Auctioning the catch
Small piles of fish and prawns were auctioned off to local buyers; both small resellers (they went through the streets with a bucket of fish on a bicycle) or directly to small restaurants.
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The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world, dates back at least 5,000 years. Aryan tribes from the northwest invaded about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier Dravidian inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. Arab i... [read more]
The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world, dates back at least 5,000 years. Aryan tribes from the northwest invaded about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier Dravidian inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. Arab i... [read more] Blog: Exploring Fort Kochi, Kerala
Date: December 21st 2007
Ancient Chinese fishing nets at the Fort Kochi beach are still in use; they use long arching tree trunks, nets, and counterweights to scoop up whatever fish come into the nets. We saw mostly small fish, but large boats were bringing in larger fish (red snapper, kingfish, baby sharks), large prawns and spiny lobsters. Smaller boats used nets to catch small fish, which were plucked from the nets on ... read more
Date: December 21st 2007
Ancient Chinese fishing nets at the Fort Kochi beach are still in use; they use long arching tree trunks, nets, and counterweights to scoop up whatever fish come into the nets. We saw mostly small fish, but large boats were bringing in larger fish (red snapper, kingfish, baby sharks), large prawns and spiny lobsters. Smaller boats used nets to catch small fish, which were plucked from the nets on ... read more
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We love to travel to places rich in natural history - cloud forests, coastal areas, grasslands, mountains, temperate forests -- plants, animals, birds, insects, etc. Culture and foodways are equally interesting -- vegetable growing, traditional foods, history and culture-- all are wonderful ways to expand our understanding of the diversity of people and where they live.
There are photo galleries from some of our previous travels on my website: just click through to the travel link. Here's the travel gallery link. Simply paste the address in... full info
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