Showing posts with label bridge. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bridge. Show all posts

Saturday, September 1, 2012

Friday, August 31, 2012

Bridge and Hindu temple, Kallaaru, Batticaloa.

The post-Tsunami bridge at Kallaaru, Batticaloa.

Hindu temple on the beach at Periya Kallaaru.
Everything is part of the post-Tsunami reconstruction.

Thursday, August 16, 2012

Mahaweli Ganga at Mahiyangana

Looking upstream from the bridge across the Mahaweli Ganga at Mahiyangana. This bridge was built on Canadian aid in the 1950s. Before the bridge was built it was a ferry ride to visit the Mahiyangana Sthupa.

Thursday, September 8, 2011

Rev.Ault, landing site, Puliyanthivu, Batticaloa

The place where the Rev. William Ault landed at Puliyanthivu in 1824, is remembered by the monument called the 'Batticaloa Gate'. There is a statue of the reverend close by. You can get a lovely view of the 'Kottamunai bridge from this site. I have included a photograph of same.



Sunday, October 10, 2010

A jungle stream and bridge over it.

Jungle stream and bridge over it on the Ginigathena - Hatton road. The constant rain and mist keeps these streams running. A severe drought brings them down to a trickle.