Scenes from Jaffna town in December 2011, Sri Lanka.

Boat at Gurunagar.

Scenes around Manipay, Sri Lanka.

Street scene, Manipay.

A cow has the 'right of way'.

Street scene.

Street scene.

Fruit processing facility, Manipay, Sri Lanka.

Stainless steel container to steam heat fruit slices.

Boiler to produce steam under pressure.

Fruit mincer - steam heated.

I went to visit this fruit processing facility in Manipay. The plentiful supply of fruits in the Jaffna Peninsula had prompted the opening of a fruit-processing facility in 1956. Now it is equipped with uptodate stainless steel machinery. The factory owners were awaiting inspection for ISO certification on the day I visited this site in December 2012.

A vineyard and surroundings, Chunnakam.

'Padayappa' and son - guard dogs at the vineyard.

Children playing on builder's sand.

'Indian Roller' in the periphery of the vineyard.

Chunnakam.

Vineyard, Chunnakam, Sri Lanka.

A village road, Chunnakam.

A vineyard, Chunnakam.

Lovely bunch of grapes

Vegetable plot.

Vineyards iof well tended bring a very high profit. The initial investment and maintainence is high. They are being increasingly cultivated in the North of Sri Lanka. Pictures taken in December 2012.

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Kantharodai - T, Kadurugoda - S, Jaffna, Sri Lanka.

The grove on the approach to the miniature Stupas marking burial sites.

Buddhist miniature stupas at Kantharodai.

An Amman Temple in the courtyard of which some valuable archeological finds were unearthed.

An old house which had seen prosperous times.

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The beach at Thondamanaru, Sri Lanka.

'Sinna Kadatkarai' overgrown with weeds (Ipomea biloba)

Abandoned house on the road to the 'Periya Kadatkarai'

The beach near the junction of the Thondaman Aaaru with the sea.

The beach near 'Sinna Kadatkarai'.

Life is returning very fast to these areas. The youngsters who gambolled on the beaches in the evenings were not evident. The elders who used to relax on these beaches were not evident.