The next day, Bai Yu and his crew fished all day before packing up and heading to the port in Peru.
They had a good day too, catching a few tuna, but still no super-sized Pacific tuna.
Bai Yu and his companions didn't insist on it. Encountering such a creature was fate, and it didn't matter if they couldn't catch it.
After a day of fishing, they boarded a yacht and headed towards Peru.
Bai Yu and his crew were fishing outside Peru's exclusive economic zone, which is the so-called high seas and a no-man's-land.
To reach a port in Peru, they would need to cross the entire Peruvian Exclusive Economic Zone and then, after obtaining prior approval, enter the port.
This will take quite a while, about ten hours in total. During this time, the captain will be in charge of navigating the ship, while Bai Yu and the others will be fast asleep in the cabin.
Nothing was said that night.
The next morning at nine o'clock, Bai Yu and the others dressed neatly and came to the deck. They stood on the deck and looked out at the port not far away.
They are now very close to the port, or even within its boundaries.
However, the port that Bai Yu and his group came to is the largest port in Peru, where the maritime industry is very developed, and there are a great many ships of all sizes coming and going.
To be honest, Bai Yu has lived for over twenty years and has seen countless ports, both large and small, both domestic and international. But no port, big or small, is more congested than this one in Peru.
Seriously, these days you can even encounter ship jams when taking a boat. It's unbelievable.
"Brother Yu, what's going on? We still have to queue to get into the port? Seriously? This port looks pretty well built, so why is it congested?"
Beside Bai Yu, Li Shuang looked like she hadn't woken up yet, yawning as she chatted with Bai Yu.
"I'm not entirely sure about the specifics, but from what the captain said, it seems to be related to Third Brother."
"Third brother? Indian third brother?"
"Well, who else could it be but the Third Brother? It seems like one of their cargo ships has run into some kind of problem."
Bai Yu and his crew's yacht had been anchored at sea for an hour. They had arrived at the port channel an hour ago and hadn't moved since.
Shipping in Peru was already very busy, but now that something has happened, the entire shipping lane leading to the port is completely blocked.
As for the problem with the Indian cargo ship blocking the way, it is said that the other party did not follow the port's instructions. It was clearly a 10,000-ton cargo ship, but this guy insisted on saving some berthing fees and illegally sailed the cargo ship together with medium and large ships.
Then the other party's cargo ship ran aground, directly blocking the channel for medium and large vessels. Subsequent medium and large fishing boats could not enter and were stuck in the channel.
The yacht that Bai Yu and his crew drive is classified as a large yacht, but if all boats are included, it can only be considered a medium-sized boat.
Then they too were stuck in the waterway. According to the port, it would take at least three more hours to clear the waterway.
It will take three hours, meaning around noon local time, before they can enter the designated area to moor their boats.
Bai Yu and the others could only stay obediently on the boat and wait silently.
Fortunately, they have internet access on their boat, so even though the yacht can't move, they can still find something to do.
Three hours passed very quickly, and soon the channel started moving again. The yacht followed the channel to the designated area and came to a steady stop in the berth.
As soon as the yacht came to a stop, a number of locals immediately came up to greet Bai Yu and his companions, all of them talking to them.
Unfortunately, Bai Yu not only couldn't understand the local Peruvian language, he also couldn't understand English, so he had no idea what these people were saying.
After all, although Bai Yu graduated from Shanghai Ocean University, he was admitted through a special admission program, not through his own entrance exam.
Although Bai Yu couldn't understand what the people below were saying, there were others who could.
"Xue'er, what are they saying over there?"
Bai Yu looked at Li Xue beside him and asked.
Although he was a poor student, Li Xue was a genuine academic star, and the kind who could communicate normally in English, not the kind who only knew how to take exams but couldn't speak.
Although Peru is in South America, it is quite close to the Americas, and English is also one of the main languages spoken there.
"Brother Xiaobai, they're looking for jobs. They probably think we're a cruise ship full of tourists, and that all these people can do whatever they want: tour guides, bodyguards, agents, you name it."
Li Xue gave Bai Yu a simple translation of what was being said in English, as she couldn't understand the local language.
Moreover, Li Xue's translation was somewhat reserved, since there was a shot of Bai Yu's collar recording her daily life, such as pimping and selling contraband, which she didn't mention.
As Bai Yu listened to Li Xue's translation, he fell silent. He felt a sense of déjà vu as he looked at the scene before him.
Well, he had seen this scene in a documentary, but the documentary wasn't set abroad; it was set in China.
The specific location wasn't the dock, but the train station. Back in the early 2000s, the scene as soon as you stepped out of the train station was pretty much the same as what you see now.
"Xue'er, ask if there are any people here who can speak Chinese. If not, that's okay too. Find two people who speak good English and have them act as our tour guides and show us around the city."
After regaining her senses, Bai Yu also spoke with Li Xue, asking her to find two suitable tour guides for them.
Soon, the group of eighteen people disembarked from the yacht and then split into four groups, with one group leading a tour guide out of the dock.
Since there are four couples on their side, it's not a good idea for them to always go out together. So this time, they decided to go out separately.
Bai Yu and Li Xue, along with Wang Haojun, Sister Shi, and a local tour guide, flagged down a van at the pier and headed towards the city.
Peru has quite a few tourist attractions, such as Machu Picchu, which is considered one of the New Seven Wonders of the World, and Cusco, the former capital of the Inca Empire.
Peru also boasts numerous attractions such as rainforests, Rainbow Mountains, and Lake Titicaca.
This time, Bai Yu and his group had two or three days to travel in Peru, and Bai Yu naturally took Li Xue to Machu Picchu first.
Although the attraction is a bit far from the pier, Bai Yu and his companions have plenty of time. Sometimes, if they don't visit these kinds of attractions, it's uncertain when they'll ever come back to Peru again.
So Bai Yu and his group went anyway, to see this so-called new seven wonders of the world.
It wasn't until July 30th that Bai Yu and the others returned to the dock, where they met their company's two captains.
The cargo on the fishing boats has been loaded. The two fishing boats carried 1,500 tons of salt-frozen shrimp, with several hundred tons of space remaining for the two captains to use as they see fit.
Based on the principle of not wasting anything, the two captains thought that since they had come all the way to Peru, they had to catch a few nets of fish to take back with them.
Otherwise, their company's membership fees would be wasted. They need to make a lot of money to earn back all the membership fees paid by the company.
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