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Anissia and Tom anchor in the San Blas islands, where they manage waste disposal by burning non-recyclable trash on beaches and donating metal cans to locals.7:49 The crew navigates between Coco Bandero and Green Island, a 3.5-mile passage, to meet friends.12:47 During their stay, they encounter crowded anchorages where a 25-meter vessel anchors dangerously close to their boat, risking chain entanglement due to shifting currents and wind.3:39 Anissia spear-fishes for snapper, triggerfish, and mackerel, noting the difficulty of catching faster species.1:57 While filming underwater with a GoPro mounted to a mask, the camera mount breaks, causing the device to drop 10 meters into the water before recovery.9:54 The crew observes significant plastic pollution in the region and notes that local tourism has decreased, likely due to civil unrest in Panama.14:07 They prioritize purchasing only mature langoustes from local Kuna traders to avoid depleting juvenile populations.13:52

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