Kerala fishermen

We stayed at the Travancore Heritage, just south of Thiruvananthapuram in central Kerala. The hotel was right on the Arabian Sea; on our first morning I caught these scenes of local fishermen pulling in their nets with the daily catch. See blog at https://davidkotz.org/2008/12/12/kerala-part-1-the-coast/.

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Kerala fishermen: after laying their net in a large U-shape, the boat lands.
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Kerala fishermen: the men pull the net's rope, walking up the beach....

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Kerala fishermen: meanwhile, bury an anchor to secure the boat on shore.
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Kerala fishermen: here you can see the long sweep of the net's floats offshore.