You can take the tram in Amsterdam. But you don’t want to miss the tram for any reason. But if you miss the tram, you can always hitch a ride on a boat. Or wait for the ferry… Or just find a bicycle! They have buses and bicycles on the other side of the world…
These are a couple of photos from the roll of film. Observing fishing and the trade revolving around fishing in Fort Cochin is fun.
“YES – pulling – like that pulling – come! come!” cries the fisherman. It is an invitation to the tourists to hop aboard the Chinese Fishing Net that he toils on. And experience the process. Seldom is he turned down. And once on the platform: “This is Chinese technology fishing net – the framework weighs…
TEAPOT on Petercelli Street in Fort Cochin serves fantastic tea, coffee, juices and snacks. I’d frequent it for breakfast and high tea during the week I’d spent there in the last week of March. The Pineapple Juice and Chicken Cheese Omelette are fantastic. What do I do when I’m not in Kerala for breakfast? I…
‘Digital Monochrome’ has been around for a good three or four years now. Maybe I should switch to it. I enjoy the experience of using film – the 35 minute train journey downtown to Rajubhai’s shop where I purchase the film and then a rickshaw ride to Bandra to get the film processed after I…
In an earlier post, I had introduced you to a fisherman from Goa and a farmer from Maharashtra. Today I have for you a fisherman from Fort Cochin in Kerala. I had photographed him on a trip in the last week of March. Almost every fisherman at Fort Cochin is Christian. And this man wears…
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