After lunch and spending some time relaxing at the work site, everyone headed back to the hotel, where we got to listen to some really cool PowerPoint presentations from the ConCiencia crew. One of the members talked about her scientific work and research with sharks, and we learned about many of the species's endangerment due to commercial and recreational fishing (In some countries where shark fin soup is a delicacy, sharks are caught just to have their fins cut off, and then they're sent back to die off in the sea without them. How sad is that!?).
Fun Fact: Contrary to popular belief, only very few species of sharks actually attack humans, and even these sharks only attack because humans don't know how to deal with them. If you encounter a shark, DON'T MOVE! Look them in the eye, stare them down, and it'll probably just swim away!
When the presentations were over, we still had some time before dinner to walk around and explore a little of the Ancon District. Many of us hitched a bike ride around town, and we got to try some really weird flavors of ice cream like lucuma (a tropical fruit found in Peru).
We then returned to the hotel for some homemade food served by the hotel owners themselves. And once we had treated ourselves to a really tasty meringue tart for dessert, we spent the rest of the evening playing cards before sleeping away our final night in Peru...
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