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Nike and Paul navigate their dinghy to Puerto Triunfo, El Salvador, to renew cruising permits for their sailboats, Vierba Buena and Carl.0:32 Maritime authorities grant a 60-day extension for a 60-dollar fee.2:30 Following the paperwork, the pair visits a floating restaurant near Puerto Triunfo to eat fried snapper and access Wi-Fi.4:10 A subsequent attempt to join a local resident, Arturo, for a clam-harvesting trip fails when the dinghy engine dies, forcing a return under paddle power.5:10 On a second attempt, the group travels through mangrove channels to a remote beach in Jiquilisco Bay to collect almejas, small local mussels.6:07 Arturo and his wife, Teodora, operate the nearby restaurant Vidal Janay, where they prepare traditional seafood rice using the harvested clams.7:07 The process involves soaking the mussels overnight in seawater to purge sand before boiling and hand-shelling them.10:21

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