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After just over an hour's bird watching, the boat turns around to head back to Stykkishólmur.
The guide announces "now we say good bye to the birds, and have a look at something else:
the bottom of the sea" - the part of the cruise that Akiko has been most looking forward to :-) So we all gather at the back of the deck and watch the steward throw the net into the sea. They have some mini bottles of white wine on sale, but I haven't seen anyone going for it - we're all too busy watching the action. |
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After a few minutes, the net is hauled up, and the catch of the day is laid out in front of us. Click on the image to watch Real Media clip (1:10, 2.6MB) |
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Look, these guys are alive!! Click on the image to watch Real Media clip (0:23, 903KB) |
It's mostly baby scallops, plus quite a few sea urchins, and some other shellfish. |
There are some weird looking guys too... |
...and some more! |
The steward and stewardess open up the scallops for us to taste. |
They then open the sea urchins - "Icelandic sea viagra" is what they call them :-) |
...and scoop the roe onto scallop shells. |
| The uni is very sweet and delicious. Akiko's had 4 or 5 portions like this one, and 3 baby scallops. |
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Afterwards, the shells and everything is thrown back into the sea, and the work area washed
down with water.
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| And so now back to land... Some people have kept some shells as souvenirs to take home :-) |
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