Chinese Fishing Nets
Cantilevered shore nets said to have come with traders from the court of Kublai Khan, still worked by four men each.
- Where
- Kochi, Keralam, India
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 9.9680, 76.2420
Get the Chinese Fishing Nets stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Chinese Fishing Nets. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Keralam volume with your photos and a note.
Near Chinese Fishing Nets
Fort Kochi 0.2 km
Portuguese, Dutch and British in turn, with Chinese fishing nets on the shore that predate all three.
Fort Kochi beach 0.7 km
A beach on the Arabian Sea in the Fort Kochi quarter.
Mattancherry Palace 2.1 km
Built by the Portuguese for a raja in 1555, holding murals that cover the whole of the Ramayana.
Paradesi Synagogue 2.3 km
Built in 1568, the oldest active synagogue in the Commonwealth, floored with hand painted Cantonese tiles no two alike.
Willingdon Island 4.1 km
The largest artificial island in India, dredged up out of Vembanad lake to give Kochi its harbour.
Hill Palace Tripunithura 13 km
Forty nine buildings of the Cochin royal family on fifty two acres, now the largest museum in Kerala.
Vypin 16 km
A barrier island at Kochi with the Arabian Sea on one side and the backwaters on the other.
Perumbalam Bridge 17 km
A bow string arch across Vembanad lake, opened in 2026, which finally gave Perumbalam island a road of its own.
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Questions
Where is Chinese Fishing Nets?
Chinese Fishing Nets is in Kochi, Keralam. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Fort Kochi (0.2 km), Fort Kochi beach (0.7 km), Mattancherry Palace (2.1 km).
How do I get the Chinese Fishing Nets stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Chinese Fishing Nets and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Keralam volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Chinese Fishing Nets before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Keralam volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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