Part of the daily routine involves at least one swim session
in the lake to cool off from the day's heat. There is pier and dive
platform and the water is cool and refreshing below a warm surface
layer. After a couple days of swimming, our guide Daniel asks if we
would like to go piranha fishing off the pier. This is not a complete
surprise because our orientation did explain that there were piranhas in
the lake, but that the local species was "mostly" vegetarians. So
several of us try our hand but are a little surprised when the bait
turns out to be raw meat!
All of the piranhas that we catch are about
the size of my hand - too small to eat, and are released back to the
lake. I did swim one more time later in the day, but it was a very quick
dip.
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