Russell Laijedrik

Fresh details have emerged of castaway Jose Salvador Alvarenga's first encounter with other people after months at sea - including how Marshall Islands residents communicated with him in broken Spanish learned from popular children's television show Dora the Explorer.

Fresh details have emerged of castaway Jose Salvador Alvarenga's first encounter with other people after months at sea - including how Marshall Islands residents communicated with him in broken Spanish learned from popular children's television show Dora the Explorer.