75% of the nations fishermen do not fish during "prime time"; fish feeding hours?

Those precious few moments before twilight can be absolutely magical. Even up until 11pm at night, the largest predators of any species feed ravenously.

Don't believe me? Check out Daniel Eggertsen's story, and a picture of a couple of his catches here : "Evening Secrets plus more"

I want you to do me a favor and try it out so I can see what you think of it, and if it works for you as well as it did for me.

You will be one of the first to try it out.

Gone Fishin',

Neil

 
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