A 'Kattu-maram' T, meaning 'Tied logs', a millenia old technology of boat building in these parts.
The walk to the embarkation point.
The diesel engine powered barge transporting up to 70 pilgrims on each trip.
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Outrigger canoe, Kallady, Batticaloa, Sri Lanka. Almost all of the photographs were taken by the owner of this blog and are his property.Click on each picture below to see an enlarged view.
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
On the road to Nagadipa - Nainathivu, Jaffna, Sri Lanka.
One of the many causeways
The queue of pilgrims waiting to board the ferry at Kurikaadduvaan.
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Monday, April 9, 2012
Sunday, April 8, 2012
Saturday, April 7, 2012
Old buildings in Point- Pedro still in place, Sri Lanka.
Selling point of hot 'Odakkarai Appam' an industry more than 70 years old.
The old Methodist church still standing.
An alley in 'Odakkarai', the old part of Point-Pedro.
An old 'Thalavaasal' T - 'Main entrance' to a house.
Friday, April 6, 2012
The old 'Power House' opposite the Hartley Hostel where the Diesel generators for the power supply of the Point-Pedro Municipal Council, was based now in ruins. Now the power comes from the National Grid.
Old well of the Hartley Hostel where we bathed in the 1950s.
Site of the old two storey Hartley Hostel of the 1950s now flat awaiting a new building for the Hostel.
Thursday, April 5, 2012
MGHS and Hartley, Point-Pedro, Sri Lanka. 5th February 2012.
The sea opposite the Methodist Girls High School, Point-Pedro.
The entrance to the MGHS
The entrance to Hartley College
Sister schools of the Methodist Mission in Sri Lanka, Hartley more than 150 years old.
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