The story of the sponge diving in Tarpon Springs (you can click on the photo to enlarge if you would like to read it)

Statue of one of the divers

A couple of the many fishing, shrimping and sponging boats

One of the very colorful mosaics at Tarpon Springs

Natural sponges are for sale everywhere. When I first started coming here in the 60's the sponge divers would auction sponges to the highest bidder. Now the court yard where that took place is full of Greek shops