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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.

Saturday, September 10, 2011

Old Dutch Fort, Batticaloa, Sri Lanka.

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Seeing clockwise The Fort, the ferry landing site, a sentry point on the corner of the rampart and the bell tower are seen.

Old Dutch Fort, Batticaloa, Sri Lanka.

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Looking clockwise the Fort, its front entrance on the lagoon side, the rampart on the wall of the fort and covered air-vents on the rampar...

British guns on Batticaloa Fort.

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 You can see the British Coat-of-arms and other markings on the artillery piece of those days.
Friday, September 9, 2011

The ghost in the Fort.

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In the 1970s when I was Resident Surgeon at the General Hospital, Batticaloa I heard the following story. Inside the old Dutch fort connecti...
Thursday, September 8, 2011

Rev.Ault, landing site, Puliyanthivu, Batticaloa

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The place where the Rev. William Ault landed at Puliyanthivu in 1824, is remembered by the monument called the 'Batticaloa Gate'. Th...
Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Wild elephants on the road to Somawathy Chaithya, Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka.

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We were on the road to Somawathy Chaitya when we spotted these wild elephants by the side of the road. I am attaching a report from the ...
Monday, September 5, 2011

The Dutch Fort and the Rest-House, Batticaloa, Sri Lanka.

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 The Star shaped Dutch Fort is next door to the Rest House in Puliyanthivu, Batticaloa. It is an idyllic spot where the breeze from the lago...
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