Muhamaalai memorial, A9 Highway, Sri Lanka, 23rd December 2013.

Muhamaalai, A8 Highway, Sri Lanka, 23rd December 2013.

Railway level crossing, Muhamaalai.

Newly laid rail-road. No more signal towers with dropping arms. Colour lights electrically operated are in operation.

Muhamaalai railway station.

Railway tickets from Jaffna to Colombo can be bought at any Mobitel communication centre in the Jaffna Peninsula. They issue a printed ticket with the seat number. No more long queues at railway stations in Jaffna.

A9 highway, Around Elephant Pass, Sri Lanka, 23rd December 2013.

Approaching Elephant Pass.

The Army memorial at Elephant Pass.

Kodikaamam and the A9 highway, Sri Lanka.

Exit from Varani to the A9 highway.

Newly laid concrete sleepers on the railway track past Kodikaamam, paralleling the A9 highway.

Vallai to Varany, Jaffna, Sri Lanka, 23rd December 2013.

A temporary Bailey bridge.

Paddy field with Kovil.

An 'Open-bill' by the roadside.

Nearing Kodikaamam.

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Vallai to Thunnalai, Jaffna, Sri Lanka, 23rd December 2013.

A kovil.

A paddy field.

The road to Thunnalai.

A bird and the lagoon.

This road runs bordering the lagoon.

Vallai to Thunnaalai, Jaffna, Sri Lanka, 23rd December 2013.

Young saplings being protected from straying cattle.

A paddy field and coconut grove.

The road bordering the lagoon.

The morning sky.

Vallai to Kodikamam via Thunnalai goes bordering the Thondamanaru Lagoon. It is not a much frequented highway. There is plenty of bird life there.

Market at Maruthanamadam, Jaffna, Sri Lanka, 23rd December 2013.

Massive statue of 'Aanjaneyar'

The temple dedicated to 'Aanjaneyar'.

A three wheeler bringing plantains to the market.

Krishna and his chariot - a statue at the nearby temple.

A variety of mangoes for sale.

Vegetables for sale.

Fresh coconuts for sale.

Motor-bikes and three wheeler park.

Thondamanaru to Jaffna, a photo-journey, 22nd December 2013.

Atchuvely - Visavilan junction.

Point-Pedro to Jaffna road near Puththur.

'Aariya Kulam' junction, Jaffna.

Jaffna to Nallur road, Nallur.

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Bird life in the Thondamanaru Lagoon, Sri Lanka, 22nd December 2013.

'Northern Shoveler'

'Yellow Bittern'

'Cormorants'

'White-bellied Sea-eagle'

I took these pictures from inside the van we were travelling in while driving along the border of the Thondamanaru Lagoon. I used a D 90 Nikon with a VR 70-300mm lens with a circular Polaroid filter.


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Thondamanaar a visit, 22nd December 2013.

With Mr.Ramachandran in front of his house on the road to Uduppiddy.

Clouds over 'Sinna Kadatkarai'.

Bird life.

KKS road near Pillayaar Kovil.

The new bridge.

The road to Atchuvely past the new bridge.

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A drive through Valvettithurai on the KKS road.

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