A few days in Kerala
Thanks again to Noel for inviting me to participate in Travel Photo Mondays. My photo blog has been up for only a few weeks, so I have no travel-related posts yet – but I certainly have no shortage of travel-related photos, and I’m always glad to share them! (Just ask my long-suffering family and friends.) Here are some images from a trip to Kochi (Cochin) and Kerala, India, in April this year.

This poem is an installation left from the Kochi Muziris Biennale 2012, on a former warehouse in Kochi
I arrived in Kochi by sea, on a tall ship called Lord Nelson. We had sailed from Durban in South Africa,
a voyage of seven weeks through both storm and calm. As we passed this building,
I was moved by the sentiments of journey, loss and separation expressed in these few words.
a voyage of seven weeks through both storm and calm. As we passed this building,
I was moved by the sentiments of journey, loss and separation expressed in these few words.
The waterway from the Laccadive Sea into Vembanad Lake,
around which Kochi clusters, is lined with these Chinese fishing nets, simple yet ingenious.
A net is lowered into the water and lifted again by a series of weights and levers.
around which Kochi clusters, is lined with these Chinese fishing nets, simple yet ingenious.
A net is lowered into the water and lifted again by a series of weights and levers.
What amazing photos! And I can’t believe you sailed to India in a tall ship. I would love to hear more about that adventure. Stopping by from Travel Photo Mondays and am excited to explore!
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Thanks Amy. I’ve done a lot of tall ship sailing, but never in such warm waters!
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Thanks Elizabeth for showing us this world, such an industrious people, I can’t believe they grind shells by hand to make powder amazing!
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Thanks Noel. That lime powder factory was quite an eye opener, I have to say.
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The fishing nets are amazing and so are your photos.
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Thanks Dian. The Chinese nets were fascinating in action.
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Wonderful photos! I had no idea that was how to make lime powder. It sounds like you had an interesting journey to get to Kerala, too.
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Thanks Michele. Yes, it was a great nine weeks off work and away from the ‘real world’.
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