Now we entered the river from the shallow estuary, quite near to the mouth of the river. We sped across the water to the far shore that had a wide sand beach, now at low tide. Up by the mangroves there was a lean-to with some benches, low and high, that made for easy preparation for lunch. Isabel was terribly embarrassed that the whole area was so dirty -both washed up and thrown out plastic and trash everywhere. But all the women cleaned out the most necessary space and set up their pans and containers, and a folding plastic table the size of a TV tray! A fire was made of driftwood and a little Styrofoam. Good water had been brought in a large jug and everyone involved in cooking washed their hands. Tanya got the papusa making going - she was hungry, being 5 months pregnant, said she has to eat every hour. Rolando's daughter-in-law helped Tanya prepare the corn mush, and then filled with cheese and beans or cheese and veg, making a ball and then flattening into a thin pancake. The papusa were fried in the high sided skillet brought for the purpose. In half an hour we had lunch and it was really tasty! The women were so fast because they make papusas twice a day, over an open fire, so cooking at the beach only involved the transport.