Sunday, March 10, 2013

Selvachchannithi, Thondamanaru, Sri Lanka.




Cattle on the Atchuvely - Thondamanaru road.
The new bridge under construction at Thondamanaru. 


Under shady trees, Selvachchannithy, Thondamanaru.

Selvachchannithy temple of Lord Murugan, Thondamanaru.


Friday, March 8, 2013

Chunnakam, Nilaverai, Sri Lanka.

Ruins of the Railway station at Chunnakam  - December 2012.

Palmyra leaf products at the Chunnakam Market.


Village road near Nilaverai.
Steps leading to the 'bottomless well' at Nilaverai on the Chunnakam - Puththur road.

Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Antiques, Manipay, Jaffna, Sri Lanka

Brass oil lamp still in use in the 1950s.

Ola leaf books - 'Eadhu' T, 'Pus Kola' S.

A decorated porcelain pot.

Brass Drinking vessells - 'Mookkupperny' T

Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Ice cream parlour, antiques, Jaffna, Sri Lanka.

Ice  cream parlour, Nallur.


Bric a back from the Middle East when the road to the UK was through the Suez Canal.


Monday, March 4, 2013

Scenes of Pungudutheevu and Jaffna, Sri Lanka.

An abandoned once prosperous house.

An Islet where domestic cattle graze.

The road through Pungudutheevu.

A 'Pheasant-tailed Jacana' at Nallur.