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{SPEAKER name="Lisa Chickering "}
[[continuing]] On the crest of success and waves that felt far too high, we headed back to shore.

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{SPEAKER name="Lisa Chickering "}
I'm sure though that this giant of the sea learned the hard way not to underestimate the strength of a woman. Jeanne was proud and so was I.

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{SPEAKER name="Lisa Chickering "}
The owner of Mazatlán's largest sport fishing fleet congratulated Jeanne. He's been in the business for 25 years and seemed duly impressed.

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{SPEAKER name="Lisa Chickering "}
The one remaining thing for us was to pose for the customary picture and receive our certificates.

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{SPEAKER name="Lisa Chickering "}
My sailfish weighed one hundred and one pounds, Jeanne's one hundred and five. But you know, when you cook these big fish, they shrink up!

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[[Laughter]]

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{SPEAKER name="Lisa Chickering "}
And that's the end of our fish story.

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{SPEAKER name="Lisa Chickering "}
South of Mazatlán is a jungle area we thought would be exciting to explore. It looks more like the setting for an African adventure film.

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{SPEAKER name="Lisa Chickering "}
And though we didn't have our pith helmets or safari jackets, we ventured forth up river. And almost immediately, we saw a large group of white ibis resting in the brush.

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{SPEAKER name="Lisa Chickering "}
This deserted back-country is an ecological haven for all kinds of wildlife, which can exist here because it's far from the cities and their industry, which pollutes the rivers and streams.

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{SPEAKER name="Lisa Chickering "}
Winding through the jungle, we turned into a tunnel-like estuary. here we were encircled by the thick tropical growth of mangroves.

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{SPEAKER name="Lisa Chickering "}
Our boatman told us to look carefully in the dense jungle growth for wild birds and animals.

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{SPEAKER name="Lisa Chickering "}
Which we did. And here we saw a bright green iguana on the center branch.

{SILENCE}

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{SPEAKER name="Lisa Chickering "}
Well after that, it was sort of good to see the human species coming along the river.

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