'Chunnaakam Market', Jaffna, Sri Lanka.

The Betel sellers stall

Palm leaf household utensils

This is one of the oldest markets in the Jaffna Peninsula, Sri Lanka.

Video:-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2P4HCwmW1s

Vegetable seller, Market, Maruthanaamadam, Jaffna, Sri Lanka.

The Market at 'Maruthanaamadam' on the Maipay Kopay road is held every morning. The produce from the surrounding countryside is brought here for sale.

Video:-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMxcZCMP1jg

'Murikandy Pillayaar Kovil' and the bus stand on the A9 highway, Sri Lanka.

A place to rest and pray for a trouble free journey for travellers from ancient times when Kandy was a Capital.
Video of 'Poosai' - Worship:-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5n5nHuaWr0

Railway bridges old and new and the A9 highway at Omanthai, Sri Lanka.

 The new railway bridge built with aid from the Indian Government and the old bridge built by the British nearly a hundred years ago at Omanthai.

The A9 highway and the railway line running parallel at Omanthai.
Video:-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ibiXwXooUc

A 'long drive' needs 'a short nap', A9 road, Rambaewa, Sri Lanka.

A long distance driver of a truck on the A9 highway to Jaffna, taking a short nap under a tree on a rock, with a gentle breeze blowing - a picture of serenity.

'Mihinthale', Sri Lanka.

There was supposed to have been a grove of mango trees, close to the Mihinthale hillock in the plains surrounding Anuradhapura. The oral IQ test administered to King Devanampiya Tissa was based on the mango tree. The picture shows the place of the mango grove with some ancient ruins. The second picture shows the 'chaitya' on the Mihinthale hillock.

On the A4 highway to Badulla, Sri Lanka.