Muhamaalai, A9 highway, Sri Lanka, 23rd December 2013.

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.