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I’m trying to get stuff out as soon as possible, but video production is slow, slow, slow. At least, it is if your laptop has a habit of seizing up and your expertise is negligible. (These things are true of me.) But I’m happy to present the fruit of many hours labour today: a peek inside Manaus’ extraordinary fish market.The benches overflow with the morning’s catch: pacu, tambaqui, bocachico and many more. Knives flash across slippery scales. Wooden stakes skewer a dozen fish at once. A merchant assembles dried rolls drawn from the giant pirarucu. And, just outside, pans sizzle with whole fish crisped up in hot, pungent oil.You can be assured that this will be the last fish-related post from the Amazon. That is, unless I suffer an encounter a local piranha. (Assuming it’s kind enough to leave me some fingers, of course.)If you want an even more up-to-date sense of where I am and what I’m doing, you’ll find me twittering away here: http://www.twitter.com/gallafentBy the way, for a succinct look at the way reporters at PRI’s The World work from our base in Boston, check out a post from my friend and colleague Jeb Sharp.And, while I’m at it, The World has launched a new blog exclusively about global sports. There’s some great stuff there already, so do drop by. 
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I’m trying to get stuff out as soon as possible, but video production is slow, slow, slow. At least, it is if your laptop has a habit of seizing up and your expertise is negligible. (These things are true of me.) But I’m happy to present the fruit of many hours labour today: a peek inside Manaus’ extraordinary fish market. The benches overflow with the morning’s catch: pacu, tambaqui, bocachico and many more. Knives flash across slippery scales. Wooden stakes skewer a dozen fish at once. A merchant assembles dried rolls drawn from the giant pirarucu. And, just outside, pans sizzle with whole fish crisped up in hot, pungent oil. You can be assured that this will be the last fish-related post from the Amazon. That is, unless I suffer an encounter a local piranha. (Assuming it’s kind enough to leave me some fingers, of course.) If you want an even more up-to-date sense of where I am and what I’m doing, you’ll find me twittering away here: http://www.twitter.com/gallafent By the way, for a succinct look at the way reporters at PRI’s The World work from our base in Boston, check out a post from my friend and colleague Jeb Sharp. And, while I’m at it, The World has launched a new blog exclusively about global sports. There’s some great stuff there already, so do drop by. 
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